Practice Exam

Question 1

Which number on the map shows Puerto Rico?

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4

Question 2

Miller’s approach in designing this poster is best described as

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negative; Miller wanted Americans to join the war out of fear of the Nazis.

Question 3

The National Organization for Women wanted the US government to promote workplace equality by

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allowing tax deductions for child care.

Question 4

Jonas Salk became well known in the early 1950s because he

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developed a vaccine that virtually eliminated polio from American society.

Question 5

Following the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003,

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the capital city of Baghdad fell quickly.

Question 6

The New Deal could best be summarized as a program that

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still has an impact on American life and government today.

Question 7

Which of these statements best describes the action that ultimately ended public support for Senator McCarthy’s investigations?

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McCarthy claimed that there were communists in the US military.

Question 8

During Jimmy Carter’s presidency, inflation increased from about 6 percent to

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about 13 percent.

Question 9

What was the Great Migration during World War I?

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the movement of African Americans from the rural South to northern cities

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