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1. The 14th amendment:
a. ended slavery
b. gave women the right to vote
c. gave former slaves full voting power
d. promises equal rights and citizenship to all born in America
2. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for popular sovereignty. What did this mean?
a. There would be an equal number of free and slave states
b. The settlers of each state decide whether or not slavery is legal in that state
c. Congress decides which states are slave states and which states are free states
d. Slavery is legal in all states
3. Which court case was an indirect catalyst for the American Civil War?
a. Dred Scott
b. Marbury v. Madison
c. Emancipation Proclamation
d. Gibbons v. Ogden
4. Westward expansion was aided by all of the following except for:
a. the Louisiana Purchase
b. the Homestead Act
c. the Monroe Doctrine
d. the building of the transcontinental railroad
5. Following the Civil War, many southern states in 1865 and 1866 successfully enacted a series of laws known as the
a. Reconstruction
b. Black codes
c. Radical Reconstruction
d. Freedmen's Bureau
6. A major result of the Industrial Revolution was
a. increased desire of the wealthy class to share its power
b. concentration of workers in urban areas
c. control of agricultural production by governments
d. formation of powerful craft guilds
7. Which of the following was NOT a part of the industrial revolution in the 19th century?
a. the steam engine
b. the assembly line
c. the textile industry
d. the iron industry
8. What was one of the ideals held by the Progressive Era?
a. fairness
b. equality
c. economic stability
d. civil rights
9. Which of the following is NOT a benefit associated with joining a union?
a. better pay
b. safer working conditions
c. shorter work week
d. more collaborative work environment
10. After 1860, the United States began to change to what type of economy?
a. industrial
b. agricultural
c. command
d. mixed
11. An event that narrows the field of candidates is a
a. primary election
b. general election
c. caucus
d. political convention
12. Political campaigns rely on which of the following in order to alter their campaign messages to voters?
a. exit polls
b. opinion polls
c. super PACs
d. television ads
13. What do PACs (political action committees) do?
a. make ads for political candidates
b. offer advice for political candidates
c. provide political reform initiatives
d. raise money for political candidates
14. Our rights of citizenship are outlined in
a. the Bill of Rights
b. the 19th Amendment
c. the Declaration of Independence
d. the Reconstruction Amendments
15. A foreigner who has established permanent residence in the United States is a
a. illegal alien
b. enemy alien
c. resident alien
d. nonresident alien
16. The French Revolution led to all of the following except
a. the end of monarchy in France
b. France establishing a republic
c. the shaping of modern nations
d. the fall of Napoleon
17. What was the result of the 1918 Treaty of Versailles?
a. Germany had to pay reparations to the Allies
b. Germany had to pay reparations to the Central Powers
c. Germany had to pay reparations to the Axis Powers
d. Germany invaded Poland
18. In World War II, the Allies were made up of the "Big Three", which were
a. the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy
b. the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union
c. the United States, the United Kingdom, and China
d. the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland
19. "No taxation without representation" was a slogan used by American colonists in order to convey:
a. that any laws passed by British parliament affecting the colonies were illegal under the Bill of Rights
b. the colonists' dissatisfaction with the cultural makeup of Parliament
c. that taxes should be completely illegal
d. the colonists' desire for a more lenient government
20. When Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi party, he appealed to many Germans due to
a. his military background
b. German nationalism
c. his promise to improve employment levels
d. b and c
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