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Indicator 1.1
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Teacher’s Guide
Which colonial region had the most religious
diversity during the 1700s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
New England colonies
southern colonies
middle colonies
Backcountry
Key: C
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Indicator 2.1
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What was the American colonists' primary objective to
the taxes imposed by the Stamp Act?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It was the first time the British tried to control the
colonies.
It set the rate so high that it harmed the colonial
economy.
It had not been approved by colonial
representatives.
It interfered with merchants' right to free trade.
Key: C
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Indicator 2.2
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Read the quotation below and answer the question that follows.
The representative of the French people…have
determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the
natural, unreliable, and sacred rights of man…
[and reinforce] the happiness of all.
French National Assembly, 1789
Which important U.S. document influenced this excerpt?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the Bill of Rights
the U.S. Constitution
the Articles of Confederation
the Declaration of Independence
Key: D
Indicator 2.3
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Which newspaper headline best illustrates the
ineffectiveness of the Articles of Confederation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Whiskey Rebellion Begins in Western Pennsylvania
New York Imposes Tariff on Connecticut Goods
Supreme Court Denied Power of Judicial Review
Land Ordinance of 1785 Issued by Congress
Key: B
Indicator 2.4
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What was an important argument that the Federalists
made in support of a new constitution?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It would weaken slavery.
It would protect states' rights
It would strengthen the economy.
It would protect the rights of the individual.
Key: C
Indicator 2.5
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Indicator 2.6
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Which aspect of economic policy did Thomas Jefferson and
Alexander Hamilton agree upon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The U.S. government should pass a protective tariff.
The U.S. government should use liquor taxes to
raise revenue.
The U.S. government should pay off the war debt
to foreign countries.
The U.S. government should insure deposits in
the Bank of the United States.
Key: C
Indicator 2.7
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Read the quotation below and answer the question that
follows.
We are unanimously of opinion, that the law passed by the
legislature of Maryland, imposing a tax on the Bank of the
United States, is unconstitutional.
-McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819
Which was one important outcome of this court decision?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the principle of no taxation without representation
the establishment of a federal government
the strengthening of judicial review
the creation of a national bank.
Key: C
Indicator 3.1
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Which characteristic is most commonly
associated with the westward expansion of the
United States?
A.
B.
C.
D.
industrialism
mercantilism
individualism
reformism
Key: C
Indicator 3.2
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Guide
During the 1800s, what was frequently cited as a
justification for U.S. expansionist policies in clashes with
other nations?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bill of Rights
Social Contract
Manifest Destiny
Gospel of Wealth
Key: C
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Indicator 3.3
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Look at the graph below and answer the question that follows.
Bales of Cotton Produced in the South, 1729-1860
Which factor most encouraged the trend shown in the graph?
A.
B.
C.
D.
an increase of paid cotton workers in the South
the growth of industrial production in the South
the rise of textile manufacturing in England and the United States
an increase in the number of railroad lines that crossed the continent
Key: C
Indicator 4.1
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Indicator 4.2
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What did the South gain from both the Compromise
of the 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A.
B.
C.
D.
an enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law
a provision to honor the Mason-Dixon line
the gradual elimination of slavery in the
territories being added to the nation
the use of popular sovereignty in making
decisions about slavery in the territories
Key: D
Indicator 4.3
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In the fall of 1862, what was one immediate effect of
President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It ended the Civil War.
It created confusion in the South.
It abolished slavery in all states of the Union.
It led European countries to ally with the
South.
Key: B
Indicator 4.4
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What was one significant economic reason why the South
remained poor after Reconstruction?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the physical damage to the South that resulted from
the Civil War.
the shortage of labor as freemen left plantations
for northern factories
the high taxes imposed on the southern states as
punishment the secession
the money printed by the Confederacy that led to
inflation in the South
Key: A
Indicator 4.5
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How did the Freedmen's Bureau assist freed slaves
in the South after the Civil War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It helped them start small businesses.
It gave them each forty acres of land.
It set up a sharecropping system for them.
It created educational opportunities for them.
Key: D
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Indicator 5.1
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Indicator 5.2
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How did the federal government use tariffs in the late 1800s
to help the United States grow into an industrial power?
A.
B.
C.
D.
to tax U.S. industry as a source of federal income
to convince other nations to buy newly available U.S.
products
to support U.S. businesses that imported the newest
technologies
to discourage U.S. consumers from buying foreignmade products
Key: D
Indicator 5.3
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Which American political party is best represented by the diagram?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Populist Party
Republican Party
Progressive Party
Know-Nothing
Party
Key: A
Indicator 5.4
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Look at the graph below and answer the question that follows.
Child Labor, 1890-1930
What accounted for the trend shown in this graph?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a decrease in productivity after World War I
an increase in state minimum working ages
an increase in skilled laborers from immigration
a decrease in children's charitable organizations
Key: B
Indicator 5.5
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Following Reconstruction, Democrats returned to power in the
former Confederate states and renewed the social and
political oppression of southern African Americans. What was
one result of this situation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
African Americans became farm workers in the North.
Thousands of African American families migrated to
the Midwest
The Colonization movement settled African Americans
in Liberia.
Southern African Americans refused to serve in the
U.S. military.
Key: B
Indicator 5.6
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Why did immigrants support political machines?
A.
B.
C.
D.
to have more educational opportunities
to reform city governments
to get better public housing
to gain employment
Key: D
Indicator 5.7
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Look at the photograph below and answer the question that
follows.
Why would these women participate in such a demonstration?
A. They believed food producers often sought profit over
consumer safety.
B. They wanted to promote vegetarianism as a more
healthful lifestyle.
C. They wanted to draw attention to the problems of
homemakers.
D. They believed food-packing workers were unfairly paid.
Key: A
Indicator 6.1
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What event is the best example of the use of the Roosevelt
Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the United States intervening in the Dominican Republic
to collect debts
the United States forcing Japan to open trade with
American merchants
the United States imposing tariffs on produce imported
from Panama
the United States creating spheres of influence on
mainland China
Key: A
Indicator 6.2
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How did the results of the Spanish American War affect the
expansion of the United States?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The war ended U.S. expansion because of the
extraordinary costs of the war.
The war allowed the United States to acquire the
Texas territory.
The war led to increased U.S. expansion into South
America.
The war gave the United States territories in the South
Pacific.
Key: D
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Indicator 6.3
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What tactic did President Theodore Roosevelt use to get the
Panama Canal built?
A.
B.
C.
D.
He supported a rebellion against the Colombian
government.
He forced the Colombian government to sign the 1903
Hay-Herran treaty.
He leased the canal zone from an international company.
He seized Panama from Spain after the Spanish
American War.
Key: A
Indicator 6.4
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Indicator 7.1
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Look at the photograph below from the early 1900s and answer the question that
follows.
How did the manufacturing of automobiles by the method
shown in the photograph affect the U.S. economy?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It
It
It
It
caused high levels of unemployment.
reduced the number of new industries.
created more products at lower prices.
started the growth of urban development.
Key: C
Indicator 7.2
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Which contributed most to the Great Migration of
African American to the North?
A.
B.
C.
D.
decreasing numbers of agricultural jobs in the
South
improved transportation systems in the North
overcrowded conditions in southern cities
labor shortages in northern cities
Key: D
Indicator 7.3
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What did women's suffrage and Prohibition have in
common?
A.
B.
C.
D.
both were motivated by anti-communist sentiments
both were successful conservative Christian crusades
both were state laws in many parts of the country
before becoming constitutional amendments
both were enacted as laws by Congress and then
struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional
Key: C
Indicator 7.4
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Indicator 7.5
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Why did many urban industrial workers support
the New Deal?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It nationalized city utilities.
It legalized collective bargaining.
It eased regulations on businesses.
It actively supported political machines.
Key: B
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Indicator 8.1
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Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt refrain from intervening
in Europe during the rise of totalitarian regimes in Germany
and Italy?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A large portion of the American public did not support
U.S. involvement in Europe.
President Roosevelt did not believe the U.S. military
could defeat the German military.
The leaders of Britain and France did not want the
United States intervening in European affairs.
President Roosevelt was afraid a prolonged war would
further damage
the weakened U.S. economy.
Key: A
Indicator 8.2
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How did the United States' goal in World War II differ from its
goal in World War I?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The United States fought to end the war quickly.
The United States fought for unconditional
surrender.
The United States fought to bring about a lasting
peace.
The United States fought to preserve freedom and
democracy.
Key: B
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Indicator 8.3
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Read the quotation below by Eleanor Roosevelt and answer the
question that follows.
I foresee some difficulty for some of the people who live at such
great distances and who have no car, no train, no airplane to
ride, no way of using a car, of reaching the centers where they
can buy.
What effect of World War II on the U.S. home front was Mrs. Roosevelt
referring to?
A.
B.
C.
D.
limited access to public transportation
shutdown of car production
price controls on goods
rationing of necessities
Key: D
Indicator 8.4
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In the aftermath of the Holocaust, what new action
did the United States take to aid Jews?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It created shelter programs.
It recognized Israel as a state.
It helped locate lost relatives.
It provided monetary compensation.
Key: B
Indicator 8.5
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Indicator 9.1
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How did the status of American women change in the decade
following World War II?
A.
B.
C.
D.
They entered factory jobs created by new levels of
consumer demand.
They started to earn salaries equal to men's salaries
equal to men's.
They returned to the home as men returned from
overseas.
They earned college degrees for the first time.
Key: C
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Indicator 9.2
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Indicator 9.3
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What was a common criticism of the Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution?
A. It made the South Vietnamese more vulnerable to
communist aggression.
B. It encouraged the use of guerrilla warfare in Vietnam.
C. It allowed the U.S. executive branch too much power.
D.
It reduced the freedom of the American press.
Key: C
Indicator 9.4
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Indicator 9.5
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How did Martin Luther King Jr.'s strategy to achieve social
justice differ from that of Black Power advocates?
A.
B.
C.
D.
King worked with white leaders.
King opposed the war in Vietnam.
King organized marches and public demonstrations.
King supported voting rights for African Americans.
Key: A
Indicator 10.1
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What foreign policy under the administrations of has
been a consistent feature of U.S. President Harry
Truman through President George W. Bush?
A.
B.
C.
D.
support for the state of Israel
opposition to dictators in Iraq
friendly relations with mainland China
strained relations with France and Germany
Key: A
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10.2
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Look at the graph below and answer the question that follows.
Which statement best explains the changes in economic inequality
from 1980 to 2000 ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Key: C
The number
The number
The number
decreased.
The number
decreased.
of active union members increased.
of two-income households increased.
of high-wage manufacturing jobs
pf part-time and temporary workers