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WorksheetsMiddle School Social Studies Praxis
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
Established rights in territories
established a three-step plan for territories to become states.
forced territories to become states
What were the steps in the Northwest Ordinance?
The first step was the appointment of a governor, secretary, and three judges by Congress. Next, the territory was organized once it had a population of 5,000 free adult men, qualifying it to have a legislature. When the territory grew to 60,000 people, it could apply to Congress for admission as a state.
The first step was the appointment of a governor, secretary, and three judges by Congress. When the territory grew to 60,000 people, it could apply to Congress for admission as a state.
In the Northwest Ordinance, how many people needed to hold residence to become a state?
5,000 men
5,000 people
5,000 free men
500 men
What is the Waltham-Lowell System?
An early version of the assembly line.
A system from England to have women work in factories until they married to start families.
A system from England where women worked out side of the homes.
Who wrote the Monroe Doctrine?
Hamilton
Andrew Jackson
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
declared that the United States would be opposed to all existing European colonies in the Americas and would also oppose the establishment of any new colonies
declared that the United States would not interfere with any existing European colonies in the Americas, but would oppose the establishment of any new colonies.
made the United States indifferent on all European colonies
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Jackson Lee
Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin wrote?
to promote slavery in America
to promote literacy in all races
to gain traction for a southern army
to show a harsh view point of slavery
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
Congress passed a series of laws that admitted new states while maintaining the balance of slave and free states
Congress passes a series of laws that admitted all states as free states
Congress passed a series of laws that admitted all new states as slave states
"Popular sovereignty" meant.......
that residents could vote for all officials in the state
the population of slaves would determine if a state was free or slave
that residents could vote for their new state to be slave or free.
What is not a trait of sharecropping or tenant farming?
the primary way former slaves supported themselves after the Civil War in the South
slaves resumed work on plantations that were owned by previous plantation owners
provided land for former slaves to farm
paid all worker fair compensation
What was Wilson's reason for entering WWI
to retaliate after an attack on an American boat
to protect democracy
to promote the American life style
to back up our allies
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
a senator who was found to be a communist
a member of the team that stole information during water gate
a Republican senator who promoted anti Communist trials in the state department
a member of the state department who was found to be a communist
What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
MLK was arrested
Rosa Parks was arrested
Blacks were no longer allowed on any public transportation
Which of the following was a charge made by Senator Joseph McCarthy about the dangers facing the United States in the 1950's?
There were a significant number of communist in positions of power in the government
most United states voters were sympathetic to communist
the United states economy was threatened by cheap imports from other countries
a increase in the rate if illegal immigration was threating the stability of the country
Which of the following best summarized the contributions of Muslim Scholars to the development of science in the period circa 700-1400 C.E.?
They worked in insolation from the Chinese and Indian scholars of the same period
They made advances mostly in medicine and the life sciences
Most of their works became known to the European scholars only in the 19th and 20th centuries
They preserved the scientific tradition of the ancient world and expanded it greatly by their own discoveries.
Which of the following is involved in the appointment and confirmation process of federal judges in the United States?
the president
the chief justice of the Supreme Court
the state governors
the sitting judges on the United States Court of Appeals
The greatest Expansion of direct European colonial rule in Africa occurred in which of the following periods?
1450-1500
1750-1800
1850-1900
1900-1950
The similarity between Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 1954 and Miranda v. Arizona 1966 was the ruling in both cases
affirmed and protected civil rights under the Constitution
involved the rights of those accused of crimes
involved the issue of Jim Crow laws
tended to limit the power of the federal government
A similarity between the cites of Varanasi (Banaras) in India and Mecca in Saudi Arabia is that both are
capitals of countries formerly colonized by the English
destinations for vast numbers of religious pilgrims
financial centers for a large fraction of the worlds economy
examples of modern urban plaining
All of the following river valleys are densely populated except
Yangtze
Amazon
Nile
Indus
