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Question 1

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Which of the following was NOT a risk associated with life on the frontier?
Answer
  • Disease
  • Insanity
  • Depression
  • Alien Abduction

Question 2

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Which of the following is NOT a species that was depleted by western settlers and frontiersmen?
Answer
  • Enhydra lutris
  • Bison bison
  • Bunodactis stelloides
  • Castor canadensis

Question 3

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Which of the following states was NOT admitted to the Union before 1860?
Answer
  • Illinois
  • Minnesota
  • Wisconsin
  • Kansas
  • Oregon
  • Florida
  • Kentucky

Question 4

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Which of the following is NOT a reason that many European immigrants came to America?
Answer
  • They were attracted by the promise of a democratic government.
  • They wanted to be free from oppressive state churches.
  • They wished to take advantage of the multiple opportunities for acquiring land.
  • They wanted to meet Chuck Norris in person.

Question 5

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Which of the following immigrant groups had the largest impact on the American political system?
Answer
  • The Irish
  • The Germans
  • The Wookies
  • Chuck Norris OWNS the American political system, fool.

Question 6

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Which of the following inventions was instrumental in the start of the Industrial Revolution in America?
Answer
  • The Cotton Gin
  • The Tesla Coil
  • Textile Machinery
  • The Automatic Rifle

Question 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?
Answer
  • The Northern soil was poor, discouraging farming.
  • The rivers of the North were fast and narrow, ideal for water-powered mills.
  • The high population density of the North provided plenty of labor and market consumers.
  • The tribes of Northern Dwarves showed the humans many techniques for forging, craftsmanship, and industry, improving their efficiency and skill.

Question 8

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Which of the following is a direct descendant of mass production as Eli Whitney envisioned and pioneered?
Answer
  • The 20th Century Fox movie studio (Dun-da-da-daaa, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-daaaaaa!)
  • Henry Ford's Assembly Line
  • The New York Metro System
  • Chuck Norris's granny baking delicious cookies with the blood of his enemies

Question 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?
Answer
  • Because laborers are lame
  • Because laborers have no rights
  • 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
  • Because Chuck Norris says that you should, and not doing what Chuck Norris says is a REALLY BAD IDEA

Question 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?
Answer
  • John Deere's steel plow
  • Cyrus McCormick's mechanical mower-reaper
  • Spock's mind-meld-in-a-box
  • Robert Fulton's steam-powered riverboat

Question 11

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Which of the following regions is correctly paired with its economic strength?
Answer
  • The North; large-scale cotton production
  • The South; large-scale factory production
  • The Midwest; large-scale grain production
  • The Westfarthing; large-scale Longbottom Leaf production

Question 12

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Which of the following was NOT an invention that influenced the Industrial Revolution in America?
Answer
  • Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
  • Samuel Morse's Telegraph
  • John Deere's Steel Plow
  • Vilden Madoff's Twin Ion Engine Starfighter

Question 13

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Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
Answer
  • The German immigrants kept largely to themselves, preserving their culture and language
  • The evolution of the American Transportation System allowed landlocked Midwestern states access to larger, further afield markets for their crops.
  • As the American settlers pushed west, they changed the landscape by introducing nonnative species, clearing the land, and decimating native species.
  • Chuck Norris is not the most powerful force in the Universe.

Question 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?
Answer
  • widespread flooding; Oregon
  • corn blight; Connecticut
  • multiple industrial fires; New York
  • alien invasion; Texas

Question 15

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If personified by an animal, the American West would most accurately be symbolized by which of the following?
Answer
  • The American Buffalo
  • The European Pig
  • The Klingon Targh
  • The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Question 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?
Answer
  • Santa Claus
  • Count Olaf
  • Clark Kent
  • Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
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