GMAS Review Week 1 Post - Assessment for Domains 1 - 3

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How did General George Washington use the area's geography to his advantage?

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He and his troops snuck across the Delaware River to surprise the enemy.

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Under the Articles of Confederation, what hindered the federal government’s ability to protect the interest and freedoms of the people?

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The lack of an enforcement power prevented the federal government from carrying out necessary policies.

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How did the presidential election of 1876 lead to the end of Reconstruction?

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In a compromise to resolve the election’s disputed results, a Republican became president, federal troops were removed from the South, and the antebellum social order was reestablished in southern states.

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Historians often argue that the civilian population of the South was more directly affected by the Civil War than the people who lived in the North. How does the information in this table support that position?

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The table indicates that most major Civil War battles were fought on Southern territory.

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How were the events that began the Mexican-American War viewed in the United States and in Mexico?

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The United States viewed the events as an unjustified Mexican attack on US soldiers and Mexico viewed the events as an illegal invasion of Mexico by the United States.

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How did the War of 1812 benefit the United States economically? Options: The nation acquired territory in the Pacific that helped to facilitate trade with Asia. Newly independent Latin American nations sought to establish ties to the United States. France agreed to end its efforts to disrupt US shipping that had hindered trade with Europe. Domestic manufacturing expanded significantly due to foreign blockades of the Atlantic Coast.

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Domestic manufacturing expanded significantly due to foreign blockades of the Atlantic Coast.

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What does the timeline illustrate?

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increasing tensions over slavery prior to the Civil War.

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What contributed to the trend illustrated in the graph? Options: the massive influx of immigrants from Europe, the growing profitability of textile production, the completion of the transcontinental railroad, the implementation of the Bessemer process

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the completion of the transcontinental railroad

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What role did the US government play in reducing the size of American Indian land holdings as illustrated in the maps?

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The government forced American Indians from their homes and relocated them to different lands.

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What event is described in the passage? The US soldiers killed nearly 300 men, women, and children.

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the Wounded Knee Massacre, which marked the last major confrontation in the war waged by the US government against the Plains Indians.