Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
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The actions of Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s
led many Americans to —
A | suspect that some government officials had communist
sympathies. | B | demand more rights
for organized labor. | C | support U.S.
involvement in the United Nations. | D | organize to protect
the rights of African Americans. |
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Which of the following would be a primary source for
a historian writing an account of the Battle of Wounded Knee?
A | A biography of a battle
participant | B | A diary of a cavalry
officer who participated in the battle | C | A history book on
the Indian Wars | D | An
interview with a
descendant of Sitting Bull |
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The U.S. Civil Rights movement had its roots in the
late 18th and early 19th centuries with the work of —
A | carpetbaggers. | B | the Know-Nothings. | C | abolitionists. | D | the
Populists. |
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Why did President Woodrow Wilson consider the last
item in his Fourteen Points speech, the creation of a general association of nations, to be the most
important?
A | Such an organization would provide a forum for addressing
international problems. | B | It placed the United
States in a leadership position among nations. | C | It excluded small
colonial nations from the diplomatic process. | D | It guaranteed that
Great Britain, France, and Italy would retain control of Europe.
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As a result of the passage of the Homestead Act in
1862, the Great Plains —
A | became the most populated region of the United
States. | B | became the location of the country’s largest urban
centers. | C | was preserved through conservation
measures. | D | was developed into a major agricultural
area. |
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Use the diagram and your knowledge of social
studies to answer the following question. |
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Which of the following best completes the diagram?
A | Great Society programs | B | New Deal programs | C | World War I treaty
articles | D | Roosevelt Corollary
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In 1898 more than 200 Americans died when the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded
in Havana Harbor. This event prompted the beginning of the —
A | Mexican-American War. | B | Civil War. | C | Spanish-American
War. | D | Russo-Japanese War. |
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The purpose of the system of checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution is to
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A | grant most legislative power to the House of Representatives. | B | establish judicial
guidelines at the state and local levels. | C | balance the interests of large and small
states. | D | prevent one branch of the federal government from becoming too
powerful. |
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Use the photograph and your knowledge of
social studies to answer the following question. | |
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What issue is the person in the photograph trying to
pressure President Woodrow Wilson to support?
A | A graduated income tax | B | The passage of the Prohibition amendment | C | A compulsory draft | D | The expansion of
voting rights |
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The Founding Fathers protected freedom of the press
in the Bill of Rights because they —
A | wanted to secure the authority of the federal government
over the states. | B | hoped that the
government would publish a national newspaper. | C | wanted the
government to remain open and accountable to the people. | D | hoped that the government would establish public
libraries. |
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The migration of thousands of African Americans to
the North in the early 20th century can best be explained by —
A | the availability of cheap farmland in the
North. | B | the closing of factories in southern
states. | C | decreased availability of government land for
sharecropping in the South. | D | greater job
opportunities in northern cities. |
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