Kenneth Miller

What was Turner’s thesis about? saw the frontier as the key to understanding American history. what was the 1887 Dawes Severalty Act designed to do? undermine tribal bonds by treating Indians as individuals. Describe the 19th century conservation movement. It attempted to educate the public about the destruction of the environment. What did the Desert […]

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Originator and “guiding light” of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Beulah Elizabeth Burke Created organization name, motto & colors Anna Easter Brown first treasurer of alpha chapter Lillie Burke co-creator of the motto Lavinia Norman first constitution and bylaws committe Lucy Diggs Slowe first president; constitution and bylaws committee chair; first black female […]

What evidence supports the belief that eastern Pacific islands were settled as a result of planned expeditions by Polynesian mariners? The languages on the islands are similar and there were too many inhabitants for it to be a result of an accidental voyage The island of Madagascar was settled by? Malayo-Indonesians Sailing in the Indian […]

question The ________ drives the move to the suburbs from cities. answer desire to live in less stressful, more peaceful park-like conditions question All of the following factors have contributed to movement of people to suburbs except ________. answer greater availability of mass transit question The world’s urban populations are ________. answer growing faster than […]

question Society of the Cincinnati answer The Continental Army officers formed an exclusive hereditary order question Virginia Statues o Religious Freedom answer Created in 1786 by Thomas Jefferson and his co-reformers States that religion should not be imposed on anybody question Anti-Slavery Society answer Founded by the Philadelphia Quakers in 1775 question Abolition of the […]

question The Gates. New York City, U.S. Christo and Jeanne-Claude. 1979-2005 C.E. Mixed-media installation. answer Name: The Gates DOC: 1979-2005 Period: Modernism Style: Contemporary, Temporary art Technique: Material: Two steel footing, supported saffron-colored fabric panels that hung loosely from the top Parton: The city of New York Origin: New York City, New York Content: 7,503 […]

question Benin answer The kingdom of Benin was a small, highly centralized state in West Africa ruled by a warrior king./The king of Benin patronized the artists who created brass sculptures. question Yorba answer People in West Africa who developed a group of city-states, each within a walled town and ruled by an oba or […]

question crops grown primarily for sale rather than for the farmer’s own use answer Cash Crop question a three-way trading process where merchants carried rum and other goods from New England to Africa; in Africa, they traded their merchandise for enslaved people whom they transported to the West Indies and sold for sugar and molasses; […]

question missionaries answer people who believed that they had a duty to spread the blessings of the Western civilization question doctrine of Social Darwinism answer justified the takeover of new territories. question jingoism answer aggressive foreign policy question Great White Fleet answer US’s impressive naval power question the splendid little war answer the name for […]

question Invasions- answer with invasions people were driven off of the land and their urban setting and form of social class is destroyed and replaced with the conquering groups beliefs and powers(EX: English Farmers in the 1500’s) question Disease- answer with any large population, people are forced together. People that are in abundance and in […]

question Why was the period from 1919-1929 called the Jazz age? answer because Jazz music was popular at the time ad there was an energetic, free spirit at the time question name four significant event that occurred during the 1920s answer 1) Model T sells for less than $300 2) Teapot Dome Scandal 3) 19th […]

question Psychology answer The scientific study of behaviors & mental process question What are the three important terms of psychology? answer Science Behavior Mental processes question What is the meaning of \”psychology has a long past but a short history\” answer People have been studying psychology for a long time but it’s been a discipline […]

question Who were the chief beneficiaries of all of the Atlantic revolution, except Haiti? answer propertied white men of the “middling classes” question Why was the cause of abolition widely acceptable in the 19th century? answer serfdom and indentured servitude became cheaper and more efficient question What great fear drove the Latin American Creole elites […]

question Trading Post Empire answer Form of imperial dominance based in control of trade rather than on control of subject peoples question Tokugawa Shogunate answer Military rulers of Japan who successfully unified japan politically by the early seventeenth century and established a “closed door” policy toward European encroachment question Philippines answer An archipelago of Pacific […]

question civilization answer a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) question demography answer the study of population dynamics question enclave answer a community of people living outside their homeland question Silk Road Trade answer the trade route that linked the Eurasian land mass question […]

question Thomas Jefferson answer 1743-1826. Third President of United States. Main author of the Declaration of Independence. Promoted ideals of republicanism in the United States. question Revolution of 1800 answer Jefferson’s view of his election to presidency. Jefferson claimed that the election of 1800 represented a return to what he considered the original spirit of […]

question FDR answer A 2 term governor of NY who was a distant cousin of Teddy Roosevelt; won the presidential election; new deal; put through 2 new deals; many parts are still around question New deal answer President FDR’s program to alleviate the problems of the great depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic […]

question Industrial Revolution answer The change from being an agricultural to an industrial nation. It started in England in the textile industry. question Why did the the Industrial Revolution start in England? answer England had a good food supply because of the agricultural revolution, there was a large and mobile work force and trade was […]

question Explain this statement in your own words and give an example: The properties of the substances around us depend on the structure of the particles that compose them. answer 1. A substance’s properties depend on their structure. H20 is needed for life but change the 0 to 02 and you have peroxide. question Explain […]

question Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans answer Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England, led the Mayflower, and established the settlement at Plymouth question Northwest Passage answer believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific, searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in […]

question Cohabiting couples are __________ as likely as marrieds to be interracial. answer twice question Which state prohibits same-sex couple adoption, although it does allow them to serve as foster parents? answer Florida question The sex ratio is the ratio of __________ in a given society or subgroup of a society. answer men to women […]

question Information gathered from observing a plant grow 3cm over a two-week period is called a. inferences. b. hypotheses. c. variables. d. data. answer D question Science differs from other disciplines, such as history and the arts, because science relies on a. facts. b. observations. c. theories. d. testing explanations. answer D question Science is […]