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America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 9 Nation Building and Nationalism 9.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) The first goal of postwar expansionists in the United States after 1815 was A) to obtain the Pacific Northwest from Great Britain. B) to obtain Florida from Spain. C) to acquire the former French colony of Louisiana. D) to develop the trans-Appalachian West. E) to eradicate the Native Americans. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 214 [Factual] 2) After 1815, the United States A) grew rapidly in size and population. B) was threatened by foreign invasion. C) revised its form of government. D) was unable to expand its economy. E) invaded and occupied Canada. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 214, 218 [Factual]

55 Copyright ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 4 Experience of Empire: Eighteenth-Century America 4.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) After 1690, Americans increasingly A) isolated themselves from British and European influence. B) became part of the larger Anglo-American world. C) turned away from Britain, and toward France and Germany. D) adopted Native American ways and customs. E) moved away from towns. Answer: B Diff: 2 Page Ref: 81 [Factual] 2) The factor most responsible for the growth in the colonial population between 1700 and 1770 was the A) natural reproduction of colonial families. B) great wave of immigration during that period.

14 Copyright ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 1 New World Encounters 1.1 Multiple-Choice Questions How the Savages Roast Their Enemies, 1575 This 16th-century drawing depicts Native Americans (described as "savages" by European observers reporting this event) roasting their enemies after killing and dismembering them. (Andre Thevet, La cosmographie universelle) 1) The way in which Native Americans were portrayed in the 16th-century drawing shown above was a clear argument supporting which of the following? A) to justify European attempts to force their own religious, social, and cultural values upon Native American societies

America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 13 An Age of Expansionism 13.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Young America movement? A) a weak foreign policy B) territorial expansion C) economic expansion and growth D) technological progress E) a celebration of American virtue Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 306 [Factual] 2) One of the first to use the phrase "Young America" was A) Herman Melville. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Walt Whitman. E) Ralph Waldo Emerson. Answer: E Diff: 1 Page Ref: 306 [Factual] 3) In ________, Herman Melville produced a novel, original in form and conception, to fulfill the demand of Young Americans for a New Literature. A) Moby Dick

America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 9 Nation Building and Nationalism 9.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) The first goal of postwar expansionists in the United States after 1815 was A) to obtain the Pacific Northwest from Great Britain. B) to obtain Florida from Spain. C) to acquire the former French colony of Louisiana. D) to develop the trans-Appalachian West. E) to eradicate the Native Americans. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 214 [Factual] 2) After 1815, the United States A) grew rapidly in size and population. B) was threatened by foreign invasion. C) revised its form of government. D) was unable to expand its economy. E) invaded and occupied Canada. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 214, 218 [Factual]