First Semester Exam

When Alex de Tocqueville in "Democracy in America," pointed to the equality that he saw in America, he meant that

• America was a colony that had equal representation in Parliament with other English colonies

• at birth, all American citizens received an equal amount of money in a bank and savings account

• it was equally as possible that America would fail as that it would succeed.

• more than in any other country, people in America all had an equal chance to succeed

-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education

• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Booker T. Washington

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What are our natural rights according to Jefferson? (He got the idea from John Locke, but he changed the last right.) It inspired people in other countries to question the authority of their government.

• Freedom of speech, religion, and press

• Life, liberty, and property

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Voting, rebelling, and health

The power the government has to acquire your property and must pay "Just Compensation" is called:

• Economic Freedom

• Political Freedom

• Eminent Domain

• Tyranny

What are the name of the acts that made it illegal to criticize the U.S. involvement in War War I or encourage draft resisters. Supreme Court said that congress could limit free speech if it represented a clear and present danger

• Espionage and Sedition Acts

• Treaty of Versailles and the Fourteen Points

• the Yalta Agreement and the Treaty of Versailles

• The Espionage Act and the Fourteen Points

This is the social & political commitment & freedom to start their own businesses & compete

• free enterprise system
• free response system
• free travel system
• freedom of choice

this American general led a punitive force into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa after Villa's attack on Columbus, NM in 1916. During WWI, he also led the American Expeditionary Forces. He would transform inexperienced troops into an effective military force.

• Douglas MacArthur

• Alvin York

• John J. Pershing

• Mickey Mouse

The time period coined by Mark Twain between the 1870s and 1890s was known as _________________. Business grew at a rapid rate and many problems lied below perceived prosperity.

• The Civil Service Age

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Age of Reason

• The Gilded Age

What was the name of the migration of African-Americans from the Deep South to the Industrial North due to economic opportunities, particularly Chicago, called?

• Great Migration

• Racial Riots

• Back to Africa

The rebirth of African American arts and culture is known as: Brought Jazz and blues music out of the South into the North

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Harlem Renaissance

• Napoleonic Era

• Edwardian period