Test - South Carolina US History & Constitution Pre Test

1 pt Standard: USHC.2.CX DOK: 2

What best completes the chart?

African Americans had greater access to jobs and participated in voting.

There were more laws passed granting equal rights to African Americans.

Southern democrats took control in their states and used their power to disenfranchise African Americans.

More African Americans moved into urban areas to start businesses.

1 pt Standard: USHC.2.P DOK: 2

10.

Use the chart to answer the question.

What third action of Andrew Jackson would he have seen as for the benefit of the common man?

Increase in national debt

Growth of sectionalism

End of the Whig Party

Establishment of the spoils system

1 pt Standard: USHC.4.P DOK: 2

19.

Read the source to answer the question.

In 1939, the U.S. Army’s total troop strength was 175,000 men, which included the U.S. Army Air Corps. The U.S. ranked 17th in world-wide military capability, right behind… Romania… The Army was largely an infantry force with supporting artillery, engineers, and cavalry, with only a few units being motorized or mechanized.

This source describes the state of the US military before

WWI.

WWII.

the Korean War

the Vietnam War.

1 pt Standard: USHC.5.P DOK: 2

28.

Look at the chart to answer the question.

What conclusions can you draw from the chart? Select the three answers that are correct.

Democrats and Republicans always disagree.

Travel to Cuba was an issue in 2008.

The President successfully ended some travel restrictions to Cuba during his 2009-2013 term.

Only the Republicans support the Cuban people.

Freedom and oppression were issues in Cuba.

In 2012, Republicans supported some travel to Cuba.

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40.

Read the source and answer the question.

Generally, the CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] camps and demonstration projects served as agents for agricultural change. An… engineer reported from Columbus, Nebraska, that "the terracing prompted by the camp is the first that has been done in this county"…

During the life of the… camps, enrollees built 134,167 miles of contour furrows to improve range and reduce erosion.

What were three consequences of this Civil Conservation Corps activity in the Midwest?

It put unemployed young men to work.

It meant the government controlled agriculture.

It showed farmers how to conserve their soil to avoid another Dust Bowl.

It gave young people a chance to buy farms.

Irrigation reduced the size of family farms.

Because of their training, many CCC members were ready to join the military.

1 pt Standard: USHC.2.CC, DOK: 2

50.

Read the source to answer the question.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

This source shows how slavery was abolished

by amending the US Constitution.

by adding to the First Amendment.

when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

through the Civil War.

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56.

Read the source to answer the question.

We, therefore, the People of South Carolina, by our delegates in Convention assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, have solemnly declared that the Union heretofore existing between this State and the other States of North America, is dissolved…

–Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union, 1860

What were three consequences of this declaration?

The United States entered a Civil War.

The plantation system was destroyed.

The South took the lead in the economy of the nation.

The racial problems caused by slavery were quickly healed.

The nation turned to isolationism.

Industrialization as the nation’s future won out over agriculture.

South Carolina US History & Constitution Pre Test

South Carolina US History & Constitution Pre Test Sample