PART 2 – American culture and civilization

I Circle the correct answer

1. The navigator believed to have discovered America before Columbus isNe vide se ponuđeni odgovori

2. What is the United States oldest institution of Higher learning?Ne vide se ponuđeni odgovori

3. Why was the Albany Congress of 1754 important?Ne vide se ponuđeni odgovori

4. The battle of Trenton changed the course of American Revolution SceneNe vide se ponuđeni odgovori

5. Senator Joseph McCarty came to symbolize a) The moral perfection of the American dream Ne vide se ponuđeni odgovori

6. When was the Vietnam War waged?a) from 1947 to 1971 b) from 1963 to 1983 c) from 1954 to 1976 d) Ne vidi se

7. Andrew Jackson inauguration as president symbolizea) The return of Jeffersonian simplicity b) Ne vidi sec) envolvement of states governments in economy d) Ne vidi se

8. The Statue of Liberty was gift from which countrya) France b) Canada c) Holland d)Great Britain

9. What was referred as the Second War of Independence?a) The French and Indian War b) The Civil Warc) The War of 1812 d) The “Glorious Revolution”

10. What is “the day that will live in infamy”?a) The day 9/11 attacks b) the day of the attack on Pearl Harborc) D-Day d) the day when US entered the WWI

11. What begins with the words “We the people…”?a) The Declaration of Independence b) The United States Constitutionc) Thomas Paine’s Common Sense d) The Social Security Act

12. “Proxy wars” were waged between which two countries?a) The Soviet Union and the USA b) Germany and the USAc) CIA and KGB d) the Axis and Allies

13. Who was the first president of the USA?a) George Washington b) Abraham Lincoln c) Thomas Jefferson d) Ne vidi se

14. Ne vidi se lepo, ali ima veze sa tim šta je bila najveća briga predsednika Ruzvelta nakon njegove inaguracijea) Cuba b) Ne vidi se c) the Panama Canal d) Mexico

15. Which American commandant turn traitor and joined the Britain during American Revolution?a) Ne vidi se b) Ne vidi se c) Andrew Jackson d) Ne vidi se

II Please provide brief answers on the following questions

1. What five major physiographic region can North America be divided into?__________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Ne vidi se

3. What was the most popular type of painting throughout colonial period (name at least one American painter from that period)

4. What did the revolution mean to the Native American, Indians?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Name at least one American scientist and his/her contribution to the science/the world__________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Account for the causes and results of the Civil War?__________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. In what section did Industry flourish before the Civil War? Why?_________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. How would you describe America’s international position in the period from 1886 to 1900 (nisam siguran za godine ne vide se lepo)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Why is the year 1848 an important year in the women movement?__________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. What was “Flower Power” (explain the significance)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________