AHSGESOCIAL STUDIES

PRACTICE SESSION

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A) Pizarro:Incas B) Desoto:Aztecs C) Montezuma:Anasazi D) Magellan:Mayas

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Constitution of the United States. Use the passage and your knowledge to answer

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80. The poster is similar to some created during the 1940’s. Use the poster and your own knowledge to answer the following

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• The French-Indian War (1756-1763) was part of a larger conflict between Britain and France called the...

A) Great War B) Seven Years War C) War of the Roses D) Second American Revolution

• The Columbian Exchange was ______________ A) the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases

between the old and new worlds. B) the exchange of precious metals between the old and new worlds. C) the movement of the army of Simon Bolivar across Gran Columbia, exchanging Spanish prisoners for valuable weapons he would later use to free most of Latin America. D) the first great banking and trading house in South America.

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• Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party by ____________.

A) enacting a series of restrictive measures known as the Intolerable Acts B) enacting a new set of taxes known as the Townshend Acts C) sending British warships and troops to attack and burn the port of Boston D) rounding up suspected participants

When World War I began, the official United States policy was:

A)to enter on the side of the Allied Powers.

B)to support the Allied Powers while staying out of the war.

C)neutrality.

D)to support the Central Powers by providing war materials.

• William Lloyd Garrison and his newspaper, The Liberator, are associated with which of the following movements?

A)Women’s suffrage

B)Abolitionist

C)Prohibition

D)Manifest Destiny

• John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau all were…

A)proponents of a constitutional monarchy

B)French Enlightenment philosophers

C)influences on the ideals that shaped American government

D)advocated American independence

John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau all were…

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proponents of a constitutional monarchy

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French Enlightenment philosophers

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influences on the ideals that shaped American government

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advocated American independence

John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau all were…

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proponents of a constitutional monarchy

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French Enlightenment philosophers

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influences on the ideals that shaped American government

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advocated American independence

• The 19th Amendment...

• A)ended prohibition

• B)established the commencement of the presidential term and succession

• C)gave women the right to vote

• D)provided for the popular election of senators

• Margaret Sanger crusaded to legalize:

• A)birth control

• B)alcohol

• C)tobacco

• D)marijuana

• Frederick Douglass was an advocate for...

• A)women's rights

• B)abolition

• C)prohibition

• D)unionization

• Those who supported adoption of the Constitution were called

• A)Abolitionists

• B)Democrats

• C)Federalists

• D)Republicans

• Prohibition restricted the sale and consumption of _____________.

• A)foreign foods

• B)cigarettes

• C)alcohol

• D)drugs

• The British surrendered to the Continental Army in 1781 following:

• A)the Boston Massacre

• B)the Battle of Yorktown

• C)the Battle of New Orleans

• D)the Battle of Lexington

• Lexington and Concord were the first battles in which war?

• A)American Revolution

• B)Civil War

• C)Spanish-American War

• D)Mexican War

•  Which of the following land acquisitions doubled the size of the United States?

• A)Oregon Territory

• B)Gadsden Purchase

• C)Land Ordinance of 1787

• D)Louisiana Purchase

• The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), NRA , and CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) are most associated with the…

• A)Populist Era

• B)Progressive Era

• C)Prohibition Era

• D)New Deal

• This period is characterized by a renewed curiosity in the arts, sciences, and in philosophy.

A) The Renaissance B) The Medieval Period C) The Industrial Revolution D) The Age of Exploration

• Most of the depopulation of the Native American population can be attributed to

A) war B) slavery C) fires D) disease

• Marbury v. Madison established the

A) supremacy of the national government B) principle of judicial review C) principle of federalism D) power of a strong chief executive

• The people who came to the American colonies had already been exposed to the idea of limited government because of:

A) The Magna Carta B) The Council of Trent C) The Constitution D) Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Marbury v. Madison established the

A) supremacy of the national government B) principle of judicial review C) principle of federalism D) power of a strong chief executive

• The "Great Awakening" wasA) A series of religious revivals that swept across the American colonies in the middle of the 18th Century B) a phrase used to describe Americans belief that it was their God-given right (and duty) to spread across the North American continent C) the spreading of the abolitionist movement in response to the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel, Uncle Tom s Cabin D) the movement to educate women in early colonial America, as women were, more frequently, called upon to teach their children about the Bible

• "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." (1863)The above quote came from statements made on what occasion?A) President Lincoln's first inauguration B) the dedication of a Civil War battlefield C) the battle at Fort Sumter D) Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

• The Emancipation Proclamation was announced after the Battle of

A) Antietam/Sharpsburg B) Shiloh C) 2nd Bull Run/Manassas D) Vicksburg

• Northerners who came South after the Civil War were called

A) Copperheads B) Scalawags C) Carpetbaggers D) Interlopers

• The main purpose of "Jim Crow" laws in the south was to

A) provide unemployment assistance B) encourage political participation of freed slaves C) segregate blacks and whites D) help the economy of the South after the Reconstruction

• In February of 1861, the seven seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama to:A) discuss military strategy after the victory at First Bull Run B) found the Confederate States of America C) Decide how resources would be divided between the seven states of the Confederacy D) try to get Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee to join the Confederacy

• Which of the following is a work associated with the Muckrakers?

A) The Empire of Business by Andrew Carnegie B) The Liberator by William Lloyd Garrison

C) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair D) Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

• The Populist Party was established in the 1890’s to:

A) protect the political and economic interests of farmers and laborers B) reduce the tax burden on the wealthy industrialist class C) ensure that the US stayed on the gold standard D) support the candidacy of William McKinley

• The "yellow press" called for war after the sinking of the Maine. This contributed to public support for:

A) World War I B) Spanish-American War C) World War II D) Woodrow Wilson’s election in 1912

• A major goal of the progressive movement was to:

A) increase democracy in US government B) encourage ties between government and business C) establish a flat rate income tax D) all of the above

• Reformers such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were most concerned with....

A) securing property rights for women B) securing women’s right to vote C) abolishing slavery D) trying to keep the U.S. out of World War I

• The Treaty of Versailles brought to an end to _______.A) The American Revolution B) The French Revolution C) World War I D) World War II

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• Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan both were “captains” of which industry?

A) oil B) steel C) railroad D) automobile

• Which of Woodrow Wilson's proposals was included in the Treaty of Versailles?

A) reparations from Germany B) the League of Nations C) removal of all trade barriers D) restoration of the Russian monarchy

• Which of the following was a factor in the U.S. entry in WWI?

A) the sinking of the Lusitania B) the signing of a peace agreement C) the halt of the German army D) the death of the heir to the throne of

• In the era after World War I and before the Great Depression, American “suburbs” began to grow rapidly because of

A) greater availability of information (television & radio) B) invention of electric lights C) mass production of automobiles D) increased use of airplanes

• President Franklin Roosevelt said that December 7, 1941, would "live in infamy" because on that day, _______.

A) France was invaded by Germany B) German U-boats sank the Lusitania C) Japan bombed Pearl Harbor D) Japan invaded the Philippines

• In World War II, the title of Supreme Allied Commander belonged to:

A) Harry Truman B) Dwight Eisenhower C) George Patton D) Bernard Montgomery

• The "Dust Bowl" is an ecological situation associated withA) World War I B) The Great Depression C) World War II D) The Cold War

• At the beginning of both World War I and World War II, the initial policy of the United States was to

A) remain neutral. B) provide military assistance. C) end ties with the warring countries. D) create naval blockades

• The term usually associated with the Munich Conference is:

A) appeasement B) neutrality C) disarmament D) non-aggression

• The name given to the 16th century religious movement that was critical of the Roman Catholic Church:

• A) The Protestant Reformation

• B) The Counter Reformation

• C) The Catholic Reformation

• D) The Scientific Revolution