US History Overview: A snapshot of events

The Overview of United States History

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, which of the following was a cause of Northern European immigration to the US in the 1840's and 1850's?

• Americans' desire to double the population of the US

• Efforts by Northern European governments to reduce the number of people living in poverty

• Political and social instability in some Northern European countries

• Efforts to spread Catholicism to the US

Multiple Choice

Which of the following results of Northern European immigration to the United States in the mid-1800s can be inferred from the passage?

• A spread of poverty in the US

• A decline in political upheaval in Northern Europe

• A growth in the population of the US

• A number of Americans converting to the Catholic faith

Multiple Choice

Based on the passage, which one of the following was most likely to have been featured on a steamship company poster?

• a folk-art painting depicting the life of the rural poor in the US

• a portrait of an American politician from the 1840s

• A poster advertising an American product

• A painting of pioneers settling and farming productive prairie land

Multiple Choice

Given the information in the timeline, which of the following would be a flawed inference?

• mechanized farming contributed to dust storms

• internal migration led to overgrazing

• severe drought contributed to "black blizzards"

• some farmers left the Dust Bowl before the worst dust storm hit the region

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could have been a cause of the Great Dust Bowl?

• "black blizzards"

• internal migration

• depleted topsoil

• failed farms