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WGU US HISTORY EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE (2023/2024) The historian who wrote "The South [prior to the Civil War] grew, but did not develop" meant that Select one: southern population increased, but new technology had bypassed the region. ulture remained the leading industry of the South, but the plantation system was declining. South had failed to move from an agrarian to an industrial economy. South had expanded as a geographic region but had developed little prosperity. South had cre...

Who founded Georgia and what was his position? James Edward Oglethorpe, leader of English Parliament When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? -1732 -To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida Who was James Wright? -Georgia's third and final royal Governor who fled the colony when the American Revolution began -Battle of Rice Boats Yazoo Land Fraud: When did it happen, what happened, and how was it fixed? -1795 -Sale of land in Missi...

American Government CLEP Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers The president's constitutional power of ____ allows him/her to reject acts of Congress. - answerVeto. To balance the ability of the legislature to pass laws unilaterally, the president is given this right as part of the system of checks and balances. Congress can ________ a veto with a 2/3 vote of each house. - answerOverride. Part of the system of checks and balances, this power ensures that, given enough votes, even the P...

US History 1 CLEP (2022/2023) Rated A+ The Line of Demarcation The line by the Pope to dived the world in half. Giving one half to Spain and the other the Portugal. The Spanish convinced to Pope to do this because both countries wanted to colonize but Portugal was the super power of the sea. Treaty of Tordesillas A 1494 agreement between portugal and spain, moving the Line of Demarcation farther west. Henry Clay Engineered the Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise of 1820 This maintaine...

James Edward Oglethorpe The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled Florida. James Wright Georgia's third, and final, royal governor who fled the colony when the American Revolution began Nancy Morgan Hart one of the most patriotic women in Georgia, she worked as a spy; she disguised herself as a man and entered British camps trying to gain information; famous for holding six Bri...

Chapter 9 Elections Which term describes a candidate who is running for reelection to a position in Congress that she already holds? - correct answer incumbent Review the table, and then identify the correct and incorrect statements. - correct answer Correct Ans: - Trump ran a higher percentage of positive ads than did Biden. Incorrect Ans: - Republican groups and the Republican candidate outspent Democratic groups and the Democratic candidate. - Political parties ran more ads than the...

POT 3302 Midterm Exam — Modern Political Ideology Questions and Answers Already Passed What does it mean to say something is "sufficient"? It can stand alone. For example, 3 can stand alone to equal 3, but 2 cannot. What does it mean to say something is "necessary"? It joins something to create something new. For example, 3 can stand alone to equal 3, but 2 and 1 are necessary to equal 3. What are the 6 different meanings or types of political ideology? 1. General political o...

Gender Gap in Employment correct answer: 57% of women of working age participate in labor force, 75% of these workers are part-time. Larger % of black women are part-time. 67% of men of working age participate in labor force. 69% of married women are full time workers. 38% of female-headed households are in poverty. Gender Gap in Wage correct answer: White women make 81% of what white men earn. Asian women make 92% of what white men earn. Black women make 68% of what white men earn. Latina ...

As a result of the Adams-Onís Treaty, the United States gained which territory from Spain? - Florida The Long Expedition established a short-lived republic in Texas known as ________. - the Republic of Texas For what purposes did Thomas Jefferson send Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory? What did he want them to accomplish? - Jefferson wanted Lewis and Clark to find an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean, strengthen U.S. claims to the Pacific Northwest by reaching it throu...

Southern strategy - Strategy by Republican party candidates of gaining political support in the southern US by consciously appealing to white Democrats' racial resentments in order to gain votes. In the 80s, it was anti drug rhetoric Law and order rhetoric - The demand for a stricter criminal justice system (ie longer terms of imprisonment, mandatory sentencing, 3 strikes laws, capital punishment) Used by Nixon and Wallace Welfare queen - Women accused of collecting excessive welfare payme...