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Social-New World, 06/03
Test Description: Cumulative
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the Constitution during the Reconstruction period to:
A
bring an end to the Civil War
B
limit the power of the president
C
improve the operation of the electoral college
D
grant legal rights to african Americans
2) Mass production is a term that can best be defined as the
A
manufacture of large quantities of a product quicky and cheaply
B
number of hours employees are required to work
C
profit made by a large business or corporation
3) The 1906 publication of Upton Sinclair's book, the Jungle, helped to expose the :
A
unfair treatment of women
B
cruelty of modern warfare
C
unsafe living conditions in tenements
D
unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
4) Antitrust laws such as the Sherman Antitrust Act were passed by Congress in an effort to :
A
encourage more immigration
B
limit low-priced imported goods
C
provide safer consumer products
D
regulate the power of big business
5) During the Great Depression , one main objective of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chats was to:
A
reassure people about the future of the economy
B
encourage bankers to donate their money
C
help farmers pay their loans
D
convince listeners to buy war bonds
6) Which event brought the United States into WWII?
A
attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan
B
election of Hitler as Chancelllor of Germany
C
help farmers pay their loans
D
invasion of Poland by Germany
7) Which event of WWII is referred to as the Holocaust?
A
dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
B
Bataan Death March
C
mass killing of European Jews, gypsies, and other minorities
D
invasion of Normandy
8) Since 1960, a major goal of the Native American Indian rights movement has been to
A
gain United States citizenship and representation in Congress
B
secure return of, or just compensation for, lands taken from them by the government
C
end the practice of segregation of Native Americans in public places
D
relocate most Native Americans Indians to urban areas in the Midwest
9) Which method did Martin Luther King, Jr. use to try to end racial segregation?
A
civil disobedience
B
violent civil unrest
C
government-fuunded protest
D
national revolution
10) The Watergate scandal led to President Richard Nixon's resignation because he had
A
seriously weakened the nation's military strength
B
knowingly approved illegal acts
C
caused the oil crisis of 1973 -1974
D
favored improving relations with Communist China
11) The first female Supreme Court Justice was
A
Sandra Day O'Connor
B
Sonia Sotomayor
C
Madeline Albright
D
Emily Brouwer
12) On April 26, 1986, a nuclear power station released a massive amount of radioactive material into the environment in the Ukrainian city of
A
Kiev
B
Potsdam
C
Chernobyl
D
Moscow
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