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PRAXIS SS 5004 - II
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1
The industrial economy of the nineteenth century was based on all of the following EXCEPT:
the availability of raw materials
a distribution system to market finished products
the availability capital
an equitable distribution of profits among those involved in production
2
The Fifteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1870 to grant
citizenship for blacks
freedom of slaves
black women and men the right to vote
black men the right to vote
3
Which of the following is the correct chronological order for these historical events?
III, IV, II, I
IV, III, II, I
III, II, I, IV
IV, III, I, II
4
The Bill of Rights
gave all white males the right to vote
lsited the grievances of the colonists against the British
specified the rights of slaves
forbade the federal government from encroaching on the rights of citizens
5
The launch of
Sputnik
by Soviet U. in 1957 triggered increase emphasis on all of the following EXCEPT
math
foreign language
science
world history
6
Which of the following powers are concurrent powers?
Lay and collect taxes, Regulate commerce
Regulate commerce, Establish post offices
Lay and collect taxes, Borrow money
Establish post offices, Borrow money
7
The term
Trail of Tears
refers to the
westward migration along the Oregon Trail
migration into Kentucky along the Wilderness Road
forced migration of the Cherokee tribe from S Appalachians to OK
Mormon migration from Nauvoo, Illinois to Utah
8
Edu. for Handicapped Children Act of 1975 mandates that schools provide free and appropriate edu. for all EXCEPT
physically handicapped
learning disabled
mentally handicapped
socially-emotionally handicapped
9
All of these were true of education in the southern colonies EXCEPT
Private tutors were used to educate the sons of wealthy plantation owners
The education of girls was limited to household management knowledge
Slaves were taught to read so that they could study the Bible
Teaching a slave to read or write was a criminal act
10
When a member of HoR helps a citizen from their district receive federal aide , the action is referred to as
casework
pork barrel legislation
logrolling
lobbying
11
The intellectual movement that encouraged the use of reason and science and anticipated human progress was called:
the Age of Belief
the mercantilism
the Enlightenment
the American system
12
The ruling of the Supreme Court in
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
(1954) found that
separate edu. facilities were inherently unequal and violated 14th amend.
students could be placed in segregated tracks within desegregated schools
segregation resulted in unequal edu. opps. but caused no psycho. effects
separate edu. facilities could offer equal edu. opps. to students
13
Which is used, to effect the release of a person improper imprisonment?
the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade
a writ of mandamus
the 4th Amendment requires probable cause needed to obtain a search warrant
a writ of habeas corpus
14
President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty" resulted in all EXCEPT
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Head Start
VISTA
the Peace Corps
15
According to the graph, the unemployment rate was
lowest
in
1938
1933
1944
1929
16
According the following graph, which one of the following statement is true?
almost 75% of households had annual incomes of $50,000 or more
about 20% of households had annual incomes between $15,000 and $25,000
about 78% of households had annual incomes of $50,000 or more
about 50% of households had annual incomes of less than $15,000
17
The drought of the 1930s that spanned from Taxes to N Dakota was caused by
II and III only
I and III only
I and II only
II and IV only
18
The most advanced pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica were the
Aztecs and Incas
Maya and Aztecs
Olmecs and the Iroquois
Toltecs and Pueblos
19
According to the graph, the unemployment rate was
highest
in
1944
1929
1933
1938
20
The characteristics of fascism include all of the following EXCEPT:
militarism
democracy
romanticism
totalitarianism
21
Which group did NOT play a role in the settlement of the English colonies in America?
Quakers
Roman Catholics
Puritans
Mormons
22
Thomas Paine's pamphlet
Common Sense
was significant because it...
called for a strong central government to rule the new America
rallied American spirit during the bleak winter of 1776
alerted thousands of colonists to the abuses of British
asserted to its British readers that they could not beat the Americans
23
On the map, which letter represents the Philippines?
M
I
D
K
24
In the U.S. government, the function if checks and balances is meant to
give more power to the Supreme Court
make each branch of government independent from others
give more power to the president
regulate the amount of power each branch of government has
25
"Jim Crow" laws were laws that:
established separate segregated facilities for blacks and whites
prohibited blacks from voting in state and local elections
restricted Indians to U.S. government reservations
restricted open-range ranching the Great Plains
26
The Battle of Waterloo is historically significant because it marked which of the following?
The defeat of Napoleon
The defeat of William the Conqueror
The end of the French Revolution
The start of the Thirty Years' War
