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Example Question #1 : Facts And Details In Social History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
Which European first discovered and crossed the Mississippi River?
Francisco Pizarro
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto
Vasco Nunez del Balboa
Hernan Cortes
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto is the first European known to have discovered and crossed the Mississippi River. His expedition ranged across the southeastern and western United States. He was searching primarily for gold, like many Spanish explorers of the time. The motivation for Spanish exploration is often illustrated by historians with the simple phrase “God, glory, and gold.” God—the desire to spread Christianity to Native populations. Glory—the desire to make a name for oneself back in Spain. Gold—the desire for wealth. It is important to remember these three primary motivations as they explain the actions of many European explorers at the time.
Example Question #2 : U.S. Social History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
What was the first European community established in the territory now called the United States?
St. Augustine
Plymouth
Santa Fe
Roanoke
Jamestown
St. Augustine
The city of St. Augustine was established in 1565, in what is now Florida. For many years prior the French and Spanish had tried and failed to establish a European community in Florida, Georgia and elsewhere. The city began life as a base from which the Spanish could combat both piracy and the French. After a shipment of slaves arrived the community grew at a reasonably fast rate.
Example Question #132 : U.S. Social History
Which of the following original states did not permit slavery in its borders in 1789?
New York
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Maryland
Massachusetts
Slavery was fairly widespread in the American colonies before the American Revolution. Great Britain did not allow slavery until the early ninteenth century, and each colony got to decide its own laws about slavery. Slavery had become much more widespread on Southern plantations, and developed more strongly there. In the north, only a few states completely banned slavery. New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut all slowly outlawed slavery shortly after the Revolution. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania were the most notable large states to have never allowed slavery.
Example Question #1 : Facts And Details In Social History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
The practice of primogeniture .
encourages the spread of democratic ideals
designates Africans as the lowest group in the racial hierarchy
encourages the confiscation of Native American lands
awards government jobs on the basis of personal favor
gives the right of inheritance solely to the firstborn son
gives the right of inheritance solely to the firstborn son
The term "primogeniture" refers to the practice of awarding all lands, titles, and finances that can be inherited solely to the firstborn son. It was practiced for hundreds of years in Europe and passed as an ideology into the nascent United States. In his important literary work, Democracy in America,Alexis de Tocqueville argues that the abolition of primogeniture would cause land to be spread much more evenly across society, encourage the overthrow of the established order, and spread democracy.
Example Question #891 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
What is the nickname given to the late-sixteenth-century English settlement on Roanoke Island, in present-day North Carolina, which disappeared during the Anglo-Spanish War?
The Victims' Colony
The Vanishing Roanoke
The Lost Colony
The Missing Colony
The Dispersed
The Lost Colony
The nickname is "The Lost Colony." To this day, the colony's disappearance remains inexplicable.
Example Question #892 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
The only one of the following colonies that did not support a Protestant church was __________.
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Almost all of the colonies were directly linked at a governmental level to a specific church. The two exceptions to this were Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, which both intentionally separated the church from the governmental structure, and provided religious freedom to anyone who wanted to come to the colony. In Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Maine, the Congregational Church, the sucessor to the separatist groups that founded New England, was the official church. In New York, Virginia, both Carolinas, and Georgia, the offical Anglican Church, headed by the British Crown, dominated. Maryland was set up by Catholics, but still run by Anglicans.
Example Question #893 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
The earliest permanent settlement by Europeans on the present day United States was achieved by __________.
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
the Kingdom of Naples
the Kingdom of Portugal
the Spanish Empire
the Kingdom of France
the Spanish Empire
After Columbus' initial voyages in the 1490s, most European powers came to America in an age of exploration. The Spanish were still the leaders in settlement. While their initial efforts did focus on Central and South America, and the conquest and subjugation of the Aztec and Inca Empires, the Spanish also went into North America. The Spanish established a fort and mission at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565.
Example Question #894 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
The colony of Maryland was initially established as a haven for __________
Puritans.
Quakers.
Anglicans.
Catholics.
Mennonites.
Catholics.
The Colony of Maryland was first established by George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, through a Royal Charter from Charles I in 1629. Calvert, a Catholic himself, felt a New World colony was the best place to establish a refuge for increasingly beleaguered English Catholics. The colony was not formally settled until 1634, and provided toleration for Catholics. Maryland remained a home for Catholics, but also was beset by unfriendly neighboring Anglicans in Virginia.
Example Question #11 : Facts And Details In Social History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Mississippian culture of pre-Columbian America?
Agriculture based around corn
Mound building
Nomadic hunting of buffalo
None of the other answers
Trade around rivers and other waterways
Nomadic hunting of buffalo
The Mississippian culture flourished in the Mississippi Valley from roughly 800 CE to 1500 CE. The Mississippians were best known as mound builders: they developed small cities by building giant pyramids from soil around corn based agriculture. Trade between these cities occurred mostly around watersheds and rivers. None of the Mississippian cultures were nomadic in any way.
Example Question #12 : Facts And Details In Social History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
Arthur Miller’s 1953 play, The Crucible, is based upon what series of prosecutions and hearings that occurred in Massachusetts Bay between 1692 and 1693?
The Andover Witch Trials
The Witches of Ipswich Trials
The Salem Witch Trials
The Witch Trials of Massachusetts
The New England Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials
The Crucible is based on the Salem Witch Trials.
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