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What kind of economic model did New England's environment encourage the Iroquois, and similar cultures, to adopt?

For us at Shmoop, dramatic change means eating something other than a bologna sandwich, 4 carrots, and a juice box for lunch. Taco Tuesday is a big...

AP U.S. History Period 1: 1491-1607 Drill 3, Problem 2. The cultivation of maize, depicted in the image, also played a significant role in which of...

AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 2: 1607–1754. Conflicts between Spanish colonizers and native populations, compared to conflicts between British colon...

U.S. AP U.S. History 1.3 Period 2: 1690-1754. Legislative actions like the declaration above marked a new period in North American slavery becau...

AP U.S. History 1.4 Period 2: 1690-1754. Which of the following environmental factors did not contribute to the rise of the West Indies slave trade...

AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 3: 1754-1800. The structure of the government that the Articles of Confederation established most clearly reflects the R...

AP U.S. History 1.3 Period 3: 1754-1800. In the Articles of Confederation, the issue of slavery was...what?

AP U.S. History 1.4 Period 3: 1754-1800. In the Articles of Confederation, the issue of slavery was what?

AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 4: 1800-1848. The "separation" that the American Colonization Society advocates for is...what?

AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 4: 1800-1848. A growing trend among slaveholders in the South was to argue that slavery was...what?

AP US History: Politics in Antebellum America Drill 1, Problem 1. Expanding government and regulation into the Louisiana territory proved chal...

AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 5: 1848-1877. Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the idea of Manifest Destiny?

AP U.S. History 2.1 Period 5: 1848-1877. In general, racial stereotyping like the minstrel show advertised above affected the national debate about...

AP U.S. History 2.2 Period 5: 1848-1877. At the same time as minstrel shows were gaining popularity in the 1830s to 1850s, Catholic immigrants to t...

AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 6: 1865-1898. The sentiment expressed above was primarily a response to which of the following economic trends?

How did the wealthy justify their status and privilege? Other than the customary way of having large gold statues built in their likeness with sign...

AP U.S. History 1.5 Period 6: 1865-1898. During this time, wages around the country did what?

AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 7: 1890–1945. The Clayton Antitrust Act marked a new period in American labor relations because it...what?

AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 7: 1890-1945. Antitrust laws like the Clayton Act were a direct response to what development in the United States economy?

AP U.S. History 1.3 Period 7: 1890-1945. How did the rise of the corporations affect the social order of the time?

In this AP U.S. History question read the excerpt and determine how it reflects on conceptual shifts in American Foreign Policy.  AP U.S. His...

AP U.S. History: Industrial American in 19th Century Drill 1, Problem 5. In addition to foreign aid, the United States used military force in Korea...

AP U.S. History: Urban Society in 19th Century Drill 1, Problem 1. In this AP U.S. History question figure out how the cutoff of oil in Americ...

AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 9: 1980-Present. The success of the Republican Party's fiscal policies in the 1980s and 1990s was accompanied by...what?

AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 9: 1980-Present. Which of the following historical events would undermine the promises made by the Republican Party in i...

AP U.S. History 1.5 Period 9: 1980-Present. The domestic changes that Nojeim describes occurred alongside...what?