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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the best definition of Civics?the study of the rights and duties of citizenship.the study of the rights and duties of the clergy.the study of the rights and duties of media.the study of the rights and duties of warfare.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy is community service important in a democratic nation?It helps businesses find and train new employeesIt addresses local needs and serves the public goodIt lowers unemployment by giving jobs to volunteersIt removes the national government's duty to improve society
- 3. Multiple ChoiceEvery American citizen gets to enjoy the rights guaranteed by the ______________________.Declaration of IndependenceU.S. ConstitutionEmancipation ProclamationArticles of Confederation
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe first 10 Amendments in the US Constitution are known as the ______________________.Halifax ResolvesBill of RightsJim Crow lawsSuffrage Amendments
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the process of becoming a U.S. citizen called?ImmigrationAssimilationUrbanizationNaturalization
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one requirement in order to become a citizen of the United States?Be related to a US citizen.Be able to pass a citizenship testBe able to pass a health examBe prepare to join the military
- 7. Multiple Choice
Jenny has hundreds of stuffed animals to sell. The stuffed animals are considered the _________.
supply
demand
buyer
seller
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is profit?
the money you have left over after you paid your bills
how many people want your good/service
the amount of an item you have
none of these
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is demand?
the amount of an item you have
how many people want your good/service
the money you have left over after you paid your bills
none of these
- 10. Multiple Choice
Ms. Miller put $200 into her account, but now she has $230. This is because of ______.
Interest
Invest
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was one result of the opening of China in the 1970s?
End of the Vietnam War
SALT I treaty with the Soviet Union
Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
Watergate scandal
- 12. Multiple Choice
What limited the nuclear arms race between the USA and USSR?
Camp David Accords
SALT I Treaty
Moon landing
War Powers Act
- 13. Multiple Choice
Reagan's administration traded arms for hostages.
Camp David Accords
Iran Hostage Crisis
Iran Contra Affair
Watergate scandal
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe Sons of Liberty were:the children of our Founding Fathers.a professional dance team.Patriots who protested taxes.the writers of the Declaration of the Independence.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWho were the Minutemen?Patriots who were ready to fight at a minutes noticeBritish soldiers who were ready to fight at a minutes noticeSons of Liberty who were ready to fight at a minutes noticeHessians who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the purpose of the Boston Tea Party?to punish merchants for selling imported tea.to see who could throw a barrel further.to frame the Native Americans.to protest taxes
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat country joined the colonists to help them win the war?GermanyFranceNetherlandsAfrica
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe speech above shows that Lincoln believed that the South should--be allowed to continue the practice of slaverypay for the damages suffered by the Unionreceive fair treatment after the warbe punished for seceding from the Union
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat conclusion can best be supported by the information in the illustration?The North and the South had equal percentages of their population working for railroadsThe North had fewer manufacturing plants than the SouthMost of the nation's railroads ran through the SouthThe North had a major advantage in industrial production when compared to the South
- 20. Multiple ChoiceIn the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln presented the Civil War as a struggle for the --North's domination over the Southpreservation of the Union and democracySouth's fight to become an independent nationpreservation of the rights of American as individuals
- 21. Multiple ChoiceIn declaring its intention to secede from the Union in 1860, South Carolina was affirming its position oncivil rightsstates' rightsindividual rightsunalienable rights
- 22. Multiple Choice
People who worked to end slavery were called:
abolitionists
southerners
cartridges
blockades
- 23. Multiple Choice
Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:
they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life
they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery
he wanted northern states to secede from the Union
he had a plan to raise taxes
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which was NOT an effect of the Civil War on the homefront?
Women had to do jobs that men typically did.
Many people struggled to find enough food and clothing.
Men left home to fight in the war.
The Elite class planted more cotton to have extra money to give to the soldiers.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages.NativistsPolitical bossesMinersLabor leaders
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?Sherman Antitrust ActStamp ActGreat Plains ActHomestead Act
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?Andrew CarnegieJP MorganJohn D. RockefellerThomas Edison
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich is not a characteristic of a business monopoly?Control all of a product's productionbusiness competitionrise pricesput all competition out of business
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?GalvestonLongEllisAngel
- 30. Multiple Choice
____________________ gained power by providing immigrants with services.
Political Machines
Big Business
Labor Unions
Andrew Carnegie
- 31. Multiple Choice
Immediate action take to halt the economies deterioration is which of the three R's that the New Deal focused on?
Relief
Recovery
Reform
Recommend
- 32. Multiple Choice
Permanent programs to avoid another depression and insure against economic disasters is which of the three R's that the New Deal focused on?
Relief
Recovery
Reform
Recommend
- 33. Multiple Choice
Which group supported Vietnam's independence from France?
Vietcong
Vietminh
NATO
South Vietnamese gov't
- 34. Multiple Choice
How did American citizens react to the Tet Offensive?
They were discouraged
They became more committed to the war
They were indifferent
- 35. Multiple Choice
Which was a chemical that took the leaves off trees?
Agent Orange
Napalm
- 36. Multiple Choice
Which event did the Cuban Missile Crisis lead to?
Nikita Khrushchev's replacement as Soviet dictator
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Election of Richard Nixon
Mai Lai Massacre
- 37. Multiple Choice
How did the Soviet Union gain access to nuclear weapons in 1949?
They used kidnapped German scientists to continue Nazi research into atomic weapons.
Soviet scientists figured it out on their own.
Soviet satellites captured images of US nuclear silos
Soviet spies stole US nuclear secrets that the Soviets copied.
- 38. Multiple Choice
How did the Soviets begin the "Space Race" which started in 1957?
They launched the first ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)
They launched the first artificial satellite named Sputnik into space
They created the first space station
They produced the largest hydrogen bomb ever
- 39. Multiple Choice
What happened in 1969 ending the Space Race?
The US sent is own satellites into Space
John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
The US sent the first robotic rover to Mars
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on The Moon
- 40. Multiple ChoiceThe first ______ amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights.112103
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWhich branch of the government makes or creates the laws?judiciallegislativeexecutive
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWhich branch of the government carries out the laws?judiciallegislativeexecutive
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWhich branch of the government explains or interprets the laws?judiciallegislativeexecutive
- 44. Multiple ChoiceThe United States is a _______System of Government. This means that power is shared between the states and the central government.UnitedTyrantFederal
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWho was our 1st president?Abraham LincolnGeorge WashingtonDonald Trump
- 46. Multiple ChoiceWho is our current president?Abraham LincolnGeorge WashingtonDonald Trump
- 47. Multiple ChoiceWho never lived in the White House?Abraham LincolnGeorge WashingtonDonald Trump
- 48. Multiple ChoiceWho grew up in a log cabin?Abraham LincolnGeorge WashingtonDonald Trump
- 49. Multiple ChoiceThe only president who earned the medal of HonorAbraham LincolnTheodore RooseveltBill ClintonGeorge Bush
- 50. Multiple ChoiceWho was President when the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution?AdamsWashingtonMonoreMadison
- 51. Multiple ChoiceFrom which country did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?Great BritianSpainFranceRussia
- 52. Multiple Choice26th President, became president after McKinley was shot; avid hunter and cowboy; also a rough-rider in the Spanish-American WarFranklin RooseveltJohn KennedyTheodore RooseveltHerbert Hoover
- 53. Multiple Choice16th President, lawyer; tallest president from Illinois, led the Country through the Civil War; assasinated by John Wilkes Boothe.James BuchananAbraham LincolnBenjamin FranklinThomas Jefferson
- 54. Multiple Choice42nd President; graduate from Yale Law Scool, from Arkansas; married to Hillary Rodham; known for his extramarital affair with intern Monica Lewinsky; impeached by the House of Representatives for lying under oath.Jimmy CarterRonald ReaganLyndon JohnsonBill Clinton
- 55. Multiple Choice43rd President from a Texas; graduated from Yale Business School ; launched the US and allies into a never ending war by invading Iraq after he was advised against it by his cabinet.Bill ClintonJohn McCainGeorge W. BushRichard Nixon
- 56. Multiple Choice3rd President that authored the Declaration of Independence; from VirginiaThomas JeffersonJames MadisonJames MonroeAbraham Lincoln
- 57. Multiple ChoiceThe 37th president from California; the only president to resign from officeWoodrow WilsonDwight EisenhowerRichard NixonHerbert Hoover
- 58. Multiple Choice38th President; was not elected to offfice; was appointed as Richard Nixon’s V. President when Spiro Agnew resigned then Nixon resigned as President leaving him President. Lost next election to J. Carter.Ronald ReaganTheadore RooseveltHarry TrumanGerald Ford
- 59. Multiple Choice39th President from Georgia; peanut farmer, worked on human rights and making Israel a two state country to lesson tension between Jews and Palestinians; received Nobel Peace Prize.Ronald ReaganHarry S. TrumanJimmy CarterLyndon B. Johnson
- 60. Multiple Choice22nd President; only president that served two non-consecutive termsWoodrow WilsonUlysses S. GrantGrover ClevelandBenjamin Harrison
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