APUSH Practice #3

In which of the following British North American colonies was slavery legally established by the early 1700's?

• All the colonies except Pennsylvania

• The middle and southern colonies only

• The southern colonies only

• All of the colonies

In the United States, the Haitian rebellion on the 1790's prompted

• the acquisition of Puerto Rico for colonization by emancipated slaves

• a movement of free African American to Haiti

• an increased fear of slave revolts in the South

• the passage of a federal law increasing the severity of punishments for slave rebellions

Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?

• They were primarily engaged in military campaigns west of teh Mississippi.

• They were limited to noncombat duty.

• They were barred from receiving awards for valor in combat.

• For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers for equal rank.

The Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT), expanded trade with the Soviet Union, and President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China were all facets of the policy of

• brinkmanship

• detente

• deterrence

• liberation

All of the following contributed to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment legislating Prohibition in 1919 EXCEPT

• the high death toll from alcohol-related authomobile accidents

• the Progressive belief in social reform

• the fervor of the First World War lending patriotism to the cuase of prohibition

• the continued efforts of the Anti-Saloon League

In the decade following the Second World War, the supreme Court decisions that had the most widespread consequences concerned which of the following?

• Immigration policy

• The rights of minority groups

• The jurisdiction of courts in determining war guilt

• The federal government's powers of taxation

Prior to the Civil War, a transformation occurred in the workforce of the New England textile mills as New England farm girls were replaced by

• freed African Americans from the South

• German immigrants

• Irish immigrants

• Italian immigrants

The primary power granted to the Civil Rights Commission in 1957 was the authority to

• investigate and report on cases involving discrimination

• issue writs to enforce its decisions after hearings

• initiate cases to challenge gender discrimination

• fine employees found guilty of discriminatory hiring practices

During this presidency, Richard Nixon did which of the following?

• Supported the use of busing to end racial segregation between schools.

• Ended America's participation in the war in Vietnam.

• Intensified conflict between the United States and Japan.

• Created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Which of the following is true of the United States Constitution as adopted at the Constitutional Convention?

• It was built on a series of compromises.

• It provided exact specifications covering all aspects of government.

• It included the Bill of Rights.

• It allowed all male citizens over the age of twenty one to vote.