Ahsge review 11 th grade content

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Coach Dan StylesHartselle High School

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles1) Use the graph below and your own knowledge to answer #1:

Agricultural & Manufacturing Labor Force, 1860-1910

• Which was the most likely cause of the changes in the labor force figures shown on the graph?

A) A decline in population

B) A decline in the size of cities

C) An increase in the number of factories

D) An increase in the wages for farm workers

C) An increase in the number of factories

PERCENT

OF

TOTAL

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1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910

KEY: Agricultural workersManufacturing workers

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles

2) Study the diagram below:

B) W.E.B. Du Bois(What did the other 3

have in common?)• Titans of Industry critics

refer to as “robber barons”

Social Reformers of the Progressive

Era

Booker T. Washington

Jane Addams

Ida Tarbell ?

Which name BEST completes this diagram?A) J.P. MorganB) W.E.B. Du BoisC) Cornelius VanderbiltD) John D. Rockefeller


3) Study the list below:• Electoral reform• Expanded money supply• Regulation of big business

• Which political party was formed in the 1890s to promote these goals?

A) WhigB) PopulistC) DemocraticD) Republican

B) Populist


4) Use the map and your knowledge to answer #4: • According to the map, in which part of the country did women have the most voting rights?

A) The NorthB) The SouthC) The EastD) The West

D) The West


5) Study the list below:– Telephone– Typewriter– Transatlantic cable

• What was a result of the inventions shown on the list?

A) A growth of new industriesB) A decrease in the use of

electricityC) A decline in the number of

factoriesD) A movement of people from

cities to farms

A) A growth of new industries


6) The MAIN reason railroad lines were built in sparsely populated parts of Alabama was to:

A) Promote tourismB) Encourage settlementC) Support the coal and

iron industriesD) Provide jobs for

unemployed workers C) Support the coal and iron industries

Sloss Furnace Birmingham


7) Study the passage below:There would be meat that tumbled out onto the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers had tramped and spit uncounted billions of [tuberculosis] germs. There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms; and the water from leaky roofs would drip over it, and thousands of rats would race about on it.

Upton Sinclair, 1906 The Jungle

Publication of this book led most directly to:A) Decreased factory regulationsB) Improvements in child labor lawsC) Increased government protection of

consumersD) Establishment of a minimum wage for

industrial workers

C) Increased government protection of consumers


8) “As an African American agricultural researcher, I worked to help farmers in the South while directing the agricultural program at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Who am I?”

A) Eli WhitneyB) Horace MannC) Booker T. WashingtonD) George Washington Carver

D) George Washington Carver

(Developed products from soybeans, peanuts, and sweet potato)


9) Which amendment requires that members of the United States Senate be elected by the voters in their state?

A) Sixteenth AmendmentB) Seventeenth AmendmentC) Eighteenth AmendmentD) Nineteenth Amendment

B) Seventeenth Amendment

• The Progressive Era: Period of time (1890s-1920) when various reform movements arose to solve social problems.

• Examples?• Labor Movement• Temperance Movement (18th

Amendment)

• What other gains were made by voters during the Progressive Era?

• Referendum• Recall• Direct Primaries• SUFFRAGE (19th Amendment)

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles10) Use the chart below and your own knowledge to answer #10:

As a result of the legislation shown on the chart, the United States government:

A) Reduced the number of consumer protection lawsB) Bought and operated most large businessesC) Became more involved in regulating businessesD) Encouraged limits on the number of businesses in an industry

C) Became more involved in regulating businesses

SOME FEDERAL LEGISLATION, 1887-1914

LEGISLATION YEAR PASSED PROVISIONInterstate Commerce Act 1887 Regulated the rates railroads

could chargeSherman Antitrust Act 1890 Banned monopolies that limited

competitionClayton Antitrust Act 1914 Strengthened the Sherman Anti-trust Act

by prohibiting some actions that lessened competition

Federal Trade Commission Act 1914 Created a commission that enforced rules of fair trade and fair business practices


[1893] Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani is overthrown

[1898] Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and Hawaii are annexed

[1901] Legislation is passed authorizing intervention in Cuba

[1904] Construction is begun on the Panama Canal; the Roosevelt Corollary is issued

• The actions and policies listed on the time line are associated with:

A) AbolitionB) ImperialismC) IsolationismD) Industrialization

B) Imperialism

11) Use the timeline below and your own knowledge to answer #11:

Actions and Policies of the United States, 1893-1904


12) Use the cartoon below and your own knowledge to answer #12:

• The situation shown in the cartoon above refers to:

A) Expansionist actions of the United States

B) Attempt by Congress to restrict immigration

C) Involvement of the United States in World War I

D) Opposition of state governments to New Deal programs

A) Expansionist actions of the United States

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles13) Study the passage below:– We have developed a volume

of manufacturers which, in many departments, overruns the demands of the home market…Our great demand is expansion…of trade with countries where we can find profitable exchanges.

James G. Blaine, Secretary of

State,1890

• The situation describes in the passage led the United States to:

A) Become involved in World War II

B) Find new territories in which to sell goods

C) Limit participation in international organizations

D) Restrict the growth of new industries in the United States

B) Find new territories in which to sell goods

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles14) Study the diagram below:

C) Treaty of VersaillesTreaty that ended WWI

?

Disarming of

Germany

Payment of war damages by Germany

Revision of some

European boundaries

Formation of the League of

Nations

Which BEST completes this diagram?A) Monroe DoctrineB) Roosevelt CorollaryC) Treaty of Versailles D) Treaty of Paris of 1783


15) Below is a part of President Woodrow Wilson’s message to Congress. Use the message and your own knowledge to answer #15:

“It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts -- for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations…”

• In his speech, President Wilson is referring to the United States’:

A) Desire to govern smaller nations

B) Willingness to protect other nations

C) Obligation to recognize the conquests of other nations

D) Need to isolate itself from events occurring in other nations

B) Willingness to protect other nations


16) Study the list below:– Poison gas– Submarine– Tank

• These weapons were first widely used in:

A) World War IB) World War IIC) The Civil WarD) The Mexican War

A) World War I

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles17) Use the map below and your own

knowledge to answer #17:• Which statement is supported

by the information shown on the map?

A) European countries competed for control of Africa

B) Most of Africa was colonized by Italy and Germany

C) Most African countries successfully rejected colonization by other countries

D) European countries were interested in uniting African countries into one nation

A) European countries competed for control of Africa


18) President Woodrow Wilson viewed the League of Nations MAINLY as a means to:

A) Acquire new territoriesB) Promote international

tradeC) Remove the threat of

future warsD) Make other international

organizations unnecessary

C) Remove the threat of future wars

What major point of irony surrounded the formation of the League of Nations?

It was the idea the P.O.T.U.S. (Wilson), yet the United States declined to join.


19) Study the diagram below:

Which BEST completes this diagram?A) Widespread use of automobilesB) Availability of computers for home useC) Completion of a coast-to-coast

railroadD) Popularity of airplanes for personal

travel

A) Widespread use of automobiles

1920s

?

Rising popularity

of Jazz

First commercial

radio broadcasts

Growth of the Harlem Renaissance


20) Which country was an ally of the United States during WWI?

A) SpainB) FranceC) SwedenD) Turkey B) France

What American war hero earned the medal shown above?

Alvin C. York (as will as C.M.O.H.)

Croix de Guerre—France’s highest combat medal


21) Study the list below:– Bootleggers– 18th Amendment– Speakeasies

• These terms are most related to:

A) ProhibitionB) Workplace safetyC) Education reformD) Manifest Destiny

A) Prohibition


22) Study the passage below:“Outside the courtroom the Red

hysteria was rampant.”Felix Frankfurter, referring to the

Sacco and Vanzetti trial• What was the “Red hysteria”

referred to in the passage?A) Opposition to new labor lawsB) Fear of the growth of

communismC) Panic about a possible stock

market collapseD) Concern over unsafe factory

conditions

B) Fear of the growth of communism

• (Resulting from the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the rise of communism under Vladimir Lenin)

• RED symbolic of communism


23) Which action was considered a turning point in favor of the Allies during WWI?

A) The sinking of the LusitaniaB) The signing of a peace agreement between Russia and

GermanyC) The halt of the German army on its march to ParisD) The death of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary

C) The halt of the German army on its march to Paris This actually occurred twice (once prior to America’s

entry and once afterward)—at the Marne River. The First Battle of the Marne ended with the German advance being halted and almost 3 years of stalemate followed.


24) This cartoon is similar to some created in the 1930s. Use the cartoon and your knowledge to answer #24.

• Which is being referred to in the cartoon?

A. A cause of the Great Depression

B. A consequence of Prohibition laws

C. A reason for the United States’ entrance into World War II

D. A problem created by the formation of the League of Nations

A) A cause of the Great Depression


25) Study the headlines below: • The situation in the headline was mainly cause by:

A) Harmful mining techniques

B) New crop diseases and pests

C) Diversion of rivers to other regions

D) Drought and damaging farming practices

D) Drought and damaging farming practices

DUST BOWL: Region of the Great Plains where severe heat, drought, and high winds devastated the region for much of the 1930s

August 3, 1935


26) Study the passage below:

“Victory over this depression…will be won by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities…by taking new courage to be masters of their own destiny in the struggle for life.”

Herbert Hoover

• Based on this passage, President Hoover most likely believed that some problems brought about by the Great Depression could BEST be solved by:

A. Relying on individuals to resolve their own problems

B. Passing national minimum wage laws

C. Requiring businesses to hire additional workers

D. Creating federal relief programs for the unemployed

A) Relying on individuals to resolve their own problems


27) Study the list below:– Minimum wage– Federal insurance of money placed

in banks– Pension plan for retired persons

• The federal government created the policies shown on the list as a result of:

A) World War IB) World War IIC) The Civil WarD) The Great Depression

D) The Great Depression


29) Use the graph below and you own knowledge to answer #29:

19281931

19341937

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10

Federal Spending, 1928-1939

Federal Spending, 1928-1939

BILLIONS

OF

DOLLARS

Which had the greatest effect on federal spending rates shown on the graph?

A) Programs of the New DealB) Costs resulting from WWIC) Laws passed during

ReconstructionD) Payment of debts to European

countries

A) Programs of the New Deal

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles29) Use the time line below and your own

knowledge to answer #29:1939 Germany invades Poland

1941 Japanese warplanes attack Pearl Harbor

1942 The U.S. defends Midway Island from an attack by Japan and the Allies land in North Africa

1943 The Soviet army defeats the Germans at Stalingrad

1944 Allied troops invade Normandy

1945 The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• The military event that directly led Japan to surrender occurred in:

A) 1941B) 1942C) 1944D) 1945

D) 1945


30) The poster below is similar to some created during the 1940s. Use the poster and your own knowledge to answer #30:

• The main purpose of the poster was to encourage:

A) Soldiers fighting in Europe

B) Workers in the United States

C) Government leaders working to end the war

D) Countries considering entering the war

B) Worker in the United States

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles31) In the passage below, President Franklin D.

Roosevelt asks Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. Use the passage and your own knowledge to answer #31:

“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan…I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us…I ask that the Congress declare that since…Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire.”

• Which directly led President Roosevelt to make this appeal?

A) The invasion of PolandB) The attack on Pearl

HarborC) The growth of the Nazi

PartyD) The creation of

concentration camps

B) The attack on Pearl Harbor

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles32) Study the diagram below: • Which completes this

diagram?A) JapanB) HungaryC) GermanyD) Soviet Union

D) Soviet Union

World War II Allies

Great Britain

United States

?France

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles33) Study the list below:

– Dwight D. Eisenhower– Douglas MacArthur– George S. Patton

The people name in the list were:

A) Presidents of the United States

B) Political advisors during World War I

C) Military leaders during World War II

D) Representatives of the League of Nations

C) Military leaders during World War II

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles34) At the beginning of both WWI

and WWII, the initial policy of the United States was to:

A) Remain neutralB) Provide military assistanceC) End ties with warring

countriesD) Withdraw from

international organizations

A) Remain neutral

35) Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Crusades?

A) Increased tradeB) Increased interest in

explorationC) Growth of the townD) Increased isolationism

D) Increased isolationism• Isolationism (def): The

policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with other countries

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles36) British victory in the French

and Indian War created the need for all of the following EXCEPT:

A) A larger navyB) A new method of governing

its empireC) More taxes to pay the debt

created by the warD) A system to end disputes

over newly won western lands

B) A new method of governing its empire

37) All of the following were compromises reached during the Constitutional Convention EXCEPT:

A) 3/5 ratio for counting slavesB) Representation in the

legislatureC) Implementation of a federal

income taxD) Method of selecting a

presidentC) Implementation of a

federal income tax Did not happen until the ratification

of the 16th Amendment in 1913

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles38) Which of the following was the site

of the first representative government in the New World?

A) JamestownB) St. AugustineC) QuebecD) Cibola

A) Jamestown What was this governing body

known as? House of Burgesses

39) Women were given the right to vote by the:

A) 16th AmendmentB) 19th AmendmentC) 21st AmendmentD) 25th Amendment

B) 19th Amendment


40) Which of the following treaties granted the United States its independence?

A) The Treaty of GhentB) The Treaty of VersaillesC) The Treaty of Paris

1763D) The Treaty of Paris

1783

• Treaty of Ghent: – War of 1812

• Treaty of Versailles: – WWI

• Treaty of Paris 1763:– French and Indian War

D) The Treaty of Paris 1783


41) Read the passage below: “We the People of the

United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”

• This passage is commonly known as the:

A) ConstitutionB) Bill of RightsC) PreambleD) Pledge of Allegiance

C) Preamble (Introduction to the United

States Constitution that outlines the purpose of our government.


42) Why was the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga considered to be a turning point in the Revolutionary War?

A) General Washington was made full commander of the Continental Army

B) The French decided to openly aid the Americans and signed an alliance agreement

C) It was the final battle of the American Revolution

D) Benedict Arnold surrendered his army to the British

B) The French decided to openly aid the Americans and signed an alliance agreement

43) Which one of the following components was NOT part of Henry Clay’s American System?

A) Removal of the Indians to the West

B) Higher tariffs to stimulate industry at home

C) Maintain a national bank to facilitate credit

D) Spending federal funds on internal improvements

A) Removal of the Indians to the West

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles44) Rewarding political supporters

with jobs is popularly known as:A) The spoils systemB) Rewards of warC) A civil service systemD) A wartime power of the

President

A) The spoils system Also known by what term? PATRONAGE Prevalent in the administration

of Andrew Jackson

45) Ralph Waldo Emerson, Washington Irving, and Emily Dickenson are best remembered for:

A) Their contribution to American political thought

B) Their contributions to the abolitionist movement

C) Their contributions to American literature

D) Their service during the Revolutionary War

C) Their contributions to American literature

AHSGE Practice Test--Styles46) All of the following were

consequences of the War of 1812 EXCEPT:

A) It restored American pride and fostered a strong sense of patriotism

B) It led to the use of a protective tariff to guard American industry

C) It ended the power of the Federalist Party

D) It weakened American industry and manufacturing

D) It weakened American industry and manufacturing

47) Seneca Falls, New York, is closely associated with:

A) The temperance movementB) The anti-slavery movementC) The women’s rights

movementD) Transcendentalism

C) The women’s rights movement

Who is the most noted leader of the women’s rights movement?

Susan B. Anthony


48) What did Winston County, Alabama and the western counties of Virginia have in common?

A) They were both sites of slave rebellions

B) They withdrew from their home state when their state left the Union

C) They were “hotbeds” for secessionD) They were the centers of industry

for the Confederacy

B) They withdrew from their home state when their state left the Union

49) Horatio Alger’s “Rags to riches” stories reinforced the belief that:

A) Hard work could lead to wealth despite a man’s humble beginnings

B) God favored those who succeeded in becoming rich

C) The poor were lazy people D) None of the above

A) Hard work could lead to wealth despite a man’s humble beginnings


50) Industrial millionaires of the late 1800s were often called “robber barons” because:

A) They ruled large European estates and lives like kingsB) They gave away much of their money to charitiesC) They controlled many aspects of the governmentD) They put their competitors out of business by any

means necessary

D) They put their competitors out of business by any means necessary

Although man y of these “Titans of Industry” (Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller) were well-known philanthropists.

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