American tribes Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. What Accomplishment is Clara Barton known for: a. becoming the first black public health nurse. b. establishing the Henry Street Settlement. c. founding the American Red Cross. d. publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools. SELECTED ANSWER: C The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to continue public health nursing. DIF: Knowledge REFFER : p. 11 2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affec...

WGU US HISTORY EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE (2023/2024) The historian who wrote "The South [prior to the Civil War] grew, but did not develop" meant that Select one: southern population increased, but new technology had bypassed the region. ulture remained the leading industry of the South, but the plantation system was declining. South had failed to move from an agrarian to an industrial economy. South had expanded as a geographic region but had developed little prosperity. South had cre...

GA History Exemption Test Questions and Answers 100% Pass He was a spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and conquered the Aztecs Hernan Cortes He explored deep in USA, first to discover and cross the Mississippi River and claim it for Spain Hernando de Soto This man was a member of the English Parliament who founded the colony of Georgia. James Edward Oglethorpe Who was Georgia's 3rd and final royal governor who fled the colony after the start of the American Revolution? James Wright ...

What economic trend transformed the South in the mid-nineteenth century? - ANSWER The South experienced a dramatic rise in cotton production Before the Civil War, what campaign was intended to keep slavery out of new territories? - ANSWER Free-Soil Movement Which significant political shift characterized Andrew Jackson's presidency? - ANSWER more people involved in the political process What antebellum philosophy in America sparked the creation of new reform institutions? - ANSWER the ...

Which sentence best describes pre-Columbian societies of the Southwest? - Correct answer-They built irrigation systems and constructed towns Who were the first inhabitants of the American continent? - Correct answer-Migrants who crossed over from Asia Why did the Colonial government in Massachusetts vote to deport Roger Williams? - Correct answer-He preached separation from the Church of England What prompted the influx of African slaves to the Southern Colonies and the Caribbean in 1619?...

The seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based on the belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily fluids. Which statement about Spanish settlements in the New World is FALSE? a. Spanish gold and silver mines were enormously productive. b. Spanish colonies would form one of the largest empires in the history of the world. c. The Catholic Church was very interested in spreading Christianity in Mexico. d. The first Spanis...

Georgia Southern- GA History Legislative Exemption Exam 100% SOLUTION Appalachian Plateau - ANSWER Smallest region, NW corner of the state. Flat and gently sloping Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region - ANSWER Rich soils, hardwoods, pastures Blue Ridge Region - ANSWER Rocky slopes, tallest mountains in the state The Piedmont - ANSWER foothills, rolling hills, Most Fertile, most populous East Gulf Coastal Plain/Atlantic Coastal Plain - ANSWER =Pine Barrens. Flat land, sandy soil. 60...

Georgia Southern- GA History Legislative Exemption Exam 100% SOLUTION Appalachian Plateau - ANSWER Smallest region, NW corner of the state. Flat and gently sloping Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region - ANSWER Rich soils, hardwoods, pastures Blue Ridge Region - ANSWER Rocky slopes, tallest mountains in the state The Piedmont - ANSWER foothills, rolling hills, Most Fertile, most populous East Gulf Coastal Plain/Atlantic Coastal Plain - ANSWER =Pine Barrens. Flat land, sandy soil. 60...

Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American Southwest correct answer -Agriculturally focused groups that developed powerful and complex societies -Became increasingly dependent on the cultivation of maize Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin and the western Great Plains correct answer - Migratory because of limited resources Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the Atlantic Seaboard correct answer -Another Group of tribes in present-day NY formed the Iroquois League -Cultivated cr...

1739 slave rebellion near Stono, South Carolina. - ANSWER-Stono Rebellion A destructive war between English settlers and Native Americans in New England from 1675 to 1676. - ANSWER-King Philip's War A group of colonial resisters who coalesced around the time of the Stamp Act and led resistance to it. - ANSWER-Son of Liberty A major city on the Mississippi (near present-day St. Louis) that was a major political, economic, and religious center. It held a population of about 40,000 people...