HIST 405 Final Exam with Graded Answers

HIST 405 Final Exam with Graded Answers (TCO 4) Which of the following made up the largest segment of Spain’s colonial population by the 1700s? (TCO 1) What made Rhode Island unique? (TCO 4) Why did colonists turn to slave labor rather than indentured servants in the late 1600s? (TCO 4) What happened in the colonies as a result of the Glorious Revolution in England? (TCO 2) To protest British taxes, colonists often organized boycotts to (TCO 2) In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson refers to the natural rights due to every citizen as (TCO 2) Which is an advantage the British had over the Patriots at the beginning of the war? (TCO 1) Why was it difficult to make changes to the Articles of Confederation? (TCO 1) Which of the following most closely preserved the government of the Articles of Confederation? (TCO 3) Who extolled the equality of conditions in his book Democracy in America? (TCO 3) The creation of an integrated national economy became known as (TCO 3) James Polk (TCO 2) The Fugitive Slave Act adopted in 1850 required private citizens to assist (TCO 2) How did Northerners respond to the Fugitive Slave Act (TCO 8) Lee's smaller army defeated McClellan's larger force and kept Union troops out of Richmond because (TCO 8) Which of the following characterizes Sherman's march across Georgia? (TCO 10) Many immigrants came to the U.S. to avoid (TCO 10) How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire affect industrial reforms? (TCO 7) The invasion of Belgium turned American opinion against Germany because (TCO 7) During World War I, which of these did the Germans use against British ships? (TCO 11) The popularity of the automobile in the 1920s led to a(n) (TCO 11) What brought the Harding administration to an end? (TCO 11) Which economic factors led to the Great Depression? (TCO 7) What event marked the beginning of World War II? (TCOs 1 and 2) Identify and describe the main provisions of the Articles of Confederation.Then identify and discuss the main weaknesses of the Articles and the so-called Western Problem. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer. (TCO 2) Identify and analyze the main provisions of the Compromise of 1850. Be sure to analyze the problem of California and how this led to the Compromise. Then analyze how the Compromise set off a storm of political controversy between 1849 and 1850. Identify the key players and how they viewed the Compromise. What was the role of President Zachary Taylor in these discussions? Be sure to use enough details to support your answer. (TCOs 6 and 7) Identify and explain at least two major reasons for the growing call in the late 1800s for the United States to become a global empire. Then identify and describe one of the first events that signaled the beginning of American imperialism. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.