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America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 9 Nation Building and Nationalism 9.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) The first goal of postwar expansionists in the United States after 1815 was A) to obtain the Pacific Northwest from Great Britain. B) to obtain Florida from Spain. C) to acquire the former French colony of Louisiana. D) to develop the trans-Appalachian West. E) to eradicate the Native Americans. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 214 [Factual] 2) After 1815, the United States A) grew rapidly in size and population. B) was threatened by foreign invasion. C) revised its form of government. D) was unable to expand its economy. E) invaded and occupied Canada. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 214, 218 [Factual]

America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 6 The Republican Experiment 6.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) The best definition of republican, as it was understood in the late 1700s, was A) a government without monarchy or aristocracy. B) a new political party. C) a continuation of the British monarchy. D) a strong central government. E) "one man, one vote." Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 135 [Conceptual] 2) In the 1780s, Americans disagreed sharply over the relative importance of A) good and evil. B) republicanism and tyranny. C) current cultural trends and traditional values. D) faith and skepticism. E) liberty and order. Answer: E Diff: 2 Page Ref: 136 [Factual]

42 Copyright ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 3 Putting Down Roots: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society 3.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) The character of the first English settlements in the New World A) remained remarkably similar throughout the seventeenth century. B) differed from colony to colony because of government rules. C) differed substantially from colony to colony from the very beginning of colonization. D) was determined primarily by the religious preference of each colony. E) was not significantly influenced by geography. Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 55 [Conceptual] 2) By 1700, the population of New England had reached ________ people.

America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 17 The West: Exploiting an Empire 17.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) For the first two-thirds of the nineteenth century, Americans believed the land west of the Mississippi River to be A) uninhabitable. B) bountiful. C) part of Mexico. D) too heavily forested for farming. E) devoid of wildlife. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 419 [Factual] 2) Beginning with Lewis and Clark, most nineteenth-century mapmakers referred to the Great Plains as A) the National Forest. B) the Wastelands. C) the Land of the Red Man. D) Mexican Territory. E) the Great American Desert. Answer: E Diff: 1 Page Ref: 419 [Factual] 3) Which of the following best describe the Plains tribes? A) sedentary and pacific

America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 13 An Age of Expansionism 13.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Young America movement? A) a weak foreign policy B) territorial expansion C) economic expansion and growth D) technological progress E) a celebration of American virtue Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 306 [Factual] 2) One of the first to use the phrase "Young America" was A) Herman Melville. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Walt Whitman. E) Ralph Waldo Emerson. Answer: E Diff: 1 Page Ref: 306 [Factual] 3) In ________, Herman Melville produced a novel, original in form and conception, to fulfill the demand of Young Americans for a New Literature. A) Moby Dick