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