Praxis 7004/5004 Notes Claire Rider

Which of the following reasons best explains President Franklin Roosevelt's use of radio broadcasts during his presidency?

• To gain support for his policies by explaining his actions to the public.

• To announce military strategies to enemy nations.

• To conduct private meetings with world leaders.

• To deliver weather forecasts to farmers.

At the time of European arrival, the settlements of most native peoples of North America could best be characterized as ________.

• composed primarily of small farmers who used complex irrigation to cultivate wheat; sustained by hunting and gathering, as well as some agriculture.

• large urban centers with advanced metalworking industries and centralized governments.

• nomadic groups who relied exclusively on fishing and had no permanent settlements.

• densely populated cities with extensive road networks and written languages.

Which of the following phrases best describes how the War of 1812 affected the United States? ________

• Renewed sense of nationalism.

• Loss of independence to Britain.

• Complete economic collapse.

• Annexation by France.

The following excerpt is from the Bill of Rights (1791). Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The excerpt given is from which of the following amendments?

• First Amendment.

• Second Amendment.

• Fourth Amendment.

• Tenth Amendment.

Which of the following is a twentieth-century development? ________

• the use of interchangeable parts.

• the invention of the steam engine.

• the discovery of electricity.

• the development of the printing press.

Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine in the 1950s against which of the following diseases?

• polio.

• measles.

• tuberculosis.

• influenza.

Which of the following warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere?

• Monroe Doctrine.

• Emancipation Proclamation.

• Treaty of Versailles.

• Magna Carta.

Which of the following factors contributed to the growth of United States industry in the early 1900s?

• An increase in trust-busting legislation.

• A decrease in immigration.

• A decline in technological innovation.

• A reduction in railroad construction.

________ was the name of the army formed during the American Revolution.

• Continental Army.

• Redcoat Army.

• Union Army.

• Confederate Army.

Which of the following groups is Thomas Paine addressing in this pamphlet?

• The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot.

• The British Parliament.

• The Loyalists in America.

• The French monarchy.