State Test Jeopardy

Founding Documents

100

^{According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the source of governmental power?}

^{A. A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION}

^{B. HEREDITARY SUCCESSION}

^{C. LONGSTANDING TRADITIONS}

^{D. THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE}

A. A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION

200

^{Which provision was found in the Northwest Ordinance and was also later included in the U.S. Constitution?} 

^{A. THE PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY}

^{B. FULL VOTING RIGHTS FOR WOMEN}

^{C. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL RELIGION}

^{D. AN INCOME TAX ON ALL EMPLOYED CITIZENS}

D. AN INCOME TAX ON ALL EMPLOYED CITIZENS

300

^{"The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States."}

^{How does this excerpt establish a relationship between people and the government?} 

^{A. by creating the ability of courts to review the constitutionality of laws}

^{B. by dividing political power between the state and the national governments}

^{C. by establishing the idea that government is based on the social contract}

^{D. by affirming that the government must protect citizens' rights and liberties}

D: by affirming that the government must protect citizens' rights and liberties.

400

^{The Declaration of Independence lists a number of grievances that colonists had with British rule. "For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of a Trial by Jury." Which Ideal of democratic government do the grievances of this excerpt demonstrate?}

^{A. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO DISTRIBUTE WEALTH EQUALLY IN THE COUNTRY}

^{B. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT, NOT VIOLATE, THE RIGHTS OF ITS CITIZENS}

^{C. THE GOVERNMENT MUST UPHOLD THE SUPREMACY OF NATIONAL LAWS OVER STATE OR LOCAL LAWS}

^{D. THE GOVERNMENT MUST UPHOLD THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY, NOT THE MINORITY, WHEN PASSING LAWS}

B. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT, NOT VIOLATE, THE RIGHTS OF ITS CITIZENS

500

^{Which criticism did the Anti-Federalists express about the Constitution during the ratification process?}

^{A. THE CONSTITUTION GRANTED LITTLE POWER TO THE SUPREME COURT}

^{B. THE CONSTITUTION PROHIBITED STATE GOVERNMENTS FROM COLLECTING TAXES}

^{C. THE CONSTITUTION FAILED TO PROTECT THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS}

^{D. THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDED THE PRESIDENT WITH TOO LITTLE POWER TO PROPERLY GOVERN}

^{C. THE CONSTITUTION FAILED TO PROTECT THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS}

Industrialization & Progressivism

100

How did industrialization during the late 1800s affect U.S. Agriculture?

^{A. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DECREASED AS PEOPLE MOVED TO THE CITIES IN SEARCH OF FACTORY JOBS}

^{B. MECHANIZED AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT REDUCED THE NEED FOR HUMAN LABOR ON FARMS}

^{C. THE PRICE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY}

^{D. JOBS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR BECAME MORE ABUNDANT}

^{B. MECHANIZED AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT REDUCED THE NEED FOR HUMAN LABOR ON FARMS}

200

What was one effect of Prohibition?

^{A. THE STICK MARKET COLLAPSED}

^{B. FEDERAL TAX REVENUE INCREASED}

^{C. ORGANIZED CRIME GREW AND SPREAD}

^{D. THE POPULATION OF LARGE CITIES DECREASED}

^{C. ORGANIZED CRIME GREW AND SPREAD}

300

How did the Great Migration impact American society during the 1920s?

^{A. IT CONTRIBUTED TO AN INCREASE IN ORGANIZED CRIME}

^{B. IT RESULTED IN GREATER COMPETITION FOR JOBS AND HOUSING IN THE NORTH}

^{C. IT LED TO THE DECREASED ENFORCEMENT OF DISCRIMINATORY LAWS IN THE SOUTH}

^{D. IT CREATED A FEAR OF COMMUNIST INFILTRATION INSIDE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT}

^{B. IT RESULTED IN GREATER COMPETITION FOR JOBS AND HOUSING IN THE NORTH}

400

Between 1877 & 1900, why did the percentage of people living in the U.S. agricultural regions decline with the growth of industrialization?

^{THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STOPPED PROVIDING SUBSIDIES TO U.S. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS}

^{B. THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS ENABLES PEOPLE TO COMMUTE TO AGRICULTURAL AREAS}

^{C. THE CREATION OF MORE EFFICIENT AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY REDUCED THE NEED FOR LABOR ON FARMS}

^{D. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ENACTED TARIFFS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PURCHASE IMPORTED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS}

^{C. THE CREATION OF MORE EFFICIENT AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY REDUCED THE NEED FOR LABOR ON FARMS}

500

How did rapid industrialization during the late 1800s affect the U.S. workforce?

^{A. INCREASED NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS SOUGHT EMPLOYMENT IN URBAN AREAS}

^{B. MANY WOMEN WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN URBAN AREAS LOST THEIR JOBS}

^{C. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE COUNTRY INCREASED AS THE DEMAND FOR LABOR DECREASED}

^{D. MANY FACTORY WORKERS MOVED TO RURAL AREAS BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION}

^{A. INCREASED NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS SOUGHT EMPLOYMENT IN URBAN AREAS}

WW1 & The Great Depression

100

^{What was one factor that contributed to the movement of Americans from cities to suburbs from the 1920s to the 1950s?}

^{A. INCREASED AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP}

^{B. DECREASED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES}

^{C. THE RATIONING OF MATERIALS DURING WORLD WAR II}

^{D. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD LINES}

A. INCREASED AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP

200

What is one reason the United States did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles following World War 1?

^{A. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FELT THAT THE PUNISHMENT FOR GERMANY IN THE TREATY WAS TOO WEAK}

^{B. Germany refused to allow the United States to be a part of the negotiations that led to the treaty}

^{C. SENATORS OBJECTED TO THE IDEA THAT THE TREATY WOULD FORCE THE UNITED STATES TO GIVE UP ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS OVERSEAS}

^{D. MANY SENATORS WERE CONCERNED THAT THE TERMS OF THE TREATY WOULD REQUIRE THE UNITED STATES TO GO TO WAR ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER NATIONS}

^{D. MANY SENATORS WERE CONCERNED THAT THE TERMS OF THE TREATY WOULD REQUIRE THE UNITED STATES TO GO TO WAR ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER NATIONS}

300

What was the effect of most treaties between the United States government and American Indian tribes? 

^{A. THE REMOVAL OR LOSS OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANDS}

^{B. THE PROTECTION OF AMERICAN INDIAN PROPERTY CLAIMS}

^{C. THE ENLISTMENT OF MANY AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE ARMED FORCES}

^{D. THE PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITIES}

^{A. THE REMOVAL OR LOSS OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANDS}

400

^{From 1929 to 1933, President Herbert Hoover tried to deal with the worsening economic crisis that became the Great Depression. His policies relied on a firm belief that, "Victory over this depression and over our other difficulties will be won by a resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities, by stimulating ingenuity to solve their own problems...This is not the easy way, but the American Way."}

^{Hoover's comments could be used to help support the thesis that he believed in which position?}

^{A. ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS WERE EXAGGERATED}

^{B. THE ECONOMIC SITUATION DID NOT NEED CORRECTING}

^{C. DIRECT AID FOR THE NEEDY SHOULD COME FROM PRIVATE SOURCES}

^{D. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO REGULATE THE ECONOMY SHOULD BE EXPANDED}

^{C. DIRECT AID FOR THE NEEDY SHOULD COME FROM PRIVATE SOURCES}

500

Which effect did the ratification of the 19th Amendment have on American Society? 

^{A. IT LED TO THE GROWTH OF ORGANIZED CRIME}

^{B. IT INCREASED THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS}

^{C. IT PROHIBITED THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES}

^{D. IT LOWERED THE REQUIRED AGE FOR PARTICIPATION IN ELECTIONS}

^{B. IT INCREASED THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS}

Isolation to WW2

100

What led the United States to sign the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s?

^{A. THE DESIRE TO EXPAND TRADE IN NEW MARKETS}

^{B. THE FEAR OF BEING DRAWN INTO CONFLICT OVERSEAS}

^{C. A REQUIREMENT OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS}

^{D. A CONCERN ABOUT FASCIST INFILTRATION OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT}

^{B. THE FEAR OF BEING DRAWN INTO CONFLICT OVERSEAS}

200

^{During World War II, the federal government created several agencies, such as the War Production Board, to regulate economic activity on the home front.} 

^{How did the wartime regulation affect U.S. Industrial production?} 

^{A. MILITARY PRODUCTION WAS ASSIGNED TO FACTORIES OVERSEAS.}

^{B. FACTORIES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PRODUCE ANY DOMESTIC GOODS}

^{C. RESTRICTIONS ON THE PRODUCTION OF CONSUMER GOODS WERE REMOVED}

^{D. FACTORIES WERE ORDERED TO PRODUCE GOODS RELATED TO THE WAR EFFORT}

^{D. FACTORIES WERE ORDERED TO PRODUCE GOODS RELATED TO THE WAR EFFORT}

300

How did the United States workforce change during World War II? 

^{A. JOB OPPORTUNITIES OPENED UP FOR WOMEN AND MINORITIES}

^{B. THE SIZE OF THE WORKFORCE DECREASED DUE TO A LOWER BIRTH RATE}

^{C. JOBS IN THE SERVICE SECTOR INCREASED WHILE INDUSTRIAL JOBS DECLINED}

^{D. LABOR UNIONS BECAME LESS POWERFUL AS PEOPLE ENLISTED IN THE MILITARY}

^{A. JOB OPPORTUNITIES OPENED UP FOR WOMEN AND MINORITIES}

400

^{What are two goals of U.S. foreign policy immediately following World War I?}

^{A. SUPPORTING ECONOMIC REFORMS TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM}

^{B. USING THE COUNTRY'S MILITARY ALLIANCES TO INTERVENE IN CONFLICTS OVERSEAS}

^{C. FORMING SECURITY ALLIANCES WITH POWERFUL COUNTRIES IN ASIA}

^{D. LIMITING THE COUNTRY'S INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS}

^{E. PREVENTING THE OCCURRENCE OF MAJOR WARS IN THE FUTURE}

D & E

500

Which factor fueled debate over national security in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s?

^{A. THE FEAR OF COMMUNISM INFILTRATION}

^{B. THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS}

^{C. THE SLOW ECONOMIC GROWTH FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II}

^{D. THE EXPANSION OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM}

^{A. THE FEAR OF COMMUNISM INFILTRATION}

The Cold War & Social Transformation

100

What impact did the Soviet Union's detonation of an atomic bomb have in 1949?

^{A. IT LED TO THE END OF WORLD WAR II} 

^{B. IT LED TO THE EMERGENCE OF A SECOND SUPERPOWER}

^{C. IT LED TO THE SOVIET UNION'S EXPULSION FROM THE UNITED NATIONS}

^{D. IT LED TO A DECLARATION OF WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION}

^{B. IT LED TO THE EMERGENCE OF A SECOND SUPERPOWER}

200

What issue became a major political challenge for the United States in the early 2000s?

^{A. HOW TO TREAT ENEMY COMBATANTS FROM TERRORIST GROUPS}

^{B. HOW TO FUND A NUCLEAR ARMS RACE WITH THE SOVIET UNION}

^{C. HOW TO RELOCATE ITS TRADE SURPLUS IN THE FORM OF HUMANITARIAN AID}

^{D. HOW TO WITHDRAW FROM ITS SECURITY COUNCIL POSITION IN THE UNITED NATIONS}

^{A. HOW TO TREAT ENEMY COMBATANTS FROM TERRORIST GROUPS}

300

Which factor directly led to the end of the Cold War?

^{A. THE SOVIET UNION'S SUCCESSFUL TEST OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON}

^{B. INCREASED U.S. GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT IN SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS} 

^{C. THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNIST GOVERNMENTS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE SOVIET UNION}

^{D. U.S. SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL REFORMS IN FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES}

^{C. THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNIST GOVERNMENTS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE SOVIET UNION}

400

How has the United States been affected by changes in international trade that occurred in the early 1990s?

^{A. U.S. IMPORTS HAVE INCREASED AS FOREIGN GOODS HAVE BECOME MORE AFFORDABLE.}

^{B. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES HAVE SLOWED DUE TO INCREASED BORDER CONTROLS BETWEEN COUNTRIES.}

^{C. EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.}

^{D. THERE HAS BEEN AN EMPLOYMENT SHIFT TOWARDS AGRICULTURE AS SERVICE INDUSTRY JOBS ARE INCREASINGLY AUTOMATED}

^{A. U.S. IMPORTS HAVE INCREASED AS FOREIGN GOODS HAVE BECOME MORE AFFORDABLE.}

500

What was one effect of the increase in the Hispanic population in the U.S. after the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act?

^{A. AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS}

^{B. A DECREASE IN THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF HISPANIC NATIONS}

^{C. A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SPANISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES}

^{D. AN INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR SPANISH TO BE NAMED THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED STATES}

^{A. AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS}