Fall Semester Exam Practice Questions

Why did Alexis de Tocqueville believe that American society was egalitarian?

• Americans lacked a hereditary social class of nobles.

• all americans had the same wealth

• the declaration of independence announced that all men were created equal

• Americans had just abolished slavery just before his visit

Which principle was adopted in the U.S. Constitution to ensure that no one branch of the federal government became too powerful?

• Republican government

• Popular sovereignty

• Judicial Review

• Checks and Balances

Which grants freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion to individuals in the United States?

• Articles of Confederation

• Treaty of Paris of 1783

• First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

• Fifth Amendment of U.S. Constitution

The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution primarily to -

• Establish fair and impartial elections

• Protect individual liberties

• Provide the President with power in times of emergency

• Guarantee voting privileges to minorities

*Meat Inspection Act

*17th Amendment

*National Park Service

*Initiative, Recall, Referendum

The above items would most likely be referred to in an essay written about -

• US Foreign policy

• environmental conservation

• Progressive Era reform

• civil rights legislation

• Direct Election of senators
• Women's suffrage
• Direct primary elections

What was the immediate effect of the Progressive reforms listed in the box above?

• Big businesses came under greater government control

• Citizens had a larger role in selecting their elected representatives

• shareholders began to elect corporate officers

• Political bosses in large cities gained greater control over local government

During the Progressive Era, Jane Addams responded to urban conditions by working to establish -

• settlement houses that provided assistance to the poor

• newspapers that helped to inform Americans about slum conditions

• laws that restricted certain immigrant groups

• free public schools located in inner-city neighborhoods

Progressive reforms such as the initiative, referendum and recall attempted to -

• increase the power of citizens in state and local government

• establish the system of checks and balances

• provide low interest loans to farmers

• expand voting rights to Native Americans

The Federal Reserve System was created to -

• protect consumers from fraud

• provide military support for the armed forces

• maintain a national petroleum supply

• manage the nation's money supply of currency and interest rates.

Which of these made it possible for women to become full participants in American political life?

• Passage of the 19th Amendment

• Creation of the National Organization for Women (NOW)

• Equal pay for female factory workers

• Appointment of women to the US Supreme Court