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Frage 1
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Which of the following was NOT a risk associated with life on the frontier?
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Disease
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Insanity
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Depression
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Alien Abduction
Frage 2
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Which of the following is NOT a species that was depleted by western settlers and frontiersmen?
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Enhydra lutris
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Bison bison
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Bunodactis stelloides
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Castor canadensis
Frage 3
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Which of the following states was NOT admitted to the Union before 1860?
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Illinois
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Minnesota
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Wisconsin
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Kansas
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Oregon
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Florida
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Kentucky
Frage 4
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Which of the following is NOT a reason that many European immigrants came to America?
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They were attracted by the promise of a democratic government.
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They wanted to be free from oppressive state churches.
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They wished to take advantage of the multiple opportunities for acquiring land.
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They wanted to meet Chuck Norris in person.
Frage 5
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Which of the following immigrant groups had the largest impact on the American political system?
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The Irish
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The Germans
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The Wookies
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Chuck Norris OWNS the American political system, fool.
Frage 6
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Which of the following inventions was instrumental in the start of the Industrial Revolution in America?
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The Cotton Gin
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The Tesla Coil
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Textile Machinery
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The Automatic Rifle
Frage 7
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Which of the following is NOT a reason that the Northern States were ideally suited to a factory-based economy?
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The Northern soil was poor, discouraging farming.
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The rivers of the North were fast and narrow, ideal for water-powered mills.
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The high population density of the North provided plenty of labor and market consumers.
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The tribes of Northern Dwarves showed the humans many techniques for forging, craftsmanship, and industry, improving their efficiency and skill.
Frage 8
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Which of the following is a direct descendant of mass production as Eli Whitney envisioned and pioneered?
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The 20th Century Fox movie studio (Dun-da-da-daaa, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-daaaaaa!)
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Henry Ford's Assembly Line
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The New York Metro System
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Chuck Norris's granny baking delicious cookies with the blood of his enemies
Frage 9
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Which of the following BEST explains why it is a good idea to become a rich factory owner and not a penniless laborer in 1860?
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Because laborers are lame
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Because laborers have no rights
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Because becoming rich off of other people's suffering and unscrupulous business methods is good spiritual fulfillment and contributes to your moral strength and equity
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Because Chuck Norris says that you should, and not doing what Chuck Norris says is a REALLY BAD IDEA
Frage 10
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Which of the following was NOT an invention that hugely impacted western farming in the former half of the 19th century?
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John Deere's steel plow
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Cyrus McCormick's mechanical mower-reaper
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Spock's mind-meld-in-a-box
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Robert Fulton's steam-powered riverboat
Frage 11
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Which of the following regions is correctly paired with its economic strength?
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The North; large-scale cotton production
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The South; large-scale factory production
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The Midwest; large-scale grain production
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The Westfarthing; large-scale Longbottom Leaf production
Frage 12
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Which of the following was NOT an invention that influenced the Industrial Revolution in America?
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Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
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Samuel Morse's Telegraph
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John Deere's Steel Plow
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Vilden Madoff's Twin Ion Engine Starfighter
Frage 13
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Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
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The German immigrants kept largely to themselves, preserving their culture and language
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The evolution of the American Transportation System allowed landlocked Midwestern states access to larger, further afield markets for their crops.
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As the American settlers pushed west, they changed the landscape by introducing nonnative species, clearing the land, and decimating native species.
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Chuck Norris is not the most powerful force in the Universe.
Frage 14
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Which of the following disasters would MOST LIKELY have the most direct impact on the economy of the state with which it is paired?
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widespread flooding; Oregon
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corn blight; Connecticut
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multiple industrial fires; New York
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alien invasion; Texas
Frage 15
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If personified by an animal, the American West would most accurately be symbolized by which of the following?
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The American Buffalo
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The European Pig
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The Klingon Targh
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The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Frage 16
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Which of the following famous fictional characters would MOST LIKELY laugh at a tasteless joke about women and children's labor rights in the 1800s?
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Santa Claus
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Count Olaf
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Clark Kent
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Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
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