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AP U.S History Quiz

Frage 1 von 10

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In an effort to thwart Progressive state legislation, the Supreme Court reinterpreted

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • It's original ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson

  • The Theory of Social Darwinism

  • It's earliest antitrust suit in the E.C Knight v. United States case

  • The property clause of the Sixteenth Amendment

  • The "due process" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

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Frage 2 von 10

1

"Stagflation,” an economic problem characterized by high inflation at a time of slow economic growth, plagued the administration of

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

  • Richard M. Nixon

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • Harry S. Truman

  • Ronald Reagan

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Frage 3 von 10

1

The Constitution provided for both the federal governments and the states to share the power to

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Coin money

  • Regulate Interstate Commerce

  • Establish Post Offices

  • Control the State Militias

  • Admit New States

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Frage 4 von 10

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The Nineteenth Amendment achieved one of the goals of the Progressives by

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Granting women the right to vote

  • Establishing Prohibition

  • Providing for the direct election of senators

  • Ensuring citizenship rights for African-Americans

  • Establishing term limits for elected officials

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Frage 5 von 10

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The primary goal of the antebellum Liberty part was to

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Ensure women's suffrage

  • Prevent the expansion of slavery into new territories

  • Oppose industrial capitalism and ensure the rights of factory workers

  • Limit foreign immigration to Northern cities

  • Promote free transportation on the new railroads spreading throughout the nation

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Frage 6 von 10

1

The onset of the Panic of 1837 and Great Depression shared which of the following causes?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Over speculation on the stock market

  • The lack of standardized currency

  • Overproduction of war goods

  • Unregulated banking systems

  • Over speculation in western land sales

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Frage 7 von 10

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Reflecting a new focus on individualism, which of the following authors created the character of “Natty Bumppo,” a rugged frontiersman who struggled against the disorders of his society?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Frederick Jackson Turner

  • Henry David Thoreau

  • James Fenimore Cooper

  • Henry Wadsworth

  • Theodore Dwight Weld

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Frage 8 von 10

1

In April 1775, “the shot heard round the world” occurred at Lexington when British soldiers clashed with Massachusetts minutemen. The reason that General Gage dispatched troops to Lexington and concord was to

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Arrest radical leaders and seize stockpiled weapons

  • Save Governor Thomas Hutchinson after the Boston Tea Party

  • Enlist the support of the colon's committee of correspondence

  • Suppress violent reactions to the Stamp Act

  • Help benedict Arnold escape capture

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Frage 9 von 10

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The Bank War pitted Nicholas Biddle, Henry Clay, and the National Republicans against President Andrew Jackson and Secretary of Treasury Roger B. Taney ultimately. Ultimately, Jackson and Taney destroyed the bank by:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Revoking the Bank Charter in 1828

  • Proving that the creation of the B.U.S was unconstitutional

  • Placing deposits of federal tax money in state banks

  • Failing to enforce Marshalls decision in Fletcher v. Peck

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Frage 10 von 10

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Many colonial assemblies imposed taxes to support official churches. All of the following colonies had established churches except:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Massachusetts

  • Virginia

  • Georgia

  • New Hampshire

  • Rhode Island

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