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- 1.Sample old question: The Northwest Ordinances did which of the following?
- A.
Provided for the annexation of the Oregon Territory
- B.
Established reservations for Native Americans
- C.
Granted settlers a free homestead of 160 acres
- D.
Established the terms for settlement and admission of the new states
- E.
Banned slavery north of the 36° 30’ line
- 2.Sample new question: “... The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have them as little political connection as possible. ... Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the cause of which are essentially foreign to our concerns.”
- – George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
- The concerns expressed by Washington were a response to the:
- A.
Debate over the proper treatment of American Indian tribes in the trans-Appalachian West
- B.
Dispute over the possibility of annexing Canada from Great Britain
- C.
Controversy regarding support for the revolutionary government of France
- D.
Conflict with Great Britain over the treatment of American loyalists
- 3.Sample old question: The 1979 incident at Three Mile Island had which of the following effects?
- A.
It intensified criticism of the Supreme Court
- B.
It intensified American Indian political activism
- C.
It forced the United States to reconsider the policy of “massive retaliation”
- D.
It increased public pressure to free the United States from dependence on foreign energy sources
- E.
It increased support for the movement against nuclear power
- 4.
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- 5.Sample old question: Which of the following colonies required each community of 50 or more families to provide a teacher of reading and writing?
- A.
Pennsylvania
- B.
Massachusetts
- C.
Virginia
- D.
Maryland
- E.
Rhode Island
- 6.Sample new question: Answer a, b, and c.
- a) Briefly explain ONE example of how contact between Native Americans and Europeans brought changes to Native American societies in the period 1492 to 1700.
- b) Briefly explain a SECOND example of how contact between Native Americans and Europeans brought changes to Native American societies in the same period.
- c) Briefly explain ONE example of how Native American societies resisted change brought by contact with Europeans in the same period.
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