Exit-Level TAKS Social Studies Practice Test 1103-C

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

What was one result of the rapid growth of U.S. cities in the early 20th century?

A	Fewer educational opportunities were available.
B	Prices for consumer goods became unstable.
C	Farm production declined significantly.
D	The population in slums increased.

One of the primary goals of the Marshall Plan was to prevent the —

A	spread of democratic forms of government.
B	collapse of the Soviet Union's economy.
C	collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe.
D	spread of communism in Western Europe.

The efforts of Susan B. Anthony and other leaders of the women's suffrage movement led to women —

A	gaining the right to vote.
B	earning the same wages as men.
C	gaining the right to attend state universities.
D	becoming property owners in some states.

Industrialization during the late1800s contributed to the development of organized labor because it —

A	created low-wage, low-skill jobs that made employees easy to replace.
B	allowed individuals to accumulate huge fortunes.
C	reduced the demand for hourly wage earners.
D	contributed to the growth of college business programs.

The intellectual ideas of Renaissance thinkers spread throughout Europe largely as a result of the —

A	voyages of exploration.
B	invention of the printing press.
C	opening of the first universities.
D	teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.

Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

We will not submit to the prosperity that is obtained by lowering the wages of working men and charging an excessive price to consumers, nor to that other kind of prosperity obtained by swindling investors or getting unfair advantages over business rivals.

— President Theodore Roosevelt,
August 6, 1912

President Theodore Roosevelt made this statement during which historical period?

A	The Progressive Era
B	The Gilded Age
C	Reconstruction
D	The Great Depression

Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

Don't be afraid to . . . read every book, as long as any document does not offend our own ideas of decency. That should be the only censorship.
How will we defeat communism unless we know what it is, what it teaches, and why does it have such an appeal for men, why are some many people swearing allegiance to it?

— President Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Speech at Dartmouth College, 1953

In the excerpt above, President Eisenhower was responding to Senator Joseph McCarthy's public attempts to —

A	promote religious tolerance.
B	limit free speech.
C	increase U.S. literacy rates.
D	restrict conservative political influence.

The 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provided for U.S. senators to be elected directly by the people. This amendment is significant because it —

A	allowed for the election of more experienced senators.
B	gave citizens more control of the government.
C	discouraged people from voting in state and local elections.
D	lessened the importance of political parties.

The movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s to lower the voting age to 18 was prompted by the —

A	National Defense Education Act.
B	election of John F. Kennedy as president.
C	debate over the Vietnam War.
D	successes of the Persian Gulf War.

Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

Which of the following best completes the diagram as a cause of the Great Depression?

A	Decreased income-tax rate
B	Decline of agricultural prices
C	Increased savings by consumers
D	Expansion of foreign markets

The significance of the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was that it —

A	caused the Soviet Union to join the war against Germany.
B	liberated Paris from German control.
C	opened a second major front in the war in Europe.
D	forced Germany to surrender immediately to Allied forces.