10th Grade US/World Affairs Semester Exam 1 2020-2021

CER questions- PICK 1 Answer one of the following questions making your claim and then giving evidence and reasoning to support your claim. This response should be a minimum of 5 sentences (claim, evidence, reasoning) 1. How did advances in technology change warfare in World War I. Be sure to describe advances in weapons and describe how it changed the battlefield 2. Explain the differences between Wilson's 14 points and The Treaty of Versailles' actual conditions? Who do you side with Wilson, or the other countries, and why? 3. Explain the purpose of the League of Nations and what it was designed to do. Do you believe it was strong or weak? Back this up with evidence

1. When following "Manifest Destiny," which direction did settlers travel to find new opportunities?

• North
• South
• East
• West

3. Why did President Polk want Mexican territory?

• Mexico wanted to start a war with America, so America needed to protect itself
• Mexico controlled San Francisco, and America wanted to trade with Asia
• Mexico had a lot of Western Territory, and America wanted more land

4. According to President Polk, when did the Mexican War start?

• When United States 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧Texas, and Mexico declared war
• When 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 crossed the Rio Grande River and attacked Mexican soldiers
• Santa Anna 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 the Americans at the Alamo
• 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 crossed the Rio Grande River and attacked American troops on American soil

6. The Compromise of 1850 effectively strengthened which Act regarding slavery?

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820
• The guarantees of individual freedoms in the Bill of Rights
• The Fugitive Slave Act
• The banning of the slave trade after 1808

7. “Bleeding Kansas” gained its reputation for violence because of the

• U.S. Army’s vicious tactics while driving the Indians out of the territory
• general lawlessness of cowboy towns like Dodge City and Abilene in the territory of Kansas
• actions of various bandit gangs that roamed the territory before the arrival of federal marshals
• sporadic deadly warfare between settlers on opposing sides in the battle over the slavery issue in Kansas

8. The Dred Scott Decision stated that slaves were 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 and 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬.

• True
• False

9. Approximately what percentage of the popular vote did Abraham Lincoln receive?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%

10. The leading General for the Confederacy during the Civil War was

• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant

11.Which side had more experienced military leaders and soldiers?

• North
• South