VA and US History Documents SOL Review

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

• To declare war on Britain

• To lay out the rights all Americans have

• To establish the federal banking system

• To end the Civil War

What is the name of the document that replaced the Articles of Confederation?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

What did the Voting Rights Act outlaw?

• Gerrymandering

• Poll taxes

• Literacy tests for voting

• Voter ID laws

What does the Geneva Convention outline?

• The rules of diplomatic relations

• How prisoners of war should be treated

• The guidelines for nuclear disarmament

• The economic policies for post-war reconstruction

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

• To establish a trade agreement with Native Americans

• To lay out the government for the Pilgrims who traveled to the New World

• To declare independence from British rule

• To outline the rules for the first Thanksgiving

What was the purpose of the Sherman Anti-trust Act?

• To create a national bank

• To regulate interstate commerce

• To outlaw monopolies in the United States

• To establish a minimum wage

Which document was the first government of the United States?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• United States Constitution

• Bill of Rights

Which act overturned the Missouri Compromise?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Homestead Act

• Sherman Anti-trust Act

What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?

• To provide military aid to allies during World War II

• To rebuild European economies after World War II, provided they were not communist

• To establish a common currency in Europe

• To create a European defense alliance

What was the Fourteen Points plan designed for?

• To outline the terms for ending the Revolutionary War

• To establish a new currency system

• To plan for peace after World War I

• To create a league of nations in Europe