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OAE 055 – History Questions and Answers
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OAE 055 – History Questions andAnswers
Mesoamerica Correct Ans-A region in the Americas extending from central Mexico through
parts of Central America prior to Spanish exploration.
Know-Nothing Party Correct Ans-A political organization which wanted to make it difficult
for foreign-born people to become citizens or hold office.
Plessy v. Ferguson Correct Ans-1896: The Supreme Court ruled in this case that racial
segregation for public facilities was constitutional, as long as they were "separate but equal."
Navitism Correct Ans-The policy of favoring native inhabitants of a country over immigrants
Cotton Gin Correct Ans-A machine that separated seeds from cotton, increasing cotton
production and the need for slaves to harvest more cotton.
Stamp act of 1765 Correct Ans-Levied on only the American colonies, this tax was on all
printed materials.
Naitivists Correct Ans-Americans who opposed immigration
, Manifest Destiny Correct Ans-The belief during the nineteenth century that the US was
destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
"Forty acres and a mule" Correct Ans-a program in which farmable land and a mule were
given to black former slaves
Radical Republicans Correct Ans-a strongly anti-slavery faction of the Republican Party
during the Civil War and Reconstruction
Indian Removal Act Correct Ans-Authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east
of the Mississippi River to lands in the West
Civil Rights Movement Correct Ans-nonviolent social movement in the 1960s that promoted
the outlawing of racial discrimination against African Americans; notably led by Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Bill of Rights Correct Ans-The first ten amendments to the Constitution which protected legal
rights and civil rights of individuals. Created in 1791.
Cold War Correct Ans-The period after WWII in which the United States and the Soviet
Union never truly engaged in warfare, but was marked by political disagreements between the
capitalist and communist countries
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