MTTC 103 Critical Objective Assessment | social studies
Elementary Education Verified Marking Scheme 2025/2026
Missouri Compromise (1820) - correct answer -Prohibited slavery north of 30
degrees, 30'
U.S. immigration trends - correct answer -b/w 1880 and 1910- immigration
produces significant changes in religious makeup- Jews
Montgomery Bus Boycott - correct answer -first major confrontation of mass
action phase of postwar civil rights struggle
Development of U.S. government bureaucracy - correct answer -George
Washington begins tradition of patronage for gov't positions
-Jackson- "spoils system"
-westward expansion creates need for land management, expanded post office
-Industrial Revolution- need more gov't agencies to regulate
-Reform movements in Progressive era
-New Deal
-Great Society
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - correct answer -formed in 1960
by leaders from sit-in movement
Treaty of Paris (1763) - correct answer -ends 7 Yrs War
-French cede land east of Mississippi to Britain (incl. MI)
Pontiac's War - correct answer -1763
-Indians furious about GB control of MI
,-War begins @ Ft. Detroit, led by Pontiac
-Treaty of Saginaw - correct answer -1819
-b/w Gen. Lewis Cass and Chief John Okemos, other Ottawa and Potawatomi
chiefs
-indians cede 6 mill. Acres of land in central Michigan to US
William Hull - correct answer -1st gov of MI territory (1805-13)
-surrendered Ft. Detroit to British during War of 1812
Michigan State University - correct answer -1st land grant university in US
(1855)
Soo Locks - correct answer -completed 1855
-connect Lake Superior to other Great Lakes
Michigan statehood - correct answer -Jan 26, 1837
-Delayed by [1] boundary dispute w/Ohio (Toledo War); [2] statehood could upset
balance b/w free and slave states
Mining in Michigan - correct answer -Keweenaw Peninsula mines produced
more native copper ore than any other mining area in N. America
Michigan economic history - correct answer -1868- nation's leading source of
iron ore, copper, and salt
-late 1800s- timber, ores, farming reach peak-- manufacturing begins to rise
(Kellogg, Dow, furniture in Grand Rapids)
US agricultural resource regions - correct answer
, Spread of Nationalist ideas in Europe - correct answer Causes
-French Revolution
-Napoleon and Napoleonic Code
-Enlightenment ideas- self determination based on cultural identity
Interdependence - correct answer -mutual reliance b/w 2 or more groups
- good ex: Germany trades w/ Saudi Arabia
-non-examples (or at least less clear ones)- UN mediating dispute, one country
giving aid to another
Baron de Montesquieu - correct answer -Influenced US separation of powers
Concurrent powers - correct answer -can be exercised by state and provincial
gov'ts as well as national
-e.g. Power to tax
Age of Pericles - correct answer -400s BCE, after defeat of Persians
-golden age of Athenian democracy and culture
-based on belief that all citizens have obligation to participate in political process
Mauryan Empire - correct answer -used large contingent of spies provide
rulers with local info
-encompassed all but southern tip of India
-Emperor Ashoka converts to Buddhism
-state operated many industries
Elementary Education Verified Marking Scheme 2025/2026
Missouri Compromise (1820) - correct answer -Prohibited slavery north of 30
degrees, 30'
U.S. immigration trends - correct answer -b/w 1880 and 1910- immigration
produces significant changes in religious makeup- Jews
Montgomery Bus Boycott - correct answer -first major confrontation of mass
action phase of postwar civil rights struggle
Development of U.S. government bureaucracy - correct answer -George
Washington begins tradition of patronage for gov't positions
-Jackson- "spoils system"
-westward expansion creates need for land management, expanded post office
-Industrial Revolution- need more gov't agencies to regulate
-Reform movements in Progressive era
-New Deal
-Great Society
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - correct answer -formed in 1960
by leaders from sit-in movement
Treaty of Paris (1763) - correct answer -ends 7 Yrs War
-French cede land east of Mississippi to Britain (incl. MI)
Pontiac's War - correct answer -1763
-Indians furious about GB control of MI
,-War begins @ Ft. Detroit, led by Pontiac
-Treaty of Saginaw - correct answer -1819
-b/w Gen. Lewis Cass and Chief John Okemos, other Ottawa and Potawatomi
chiefs
-indians cede 6 mill. Acres of land in central Michigan to US
William Hull - correct answer -1st gov of MI territory (1805-13)
-surrendered Ft. Detroit to British during War of 1812
Michigan State University - correct answer -1st land grant university in US
(1855)
Soo Locks - correct answer -completed 1855
-connect Lake Superior to other Great Lakes
Michigan statehood - correct answer -Jan 26, 1837
-Delayed by [1] boundary dispute w/Ohio (Toledo War); [2] statehood could upset
balance b/w free and slave states
Mining in Michigan - correct answer -Keweenaw Peninsula mines produced
more native copper ore than any other mining area in N. America
Michigan economic history - correct answer -1868- nation's leading source of
iron ore, copper, and salt
-late 1800s- timber, ores, farming reach peak-- manufacturing begins to rise
(Kellogg, Dow, furniture in Grand Rapids)
US agricultural resource regions - correct answer
, Spread of Nationalist ideas in Europe - correct answer Causes
-French Revolution
-Napoleon and Napoleonic Code
-Enlightenment ideas- self determination based on cultural identity
Interdependence - correct answer -mutual reliance b/w 2 or more groups
- good ex: Germany trades w/ Saudi Arabia
-non-examples (or at least less clear ones)- UN mediating dispute, one country
giving aid to another
Baron de Montesquieu - correct answer -Influenced US separation of powers
Concurrent powers - correct answer -can be exercised by state and provincial
gov'ts as well as national
-e.g. Power to tax
Age of Pericles - correct answer -400s BCE, after defeat of Persians
-golden age of Athenian democracy and culture
-based on belief that all citizens have obligation to participate in political process
Mauryan Empire - correct answer -used large contingent of spies provide
rulers with local info
-encompassed all but southern tip of India
-Emperor Ashoka converts to Buddhism
-state operated many industries
