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Ordinance of 1785 Provided for the rectangular land survey of the Old Northwest. Called "the largest single act of national planning in our history and...the most significant in terms of continuing impact on the body politic". - Daniel Elazar Built in 1855 First model tenement in Manhattan Homestead Act (1862) Opened the lands of the public domain to settlers for a nominal fee and five years residence. New York Council of Hygiene of the Citizens Association (1864) Orga...

Week 6 The Triumph of Industry 2023 with complete solution Labor Unions An organization formed by workers to strive for better wages and working conditions. They were often started in response to business monopolies and the inequalities of wealth during the Gilded Age. Causes of the 2nd Industrial Revolution Natural resources, abundant labor force, free enterprise and laissez-faire policies, patent system, Great Migration and immigration, urbanization, and expansion of the railroad. Laiss...

US History Regents 11th Grade Questions and Answers Latest Update Gadsden Purchase - US purchased some land from Mexico in order to build the TCRR Louisiana Purchase - US purchased land from France in order to acquire the port at New Orleans Mexican Cession - Mexico ceded a lot of land to the US and US gets a lot of territory including Texas Missouri Compromise - admission of Missouri as a slave state compromising Maine to enter as a free state 2) Louisiana Purchase - In the earl...

Foreign Service Officer Test US History Correct Questions and Answers. 12th Amendment Brought about by the Jefferson/Burr tie, stated that presidential and vice-presidential nominees would run on the same party ticket. Before that time, all of the candidates ran against each other, with the winner becoming president and second-place becoming vice-president. 13th Amendment 1865 - Freed all slaves, abolished slavery 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 13th - Ended slavery, 14th - Gave blacks civ...

US History Regents - Part 1 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Which geographic feature did the British government use in 1763 as a boundary to restrict the westward settlement of American colonists? - ANSWER Appalachian Mountains Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I. ___________________________ A. House of Burgesses B. Mayflower Compact C. New England town meetings - ANSWER Colonial Efforts at Self-Government During the colonial era, the British...

Why did the development of time zones make train schedules more reliable? a. Time zones set the entire country to the same time. b. Time zones measured time locally instead of country-wide. c. Time zones made sure that each state was in only one zone. d. Time zones created a standard of time that all trains followed. d. Time zones created a standard of time that all trains followed Which best explains how railroads companies were able to standardize their timetables in 1883? By work...

Foreign Service Officer Test US History Correct Questions and Answers. 12th Amendment Brought about by the Jefferson/Burr tie, stated that presidential and vice-presidential nominees would run on the same party ticket. Before that time, all of the candidates ran against each other, with the winner becoming president and second-place becoming vice-president. 13th Amendment 1865 - Freed all slaves, abolished slavery 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 13th - Ended slavery, 14th - Gave blacks civi...

The period between 1860 and 1870 in the US saw the beginning of suburbanization, with the creation of small settlements beyond large cities. Which of the following cities exemplifies this early American suburbanization? a) Radburn, New Jersey b) Riverside, Illinois c) Lake Forest, Illinois - ANS - B Which system may be used for legal description purposes? a) US Government Survey b) Metes and Bounds c) Lot, block, and tract d) All of the above - ANS - D Fred French Co. v. City of new York i...

the belief (theory) that it was the right of the United States to occupy all of America from Sea to Shining Sea! Manifest Destiny The Census of 1890 announced the official end of the American Frontier (Frederick Jackson Turner) Turner's Frontier Thesis this war between the states (CSA v. USA) promoted the growth of industrialism in the late 1800s (steel, railroads, communication, weapons, mass production of pre-made goods) The Civil War railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age,"...

As the manager of the long-range planning division of a community in Maryland you have been asked to organize the citizen participation process for a comprehensive plan update. Which of the following would be most effective to kick off the process? a. Focus Groups b. Public Hearing c. Open House d. Town Hall Meeting - ANSWER-Town Hall Meeting - because you can get everyone together, kick something off and get the conversation started in a cohesive way. As a planner you have been workin...