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1.
Read the list and answer the question that follows.
Which time period is represented by this information?
2.A
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2.
Which action did Congress take to help protect native plants and animals from extinction?
14.B
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3.
Study the table and answer the question that follows.
Which reason contributed to the trend shown in this table?
5.A
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4.
Study the photograph and answer the question that follows.
Which development made it possible to construct this type of building?
26.A
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5.
Read the list and answer the question that follows.
How were these rights formally obtained?
22.A
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6.
What was one result of the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the 1930s?
18.A
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7.
Which statement describes one of the MOST important reasons why the United States annexed the Kingdom of Hawaii?
4.B
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8.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
How did the White Ribboners contribute to U.S. society during the late 1800s?
25.D
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9.
Study the table and answer the question that follows.
Why was the United States concerned about Agreement 2?
8.D
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10.
Which action BEST prepares a responsible citizen to vote?
22.C
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11.
Study the photograph and answer the question that follows.
What was one of President Nixon’s goals for the meeting shown in this photograph?
10.A
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12.
What has been one effect of population growth on the physical environment?
14.A
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13.
Which statement describes how the GI Bill affected the United States during the 1950s?
17.B
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14.
Read the passage and answer the question that follows.
What was one way the decision described in this passage affected the United States in the first half of the twentieth century?
20.A
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15.
Which U.S. action was the MOST direct and immediate response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?
8.A
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16.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
How has use of the technology described in this excerpt impacted the United States?
26.C
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17.
What effect did the sinking of the Lusitania have on World War I?
4.C
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18.
These photographs show a group of Chiricahua Apache students on their first day of school at the Carlisle Indian School and the same students four months later, 1886–1887.
These photographs provide evidence that one goal of the Carlisle Indian School was to —
25.B
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19.
Read the list and answer the question that follows.
Which response correctly replaces the question mark on this list?
11.A
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20.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
Which factor prompted the passage of this legislation?
13.B
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21.
How did the United States respond to the launch of Sputnik I in 1957 by the Soviet Union?
17.C
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22.
How did the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine affect the role of the United States in the world?
4.A
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
Which pair of phrases correctly completes this quote?
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23.
Which pair of phrases correctly completes this quote?
12.A
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24.
How does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) continue to affect U.S. citizens?
16.E
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25.
Study the photograph and answer the question that follows.
What did the federal government do to address the social injustice shown in this photograph?
9.G
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26.
Study the graph and answer the question that follows.
What were two reasons for the population patterns shown on this graph?
13.A
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27.
Study the cartoon and answer the question that follows.
How did the concerns depicted in this cartoon affect the food industry?
15.B
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28.
Which statement describes how the Transcontinental Railroad affected the United States during the late 1800s?
15.A
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29.
In the 1960s which action of the Black Panthers was MOST DIFFERENT from the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
9.E
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30.
Study the diagram and answer the question that follows.
Which phrase correctly replaces the question mark in this diagram?
16.C
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31.
Why was President Ronald Reagan criticized for the Iran-Contra Affair?
10.C
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32.
Study the poster and answer the question that follows.
What was the purpose of this World War II poster?
7.F
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33.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
Which concept is BEST described by this excerpt?
Which diagram shows a cause-and-effect relationship related to the Spanish-American War?
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34.
Which diagram shows a cause-and-effect relationship related to the Spanish-American War?
15.D
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35.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
What was one intended effect of this government action?
27.A
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36.
Study the cartoon and answer the question that follows.
Why was the bill in this cartoon important to President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
19.B
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37.
What was the MAIN reason tanks were introduced during World War I?
4.E
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38.
Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 allowed investigators to obtain books, records, papers, documents and other items sought “in connection with” a terror investigation.
Which phrase correctly replaces the question mark in this table?
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39.
Study the photograph and answer the question that follows.
In recognition of the actions described above, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez was —
23.B
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40.
Read the list and answer the question that follows.
The developments on this list contributed to what development of the 1920s and 1930s?
24.A
What were two economic effects of World War II on the home front?
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41.
What were two economic effects of World War II on the home front?
17.A
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42.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
Why did Senator Lodge express this opinion about the Treaty of Versailles?
4.F
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43.
What is one way the Civil Rights Movement impacted the United States?
9.I
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44.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
What is the meaning of unalienable rights?
1.A
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45.
Study the image and answer the question that follows.
Why were people like those shown in this image hopeful about their future?
3.C
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46.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
How did the decision in this 1950 case benefit minorities?
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47.
Read the list and answer the question that follows.
How did Marcus Garvey MOST impact African Americans in the early 1900s?
6.B
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48.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
Why did Congress override the veto described in this excerpt?
19.A
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49.
Study the photograph and answer the question that follows.
How did the U.S. government work to change this situation?
17.E
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50.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
What was the PRIMARY goal of the foreign policy described in this excerpt?
8.C
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51.
During the late 1960s, Mexican American students in Los Angeles participated in the Chicano movement by organizing school walkouts. What was the PRIMARY goal of these walkouts?
25.A
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52.
Study the cartoon and answer the question that follows.
What was the PRIMARY objective of the actions represented in this 1945 cartoon?
7.D
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53.
Which action opposed the civil rights advances that the Reconstruction amendments had promised?
9.B
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54.
Study the graph and answer the question that follows.
Which reason BEST explains the change in the number of cars sold between 1910 and 1925?
16.A
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55.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
Which U.S. government action is MOST CLOSELY based on this idea?
21.A
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56.
Which question is associated with the passage of the Espionage and Sedition Acts during World War I?
18.B
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57.
What was one way the role of women in society changed during the 1920s?
6.A
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58.
Study the diagram and answer the question that follows.
Which factor contributed MOST to these changes?
3.A
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59.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
How did Sam Walton benefit the U.S. economy?
11.D
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60.
Why did the government implement a draft during the Vietnam War?
8.F
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61.
1 Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
What was one DIRECT effect of the business practice discussed in this excerpt?
3.B
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62.
Read the list and answer the question that follows.
How have these groups influenced U.S. culture?
25.C
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63.
Read the list and answer the question that follows.
Which reason correctly replaces the question mark on this list?
16.B
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64.
How has the free enterprise system contributed to technological innovation?
27.B
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65.
What was one effect of rock and roll music on U.S. society during the 1950s?
24.B
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66.
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
Which statement correctly summarizes the reason for this speech?
7.A
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67.
Why were vaccination programs developed during the twentieth century?
26.B
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68.
Which action was a goal of President Barack Obama’s administration?
