(05.01 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”We have not sought to extend our territorial possessions by conquest, or our republican institutions over a reluctant people. It was the deliberate homage of each people to the great principle of our federative union. If we consider the extent of territory involved in the annexation, its prospective influence on America, the means by which it has been accomplished, springing purely from the choice of the people themselves to share the blessings of our union, the history of the world may be challenged to furnish a parallel…We may rejoice that the tranquil and pervading influence of the American principle of self-government was sufficient to defeat the purposes of British and French interference…From this example European Governments may learn how vain diplomatic arts and intrigues must ever prove upon this continent against that system of self-government which seems natural to our soil, and which will ever resist foreign interference.”Source: James Polk, from the State of the Union Address, December 2, 1845President Polk’s remarks in this address most directly show strong support for which of the following ideas?

(02.03 MC)This question refers to the following image.Public DomainAs a result of Bacon’s Rebellion, “The fear of civil war among whites frightened Virginia’s ruling elite, who took steps to consolidate power and improve their image: for example, restoration of property qualifications for voting, reducing taxes and adoption of a more aggressive Indian policy.”Source: Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty!, 2024Bacon’s Rebellion was a response to

(02.03 LC)Why did warfare between colonists and American Indians during the 17th century generate a sense of superiority among the colonists?

(02.02 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”For the increase of the shipping and the encouragement of the navigation of this nation, which under the good providence and protection of God is so great a means of the welfare and safety of this Commonwealth: be it enacted by this present Parliament, and the authority thereof, that from and after the first day of December, one thousand six hundred fifty and one, and from thence forwards, no goods or commodities whatsoever of the growth, production or manufacture of Asia, Africa or America, or of any part thereof; or of any islands belonging to them,…shall be imported or brought into this Commonwealth of England,…in any other ship or ships, vessel or vessels whatsoever, but only in such as do truly and without fraud belong only to the people of this Commonwealth,…under the penalty of the forfeiture and loss of all the goods that shall be imported contrary to this act.”Source: The Navigation Act, 1651Restrictions outlined in acts such as the Navigation Act reflect which of the following?

(02.01 MC)This question refers to the following excerpt.”Made in the month of September last between the colony of Canada, the savages its allies, and the Iroquois in a general assembly of the chiefs of each of these nations convened by Monsieur the Chevalier de Callière, governor and lieutenant-general for the King in New France, at Montreal on August 4, 1701.As only the deputies of the Huron and the Odawa were here last year when I made peace with the Iroquois for myself and all my allies, I deemed it necessary to send the Sieur de Courtemanche and the Reverend Father Enjalran to all the other nations, my allies, who were absent, to inform them of what had happened and to invite them to send each one’s chiefs with the Iroquois prisoners they held in order to hear my words all together.”Source: from The Great Peace of Montreal (1701), in which a representative for each of nine indigenous groups assented to de Callière’s termsWhich of the following was a motivation that most likely contributed to the events described in the excerpt?

(01.05 MC)Use the graph to answer the question that follows.A medical device company is selling a new surgical tool. Despite positive reviews from surgeons, the company has a surplus of the product. Which of these statements describes the price of the tool?

(03.05 HC)Using the excerpt, respond to parts a, b, and c.”And We do further strictly enjoin and require all Persons whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any Lands within the Countries above described, or upon any other Lands, which, not having been ceded to, or purchased by Us, are still reserved to the said Indians as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such Settlements. And…to the End that the Indians may be convinced of Our Justice, and determined Resolution to remove all reasonable Cause of Discontent, We do, with the Advice of Our Privy Council, strictly enjoin and require, that no private Person do presume to make any Purchase from the said Indians of any Lands reserved to the said Indians, within those Parts of Our Colonies where We have thought proper to allow Settlement; but that if, at any Time, any of the said Indians should be inclined to dispose of the said Lands, the same shall be purchased only for Us, in Our Name…”Source: King George III, Proclamation of 1763 Briefly describe one point of view suggested in the excerpt. Briefly explain how one specific event or development from 1754 to 1763 contributed to the development described in the excerpt. Briefly explain how ideas such as those reflected in the excerpt resulted in one specific effect from 1754 to 1800.

(01.08 LC)To earn money on your investments, your rate of return must be higher than which value?

(01.06 LC)What is the purpose of money?

(05.01 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”We have not sought to extend our territorial possessions by conquest, or our republican institutions over a reluctant people. It was the deliberate homage of each people to the great principle of our federative union. If we consider the extent of territory involved in the annexation, its prospective influence on America, the means by which it has been accomplished, springing purely from the choice of the people themselves to share the blessings of our union, the history of the world may be challenged to furnish a parallel…We may rejoice that the tranquil and pervading influence of the American principle of self-government was sufficient to defeat the purposes of British and French interference…From this example European Governments may learn how vain diplomatic arts and intrigues must ever prove upon this continent against that system of self-government which seems natural to our soil, and which will ever resist foreign interference.”Source: James Polk, from the State of the Union Address, December 2, 1845One effect of the sense of American superiority described in this excerpt was