Westward migration Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

US HISTORY REGENTS QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS During the colonial period, which geographic feature presented the greatest barrier to the westward migration of American settlers? - ANSWER Appalachian Mountains Which action by the British government was considered by American colonists to be a violation of their rights as Englishmen? (violation: breaking a law) - ANSWER taxing the colonies without representation in Parliament Which political feature of the United Sta...

Scholars influenced by the Progressive school of historical interpretation would most likely focus on which of the following issues in a study of the U.S. Constitution? -:- the economic interests of delegates to the constitutional convention Which of the following research questions would provide a basis for the most informative and comprehensive study of the causes of the U.S. Civil War? -:- what effect did westward expansion have on intersectional relations in the united states duri...

In the aftermath of his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown was tried on three charges. What were they? murder, treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, and conspiring with slaves to make insurrection. One result of the treaties of Fort Stanwix and Hard Labor was: a wave of colonial westward migration and settlement Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More Mason County native Michael J. Owens...

APHG REQUIRED Cumulative Set Exam 753Questions with Verified Answers cartography - CORRECT ANSWER the science of mapmaking purposes of maps - CORRECT ANSWER 1. As a reference tool, to find the shortest route between two distances 2. As a communications tool, to depict the distribution of human activities or physical features as well as to think about the reasons underlying a distribution Eratosthenes - CORRECT ANSWER (276?-194?, B.C.) the first person of record to use the word geograph...

Samantha ***** ass Questions and Answers 2023 Homestead Act (17) encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land (too over the Native American land). Transcontinental Railroad (17) A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific buil...

Rufus Maxwell This man, who in 1852 received a patent for his improvement to churns, served in the West Virginia Legislature from 1866 to 1870. Dwight Morrow This Huntington native was the father-in-law of Charles Lindbergh. Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More Spruce Knob Where is the highest point in West Virginia? Prato Rio What was the name of Revolutionary War General Charles L...

A circle with 5 outer layers 1. Central Business District (CBD) 2. Transition Zone 3. Low Income 4. Middle Income - Answer-Concentric Zone Model Chicago is westward to the lake. So compared to Chicago New York gets more snow. - Answer-Snow in Buffalo, NY compared to Chicago Deforestation occurs when forest are cut down. Not only is the carbon ceased from the trees, but CO2 is released into the atmosphere. Climate change takes a huge toll. CO2 can even be released when wood it set to rot...

The fate of the defeated Confederate leaders was that correct answer: C) after brief jail terms all were pardoned in 1868. In the postwar South correct answer: A) the economy was utterly devastated. At the end of the Civil War, many white Southerners correct answer: E) still believed that their view of secession was correct. Freedom for Southern blacks at the end of the Civil War correct answer: C) came haltingly and unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy. For b...

colombian exchange correct answers Another effect of Columbus's voyages to the Americas was the exchange of plants and animals among Europeans, Native Americans and later, Africans. Because this began after Columbus, Many American food products were taken to Europe and vice versa. Europeans also brought horses to America. Horses became a major part of Plains Indians culture. also had some tragic consequences. Native Americans had no way to resist European diseases, particularly smallpox and mea...

1) The Lost Generation: a. Briefly explain ONE social development in the 1920's that supports the Fitzgerald quote. The stock market boom of the early 1920's caused many investors to become extremely wealthy. 1) The Lost Generation: b. Briefly explain ONE economic development of the 1920's that supports the Leuchtenburg argument. The stock market crash of the 1920's caused the great depression, a time of poverty and bad conditions in the US 1) The Lost Generation: c. Brief...