Which of the following was not one of the reasons for Europeans' desire to explore lands overseas in the 16th century?
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The increasing population density in Europe made the acquisition of new land for farming and permanent settlement in North America a necessity.
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Which was true for most immigrants to America?
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All of these choices.
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How did Americans respond to the influx of immigrants in the mid nineteenth century?
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Many people formulated a new racial and ethnic identity about what it meant to be an American that differentiated them as better than most immigrants.
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The tenement buildings in which immigrants often lived frequently lacked all of the following, except
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violent crime.
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Spain was not successful in its settlement of North America mainly because the Spanish
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sought quick profits and were dissuaded by clashes with Indians, believing that it would not be worth the investment to establish permanent colonies.
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Northern newspapers usually exhibited strong political partisanship, because
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they were usually financed by specific political parties.
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Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding Africans and the North American slave trade from the 16th to the 18th century?
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Although African slaves did not make up a huge percentage of new arrivals in colonial North America, they profoundly changed labor, social, and cultural relations.
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About how many Irish immigrated to America to escape the terrible potato famine of the 1840s in Ireland?
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one million
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Between 1880 and 1920, approximately ____ people came to America from other countries.
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25 million
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Many members of the English gentry became willing to emigrate to the American colonies after
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the production of tobacco led to great fortunes in the Virginia colony.
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Between 1660 and 1700, North America changed in which of the following ways?
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The non-native population grew from about 70,000 to about one million.
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By 1860, the foreign-born of the North comprised about ____ of the U.S. population.
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one-fifth
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Which of the following statements was not true of Jamestown?
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The harsh winter of 1609-1610 did not affect the supply of food in the colony.
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Immigration to America changed a great deal during the 1920s, as
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Congress passed laws establishing quotas for immigrants based on their home country.
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Which of these was not a major reason for immigration to America in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
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American advertisements placed in Western European newspapers.
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Which of the following statements about pre-Columbian civilizations is true?
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Economies based on agriculture allowed extended settlement in one area and the development of a broad trade network.
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The term "Americanization" referred to
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the notion that immigrants should leave behind the ways of the old world and blend into American culture.
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Which of the following was not true of the Red Scare that hit America after the Communist takeover in Russia?
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Socialism was limited to the Northeast.
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New York City became America's largest city in the 1800s because
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migration from Europe and from the countryside combined to make the city's population reach 814,000 by 1860.
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The Columbian Exchange refers to
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All of the above.
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