Transcript AHSGE Practice Test-

Ahsge review
11th grade content
Coach Dan Styles
Hartselle High School
AHSGE Practice Test--Styles
1) Use the graph below and your own knowledge to
answer #1:
Agricultural & Manufacturing Labor Force, 1860-1910
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1860
1870
1880
1890
KEY:
Agricultural workers
Manufacturing workers
1900
1910
• Which was the most
likely cause of the
changes in the labor
force figures shown on
the graph?
A) A decline in
population
B) A decline in the
size of cities
C) An increase in the
number of
factories
D) An increase in the
wages for farm
workers
C) An increase in
the number of
factories
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2) Study the diagram below:
Booker T.
Washington
Jane
Addams
Social Reformers
of the Progressive
Era
Ida Tarbell
?
B) W.E.B. Du Bois
Which name BEST completes this diagram?
(What did the other 3
A) J.P. Morgan
have in common?)
B) W.E.B. Du Bois
C) Cornelius Vanderbilt
D) John D. Rockefeller
• Titans of Industry critics
refer to as “robber
barons”
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3) Study the list below:
• Electoral reform
• Expanded money supply
• Regulation of big business
• Which political party was
formed in the 1890s to
promote these goals?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Whig
Populist
Democratic
Republican
B) Populist
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4) Use the map and your knowledge to answer #4: • According to the
map, in which part
of the country did
women have the
most voting rights?
A)
B)
C)
D)
The North
The South
The East
The West
D) The West
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5) Study the list below:
– Telephone
– Typewriter
– Transatlantic cable
• What was a result of the
inventions shown on the
list?
A) A growth of new industries
B) A decrease in the use of
electricity
C) A decline in the number of
factories
D) A movement of people from
cities to farms
A) A growth of new
industries
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6) The MAIN reason railroad
lines were built in sparsely
populated parts of
Alabama was to:
A) Promote tourism
B) Encourage settlement
C) Support the coal and
iron industries
D) Provide jobs for
unemployed workers
Sloss Furnace
Birmingham
C) Support the coal and
iron industries
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7) Study the passage below:
There would be meat that tumbled out onto the
floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers
had tramped and spit uncounted billions of
[tuberculosis] germs. There would be meat
stored in great piles in rooms; and the water
from leaky roofs would drip over it, and
thousands of rats would race about on it.
Upton Sinclair, 1906 The Jungle
Publication of this book led most directly to:
A) Decreased factory regulations
B) Improvements in child labor laws
C) Increased government protection of
consumers
D) Establishment of a minimum wage for
industrial workers
C) Increased
government
protection of
consumers
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8) “As an African American
agricultural researcher, I
worked to help farmers in the
South while directing the
agricultural program at
Tuskegee Institute in
Alabama. Who am I?”
A)
B)
C)
D)
Eli Whitney
D) George Washington
Horace Mann
Carver
Booker T. Washington
(Developed products from
George Washington Carver soybeans, peanuts, and
sweet potato)
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9) Which amendment requires
that members of the United
States Senate be elected by the
voters in their state?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Sixteenth Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
B) Seventeenth Amendment
• The Progressive Era: Period
of time (1890s-1920) when
various reform movements
arose to solve social
problems.
• Examples?
• Labor Movement
• Temperance Movement
(18th Amendment)
• What other gains were
made by voters during the
Progressive Era?
• Referendum
• Recall
• Direct Primaries
• SUFFRAGE (19th
Amendment)
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10) Use the chart below and your own knowledge to answer #10:
SOME FEDERAL LEGISLATION, 1887-1914
LEGISLATION
Interstate Commerce Act
YEAR PASSED
1887
Sherman Antitrust Act
1890
Clayton Antitrust Act
1914
Federal Trade Commission Act
1914
PROVISION
Regulated the rates railroads
could charge
Banned monopolies that limited
competition
Strengthened the Sherman Anti-trust Act
by prohibiting some actions that lessened
competition
Created a commission that enforced rules
of fair trade and fair business practices
As a result of the legislation shown on the chart, the United States government:
A)
B)
C)
D)
Reduced the number of consumer protection laws
Bought and operated most large businesses
Became more involved in regulating businesses
Encouraged limits on the number of businesses in an industry
C) Became more involved in regulating businesses
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11) Use the timeline below and your own knowledge to answer #11:
Actions and Policies of the United States, 1893-1904
 [1893] Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani is overthrown
 [1898] Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and
Hawaii are annexed
 [1901] Legislation is passed authorizing intervention in
Cuba
 [1904] Construction is begun on the Panama Canal; the
Roosevelt Corollary is issued
• The actions and
policies listed on
the time line are
associated with:
A) Abolition
B) Imperialism
C) Isolationism
D) Industrialization
B) Imperialism
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12) Use the cartoon below and your own
knowledge to answer #12:
• The situation shown in the
cartoon above refers to:
A) Expansionist actions of the
United States
B) Attempt by Congress to
restrict immigration
C) Involvement of the United
States in World War I
D) Opposition of state
governments to New Deal
programs
A) Expansionist actions of the
United States
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13) Study the passage below:
• The situation describes in
– We have developed a volume the passage led the United
States to:
of manufacturers which, in
many departments, overruns A) Become involved in World
War II
the demands of the home
market…Our great demand is B) Find new territories in which
to sell goods
expansion…of trade with
countries where we can find C) Limit participation in
profitable exchanges.
international organizations
James G. Blaine,
D) Restrict the growth of new
industries in the United
Secretary of State,
States
1890
B) Find new territories in
which to sell goods
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14) Study the diagram below:
Disarming
of
Germany
Payment of
war damages
by Germany
?
Revision of
some
European
boundaries
Formation of
the League of
Nations
Which BEST completes this diagram?
A) Monroe Doctrine
B) Roosevelt Corollary
C) Treaty of Versailles
D) Treaty of Paris of 1783
C) Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that ended WWI
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15) Below is a part of President Woodrow • In his speech, President
Wilson’s message to Congress. Use
Wilson is referring to the
the message and your own knowledge
United States’:
to answer #15:
A) Desire to govern smaller
“It is a fearful thing to lead this great
nations
peaceful people into war, into the
B) Willingness to protect other
most terrible and disastrous of all
nations
wars, civilization itself seeming to
C) Obligation to recognize the
be in the balance. But the right is
conquests of other nations
more precious than peace, and we
shall fight for the things which we D) Need to isolate itself from
events occurring in other
have always carried nearest our
nations
hearts -- for democracy, for the right
of those who submit to authority to
have a voice in their own
B) Willingness to protect
governments, for the rights and
other nations
liberties of small nations…”
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16) Study the list below:
– Poison gas
– Submarine
– Tank
• These weapons were
first widely used in:
A)
B)
C)
D)
World War I
World War II
The Civil War
The Mexican War
A) World War I
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17) Use the map below and your own
knowledge to answer #17:
• Which statement is supported
by the information shown on
the map?
A) European countries competed
for control of Africa
B) Most of Africa was colonized by
Italy and Germany
C) Most African countries
successfully rejected
colonization by other countries
D) European countries were
interested in uniting African
countries into one nation
A) European countries competed
for control of Africa
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18) President Woodrow
Wilson viewed the League
of Nations MAINLY as a
means to:
A) Acquire new territories
B) Promote international
C) Remove the threat of future
trade
wars
C) Remove the threat of
What major point of irony
future wars
surrounded the formation of the
League of Nations?
D) Make other international
It was the idea the P.O.T.U.S.
organizations
(Wilson), yet the United States
unnecessary
declined to join.
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19) Study the diagram below:
First
commercial
radio
broadcasts
Rising
popularity
of Jazz
1920s
Growth of
the Harlem
Renaissance
?
Which BEST completes this diagram?
A) Widespread use of automobiles
B) Availability of computers for home use
C) Completion of a coast-to-coast
railroad
D) Popularity of airplanes for personal
travel
A) Widespread use
of automobiles
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20) Which country was
an ally of the United
States during WWI?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Spain
France
Sweden
Turkey
Croix de Guerre—France’s highest
combat medal
B) France
What American war hero earned the
medal shown above?
Alvin C. York (as will as C.M.O.H.)
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21) Study the list below:
– Bootleggers
– 18th Amendment
– Speakeasies
• These terms are most
related to:
A)
B)
C)
D)
Prohibition
Workplace safety
Education reform
Manifest Destiny
A) Prohibition
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22) Study the passage below:
“Outside the courtroom the Red
hysteria was rampant.”
Felix Frankfurter, referring to the
Sacco and Vanzetti trial
• What was the “Red hysteria”
referred to in the passage?
A) Opposition to new labor laws
B) Fear of the growth of
B)
Fear
of
the
growth
of
communism
communism
C) Panic about a possible stock • (Resulting from the Bolshevik
Revolution in Russia and the rise
market collapse
of communism under Vladimir
D) Concern over unsafe factory
Lenin)
conditions
• RED symbolic of communism
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23) Which action was considered a turning point in favor of
the Allies during WWI?
A) The sinking of the Lusitania
B) The signing of a peace agreement between Russia and
Germany
C) The halt of the German army on its march to Paris
D) The death of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary
C) The halt of the German army on its march to Paris
 This actually occurred twice (once prior to America’s
entry and once afterward)—at the Marne River. The
First Battle of the Marne ended with the German
advance being halted and almost 3 years of stalemate
followed.
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24) This cartoon is similar to some created in • Which is being
the 1930s. Use the cartoon and your
referred to in the
knowledge to answer #24.
cartoon?
A. A cause of the Great
Depression
B. A consequence of
Prohibition laws
C. A reason for the United
States’ entrance into
World War II
D. A problem created by the
formation of the League
of Nations
A) A cause of the
Great Depression
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25) Study the headlines below:
• The situation in the headline
was mainly cause by:
A) Harmful mining
techniques
B) New crop diseases and
pests
C) Diversion of rivers to
other regions
D) Drought and damaging
farming practices
D) Drought and damaging
farming practices
August 3, 1935
DUST BOWL: Region of the Great Plains
where severe heat, drought, and
high winds devastated the region
for much of the 1930s
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26) Study the passage below:
“Victory over this
depression…will be won by
the resolution of our
people to fight their own
battles in their own
communities…by taking
new courage to be masters
of their own destiny in the
struggle for life.”
Herbert Hoover
• Based on this passage, President
Hoover most likely believed that
some problems brought about by
the Great Depression could BEST
be solved by:
A. Relying on individuals to
resolve their own problems
B. Passing national minimum
wage laws
C. Requiring businesses to hire
additional workers
D. Creating federal relief
programs for the unemployed
A) Relying on individuals to
resolve their own problems
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27) Study the list below:
– Minimum wage
– Federal insurance of money placed
in banks
– Pension plan for retired persons
• The federal government created the
policies shown on the list as a result
of:
A)
B)
C)
D)
World War I
World War II
The Civil War
The Great Depression
D) The Great
Depression
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29) Use the graph below and you own
knowledge to answer #29:
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Federal Spending, 19281939
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Federal
Spending,
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1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
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Which had the greatest effect on
federal spending rates shown on the
graph?
A) Programs of the New Deal
B) Costs resulting from WWI
C) Laws passed during
Reconstruction
D) Payment of debts to European
countries
A) Programs of the New
Deal
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29) Use the time line below and your own
knowledge to answer #29:
1939
Germany invades Poland
1941
Japanese warplanes attack Pearl Harbor
1942
The U.S. defends Midway Island from an attack by Japan
and the Allies land in North Africa
1943
The Soviet army defeats the Germans at Stalingrad
1944
Allied troops invade Normandy
1945
The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the Japanese
cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• The military event that
directly led Japan to
surrender occurred in:
A) 1941
B) 1942
C) 1944
D) 1945
D) 1945
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30) The poster below is similar to some • The main purpose of the
created during the 1940s. Use the
poster was to encourage:
poster and your own knowledge to
answer #30:
A) Soldiers fighting in
Europe
B) Workers in the United
States
C) Government leaders
working to end the war
D) Countries considering
entering the war
B) Worker in the United
States
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31) In the passage below, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt asks Congress for a declaration of • Which directly led
President Roosevelt to
war against Japan. Use the passage and
your own knowledge to answer #31:
make this appeal?
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date
which will live in infamy -- the United
States of America was suddenly and
deliberately attacked by naval and air
forces of the Empire of Japan…I believe
that I interpret the will of the Congress
and of the people when I assert that we
will not only defend ourselves to the
uttermost, but will make it very certain
that this form of treachery shall never
again endanger us…I ask that the
Congress declare that since…Sunday,
December 7th, 1941, a state of war has
existed between the United States and
the Japanese empire.”
A) The invasion of Poland
B) The attack on Pearl
Harbor
C) The growth of the Nazi
Party
D) The creation of
concentration camps
B) The attack on Pearl
Harbor
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32) Study the diagram below:
Great
Britain
United
States
World War II
• Which completes this
diagram?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Japan
Hungary
Germany
Soviet Union
Allies
France
?
D) Soviet Union
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33) Study the list below:
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
– Douglas MacArthur
– George S. Patton
 The people name in the list
were:
A) Presidents of the United
States
B) Political advisors during
World War I
C) Military leaders during
World War II
C) Military leaders during
D) Representatives of the
World War II
League of Nations
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34) At the beginning of both WWI
and WWII, the initial policy of
the United States was to:
35) Which of the following was
NOT an effect of the Crusades?
A) Increased trade
A) Remain neutral
B) Increased interest in
B) Provide military assistance
exploration
C) End ties with warring
C) Growth of the town
countries
D) Increased isolationism
D) Withdraw from
international organizations
D) Increased isolationism
• Isolationism (def): The
A) Remain neutral
policy of avoiding political
or economic alliances with
other countries
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36) British victory in the French
and Indian War created the
need for all of the following
EXCEPT:
37) All of the following were
compromises reached during
the Constitutional Convention
EXCEPT:
A) A larger navy
B) A new method of governing
its empire
C) More taxes to pay the debt
created by the war
D) A system to end disputes
over newly won western
lands
A) 3/5 ratio for counting slaves
B) Representation in the
legislature
C) Implementation of a federal
income tax
D) Method of selecting a
president
B) A new method of
governing its empire
C) Implementation of a
federal income tax

Did not happen until the ratification
of the 16th Amendment in 1913
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38) Which of the following was the site
of the first representative
government in the New World?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Jamestown
St. Augustine
Quebec
Cibola
39) Women were given the
right to vote by the:
A)
B)
C)
D)
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
25th Amendment
B) 19th Amendment
A) Jamestown
 What was this governing body
known as?
 House of Burgesses
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40) Which of the following
• Treaty of Ghent:
treaties granted the United
– War of 1812
States its independence?
• Treaty of Versailles:
– WWI
• Treaty of Paris 1763:
A) The Treaty of Ghent
– French and Indian War
B) The Treaty of Versailles
C) The Treaty of Paris
1763
D) The Treaty of Paris
D) The Treaty of Paris
1783
1783
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41) Read the passage below:
“We the People of the
United States, in Order to
form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure
domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common
defence, promote the
general Welfare, and
secure the Blessings of
Liberty to ourselves and
our Posterity, do ordain
and establish this
Constitution for the United
States of America”
• This passage is commonly
known as the:
A)
B)
C)
D)
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Preamble
Pledge of Allegiance
C) Preamble
 (Introduction to the United
States Constitution that
outlines the purpose of our
government.
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42) Why was the American victory at the 43) Which one of the
Battle of Saratoga considered to be a
following components
turning point in the Revolutionary
was NOT part of Henry
War?
Clay’s American System?
A) General Washington was made full
A) Removal of the Indians to
commander of the Continental Army
the West
B) The French decided to openly aid the
B) Higher tariffs to stimulate
Americans and signed an alliance
industry at home
agreement
C) Maintain a national bank
C) It was the final battle of the American
to facilitate credit
Revolution
D) Benedict Arnold surrendered his army to D) Spending federal funds on
internal improvements
the British
B) The French decided to openly aid the
Americans and signed an alliance
agreement
A) Removal of the Indians
to the West
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44) Rewarding political supporters 45) Ralph Waldo Emerson,
with jobs is popularly known as:
Washington Irving, and Emily
Dickenson are best
A) The spoils system
remembered for:
B) Rewards of war
C) A civil service system
D) A wartime power of the
President
A) The spoils system
A) Their contribution to
American political thought
B) Their contributions to the
abolitionist movement
C) Their contributions to
American literature
D) Their service during the
Revolutionary War
 Also known by what term?
 PATRONAGE
 Prevalent in the administration C) Their contributions to
American literature
of Andrew Jackson
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46) All of the following were
consequences of the War of
1812 EXCEPT:
47) Seneca Falls, New York, is
closely associated with:
A) The temperance movement
A) It restored American pride and B) The anti-slavery movement
fostered a strong sense of
C) The women’s rights
patriotism
movement
B) It led to the use of a protective
D) Transcendentalism
tariff to guard American
industry
C) It ended the power of the
C) The women’s rights
Federalist Party
movement
D) It weakened American industry
and manufacturing
 Who is the most noted leader
of the women’s rights
D) It weakened American
movement?
industry and
 Susan B. Anthony
manufacturing
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48) What did Winston County,
Alabama and the western
counties of Virginia have in
common?
A) They were both sites of slave
rebellions
B) They withdrew from their home
state when their state left the
Union
C) They were “hotbeds” for
secession
D) They were the centers of
industry for the Confederacy
B) They withdrew from their
home state when their
state left the Union
49) Horatio Alger’s “Rags to
riches” stories reinforced
the belief that:
A) Hard work could lead to
wealth despite a man’s
humble beginnings
B) God favored those who
succeeded in becoming
rich
C) The poor were lazy people
D) None of the above
A) Hard work could lead to
wealth despite a man’s
humble beginnings
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50) Industrial millionaires of the late 1800s were often called
“robber barons” because:
A)
B)
C)
D)
They ruled large European estates and lives like kings
They gave away much of their money to charities
They controlled many aspects of the government
They put their competitors out of business by any
means necessary
D) They put their competitors out of business by
any means necessary
 Although man y of these “Titans of Industry” (Carnegie,
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller) were well-known philanthropists.