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UGA History Exemption Exam: Post 1877 Exam Questions And Answers Robert Smalls - ANS Enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the blockade Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union A...

APUSH AMSCO Chapter 16 (2023/2024) Rated A+ nation's first big business Railroads created a nationwide market for goods. This encouraged mass production, mass consumption, and economic specialization. (p. 320) Cornelius Vanderbilt He merged local railroads into the New York Central Railroad, which ran from New York City to Chicago. (p. 320) Eastern Trunk Lines In the early days of the railroads, from the 1830s to the 1860s, railroad lines in the east were different incompatible sizes which cr...

MIE 201 Exam 4 Questions and Answers 100% Pass marketing - Correct Answer ️️ -group of activities designed to expedite transactions by creating, distributing, pricing, and promoting goods, services, and ideas functions of marketing - Correct Answer ️️ -buying, selling, transporting, storing, grading, financing, market research, risk taking exchange - Correct Answer ️️ -the act of giving up one thing (money, credit, labor, goods) in return for something else (goods, services, o...

Who were the types of people settling west in the Great Plains? Irish Immigrants, Civil War Veterans, Chinese Laborers, and Norwegians What were some challenges that the workers faced while trying to build the railroad? 1. Environment: Sierra Nevada Mountains 2. Granite: Men were unable to cut through the granite so they had to use a chemical called Nitroglycerin t break the rock, but, it was very explosive How did the Homestead Act play a part in western settlement? The act ga...

Before man 11,500 B.P. - Answer-giant animals, megafuana, land bridge between Alaska and Russia Pre-European Era - Answer-the clovis (hunter gatherers), overkill of megafuana, native americans (agriculture), columbus in 1492 Era of Abundance - Answer-Europeans show up to North America, abundance of wildlife & natural resoucres Era of Overexploitation - Answer-network of railroads and telegraphs, animals were becoming scarce, demand for animals products increased, some species went extinct...

1. When the Western world turned to capitalism as the foundation of an economic system, the foundation was also laid for advertising. a. True b. False - correct answer-a. True 2. The rise of communism was one of the four major factors that gave rise to advertising. a. True b. False - correct answer-b. False 3. The Industrial Revolution was an economic force that yielded the need for advertising. a. True b. False - correct answer-a. True 4. In the preindustrialization era, the expans...

APUSH Review Activity #6 College Board Concept Outline Period 6: 1865 to 1898 Directions: The Concept Outline below presents the required concepts and topics that students need to understand for the APUSH test. The statements in the outline focus on large-scale historical processes and major developments. Our course has focused on specific and significant historical evidence from the past that illustrate each of these developments and processes. Complete each table on the outline below by ...

UGA History Exemption Exam: Post 1877 Study Guide [100% Correct] Robert Smalls *Ans* Enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the blockade Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union ...

NM History Unit 2 Exam Latest Update Graded A+ what was the last Spanish settlement established in the US Las Vegas New Mexico what did New Mexicans do in the Spanish-American War to prove their loyalty fighting with the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War what did more trade routes and an increase in trade do for New Mexico increase population what treaty ended the Mexican-American War Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago what Trail opened in 1821 and increased trade and tran...

AK History Speedback 5 Questions and Answers Rated A+ What was "Klondike Kate" famous for? being an entertainer being a health care worker discovering gold establishing Fairbanks being an entertainer Why was the gold rush NOT a major influence in the early settling of Alaska? Whaling was the main reason that people came to Alaska. Gold wasn't discovered anywhere until after 1880. The Russians could make more money in furs. All of the gold finds were north, near Prudhoe Bay. The Russia...