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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which Andrew Carnegie quotation best explains why he funded libraries like the one in this photograph?
"Under the law of competition, the employer of thousands is forced into the strictest economies, . . . and often there is friction between the employer and the employed."
“The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is . . . great.”
“The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.”
“This, then, is . . . the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance.”
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why did Chicano migrant workers establish the United Farm Workers?
To exert influence on foreign policy
To obtain fair wages and improve labor conditions
To attain the right to vote in federal elections
To change citizenship requirements
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was the initial response of the U.S. government to the attacks of September 11, 2001?
To impose economic sanctions on Libya for sponsoring terrorist activities
To begin military operations in Afghanistan
To reopen military bases in Europe that had been closed after the Cold War
To form a coalition to eliminate training bases in Pakistan
- 4. Multiple Choice
The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to -
promote cultural assimilation of American Indians
turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland
end warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military
promote American Indian investment in private industry
- 5. Multiple Choice
The event described in this headline resulted in -
decreased federal funding of student loans
increased support for the antiwar movement
the reinstatement of the draft
an end to federal investigations of student organizations
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which theme formed the basis of the Chicano Mural Movement?
environmental preservation
assimilation
education
cultural pride
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which technological advance from World War II fulfilled this mission?
Sonar
Jet engines
Radar
Cipher machines
- 8. Multiple Choice
Mahan's books influenced U.S. efforts to become a world power primarily by -
advocating overseas expansion
emphasizing the need for protectionist tariffs
demonstrating the political risks of foreign trade
arguing against forming overseas alliances
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?
The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter
The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army
The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which words correctly complete this excerpt?
1: chicken pox, 2: antibiotics
1: tuberculosis, 2: iron lung treatment
1: polio, 2: vaccines
1: whooping cough, 2: serum
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of these factors contributed most to the Dust Bowl?
Flash flooding and intense deforestation
Prolonged drought and poor farming practices
High winds and railroad construction
Severe heat and rapid suburban development
- 12. Multiple Choice
The passage of the pieces of legislation in this list resulted in -
the regulation of cabinet-level agencies
federal guarantees of income
limitations on government expenditures
the creation of programs to alleviate poverty
- 13. Multiple Choice
The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by -
the creation of the Temperance Society
the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment
the initiation of the Settlement House movement
the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
- 14. Multiple Choice
This photograph best illustrates the need in 1943 to -
maintain the country's military and industrial production levels
increase the regulatory power of the War Production Board
outlaw closed-shop and collective-bargaining practices by labor union
increase federal funding for the Manhattan Project
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why did gasoline prices spike during the 1970s and early 1980s?
A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil.
Congress imposed new regulations on foreign energy companies.
Conflicts in the Middle East disrupted the distribution of oil.
Congress introduced new legislation to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best replaces the question mark in this list of information about Puerto Rico?
Became a U.S. state during the Reconstruction era
Was ceded to the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War
Signed an annexation treaty with the United States after World War I
Was promised U.S. military protection as part of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
- 17. Multiple Choice
Navajo soldiers made an important contribution to the Allied war effort during World War II by -
designing radar technology for submarines
flying bombing missions into enemy territory
encoding military communications for secure transmission
providing intelligence on enemy positions
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which factor links all of these modern innovations?
They are all products initially created for use in the U.S. communications industry.
They each include material that was first grown on U.S. experimental farms in the late nineteenth century.
They each include technology that was originally developed for use in the U.S. space exploration program.
They are all special tools first created for U.S. transportation workers in the early twentieth century.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which agency name begins on the blank line?
U.S. Geological Survey
National Park Service
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Border Patrol
- 20. Multiple Choice
The rights of citizens under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution were violated by the U.S. government when it authorized the establishment of -
internment camps for Japanese Americans
the Office of War Mobilization
nuclear test sites in Nevada
the Office of Price Administration
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