Praxis 5004 review questions
In the early years of European exploration and settlement of North America, the Native
American population changed. - answer It decreased, largely as a result of the spread
of infectious diseases from Europeans.
Was a major cause of the American Revolutionary War - answer taxation without
representation
A major difference between the Federalist and the Anti-Federalists during the debate
over adopting the constitution was that the Federalists. - answer advocated the creation
of a strong national government while the Anti-Federalists feared it would lead to
tyranny
The decision of George Washington to leave the presidency of the United States after 2
terms is significant because. - answer It disproved the criticism of the United States
Constitution that the president would become a new monarch
Best describes the purpose of the expedition Thomas Jefferson selected Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark to lead. - answer To find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
Best describes a consequence of including the key principle of popular sovereignty in
the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.. - answerIt reopened the issue of slavery in the area
closed to slavery north of the 36 degree 30' line of the Missouri Compromise.
Produced revolutionary improvements in transportation and manufacturing productivity
in the middle of the 19th century.. - answersteam engines utilizing coal to heat water.
Event that best explains the change in immigration patterns between 1907 and 1927 as
illustrated in the chart above.. - answerThe passage of immigration-restriction laws in
the 1920s that sought to reduce immigration, especially from eastern and southern
Europe and from Asia
President Woodrow Wilson argued in 1917 that the United States needed to enter the
First World War in order to.. - answerMake the world safe for democracy.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal attempted to combat the economic
problems of the Great Depression primarily by .. - answerproviding funding for public-
works projects
Best describes the United States in the aftermath of the Second World War.. -
answerThe United States economy underwent expansion, leading to an increase in the
standard of living and rapid suburbanization.
, The Truman Doctrine sought to do what in response to the perceived threat of
communism.. - answerContain the spread of communism beyond the already existing
Soviet sphere
What legal doctrine was overturned in the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka decision in 1954? - answer"Separate but equal" laws
The civil rights activist who is most closely associated with the Montgomery bus boycott
- answerMartin Luther King Jr.
The quotation : "The Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the
problem." reflects a key element in the ideology of which U.S. president? -
answerRonald Reagan
The farmers of the constitution adopted a federal system because it.. - answerprovided
for a balance of power between central and state governments
The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution were passed simultaneously
in 1791 because.. - answerthe first Congress decided that guarantees of individual
liberties needed to be added to the Constitution
The statement that most closely exemplifies the term "direct democracy" - answerThe
town meeting where anyone from the town who wants to show up to debate and vote on
town policy can do so
Is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution.. - answerProtection
of the individual from unfair actions by the federal government
Is required for an individual to cast a ballot in a federal election in the United States.. -
answerVoter registration
The age-groups that has had the lowest voter turnout in the most recent United States
elections.. - answer18-24
A person with low political efficacy would be likely to engage in these behaviors.. -
answerChoosing not to vote in a Presidential election
This contemporary political ideologies most strongly supports government protection of
individual freedoms - answerLiberalism
The current method used for calculating the total number of votes assigned to the
electoral college for electing the president of the U.S. - answerOne vote for each
member of the senate + one vote for each member of the H.O.R. + one vote for the
district of columbia
In the early years of European exploration and settlement of North America, the Native
American population changed. - answer It decreased, largely as a result of the spread
of infectious diseases from Europeans.
Was a major cause of the American Revolutionary War - answer taxation without
representation
A major difference between the Federalist and the Anti-Federalists during the debate
over adopting the constitution was that the Federalists. - answer advocated the creation
of a strong national government while the Anti-Federalists feared it would lead to
tyranny
The decision of George Washington to leave the presidency of the United States after 2
terms is significant because. - answer It disproved the criticism of the United States
Constitution that the president would become a new monarch
Best describes the purpose of the expedition Thomas Jefferson selected Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark to lead. - answer To find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
Best describes a consequence of including the key principle of popular sovereignty in
the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.. - answerIt reopened the issue of slavery in the area
closed to slavery north of the 36 degree 30' line of the Missouri Compromise.
Produced revolutionary improvements in transportation and manufacturing productivity
in the middle of the 19th century.. - answersteam engines utilizing coal to heat water.
Event that best explains the change in immigration patterns between 1907 and 1927 as
illustrated in the chart above.. - answerThe passage of immigration-restriction laws in
the 1920s that sought to reduce immigration, especially from eastern and southern
Europe and from Asia
President Woodrow Wilson argued in 1917 that the United States needed to enter the
First World War in order to.. - answerMake the world safe for democracy.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal attempted to combat the economic
problems of the Great Depression primarily by .. - answerproviding funding for public-
works projects
Best describes the United States in the aftermath of the Second World War.. -
answerThe United States economy underwent expansion, leading to an increase in the
standard of living and rapid suburbanization.
, The Truman Doctrine sought to do what in response to the perceived threat of
communism.. - answerContain the spread of communism beyond the already existing
Soviet sphere
What legal doctrine was overturned in the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka decision in 1954? - answer"Separate but equal" laws
The civil rights activist who is most closely associated with the Montgomery bus boycott
- answerMartin Luther King Jr.
The quotation : "The Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the
problem." reflects a key element in the ideology of which U.S. president? -
answerRonald Reagan
The farmers of the constitution adopted a federal system because it.. - answerprovided
for a balance of power between central and state governments
The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution were passed simultaneously
in 1791 because.. - answerthe first Congress decided that guarantees of individual
liberties needed to be added to the Constitution
The statement that most closely exemplifies the term "direct democracy" - answerThe
town meeting where anyone from the town who wants to show up to debate and vote on
town policy can do so
Is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution.. - answerProtection
of the individual from unfair actions by the federal government
Is required for an individual to cast a ballot in a federal election in the United States.. -
answerVoter registration
The age-groups that has had the lowest voter turnout in the most recent United States
elections.. - answer18-24
A person with low political efficacy would be likely to engage in these behaviors.. -
answerChoosing not to vote in a Presidential election
This contemporary political ideologies most strongly supports government protection of
individual freedoms - answerLiberalism
The current method used for calculating the total number of votes assigned to the
electoral college for electing the president of the U.S. - answerOne vote for each
member of the senate + one vote for each member of the H.O.R. + one vote for the
district of columbia
