Bi-Weekly BA NGSSS HS U.S. History #2
Name: _________________________
Date: ____________
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
The following is an 1860 election map.
1. What cause of the Civil War is evident in the above map?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Abolition
Nullification
Sectionalism
Westward Expansion
The following is an 1896 quote from William Jennings Bryan.
“Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring
interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their
demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall
not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns.
You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”
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2. Why would late 19th century farmers agree with this quote?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Farmers desired “cheap money”
Farmers supported the gold standard
Farmers wanted inflation to raise crop prices
Farmers were very religious
The following is a cause and effect flow chart.
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3. Which of the following completes the above flow chart?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Banking abuses
Industrial abuses
Political abuses
Railroad abuses
The following is a table comparing Scalawags and Carpetbaggers.
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
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4. Which of the following answers completes the above diagram?
A. Constitution Party
B. Democrat Party
C. Liberty Party
D. Republican Party
5. Which of the following African-American inventors is credited with helping to mechanize the shoe
industry?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Elijah McCoy
Garrett Morgan
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Madam C.J. Walker
Use the following Civil War era diagram to answer the question.
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6. What political perspective completes the above diagram?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Copperhead
Democrat
Radical Republican
Union Party
7. What Constitutional Amendment guarantees “equal protection of the laws"?
A.
B.
C.
D.
12th
13th
14th
15th
The following is a quote related to an economic philosophy.
“The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest. The American Beauty rose can be
produced in the splendor and fragrance which brings cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early
buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business.”
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Bi-Weekly BA NGSSS HS U.S. History #2 8/2014
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8. What economic philosophy is supported the above quote?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Capitalism
Communism
Keynesian
Socialism
The following table contains information on immigration.
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1907 Gentlemen’s Agreement
Nativism
NINA
9. Based on the table what generalization can be made about immigration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Immigrants assimilated to American culture
Immigrants faced discrimination
Immigrants from Western Europe were more accepted than Asian immigrants
Immigrants were allowed to enter freely into Angel Island and Ellis Island
Use the table to answer the question
10. The following political party platform from 1892 would most likely appeal to what group of
people?
- Free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1.
- We demand a graduated income tax.
- The government should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people.
- We support the legislative system known as the initiative and referendum.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Communists
Industrialists
Populists
Republicans
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Bi-Weekly BA NGSSS HS U.S. History #2 8/2014
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USH_Test2 Answer Key
Question
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Answer
C
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A
3
D
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D
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C
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C
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C
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A
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B
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C
Complexity
NGSSS
H
SS.912.A.2.1 Review causes and consequences of the Civil
War.
H
SS.912.A.3.1 Analyze the economic challenges to American
farmers and farmers’ responses to these challenges in the mid
to late 1800s.
M
SS.912.A.3.2 Examine the social, political, and economic
causes, course, and consequences of the Second Industrial
Revolution that began in the late 19th century.
M
SS.912.A.2.2 Assess the influence of significant people or
groups on Reconstruction.
L
SS.912.A.3.5 Identify significant inventors of the Industrial
Revolution, including African Americans and women.
M
SS.912.A.2.3 Describe the issues that divided Republicans
during the early Reconstruction era.
L
SS.912.A.2.4 Distinguish the freedoms guaranteed to African
Americans and other groups with the 13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments to the Constitution.
M
SS.912.A.3.10 Review different economic and philosophic
ideologies.
M
SS.912.A.3.7 Compare the experience of European
immigrants in the east to that of Asian immigrants in the west
(the Chinese Exclusion Act, Gentlemen’s Agreement with
Japan).
M
SS.912.A.3.1 Analyze the economic challenges to American
farmers and farmers’ responses to these challenges in the mid
to late 1800s.
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Bi-Weekly BA NGSSS HS U.S. History #2 8/2014
The School Board of Broward County, Florida
Instruction and Interventions