VAUS Post Test Review

Since the 1960s, which immigrant group has played a prominent role in influencing United States foreign policy?

• Cubans

• Argentinians

• Haitians

• British

Investigative journalists of the early 20th century who exposed social and political corruption were known as

• muckrakers

• exploiters

• progressives

• reformers

All of the following are considered American Giants of Innovation except 

• Eugene V Deb

• Henry Bessemer

• Henry Ford

• Orville and Wilbur Wright

Which of the following did not occur as a part of the Compromise of 1877?

• Conclusion of Reconstruction

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Military Occupation of the South

• Southern Democrats support the electoral college vote

Which was NOT a result of the French and Indian War?

• Convened the Second Continental Congress

• British gained new territory

• Proclamation of 1763 issued

• Stamp Act and Sugar Act passed

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s strategy during the Civil Rights Movement emphasized

• creating a political coalition with organized labor

• organizing a non-violent mass protest

• challenging discrimination through the courts

• promoting self-help through education

Which of the following was not a weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation?

• inability to collect taxes

• Too much power given to the judicial branch

• inability to regulate trade

• lack of executive branch to enforce the law

Which of the following factors contributed most to the growth of cities at the turn of the 20th century?

• end of slavery in the South

• industrialization in the North

• Growth of suburbs

• settlement of the frontier

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?

• unparalleled economic growth

• high unemployment

• bank closings

• bankrupcies

One result of the First Great Awakening was

• a renewed interest in religion

• a move to limit religious freedom

• the founding of new free Bible colleges

• the revival of the Salem witch hunts