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HIST312 Final Exam - Capitalism and Democracy in America
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HIST312 Final Exam - Capitalism and Democracy in America
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1. The New Deal cemented the _________________________ hold on the White House for over thirty years.
2. Initially, Europeans valued the 'New World' for its purported wealth of gold and silver.By 1650, however, most nations saw the Americas as a cheap source of _________________.
3. One rapid growth job category in 1950s America was:
4. In late 19th century America, the primary industrial fuel was ______________________.
5. Government at all levels – local, state, and federal – supported the late 19th-century construction of railroads by:
6. Southern slave-owning planters saw themselves as embodying __________________ values.
7. The first election in which presidential electors were selected by popular election took place in _______________.
8. When the _________________________________ limited credit in 1929 in an attempt to stabilize U.S. stock, it set off a chain reaction that made things worse.
9. Harry S. Truman extended and expanded many of FDR's programs under a program that he (Truman) called 'The _____________________Deal.'
10. Late 19th century industrialization was 'capital-intensive,' meaning:
11. Three cities were at the epicenter of Enlightenment. They were:
12. Before WWII, Ronald Reagan belonged to what political party?
13. Working Men's Parties of the late 1820s and 1830s called for:
14. Thomas Jefferson:
15. oversight of the colonies' internal affairs.
16. Members of America's early 19th-century middle class:
17. Economically-speaking, __________________________________ was the strongest country after World War II
18. The Seven Years' War impacted British-colonial relations because:
19. In 1960, a new phase of the civil rights struggle began with the _________________ at the Woolworths lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
20. Select the statement that best describes mid-eighteenth century Chesapeake slavery:
21. In order to improve transportation, American state governments in the early 19th century:
22. West Africans experienced which of the following during 'The Middle Passage'?
23. The slave trade/plantation system:
24. Following the October 1929 American Stock Market Crash:
25. In Two Treatises on Government, John Locke: