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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A The Progressives were dominated by women.
B The Progressives needed to develop a voting bloc to check and limit lower-class southerners.
C The Progressives believed women would support their reform movement.
D The Progressives needed to develop a voting bloc to check and limit upper-class northerners.
Question #2
A invisible hand that turns private interests into public goods.
B means by which wealth is redistributed.
C set of political principles and values that guide political life.
D institutions and procedures by which a territory and its people are ruled.
Question #3
A “one person, one vote”
B laissez-faire capitalism
C popular sovereignty
D the rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights
Question #4
A 1857, when the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
B 1868, when the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution conferred citizenship on the freed slaves.
C 1896, when the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.
D 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution allowed for universal suffrage.
Question #5
A 15; 150
B 15; 323
C 4; 327
D 4; 150
Question #6
A equality of result.
B political equality.
C equality of opportunity.
D educational opportunity.
Question #7
A 33
B 5
C 75
D 15
Question #8
A European ideals have influenced American political culture.
B American values are not always reflected in practice.
C political needs are often placed above economic needs.
D Americans have never valued liberty.
Question #9
A totalitarian
B monarchic
C democratic
D authoritarian
Question #10
A 11; Mexico and Central America
B 11; Asia and Africa
C 6; Mexico and Central America
D 2; Mexico and Central America
Question #11
A not experienced any regional shifts.
B shifted as a result of people leaving urban areas and moving to rural areas.
C shifted as a result of people leaving the South and Southwest and moving to the Northeast and Midwest.
D shifted as a result of people leaving the Northeast and Midwest and moving to the South and Southwest.
Question #12
A approximately 33 percent of the entire population.
B less than 1 percent of the entire population.
C approximately 10 percent of the entire population.
D approximately 50 percent of the entire population.
Question #13
A democracy.
B equality.
C liberty.
D capitalism.
Question #14
A decreased significantly between 1976 and 1996 but have increased significantly since 1996.
B increased significantly over the last 40 years.
C largely stagnated over the last 40 years.
D decreased significantly over the last 40 years.
Question #15
A struggling American economy made the United States an unattractive destination for most immigrants.
B Constitution was amended to eliminate naturalization and provide citizenship only to people born within the United States.
C National Origins Quota System placed strong restrictions on the number of immigrants who could enter the United States.
D federal government chose to deport nearly all foreign-born residents after World War II.
Question #16
A “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”
B “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity”
C “Life, Equality and the pursuit of Happiness”
D “Life, Liberty and Equality”
Question #17
A Anarchy, equality, and patriotism
B Equality, oligarchy, and free enterprise
C Liberty, equality, and democracy
D Democracy, patriotism, and the rule of law