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WorksheetsU.S. practice test
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
"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
Increase in government preservation efforts
Increase use of pesticides in farming
The erosin of soil on the great plains
Growth of higher education
The governor's veto power is part of...
the government's checks and balance
the process of the Court of Appeals
how supreme court judges are selected
how people ar selected to run for election
New Mexico's Court of Appeals
represent people in districts
overturns governor's veto
makes and maintains laws
reviews judgment made in lower court
Raising and distributing money to run New Mexico's state government is done by which branch?
the judicial branch
the executive branch
the legislative branch
the governor
New Mexico Constitution
Establishes just rule for participants
is intended to provide all the following
defines the roles of each branch of government
Limits power through the checks and balances system
New Mexico's constitution was modeled after the U.S. Constitution. New Mexico's Constitution specifically guaranteed the right of...
Hispanics
Native American
Black Americans
Whites
New Mexico is a minority- majority state, what does this mean?
There are more white people than Hispanics and Native American
There are too many women in New Mexico
There are more Hispanics and Native American in New Mexico
There are not enough women in New Mexic
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
The Market Revolution
The Great Depression
The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
WWII
The First Freedom that Roosevelt describes is most simlar to the civil liberties discribed in the .....
" Freedom of speech and expression"
Fith Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Third Amendment
First Amendment
What effect did Operation Iraqi Freedom, which lasted from 2003 to 2011, have on the role of the United States in the middle East?
The U.S. shifted from peacekeeper to an economic adviser
The U.S. shifted from a trade partner to a peacekeeper
The U.S. shifted to more active role, by providing security aganist insurgents
The U.S. shifted to a less active role, after deposing the former Iraqi dictator
During the mid-20th century, which goal did the Chicano Movement and the Feminist Movement have in common?
Change to immigration laws
Elimination of voting restrictions
Desegregation of public facilities
Access to higher wages
The 14th Amendment confrimed th concept of......
The legality of the death penalty
Women's equality under the law
Natural Born Citizenship
The rights of all Immigrants to become naturalized
According to the 14th amendment, what are State Governments NOT allowed to do
Make laws that promote educational reform
Levy new taxes to support various environmental reform
Make laws that are oppressive to the civil rights of citizens
Make laws that contribute to overall economic growth
The 14 amendment was necessary due to the....
Creation of the Freedmen's Bureau
The Enforcement Act
Issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation
The passing of Black Codes
The Great Migration refers to the movement of which group of American?
Black Americans
Working Women
Mexican American
Native American
Which of the following ideologies is best depicted in this image?
Liberalism
Populism
Anti-Semitism
Nativism
Organizations such as the one depicted in the political cartoon were formed during Reconstruction to achieve what goal?
To promote equal rights for all people in America
To educate people about the importance of the U.S. Constitution
To use violence and terror to stop Black Americans from voting and participating in society
To support voting right for women in America
Newspaper headlines like this one is an example of...
Progressive Reforms
Muckraking
Political Machines
Yellow Journalism
"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
Social Gospel
Social Darwinism
Isolationism
Socialism
"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?
Domino Theory
Isolationism
Appeasement
Neutrality
" 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?
His involvement in bootlegging
His involvement in tax evasion
His involvement in bribery
His involvement in money laundering
