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Roscoe Conkling corrupt New York politician who controlled the Customs House James A. Garfield reforming president who was assassinated Chester A. Arthur reform of the civil service system Grover Cleveland first Democratic president since the Civil War; championed commerce reform Benjamin Harrison weak president; monopoly reform Terrence V. Powderly leader of the Knights of Labor […]

question Which was an argument in favor of U.S. Imperialism? answer Imperialism would make the United States economically competitive with other nations question What was one argument made against U.S. Imperialism? answer It violated America’s anti-colonial principles question What was one cause of the Spanish-American War? answer The belief that a Spanish mine had blown […]

question What mountain range to the north of the Indian subcontinent separates it from Asia and is the tallest mountain range in the world? answer Himalaya question Which one of the following geographic features in NOT in the Indian subcontinent? answer Yellow River Valley question What are seasonal wind patterns in southern Asia known as? […]

question George Eastman answer He invented the roll film. question The Wright Brothers answer They invented the worlds first successful airplane. question Daniel Burnham answer A architect that made plans for the development of cities like Chicago and downtown Washington D.C. question W.E.B. Du Bois answer Founded the Niagara movement. Thought that blacks needed equality […]

question Bedouin answer Nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam. question Shaykhs (sheiks) answer Leaders of tribes and clans within bedouin society; usually men with large herds, several wives, and many children question Muhammad answer Prophet of Islam; born c. 570 to Banu Hashin clan […]

question What is Manifest Destiny? answer The idea that the United States should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. question Why was President Van Buren reluctant to annex Texas? answer because of concern that such a move would anger Mexico and start a war. question Why did the U.S. Senate reject the […]

question Miguel Hidalgo answer He was a priest who issued the Grito de Dolores, a call for a peasant rebellion in Mexico against the Spanish. question Saint-Domingue answer (1659 – 1809) A French colony on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea. The slaves of the island rebelled, threw off French control, and established […]

question Hunting Gathering answer the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food question Domesticated Animals answer Started around 8000 B.C.E., dogs, horses, wheat, barley, etc. question Sedentary answer sitting question Nomadic answer wandering, moving about from place to place question Pastoral answer of or relating to a pastor question Neolithic […]

question Muhammad Ali answer Leader of Egyptian modernization in the early nineteenth century. He ruled Egypt as an Ottoman governor, but had imperial ambitions. His descendants ruled Egypt until overthrown in 1952. question Janissaries answer Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century […]

question What all did Charles V rule from 1520-1566? answer Spain, Spain’s American colonies, parts of Italy, Austria, and the Netherlands question In 1555 what did Charles V agree to sign even though he wasn’t for it? answer Peace of Augsburg question What did Charles V do in 1556? answer Retired to the monastery question […]

question Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution answer Neolithic, 10,000 years ago the new stone age began in the near east. They discovered farming, and domesticated animal, established villages , made tools, and pottery. Agriculture, is the deliberate planting and cultivation of crops. question Mesopotamia answer A region from about 5,000 years ago between the Tigris and […]

question George Marshall answer Army Chief of Staff who pushed for the formation of the WAAC question Manhattan Project answer the U.S. program to develop an atomic bomb for use in World War ll. question War Production Board answer an agency established during World War ll to coordinate the production of military supplies by U.S. […]

question A nurse is obtaining health history from a young adult patient who has a colostomy. The patient reports frequent episodes of loose stools over the last month, but has no signs of infection or bowel obstruction. He reports that his concerns about leakage have limited his social activities. Which of the following should the […]

question abolition answer a moment to end slavery question poll tax answer a annual tax that had to be paid before qualifying to vote question Segregation answer The separation of people on the basis of race. question Jim crow laws answer Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites question Plessy V. Ferguson answer […]

question In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to answer mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions question In World War II, one of the primary American commanders in the Pacific was answer Chester Nimitz question The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 answer marked […]

question Administrative answer of or relating to the running of a business, organization, etc. question Animism answer the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe. question Autocracies answer An autocracy is a system of government in which a supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions […]

question How does a catastrophe differ from a disaster answer damages from a catastrophe are of such a magnitude to require a long recovery period. question how are the magnitude and frequency of natural hazard events typically related answer inversely related question why is history important in understanding natural hazards answer most natural hazards are […]

question battle of saratoga 1777 answer colonists defeated British army led by general John Burgoyne in Saratoga, NY, forced Burgoyne to surrender –> turning point in war bc it won the support of the French, which helped the Americans get much needed military aid question battle of yorktown 1781 answer the British dig into the […]

question Actor Network Theory answer actually less of a theory and more of an orientation. Views the world as composed of heterogeneous things, including humans and non-humans and objects. question Affect answer Emotions that are embodied reactions to the social and physical environment. question Cultural Complex answer Combination of traits characteristic of a particular group. […]

question british received pronunciation (BRP) answer the dialect of england associated with upper class britons living in the london area and now considered standard in the uk question creole or creolized language answer a language that results from the mixing of the colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated question dialect […]

question Europe and Africa answer Folk songs in America come from which two primary sources? question Love and the Crusades. answer Common themes in Medieval troubadour songs include: question Both traditional Roman Catholic Church music and many contemporary African-American churches. answer Responsorial singing, common in folk music, can also be found in: question Became the […]

question Which of the following is (are) FALSE concerning psychological skills training? answer PST is only for problem athletes; PST is only for elite athletes; PST will provide quick-fix solutions to problems question Which of the following is NOT a phase in PST? answer Intervention Phase question When new psychological skills are being learned, how […]