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