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U.S. practice test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

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1.

"Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

For each of us, for the robin in Michigan or the salmon in the Miramichi, this is a problem of ecology, We poison the caddis flies in the stream and the salmon dwindle and die.... We spray the elms and the following spring are silent of robin song, not because we spray the robin directly, but because the poison traveled. Step by step the elmworm- robin cycle. which of the following, best describes the conditions

a)

Increase in government preservation efforts

b)

Increase use of pesticides in farming

c)

The erosin of soil on the great plains

d)

Growth of higher education

2.

The governor's veto power is part of...

a)

the government's checks and balance

b)

the process of the Court of Appeals

c)

how supreme court judges are selected

d)

how people ar selected to run for election

3.

New Mexico's Court of Appeals

a)

represent people in districts

b)

overturns governor's veto

c)

makes and maintains laws

d)

reviews judgment made in lower court

4.

Raising and distributing money to run New Mexico's state government is done by which branch?

a)

the judicial branch

b)

the executive branch

c)

the legislative branch

d)

the governor

5.

New Mexico Constitution

a)

Establishes just rule for participants

b)

is intended to provide all the following

c)

defines the roles of each branch of government

d)

Limits power through the checks and balances system

6.

New Mexico's constitution was modeled after the U.S. Constitution. New Mexico's Constitution specifically guaranteed the right of...

a)

Hispanics

b)

Native American

c)

Black Americans

d)

Whites

7.

New Mexico is a minority- majority state, what does this mean?

a)

There are more white people than Hispanics and Native American

b)

There are too many women in New Mexico

c)

There are more Hispanics and Native American in New Mexico

d)

There are not enough women in New Mexic

8.

FDR's "Four Freedoms", State of the Union address, January 1941

In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first freedom of speech and expression- everywhere in the world. The second freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want- which translated into world terms, means economic understandings wich will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for it inhabitants- everywhere in the world. Fourth, is freedom from fear-which translates into world terms. A world -wide reduction of armaments, a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor - anywhere in the world. What is the best reason Roosevelt's decision to include "freedom of want- as a fundamental freedom

a)

The Market Revolution

b)

The Great Depression

c)

The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

WWII

9.

The First Freedom that Roosevelt describes is most simlar to the civil liberties discribed in the .....

" Freedom of speech and expression"

a)

Fith Amendment

b)

Fourteenth Amendment

c)

Third Amendment

d)

First Amendment

10.

What effect did Operation Iraqi Freedom, which lasted from 2003 to 2011, have on the role of the United States in the middle East?

a)

The U.S. shifted from peacekeeper to an economic adviser

b)

The U.S. shifted from a trade partner to a peacekeeper

c)

The U.S. shifted to more active role, by providing security aganist insurgents

d)

The U.S. shifted to a less active role, after deposing the former Iraqi dictator

11.

During the mid-20th century, which goal did the Chicano Movement and the Feminist Movement have in common?

a)

Change to immigration laws

b)

Elimination of voting restrictions

c)

Desegregation of public facilities

d)

Access to higher wages

12.

The 14th Amendment confrimed th concept of......

a)

The legality of the death penalty

b)

Women's equality under the law

c)

Natural Born Citizenship

d)

The rights of all Immigrants to become naturalized

13.

According to the 14th amendment, what are State Governments NOT allowed to do

a)

Make laws that promote educational reform

b)

Levy new taxes to support various environmental reform

c)

Make laws that are oppressive to the civil rights of citizens

d)

Make laws that contribute to overall economic growth

14.

The 14 amendment was necessary due to the....

a)

Creation of the Freedmen's Bureau

b)

The Enforcement Act

c)

Issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The passing of Black Codes

15.

The Great Migration refers to the movement of which group of American?

a)

Black Americans

b)

Working Women

c)

Mexican American

d)

Native American

16.

Which of the following ideologies is best depicted in this image?

a)

Liberalism

b)

Populism

c)

Anti-Semitism

d)

Nativism

17.

Organizations such as the one depicted in the political cartoon were formed during Reconstruction to achieve what goal?

a)

To promote equal rights for all people in America

b)

To educate people about the importance of the U.S. Constitution

c)

To use violence and terror to stop Black Americans from voting and participating in society

d)

To support voting right for women in America

18.

Newspaper headlines like this one is an example of...

a)

Progressive Reforms

b)

Muckraking

c)

Political Machines

d)

Yellow Journalism

19.

"Let us be frank. WE DO NOT WANT THE FILIPINOS, WE DO NOT THE PHILIPPES. All our troubles in this annexation matter have Philippine Islands of the Filipinos... The more we killed the better. It seems harh. But they most yield before the superior race

a)

Social Gospel

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Socialism

20.

"To yield to the force in Vietnam would weaken the confidence, would undermine the independence of many lands, and would wet the appetite of aggression. "

President Lyndon B. Johnson, State of the Union Address, January 12, 1966

Which idea describes this passage?

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Isolationism

c)

Appeasement

d)

Neutrality

21.

" I make money from supplying a public demand. If I break the law, my customers are of the best people in Chicago, would be as guilty as I am".

Al Capone quoted in Era of Excess, What is Capone defending?

a)

His involvement in bootlegging

b)

His involvement in tax evasion

c)

His involvement in bribery

d)

His involvement in money laundering