Social Studies 5581 Practice Test (ETS) Multiple Choice UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions And Correct Answers
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Terms in this set (155)
Which of the following best describes the lifestyles of The cultivation of corn, beans, and squash, known as Three Sisters farming
Native American groups in northeastern North America 3 multiple choice options
before European contact?
Which of the following was a major reason for the Preventing the expansion of Spanish colonial power in the Southeast
establishment of the Georgia colony in 1732 ?
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following correctly describes a geographic Abundant timber and deep harbors in New England supported shipbuilding,
effect on colonial economies in North America? fishing, and maritime trade.
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following most contributed to violent Colonists began to cultivate tobacco on land occupied by the Powhatan people.
conflicts between the Powhatan people and the colonists
3 multiple choice options
of Jamestown, Virginia?
Which of the following best describes an effect that the Significant economic, political, and social power authority remained limited to
plantation aristocracy of the southern colonies had in wealthy slave-holding landowners.
North America before the American Revolution? 3 multiple choice options
Which of the following best describes the role of France The French provided military and financial support to the American colonies,
in the American Revolution? playing a crucial role in the American victory over Britain.
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following best describes how the French The cost of the war and the continuing need to maintain an army in North America
and Indian War (1754 to 1763) led to the American led Parliament to raise taxes on the American colonies.
Revolution? 3 multiple choice options
How did most Patriot women in 1765 participate in They led boycotts of English goods in marketplaces across the colonies.
protests against the Stamp Act? 3 multiple choice options
The Federalists and Anti-Federalists most differed on The ratification of the Constitution
their views concerning what issue?
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following describes a way in which the The Constitution prohibited the legislative branch from banning the importation of
United States Constitution was shaped by a debate over enslaved people until 1808.
slavery? 3 multiple choice options
Alexander Hamilton's proposal for the creation of a A broad interpretation of the Constitution
national bank required which one of the following?
3 multiple choice options
, The Second Great Awakening generated which of the The rise of abolitionism as a moral opposition to slavery
following changes in North America?
3 multiple choice options
Which TWO of the following factors contributed to the The flood of cheap, fertile land for sale following the forced removal of Native
increase in cotton production in the United States Americans in the South. AND The extension of cotton production into the Mid-
between 1820 and 1850 ? Atlantic and Upper Midwest regions
3 multiple choice options
During the antebellum period, which of the following Westward expansion resulted in new economic opportunities that drew immigrant
best explains the correlation between westward laborers to the United States.
expansion and immigration patterns?
3 multiple choice options
Which TWO of the following were contributing causes to Texas slaveholders' fear that Mexico would enforce the abolition of slavery in
the outbreak of the Texas Revolution in 1835 ? Texas AND The Mexican president's increasing authoritarianism, including his
repealing the Mexican constitution
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following best explains how the Mexican- The war sparked disputes over slavery in newly acquired territories.
American War contributed to growing sectional tensions
3 multiple choice options
within the United States?
South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff Act of 1828 There was growing anxiety in the South that federal interference would override
reflected which of the following social issues in the states' rights.
antebellum South? 3 multiple choice options
The confrontations of the 1850s known as Bleeding Sectionalism divisions between the North and South
Kansas were an outgrowth of which of the following
3 multiple choice options
developments?
In which TWO of the following areas did formerly Founding Black churches and educational institutions AND Reunifying and winning
enslaved people in the South make lasting gains during legal recognition for family bonds
the Reconstruction era? 3 multiple choice options
Which of the following best describes how the Roosevelt It indicated a shift from nonintervention to active intervention in the affairs of Latin
Corollary (1904) modified United States foreign policy in American countries.
Latin America that had been in place since the Monroe 3 multiple choice options
Doctrine?
Which of the following cultural trends in the United States Concern over increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the United States
around 1900 C.E. would most likely lead a person to hold 3 multiple choice options
anti-imperialist views?
Which TWO of the following factors most significantly The mass migration of people from eastern and southern Europe to the United
influenced the trend of urbanization in the United States States AND The implementation of imperialist foreign policies aimed at acquiring
in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? new territories
3 multiple choice options
Questions And Correct Answers
C
Terms in this set (155)
Which of the following best describes the lifestyles of The cultivation of corn, beans, and squash, known as Three Sisters farming
Native American groups in northeastern North America 3 multiple choice options
before European contact?
Which of the following was a major reason for the Preventing the expansion of Spanish colonial power in the Southeast
establishment of the Georgia colony in 1732 ?
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following correctly describes a geographic Abundant timber and deep harbors in New England supported shipbuilding,
effect on colonial economies in North America? fishing, and maritime trade.
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following most contributed to violent Colonists began to cultivate tobacco on land occupied by the Powhatan people.
conflicts between the Powhatan people and the colonists
3 multiple choice options
of Jamestown, Virginia?
Which of the following best describes an effect that the Significant economic, political, and social power authority remained limited to
plantation aristocracy of the southern colonies had in wealthy slave-holding landowners.
North America before the American Revolution? 3 multiple choice options
Which of the following best describes the role of France The French provided military and financial support to the American colonies,
in the American Revolution? playing a crucial role in the American victory over Britain.
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following best describes how the French The cost of the war and the continuing need to maintain an army in North America
and Indian War (1754 to 1763) led to the American led Parliament to raise taxes on the American colonies.
Revolution? 3 multiple choice options
How did most Patriot women in 1765 participate in They led boycotts of English goods in marketplaces across the colonies.
protests against the Stamp Act? 3 multiple choice options
The Federalists and Anti-Federalists most differed on The ratification of the Constitution
their views concerning what issue?
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following describes a way in which the The Constitution prohibited the legislative branch from banning the importation of
United States Constitution was shaped by a debate over enslaved people until 1808.
slavery? 3 multiple choice options
Alexander Hamilton's proposal for the creation of a A broad interpretation of the Constitution
national bank required which one of the following?
3 multiple choice options
, The Second Great Awakening generated which of the The rise of abolitionism as a moral opposition to slavery
following changes in North America?
3 multiple choice options
Which TWO of the following factors contributed to the The flood of cheap, fertile land for sale following the forced removal of Native
increase in cotton production in the United States Americans in the South. AND The extension of cotton production into the Mid-
between 1820 and 1850 ? Atlantic and Upper Midwest regions
3 multiple choice options
During the antebellum period, which of the following Westward expansion resulted in new economic opportunities that drew immigrant
best explains the correlation between westward laborers to the United States.
expansion and immigration patterns?
3 multiple choice options
Which TWO of the following were contributing causes to Texas slaveholders' fear that Mexico would enforce the abolition of slavery in
the outbreak of the Texas Revolution in 1835 ? Texas AND The Mexican president's increasing authoritarianism, including his
repealing the Mexican constitution
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following best explains how the Mexican- The war sparked disputes over slavery in newly acquired territories.
American War contributed to growing sectional tensions
3 multiple choice options
within the United States?
South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff Act of 1828 There was growing anxiety in the South that federal interference would override
reflected which of the following social issues in the states' rights.
antebellum South? 3 multiple choice options
The confrontations of the 1850s known as Bleeding Sectionalism divisions between the North and South
Kansas were an outgrowth of which of the following
3 multiple choice options
developments?
In which TWO of the following areas did formerly Founding Black churches and educational institutions AND Reunifying and winning
enslaved people in the South make lasting gains during legal recognition for family bonds
the Reconstruction era? 3 multiple choice options
Which of the following best describes how the Roosevelt It indicated a shift from nonintervention to active intervention in the affairs of Latin
Corollary (1904) modified United States foreign policy in American countries.
Latin America that had been in place since the Monroe 3 multiple choice options
Doctrine?
Which of the following cultural trends in the United States Concern over increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the United States
around 1900 C.E. would most likely lead a person to hold 3 multiple choice options
anti-imperialist views?
Which TWO of the following factors most significantly The mass migration of people from eastern and southern Europe to the United
influenced the trend of urbanization in the United States States AND The implementation of imperialist foreign policies aimed at acquiring
in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? new territories
3 multiple choice options
