People Moved into the Old Northwest for All of the Following

question 38

Multiple Choice

People moved into the Old Northwest for all of the following reasons except  

• A) the canal and highway boom opened the area to settlement.
• B) the Indian threat had been substantially weakened.
• C) to acquire cheap and productive land.
• D) to escape the domination of wealthy plantation owners.
• E) to expand the territory where slavery was legal.

Grasp the characteristics of a testable hypothesis.

Understand construct validity and its importance in research.

Identify different methodologies used by psychologists for data collection.

Distinguish between experimental and quasi-experimental designs.

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Definitions:

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