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SOL Practice Test 3

Multiple ChoiceIdentify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which of the following was the source for a colonial New England covenant community?

a. The Mayflower Compact c. The Bill of Rightsb. The Magna Carta d. The Declaration of Independence

____ 2. The Virginia Company established the House of Burgesses in 1619, which —

a. had the power to veto acts of Parliament c. was the first representative legislature in the English colonies

b. established the doctrine of separation of powers

d. was the first government to have a president

____ 3. During the 1700s and 1800s, European migration to North America resulted in Native Americans experiencing —

a. an extensive loss of land c. an increase in populationb. an improved standard of living d. a loss of interest in religious activities

____ 4. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructiveof these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it,and to institute new Government . . . .— The Declaration of Independence

According to this statement, government is held accountable by the —

a. king c. citizensb. church d. laws

____ 5.

Which event in U.S. history would best complete the box above?

a. Nullification Crisis c. Purchase of the Louisiana Territoryb. American Revolution begins d. Completion of the Erie Canal

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 6. The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the American Revolution because —

a. Native Americans joined the war against the colonies during the battle

c. the colonial victory convinced France to support American independence

b. Great Britain was forced to form an alliance with France against the colonies

d. the colonists were defeated and lost possession of New York

____ 7.

Which conclusion can best be made by examining the map above?

a. Both Spain and the United States would share control of the Louisiana Purchase.

c. France gained control of much of the North American continent.

b. The Louisiana Purchase was designated for Native American ownership.

d. The Louisiana Purchase almost doubled the size of the United States.

____ 8. Belief in the idea of Manifest Destiny led to---

a. the United States went to war with Mexico

c. the Bank of the United States was established

b. transcendentalists established utopian societies

d. women organized the Seneca Falls Convention

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 9. President Andrew Jackson’s policy toward Native Americans primarily consisted of —

a. reaching agreement with the courts concerning Native American territory

c. paying fair market value for Native American lands

b. removing and relocating Native Americans

d. building schools and creating employment opportunities for Native Americans

____ 10.

Which of these would be the best title for the illustration above?

a. Divine Nature c. Manifest Destinyb. Survival of the Fittest d. Universal Expansion

____ 11. One of the most popular and influential American novels of the 1800s was Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. It addresses the topic of —

a. westward movement c. industryb. slavery d. women’s suffrage

____ 12.

This excerpt is taken from the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case —

a. Dartmouth College v. Woodward c. Marbury v. Madisonb. Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge d. Dred Scott v. Sandford

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 13. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution —

a. brought immediate equality to Native Americans

c. created new congressional districts

b. established a process for the admission of western states into the Union

d. granted civil rights primarily to African Americans

____ 14.

The speech above shows that Lincoln believed that the South should —

a. be allowed to continue the practice of slavery

c. receive fair treatment after the war

b. pay for the damages suffered by the Union

d. be punished for seceding from the Union

____ 15.

[T]his is no time to fight with one hand, when both are needed; that this is no time to fight only with your white hand, and allow your black hand to remain tied. . . . A man drowning would not refuse to be saved even by a colored

hand.

— Frederick Douglass, September 1861

In this excerpt, Frederick Douglass is arguing that African Americans should —

a. participate in slave revolts c. demand the right to an educationb. be allowed to serve in the army d. be given the right to vote

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 16. Urban Populations, 1880-1910

City 1880 1890 1900 1910Detroit 116,340 205,876 285,704 465,766Pittsburgh 156,389 238,617 321,616 533,905

Which of these contributed most to the changes shown in the table?a. Growth of suburbs c. End of slavery in the Southb. Settlement of the frontier d. Industrialization in the North

____ 17.

According to the graph, which of these is an accurate statement about immigration from the 1860s to the 1890s?

a. Northern and western European immigrants were outnumbered by southern and eastern European immigrants in the 1890s.

c. The percent of northern and western European immigrants increased.

b. Southern and eastern European immigrants outnumbered all other immigrants in the 1890s.

d. The percent of southern and eastern European immigrants increased.

____ 18. How did the influx of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe after 1880 affect industrial workers in the United States?

a. Immigrants willing to work for low wages reduced union bargaining power.

c. Skilled industrial workers organized to promote immigration.

b. Foreign-born workers became less important as labor unions used their power to strike.

d. Unions were successful at getting workers to agree on workplace issues.

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 19. Which speaker expresses the point of view that led to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?

a. Speaker 1 c. Speaker 3b. Speaker 2 d. Speaker 4

____ 20. The 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provided for U.S. senators to be elected directly by the people. This amendment is significant because it —

a. lessened the importance of political parties

c. allowed for the election of more experienced senators

b. discouraged people from voting in state and local elections

d. gave citizens more control of the government

____ 21.

This picture represents what era in American History?

a. Revolutionary Era c. Progressive Erab. Reconstruction Era d. Depression Era

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 22.

It is a fearful thing to lead this great, peaceful people into war. . . . But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for . . . a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.

— President Woodrow Wilson, 1917

According to the excerpt, President Woodrow Wilson supported involvement in World War I because he wanted to --

a. protect U.S. colonial interests around the world

c. make the world safe for democracy

b. prevent communism from spreading outside the Soviet Union

d. provide Germany with humanitarian aid

____ 23. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal was a program designed to —

a. prevent the onset of the Great Depression c. combat the effects of the Great Depression

b. control big business d. restore the gold standard

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 24.

This cartoon might have been used to support the point of view of —

a. legislators who wanted to pass laws restricting immigration

c. northern industrialists who wanted to benefit from high protective tariffs

b. expansionists who wanted to acquire territories for economic, political, and social reasons

d. southern plantation owners seeking new sources of cheap labor

____ 25. Which effect accurately completes the flowchart?

a. Workers lose thier homes to foreclosure. c. Consumer demand falls because there is less money to spend.

b. Workers pay less in taxes and have more money to spend.

d. Businesses, with no wages to pay, can invest in new factories.

____ 26. The Geneva Convention established rules governing —

a. production of atomic weapons c. treatment of prisoners of warb. monetary exchange rates d. trade between nations

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____ 27. [Compulsory exclusion of large groups of citizens from theirhomes, except under circumstances of direct emergency . . . isinconsistent with our basic governmental institutions. But whenunder conditions of modern warfare our shores are threatened. . . the power to protect must be [equal to] . . . the threateneddanger.]— Korematsu v. United States, 1944

This Supreme Court decision was used to —

a. end immigration from Germany c. uphold African-American segregationb. limit trade with communist China d. justify Japanese-American internment

____ 28. The United States government dealt with the press during World War II by —

a. banning the use of film coverage about the war

c. requiring basic training for correspondents during the war

b. limiting the ability of the media to report about the war

d. encouraging journalists to spy on civilians during the war

____ 29.

This poster represents the African-American attitudes during which war?

a. Civil War c. World War IIb. World War I d. Cold War

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 30.

This poster during World War II encoouraged American citizens to--

a. Buy war bonds c. Support Nazismb. Ration war supplies d. Support German Internment

____ 31. The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to —

a. station Soviet missiles in Cuba c. place mines in Cuban portsb. rescue American citizens in Cuba d. overthrow the communist government

in Cuba

____ 32. What effect did the Watergate scandal have on Richard Nixon’sadministration?

a. It allowed him to change foreign policy.

c. It convinced him that election reform was necessary.

b. It forced him to resign from office. d. It prevented him from being reelected.

____ 33. The phrase “triumph of democracy over communism” best describes which ofthe following?

a. World War I c. Cold Warb. World War II d. Persian Gulf War

____ 34. Vietnamization was which president’s policy to end the Vietnam War?

a. Dwight D. Eisenhower c. Lyndon B Johnsonb. John F. Kennedy d. Richard M. Nixon

____ 35. Which president calmed tensions during the Cold War by signing treaties limited nuclear weapons?

a. Dwight D Eisenhower c. Lyndon B Johnsonb. John F Kennedy d. Richard M Nixon

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 36.

One reason for the large increase in defense spending between 1950 and 1960 was —

a. an unprecedented inflationary economy c. the Cold War and the arms race with the Soviet Union

b. funding for military involvement in South America

d. a large investment in supersonic military transports

____ 37. One of the primary goals of the Marshall Plan was to prevent the —

a. spread of democratic forms of government by military enforcement

c. collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe

b. collapse of the Soviet Union's economy d. spread of communism in Western Europe by offering financial assistance

____ 38. Which of the following characterized U.S. military involvement in both the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts?

a. Reliance on an all-volunteer army c. Student antiwar protestsb. The attempt to prevent the spread of

communismd. Widespread American public support

____ 39. Prohibited discrimination based on race and national originProhibited discrimination based on religion and genderProhibited segregation of public facilities

Which of these events best completes this diagram?

a. Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 c. Passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965b. Brown v. Board of Education Decision d. Bakke v. the California Board of Regents

Decision

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 40. The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution gave citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or former status as a slave. Later methods of depriving citizens of their 15th Amendment rights included —

a. poll taxes and literacy tests c. church membership requirementsb. requiring landownership d. requiring a high school education

____ 41.

Which US President was responsible for Headline 4?

a. John F Kennedy c. Richard Nixonb. Lyndon B Johnson d. Dwight D Eisenhower

____ 42. Which of the following resulted from President John F. Kennedy’s efforts tomake the United States the leader in space exploration?

a. The United States launched the first rocket into space.

c. The United States launched the first successful satellite.

b. The first man to travel in space was an American.

d. The first man to walk on the moon was an American.

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 43.

According to information in the graphs, which of the following regions had the biggest change in the rate of immigration between 1964 and 1996?

a. Caribbean Islands c. Mexicob. South America d. Asia

____ 44. Women in the U.S. Labor Force

(1890–1980)

Year

Number ofWomen

EmployedOutside

the Home

Percentof the

Labor ForceComposedOf Women

1890 3,600,000 16.8%1900 5,000,000 17.0%1910 7,700,000 19.5%1920 8,300,000 20.0%1930 10,600,000 20.4%1940 13,800,000 27.1%1950 18,300,000 29.6%1960 23,200,000 33.4%1970 32,500,000 38.1%1980 45,400,000 42.4%

According to information in the chart, the role of women in the U.S. economy led to increased need for —

a. right to vote c. affordable day care b. 21st Amendment d. 26th Amendment

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS

____ 45. Which of the following brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?

a. the Cuban Missile Crisis c. the Panamanian riotb. the signing of the Limited Test Ban

Treatyd. the Bay of Pigs invasion

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 46.

Which of these statements is best supported by the map?

a. Indigo production was more important to the economy of the southern colonies than lumber

c. The economy of the middle colonies was based on rice farming.

b. The economy of the New England colonies was based on indigo production.

d. Rice was a more profitable crop for the New England colonies than wheat.

____ 47. Which president caused the Panic of 1837 by refusing to re-charter the national bank?a. Thomas Jefferson c. James Monroeb. Andrew Jackson d. John Quincy Adams

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 48. In the cartoon above, which regional group is represented by the man with the tattered clothes on the left?

a. Western miners c. Southern planters b. Northern merchants d. Eastern bankers

____ 49. Why did American industrialists in the late 19th century generally supportexpansion into overseas colonies?

a. They believed that these regions would benefit from democratic government.

c. Antitrust laws did not apply to American territories overseas.

b. These areas would provide new sources of raw materials and customers.

d. American colonies would increase tariff revenues.

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 50.

Every piece of work in the shops moves; it may move on hooks on overhead chains . . . it may travel on a moving platform or it may go by gravity, but the point is that there is no lifting or trucking of anything other than materials.

— Henry Ford, 1924

What revolutionary manufacturing method is Henry Ford describing in this excerpt?

a. Micromanagement c. Quality assuranceb. Assembly line d. Cottage industry

____ 51. One of the main issues that the New Deal addressed was —

a. air pollution c. trade deficitsb. urban crime d. unemployment rate

____ 52.

The photograph above presents a scene from the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. The conditions it pictures resulted from —

a. government programs during the Great Depression

c. the burning of coal to power factories

b. drought and poor agricultural practices d. the increased use of automobiles

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 53.

Which of the following best completes the diagram as a cause of the Great Depression?

a. Decreased income-tax rate c. Increased savings by consumersb. Black Tuesday d. Expansion of foreign markets

____ 54. Under the Open Door policy, the government of China was encouraged to —

a. let immigrants from any country into China

c. permit democratic elections

b. force the Germans out of the trading system in China

d. allow the United States to do business in China

____ 55. George Washington was an effective military commander because he —

a. won more battles than he lost using well-trained troops

c. negotiated alliances with the leaders of other nations

b. preserved the army through his leadership skills

d. prevented attacks against major population centers

____ 56. Anti-Federalists had many of their concerns about the U.S. Constitution satisfied through the approval of the —

a. Bill of Rights c. Three-Fifths Compromiseb. electoral college d. Treaty of Paris

____ 57. The first three words of the U.S. Constitution, “We the people,” express the idea of popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty is the belief that the people hold the —

a. final authority in government c. authority to break laws established for the common good

b. power to elect judges to the U.S. Supreme Court

d. power to elect the president directly

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 58. What would be the best title for the diagram above?

a. The Policy of Mercantilism c. Constitutional Monarchy in the United States

b. The Importance of the Divine Right of Kings

d. A Plan for Representative Government

____ 59.

The diagram above shows the compromise that helped guarantee the ratification of the U.S. Constitution by —

a. creating new boundaries for both large and small states

c. taking power away from the national government

b. providing a plan for representation of both large and small states

d. allowing local governments to determine matters of representation

Name: ________________________ ID: A

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____ 60.

Which speaker is voicing a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

a. Speaker 1 c. Speaker 3 b. Speaker 2 d. Speaker 4