U.S History Final Exam Retake

Question 1

Which statement is a core belief of Enlightenment thinkers?

a. Only society creates what is good and reasonble.
b. Society and humankind can progress and improve.

Answer 1

b. Society and humankind can progress and improve.

Question 2

The ideas of the Enlightenment encouraged people of the new United States to…

a. form a government based on law and reason.
b. be loyal to the new government and king.
c. rely on traditional ways of thinking.

Answer 2

a. form a government based on law and reason.

Question 3

Enlightenment ideas encouraged people to …

a. Affirm their loyalty to the church and state.
b. Question traditional authority like the church and state.

Answer 3

b. Question traditional authority like the church and state.

Question 4

An unalienable right listed in the Declaration of Independence is…
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a. the right to bear arms.
b. freedom of speech.
c. the pursuit of happiness.

Answer 4

c. the pursuit of happiness.

Question 5

Which statement is a reason the Antifederalists opposed the Constitution?

a. They wanted large states to have more representatives in Congress.
b. They thought the Constitution did not protect individual rights.

Answer 5

b. They thought the Constitution did not protect individual rights.

Question 6

Which laws are the supreme laws of the land?

a. Executive laws
b. the Constitution
c. The Bill of Rights

Answer 6

b. the Constitution

Question 7

The Civil War was fought over a state’s right to …

a. secede from the Union
b. regulate voting
c. abolish slavery

Answer 7

c. abolish slavery

Question 8

In practice, what effect did the 15th Amendment have on voting rights?

a. It ensured that every eligible American citizen could vote.
b. It gave the right to vote to ALL former slaves.

Answer 8

a. It ensured that every eligible American citizen could vote.

Question 9

The 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments expanded …
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a. rights for women
b. rights for African Americans
c. voting rights in the United States

Answer 9

c. voting rights in the United States

Question 10

The main reason for the growth of cities at the end of the 19th century was…

a. growing cultural diversity
b. increasing industrialization in the south
c. increasing industrialization in the north

Answer 10

c. increasing industrialization in the north

Question 11

An effect caused by publication of

a. the passage of the Meat Inspection Act
b. the passage of stricter laws protecting children working in the factories

Answer 11

a. the passage of the Meat Inspection Act

Question 12

Progressives wanted to reform government by…

a. strengthening the power of state legislature
b. making it more efficient and responsive to the people

Answer 12

b. making it more efficient and responsive to the people

Question 13

The Progressives tried to create economic reform by…

a. eliminating the income tax.
b. limiting the power of large corporations

Answer 13

b. limiting the power of large corporations

Question 14

Which statement best describes why the US became an imperialist power?

a. It wanted keep its current military power and economic markets, and spread its culture
b. It wanted to increase its military power, open new markets for its economy, and spread its culture

Answer 14

b. It wanted to increase its military power, open new markets for its economy, and spread its culture

Question 15

Which effect resulted from the government’s program to gain support for the war?

a. Women used more meat in cooking
b. German immigrants were attacked
c. Food and housing prices dropped

Answer 15

b. German immigrants were attacked

Question 16

How did WWI affect the economy of the US?

a. It hurt the economy because the government regulated industry.
b. It made the US the strongest industrial power in the world.

Answer 16

b. It made the US the strongest industrial power in the world.

Question 17

The cash-carry system of 1939 allowed the US to…

a. buy imports from Germany and France as long as payments were made in cash.
b. sell war materials to allies as long as they paid cash and transported the goods themselves.

Answer 17

b. sell war materials to allies as long as they paid cash and transported the goods themselves.

Question 18

What was the main constitutional issue raised by the Japanese internment during WWII?

a. Illegal immigrants were deported without a hearing.
b. Asian immigrants were not allowed to become citizens.

Answer 18

b. Asian immigrants were not allowed to become citizens.

Question 19

Why did the US military fear invading Japan in the summer of 1945?
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a. It feared the USSR might be drawn into the war on Japan’s side
b. the invasion would cost thousands of American lives

Answer 19

b. the invasion would cost thousands of American lives

Question 20

Which statement best describes the consequences of dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the end of 1945?

a. There was an outbreak of skin disease but few further casualties
b. There were several thousand casualties beyond the initial impact

Answer 20

b. There were several thousand casualties beyond the initial impact