USH practice questions set 1 – Flashcards
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What geographic feature was used to establish the Proclamation Line of 1763?
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The Appalachian Mountains
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The writers of the Constitution corrected an economic weakness under the Articles of Confederation when they
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granted Congress the power to levy and collect taxes
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What document is most closely associated with John Locke's theory of government?
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Declaration of Independence
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A strict interpretation versus a loose interpretation of the Constitution was most evident in the debate over the
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Creation of the Bank of the United States in 1791
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Which headline illustrates the use of the unwritten constitution? - "Washington Establishes a Cabinet" - "House Votes to Impeach Andrew Johnson" - "Senate Rejects the Treaty of Versailles" - "President Nominates John Roberts for Supreme Court"
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Washington Establishes a Cabinet
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Judicial Review is most accurately described as the power of the
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Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws
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What was one result of the Supreme Court's decision in Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?
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The power of the federal government over interstate commerce was strengthened
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President Andrew Jackson used the spoils system to
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reward supporters with US government jobs
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The majority of immigrants who arrived in the US between 1800 and 1860 came from
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northern and western Europe
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Before the start of the Civil War, many Southern political leaders supported
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states rights
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After the civil war, the sharecropping system emerged in the South primarily as a way to
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provide a labor supply to plantation owners
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In the 1870's, the Granger movement was organized to promote the interests of
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farmers
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Starting in the 1870's, Jim Crow laws were enacted in Southern states as a means to
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enforce racial segregation
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In the late 1800's, the term robber baron was used to describe some owners of big businesses primarily because they
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eliminated competition using ruthless methods
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During the late 1800's, which development led to the other three? (1) formation of labor unions (2) increased demand for natural resources (3) federal regulation of business trusts (4) growth of industry
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growth of industry
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Lincoln Steffen's The Shame of the Cities and Ida Tarbell's The History of the Standard Oil Company are examples of the use of
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muckraking
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The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act were efforts by the federal government to
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protect public health and safety
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President Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary tothe Monroe Doctrine primarily affected Latin America by
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increasing United States intervention in the region
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"United States Senate Criticized as "Millionaire's Club" Which action addressed the problem suggested by this Progressive Era headline?
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Instituting the direct election of senators
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The Red Scare, the growth of the Ku Klux Klan, and the murder convictions of Sacco and Vanzetti were influenced by
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a distrust of foreigners
