2017. Category 2: Geography & Culture

Which factor encouraged more immigrants to settle in northern states than southern states during the mid-nineteenth century?

• Northern states had lower population densities.

• Citizenship requirements in southern states were not as strict.

• Southern states had smaller industrial sectors.

• Governments in northern states were less corrupt.

The completion of the Erie Canal played a key role in which development?

• New York City becoming a vital commercial center with the country's busiest seaport

• New Orleans becoming a leader in manufacturing an overseas trade

• Washington, D.C., becoming the cultural and political center of the nation

• Boston becoming one of the country's largest transportation hubs

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• Cities grew rapidly.

• Demand for artisans increased.

• Farms experienced a shortage of labor.

• Government regulation of factories increased.

The colonies in this list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of -

• freedom from debts

• religious freedom

• economic freedom

• freedom of speech

One environmental consequence of the large-scale cultivation of cotton in the South was -

• widespread soil exhaustion caused by decades of farming

• drought caused by overuse of river water to irrigate farmland

• air pollution caused by the use of cotton gins

• widespread water contamination caused by fertilizer runoff

Which of these was a primary reason Chinese immigrants came to the United States in the early 1850s?

• To seek gold

• To purchase inexpensive farmland

• To avoid a plague

• To escape religious persecution

What was the result of the events shown on the map above?

• General Lee's troops received necessary reinforcements.

• General Grant's supply lines were completely cut off.

• General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

• General Grant and General Lee combined forces.

Which amendment prohibits federal and state governments from carrying out these actions?

• The First Amendment

• The Second Amendment

• The Fifth Amendment

• The Tenth Amendment

Which phrase correctly completes the excerpt?

• we joined the local congregation

• we agreed to leave

• we asked the federal government for aid

• we sued our tormentors

The names on this map best reflect which of the following?

• Family names of early pioneers in the West

• The impact of American Indian culture on southwestern states

• The influence of Spanish colonial heritage on the United States

• Religious beliefs brought by immigrants to the United States