A Closer Look At The Exam
29 Questions
| Total Attempts: 132
If you can answer these with ease, then you'll be ready for your Social Studies Exam this year!
Questions and Answers
- 1.The power to declare laws unconstitutional
- 2.The Supreme Court case that said the government did not have the right to take away a citizen's property without due process of the law involved this individual (first and last name)
- 3.Which court case first established Judicial Review?
- A.
Worcester v. Georgia
- B.
Marbury v. Madison
- C.
Scott v. Sanford
- D.
Gibbons v. Ogden
- 4.Who was the Chief Justice for the Marbury v. Madison, Worcester v. Georgia (and many other big cases)?
- A.
William Marbury
- B.
James Madison
- C.
Andrew Jackson
- D.
John Marshall
- 5.Which landmark Supreme Court case did NOT protect the rights of minorities? (You have two solid choices here). Use the format from the previous questions to answer this one [ _____ v. _________]
- 6.Which group used violence to try to deny African Americans their civil rights? (please write out fully- 3 words)
- 7.This term means "the forced separation of people of different races in public places."
- 8.A tax on foreign goods is called this (one word)
- 9.This statement by a U.S. President was intended to prevent further European Colonization in the Caribbean region.
- 10.The practice of rewarding political supporters is called this. (2 words)
- 11.Early in our nation's history there were few restrictions on this because the Industrial Revolution created many jobs and needed a lot of cheap laborers.
- 12.This was the target group that stood to gain benefits from the Seneca Falls Convention (one word plural)
- 13.What two word phrase for expansion is best summarized by the following goals: "...by military conquest, treaty, and purchase"?
- 14.How did Jefferson normally intrepret the Constitution? 8 letter adverb
- 15.How did Jefferson interpret the Constitution when deciding on the Louisiana Purchase? (7 letter adverb)
- 16.What major geographic advantage did the Louisiana Purchase give the United States? (long waterway, two words)
- 17.This is the issue that complicated the addition of the western states to the Union. (7 letters)
- 18.What is the term that means a "devotion to the interests of one geographic region rather than those of the country as a whole"?
- 19.What was dividing the house (or Union) in Lincoln's "House Divided" Speech? (7 letters)
- 20.Who took over as president after Lincoln was assassinated? (first and last name)
- 21.That the "government was a union of the people, not states" was an argument Lincoln used against what? (Be careful on spelling)
- 22.The power of the federal government did this as a result of the Civil War.
- A.
It increased
- B.
It decreased
- C.
The government was like totally gone, dude.
- 23.Which region had its economy stimulated during the Civil War as a result of an increase in governmental contracts?
- A.
North
- B.
South
- C.
West
- D.
What chu talkin' bout, Willis?
- 24.Who did both Johnson and Lincoln extend amnesty to?
- A.
Carpetbaggers
- B.
Confederates
- C.
Scalawags
- D.
Ku Klux Klansmen
- 25.Who was strongly opposed to the amnesty from question 25?
- A.
Moderate Democrats
- B.
Moderate Republicans
- C.
Radical Republicans
- D.
Radical Democrats
- E.
The Tea Party
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