SOL Released Test Items - 2011 & 2014

Question 1

Which amendment to the USConst was directly influenced by the VA Statute of Religious Freedom?

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1st

Question 2

Thomas Paine's publication of Common Sense influenced many American colonists to support the -

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idea of separation from England

Question 3

The Open Door Policy was important to United States merchants because its goal was to -

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ensure freedom of trade with China

Question 4

Which role did this person play in the nation's history?

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President of the Confederate States of America

Question 5

This emblem symbolizes the struggles of women to -

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gain rights as workers

Question 6

Which factor best completes this diagram?

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Labor shortages

Question 7

Which CivilRights leader believed AfricanAmericans could earn equality by learning a vocation?

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Booker T. Washington

Question 8

The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln belongs in which section of this timeline?

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2

Question 9

What is the correct order of these events?

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4, 3, 1, 2

Question 10

Which diagram correctly represents the influence of one of these documentson another?

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D

Question 11

One push factor for many United States immigrants is that their native country has a -

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lack of employment opportunities

Question 12

Which of these led to the annexation of Hawaii in 1898?

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Strategic need for refueling stations

Question 13

The founders of Rhode Island had differnt views from the Massachusetts Puritans on -

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religous tolerance

Question 14

Before the Civil War, slavery was prohibited in certain areas by the -

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Missouri Compromise

Question 15

Recent advances in tech changed employers' expectations for job apps so that US employers now-

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expect their employees to have computer skills

Question 16

One major element of Washington's military strategy during the Revolutionary War was avoiding-

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direct confrontations

Question 17

Which leader is described in this diagram?

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Robert E. Lee

Question 18

Which major economic activity did the numbered colonies have in common?

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Building ships

Question 19

The collapse of communisim in the late 1980s led to the reunification of -

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Germany

Question 20

During the American Revolution, this cartoon by Benjamin Franklin attempted to -

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encourage colonists to resolve their differences

Question 21

American Indian populations were most impacted by the introduction of European -

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diseases

Question 22

Which speech is associated with the Civil Rights Movement?

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"I Have a Dream"

Question 23

Which conflict best represents an application of the containment policy?

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Vietnam War

Question 24

John Marshall was instrumental in strengthening the -

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Supreme Court

Question 25

The Battle of Fort Sumter was a significant event in Civil War history because it was the first

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military confrontation of the Civil War

Question 26

Which type of music was popularized by radio in the 1920s?

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Jazz

Question 27

This excerpt describes the purpose of the -

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Patriot Act

Question 28

This headline affected the United States by eventually leading to -

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entry into World War I

Question 29

What country on this map did President Ronald Reagan describe as an "evil empire"?

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2

Question 30

After the start of World War II, the Lend-Lease Act allowed the United States to -

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assist the Allied powers

Question 31

Which document contains the excerpt in this box?

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Wilson’s Fourteen Points speech

Question 32

How has the Internet affected the lives of rural Americans?

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By providing better access to information

Question 33

The Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall in 1961 in order to -

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prevent escape of Eastern Europeans to the West

Question 34

Which president signed the 1965 legislation that made these changes possible?

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 35

This wreckage is from a large-scale invasion to -

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liberate Europe

Question 36

Henry Ford had an impact on the United States economy by —

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improving manufacturing to make goods more affordable

Question 37

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Jacksonian Democracy was that -

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ordinary citizens should participate in politics

Question 38

Which leaders opposed the ratification of the Constitution of 1787?

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1 and 2

Question 39

The principals of Declaration of Independence led to increase social particiation over time by-

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promoting civil rights

Question 40

This description concerns the -

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transportation of cattle ot markets in the Midwest

Question 41

The Battle of Stalingrad was significant because Germany was -

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denied access to valuable oil resources

Question 42

What was a result of the FedRes's failure to stop the collapse of the bank system in the 1920s?

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The money supply contracted.

Question 43

Which president made this announcement?

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William J. Clinton

Question 44

During the 19th century, Chinese immigrants played a major role in the -

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building of the Trancontinental Railroad

Question 45

President Lincoln was speaking to -

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 46

During World War II, these measures served to -

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maintain supplies for the war effort

Question 47

John Locke's political theory was based on the idea that individuals -

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possess natural rights

Question 48

This photograph demonstrates conditions exposed by a -

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muckraker

Question 49

Which phrase best completes this diagram?

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Overspeculation of investments

Question 50

Which aspect of American life was most challenged by the passage of the 19th Amendment?

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Role of women

Question 51

Which factor was significant to the cavaliers in the early colonization of eastern Virginia?

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Free land

Question 52

Which regions are the source of the most recent immigration to the United States?

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Asia and Latin America

Question 53

Which contributed most to this change in the distribution of income?

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Civil War

Question 54

A person making such a statement would most likely favor the -

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Constitution of the United States

Question 55

These powers are a result of -

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a system of constitutional checks and balances

Question 56

Which early United States political party believed in these positions?

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Democratic-Republicans

Question 57

Which action kept the United States from joining the League of Nations?

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Opposition in the Senate

SOL Released Test Items - 2011 & 2014

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SOL Released Test Items - 2011 & 2014

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