Bentley Ch. 30 Americas And Independence
- 1.The term MANIFEST DESTINY was used to describe
- A.
The inevitability of American independence from Britain
- B.
The superiority of the U.S. Constitution
- C.
The inevitability of American dominion over all of North America
- D.
The superiority of the North to the South during the Civil War
- 2.The constitutional issue at the center of the American Civil War was
- A.
The balance of power between the president and the Congress
- B.
The balance of power between the state governments and the federal government
- C.
Conflicting claims between the individual and society
- D.
The rights of immigrant labor versus the rights of slave labor
- 3.British Canada ganed a large French population as a result of
- A.
France's loss of its Canadian colonies in the Seven Years' War
- B.
The flight of Canada of French Protestants in the eighteenth century
- C.
French citizens fleeing the Napoleonic wars
- D.
French fur traders being driven out of the United States
- 4.In Latin America, the road to a stable state was hindered by
- A.
An elite conspiracy against lower classes
- B.
The ignorance and apathy of the lower classes
- C.
Sharp divisions among the creole classes
- D.
The caudillos' reign of terror
- 5.The Mexican Revolution was fundamentally a conflict between
- A.
Conservative landowners and landless peasants
- B.
Mexican business interests and foreign investors
- C.
Supporters of Emiliano Zapata and supporters of Pancho Villa
- D.
Supporters of the Catholic church and anti-cleric revolutionaries
- 6.Economic development in Latin America was limited because
- A.
The market for manufactured goods was too small
- B.
Most goods were manufactured on self-sufficient haciendas
- C.
State control discouraged foreign investment
- D.
There were insufficient natural resources in Latin America
- 7.During the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, Mexico achieved all of the following EXCEPT
- A.
Industrial expansion
- B.
Paved streets and electric lights in Mexico City
- C.
Improved public health and education
- D.
Significant foreign investment in the Mexican economy
- 8.The Trail of Tears in 1838-1839 and the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890 are significant because they
- A.
Demonstrate the technological superiority of United States troops over the indigenous peoples of North America
- B.
Typify the harsh treatment of native peoples at the hands of the U.S. government
- C.
Exemplify the determination of the American government to bring unity to North America and undermine any attempts at secession
- D.
Added large portions of land to the U.S. which had been controlled by foreign powers
- 9.Which of the following events shifted the population ratio in Canada from predominately French to predominately British-speaking residents?
- A.
The British victory in the Seven Years' War
- B.
The American Revolutionary War
- C.
The British victory in the War of 1812
- D.
The American Civil War
- 10.What was the universal goal of the Latin American reform movements of the 19th century?
- A.
Universal manhood suffrage
- B.
Reduce the power of the Roman Catholic church
- C.
Undermine the power of the caudillos
- D.
Land distribution reform
- 11.What 19th century construction projects provided the greatest boom to economic unification in both the U.S. and Canada?
- A.
The building of massive dams and hydroelectric projects
- B.
The building of telephone and telegraph systems
- C.
The building of transcontinental railroads
- D.
The building of highways and bridges
- 12.Asian migrants to Latin America in the mid-19th century were most likely to work
- A.
In the textile industries
- B.
In the railroad industries
- C.
On a tobacco or pineapple plantation
- D.
On a sugar or cotton plantation
- 13.Which of the following pairs of political leaders used terror in their respective nations as a nation- building strategy?
- A.
Juan Manuel de Rosas and Maximillian Robespierre
- B.
Benito Juarez and Niccolo Machiavelli
- C.
Pancho Villa and Abraham Lincoln
- D.
Archduke Maximillian and Napoleon Bonaparte
- 14.Which of the following is NOT a parallel which exists between Canadian economic expansion in the 19th century and economic expansion in the U.S. in the same era?
- A.
Both were willing to sacrifice indigenous peoples and their cultures for the benefits of economic expansion
- B.
Both benefitted from initial British industrial investments to stimulate early economic growth
- C.
Both used government economic policy to encourage national stability and discourage separatist movements
- D.
Both relied on migrants to provide the cheap labor necessary for rapid industrialization
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