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Studies of America Democracy: 1st 9 weeks

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Thomas Jefferson purchased the land from France for $15 million dollars and it DOUBLED the size fo the United States. What was this called?

American Revolution

Louisiana Purchase

Annexation of Texas

Mexican Cession

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1.

Who is in charge of the executive branch?

The Speaker of the House

The Prime Minister

The President

The Chief Justice

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2.

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

The Articles of Confederation

The inalienable rights

The Declaration of Independence

The Bill of Rights

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3.

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

The President

Checks and balances

The people

Freedom of speech

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4.

We elect a President for how many years? Choose one:

Eight (8)

Two (2)

Four (4)

Ten (10)

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5.

What is the highest court in the United States?

Federal Appeals Court

Supreme Court

Circuit Court

International Court of Justice

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6.

How many justicies are on the Supreme Court?

9

5

12

3

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7.

Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

Because the state's Representatives have seniority in the House of Representatives.

Because of the state's population.

Because of the geographical size of the state.

Because of the state's location.

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8.

What is an amendment?

An addition (to the Constitution).

The Preamble to the Constitution.

An introduction.

The beginning of the Declaration of Independence.

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9.

How many US senators does Utah have?

1

2

3

4

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10.

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

The House of Representatives and the courts.

The House of Lords and the House of Commons.

The Senate and House of Representatives.

The Senate and the courts.

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11.

What country did the U.S. purchase Alaska from?

Russia

England

Spain

France

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12.

What was the main crop the United States was interested in from Hawaii?

Sugar

Apples

Tobacco

Wheat

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13.

Which of the following best describes the idea of Manifest Destiny?

Plantation owners purchasing slaves at a Charleston auction

Delegates meeting to write a new Constitution in Phildelphia

Explorers crossing the Atlantic Ocean searching for the New World

Pioneers moving west across the Mississippi River to clain new lands

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15.

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American continent was known as

The Great Expansion

Manifest Destiny

Oregon Fever

The Monroe Doctrine

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16.

What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?

bean pickers

barbed wire

steel plow

Windmills

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17.

This act was passed to allow 160 acres of free land to any citizen or intended citizen.

The Exodusters Act

The Dawes Act

The Homestead Act

The Ft Laramie Act

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18.

Which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848?

Texas

Louisiana

Oregon

California

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19.

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

Native Americans could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty

Native Americans were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from the white pioneers

Native Americans could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills

Native American culture became widley accepted by white settler

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20.

How did the Dawes Act (1887) mark a departure from earlier federal Indian Policy?

It led to conflicts between new settlers and Indian tribes on the Great Plains

It moved Indian tribes still on the Great Plains to reservations farther west

It permited Indians to withdraw private plots from the tribal reservation

It encouraged the shooting of buffalo herds from new railroads

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21.

In which battle was George Armstrong Custer involved?

Sand Creek Massacre

Inddian Removal Act

Battle of Little Big Horn

Dawes Act

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22.

Poll taxes and grandfather clauses were devices used to

deny African Americans the right to vote

extend suffrage to women and 18 year old citizens

raise money for political campaigns

prevent immigrants from becoming citizens

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"[The register] brought a big old book out there, and he gave me the sixteenth section of the consitution of Mississippi, ... I could copy it like it was in the book, but after I got through copying it, he told me to give a reasonable interpretation and tell the meaning of the section I had copied. Well, I flunked out."
Source: A History of the United States since 1861
The main intent of the literacy test described in the passage was to:

encourage reform of the political system

encourage Mississippi residents to learn about their state's legal system

prevent African Americans from exercising a basic right

enforce the provisions of the United States Consitution

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24.

Booker T. Washington state that the best way for formerly enslaved persons to advance themselves in American society was to

leave their farms in the South and move to the North

run for political office

pursue economic gains through vocational training

form a seperate political party

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25.

W.E.B. Du Bois believed that African Americans should attempt to gain equality in the United States by

setting up a seperate nation within the United States

entering vocational training programs in seperate schools

demanding full and immediate participation in American society

taking over the leadership of the two major political parties

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26.

What Supreme Court case ruled "seperate but equal" was legal?

Union vs. Confederacy

Aylor vs. Byrd

Brown vs. Board of Education

Plessy vs. Ferguson

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27.

Who was President of the United States during the American Civil War?

Jefferson Davis

Andrew Johnson

Abraham Lincoln

Robert E. Lee

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28.

Who won the American Civil War?

United States of America

Confederate States of America

Mexico

Canada

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29.

How did ratification fo the 14th Amendment change the United States?

It established citizenship laws and quotas for new immigrants

It allowed only skilled workers to become U.S. Citizens

It granted U.S. citizenship to African Americans

It increased the residency requirements needed for U.S. citizenship

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30.

During the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877), the 15th Amendment was adopted to grant African Americans

educational opportunities

economic equality

freedom of speech

voting rights

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After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments to the Constitution was to

expand educational opportunities for Native American Indians

allow women to become full citizens

guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law

extend consitutional rights to new territories

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32.

After the Civil War, one way business leaders tried to eliminate competition was by

developing overseas markets

paying high wages to their workers

increasing the prices of their products

forming monopolies or trusts

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33.

This man controlled the steel industry.

Andrew Carnegie

John D. Rockefeller

Teddy Roosevelt

Upton Sinclair

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Who was a leader in the railroad industry?

Cornelius Vanderbilt

John D. Rockefeller

Andrew Carnegie

Alexander Graham Bell

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35.

Which three big businesses transformed America in the years between 1870 and 1914?

meatpacking, automobile, and construction

railroads, steel and oil

textile, meatpacking and canals

political machines, settlement houses and ghettos

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During the late 1800's and early 1900's, the term robber baron best defined a person who...

controlled large tracts of western lands

used ruthless business tactics

stole from the rich to give to the poor

encouraged the conversion of raw materials

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Child labor, low wages, and unsafe working conditions could best be described as...

Negative Effects of Industry

Positive Effects of Industry

Restrictions on child labor

Reasons for Increased Immigration

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This man controlled the oil industry.

Andrew Carnegie

John D. Rockefeller

Upton Sinclair

Teddy Roosevelt

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One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan were sometimes called robber barons was because they

robbed from the rich to give to the poor

used ruthless business tactics against their competitors

stole money from the federal government

made unnecessary risky investments

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"Prices and wages should be determined by the marketplace." The author of this statement would most probably support

government ownership of utilities

wage and price controls

minimum-wage laws

laissez-fair capitalism

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41.

Which labor organization invited skilled workers, unskilled workers, women, and blacks to participate?

The American Federation of Labor

The Congress of Industrial Organizations

The Knights of Labor

The Grange

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During the Industrial Age, poor working conditions in factories led to what?

the establishment of labor unions

a shortage of people willing to work in the factories

a decrease in the nuber of immigrants coming to work

increased support for laissez-faire governmet policies

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What was the main purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?

to prevent companies from forming monopolies to control prices

to prevent large businesses from exporting goods abroad

to prevent large companies from expanding into multiple states

to prevent any company from firing an employee without reason

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44.

The Homestead Act in 1892

was settled quickly when Carnegie Steel met worker demands for higher wages

caused major changes in labor union legislation

pitted railway workers against the owners

resulted in violence between steel workers and private security agent

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45.

What was the main cause for the Pullman Strike of 1894?

The murder of Eugene V. Debs

Reduced wages with no reduction in rental fees

Reduced wages

Horrible working conditions

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46.

Why was the Pendleton Civil Service Act passed?

to force money to be backed by silver instead of gold

to regulate unfair railroad practices

to end the spoils system

to eliminate European and Asian immigration

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47.

The settlement houses during the late 1800's offered solutions to poor city dwellers through:

protection from the power of political machines

social services

provided a basic income

protection from area crime

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Nativists main objective during the Gilded Age was to:

restrict immigration

allow immigration

offer social services to immigrants

help teach immigrants to assimilate

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49.

Where did Asian immigrants enter the United States?

Ellis Island

Spoils Center

Upper East Side

Angel Island

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50.

Patronage or the "spoils system" is when:

the government stays out of business practices

office holders reward their supporters with federal jobs

industrial leaders share their fortune with those less fortunate

prospective employees must pass a series of examinations before hiring

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51.

By 1900, at least 40% of Americans lived in urban areas, with New York City and Chicago having populations of over one million. This increased urbanization largely resulted in?

cities that were overcrowded, congested and polluted

philanthropists establishing foundations to help the poor

passage of legislation limiting immigration to urban areas

demands for an end to the power of the political machines

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52.

Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

Washington, D.C.

Ellis Island

Angel Island

Baltimore

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53.

Immigrants came to America to escape

religious persecution

famine

poor economies

all of the above

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54.

This reformer started a settlement house in Chicago to help poor immigrants assimilate and get jobs.

Jacob Riis

Jane Addams

Andrew Carnegie

John D. Rockefeller

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Who offered immigrants favors for their votes?

Jane Adams

Pendelton Act

Political Machines

Captains of Industry