Isolationism: a national policy of avoiding political alliances with other nationsNationalism: a sense of allegiance to the interests and culture of a nationJingoism: extreme nationalism characterized by a warring foreign policyPacifism: the belief that nations should settle their disputes peacefullyRegionalism: a political division between two regions within an areaRead the next items and identify which label best describes each of them."The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith."President George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
Isolationism: a national policy of avoiding political alliances with other nationsNationalism: a sense of allegiance to the interests and culture of a nationJingoism: extreme nationalism characterized by a warring foreign policyPacifism: the belief that nations should settle their disputes peacefullyRegionalism: a political division between two regions within an areaRead the next items and identify which label best describes each of them."The free States alone, if we must go on alone, will make a glorious nation. Twenty millions in the temperate zone, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, full of vigor, industry, inventive genius, educated, and moral; increasing by immigration rapidly, and, above all, freeall freewill form a confederacy of twenty States scarcely inferior in real power to the unfortunate Union of thirty-three States which we had on the first of November."Rutherford Birchard Hayes, January 4, 1861
Like so many other exploration stories, the Lewis and Clark journey was shaped by the search for navigable rivers, inspired by the quest for Edens, and driven by competition for empire. Thomas Jefferson was motivated by these aspirations when he drafted instructions for his explorers, sending them up the Missouri River in search of a passage to the Pacific. Writing to William Dunbar just a month after Lewis and Clark left Fort Mandan, Jefferson emphasized the importance of rivers in his plan for western exploration and national expansion. "We shall delineate with correctness the great arteries of this great country." River highways could takeAmericans into an Eden, Jefferson’s vision of the West as the "Garden of the World." And those same rivers might be nature’s outlines and borders for empire."Future generations would," so the president told his friend, "fill up the canvas we begin."Source: Library of Congress, Exhibits, "Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America."Which of the following was NOT one of Jeffersons goals in sponsoring the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Like so many other exploration stories, the Lewis and Clark journey was shaped by the search for navigable rivers, inspired by the quest for Edens, and driven by competition for empire. Thomas Jefferson was motivated by these aspirations when he drafted instructions for his explorers, sending them up the Missouri River in search of a passage to the Pacific. Writing to William Dunbar just a month after Lewis and Clark left Fort Mandan, Jefferson emphasized the importance of rivers in his plan for western exploration and national expansion. "We shall delineate with correctness the great arteries of this great country." River highways could takeAmericans into an Eden, Jefferson’s vision of the West as the "Garden of the World." And those same rivers might be nature’s outlines and borders for empire."Future generations would," so the president told his friend, "fill up the canvas we begin."Source: Library of Congress, Exhibits, "Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America."Which historical idea best summarizes Jeffersons attitude toward the West?
About the time of World War I, sharp-eyed entrepreneurs began . . . to see ways to profit from the motorists freedom . . . Shops could be set up almost anywhere the law allowed, and a wide variety of products and services could be counted on to sell briskly in the roadside marketplace. A certain number of cars passing by would always be in need of gas. Travelers eventually grew hungry, tired, and restless for diversions. Soon gas stations, produce booths, hot dog stands, and tourist camps sprouted up along the nations roadsides to capitalize on these needs. As competition increased, merchants looked for new ways to snag the new market a wheel. Each sign and building had to visually shout: "Slow down, pull in, and buy." Still more businesses moved to the highway— supermarkets, motor courts, restaurants, miniature golf courses, drive-in theaters. By the early 1950s, almost anything could be bought along the roadside.Source: Excerpt from Chester H. Liebs, Main Street to Miracle Mile. Little, Brown and Company, 1985.What is the main idea of the passage?
About the time of World War I, sharp-eyed entrepreneurs began . . . to see ways to profit from the motorists freedom . . . Shops could be set up almost anywhere the law allowed, and a wide variety of products and services could be counted on to sell briskly in the roadside marketplace. A certain number of cars passing by would always be in need of gas. Travelers eventually grew hungry, tired, and restless for diversions. Soon gas stations, produce booths, hot dog stands, and tourist camps sprouted up along the nations roadsides to capitalize on these needs. As competition increased, merchants looked for new ways to snag the new market a wheel. Each sign and building had to visually shout: "Slow down, pull in, and buy." Still more businesses moved to the highway— supermarkets, motor courts, restaurants, miniature golf courses, drive-in theaters. By the early 1950s, almost anything could be bought along the roadside.Source: Excerpt from Chester H. Liebs, Main Street to Miracle Mile. Little, Brown and Company, 1985.Given the information in this passage, what appeared to be an important post-World War II trend in the United States?
