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AGC 1 - What do you know already

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following definitions best describes 'History'?

a)

An account of the past

b)

The study of life and living organisms

c)

The study of social problems

d)

The study of the human mind and its functions

2.

What are the 'Bill of Rights'?

a)

A required tax citizens pay in exchange for protection under the law

b)

The last seventh amendments to the US Constitution

c)

A document that states total power resides in the President of the USA

d)

The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution

3.

The election of this president in 1860 was a short-term cause of Southern States leaving the Union.

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Harry Truman

4.

True or False: The 13th Amendment formally eliminated slavery in the USA

a)

True

b)

False

5.

This federal agency was set-up to provide relief to newly-freed slaves and poor white refugees in the South after the Civil War.

a)

The White Man's League

b)

American Red Cross

c)

The Freedmen's Bureau

d)

The Radical Republicans

6.

An economic system where resources are owned by individuals and they compete to earn profits based on supply and demand.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

Mixed Economy

7.

A period in which products were made by machines and produced on a massive scale. Made possible by innovators and wealthy investors.

a)

The French Revolution

b)

The Industrial Revolution

c)

The Cognitive Revolution

d)

The Agricultural Revolution

8.

This amendment guarantees that you do not pay excessive fines and prevents cruel and unusual punishment for crimes.

a)

2nd Amendment

b)

21st Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

8th Amendment

9.

True or False: When the Civil War began, there were an equal number of "Free-States" and "Slave-States".

a)

True

b)

False

10.

This is the defining principle of Communism

a)

Total power resides in the head of state

b)

Government is responsible to regulate fair business practices

c)

No private ownership of resources allowed

d)

Requires a traditional economic system