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