History of the Americas Questions

The Pilgrims and the Puritans came from _____.

What are the two things God says identify a good ruler?

The branch of government that carries out the laws

The special time when many people turned to Christ for salvation was called the _____.

The branch of the government that decides if the laws have been broken

How do historians think people got to the Americas?

A person or organization that pays people to work is called an _____.

Which English evangelist traveled to the American colonies to preach?

The American general and hero who did not always do what was right was _____.

The meeting that representatives from the American colonies held was called the _____.

When did the Europeans discover the Americas?

What kinds of transportation increased in the United States?

In 1788 Americans formed the Constitution, which has lasted over _____ years.

During the 1920s, reactionary conservatism revealed major fissures on the surface of what would later be known as the "Roaring Twenties" and the "Age of Prosperity." Nativism was one form of reaction to the new waves of immigration after World War I.Which of the following are manifestations of nativism as a conservative reaction to the changes of the 1920s?

Nativism in the 1920s was a response to the increasing number of immigrants to the United States.

Most indentured servants were forced to return to Europe after completing their terms of service.

The Indians there were pressured into pledging to trade only with Spain and to allow Franciscan missionaries and Spanish soldiers to live among them.

1.Many white settlers succumbed to disease, which led to a slow increase in the population of the colony.2.The small population of white settlers at the colony's founding meant that African slaves initially had more freedoms, as demonstrated by African "cowboys."3.As the white population of the colony increased, rice became the dominant cash crop, and more and more African slaves were imported.

1.Racism made it unlikely that poor whites would join with blacks in revolting against wealthy white planters, who controlled most of the region's resources as well as regional politics.2.Legislation encouraged racism and helped it become increasingly entrenched in Chesapeake society.3.Racism allowed even the poorest white farmers to feel superior to someone and encouraged them to hope that one day they, too, could be prosperous, wealthy planters.

African merchants and political leaders who participated in the slave trade could use the profits to enrich themselves and build powerful new chiefdoms and states.