Questions Set 1

1. Which of the following is not an Intolerable Act?
A. Boston Port Act
B. Currency Act
C. The Administration of Justice Act
D. The Massachusetts Government Act
2. The Townshend Acts included taxes on which of the following?
A. Tea
B. Glass
C. Oil
D. All of the above
3. Which of the following was a reaction to the Stamp Act?
A. The First Continental Congress
B. The Stamp Boycott
C. The Stamp Act Congress
D. All of the above
4. The Quartering Act of 1765 was proposed by which of these people?
A. George Grenville
B. Lord North
C. Charles Townshend
D. William Pitt
5. Which of the following was the King's supposed reason for passing the Proclamation of 1763?
A. To control the colonists more easily
B. To raise funds to pay off Britain's debt
C. To prevent tension with Native Americans
D. To maintain good relations with the French
6. The Albany Plan was created by...?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. John Adams
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. James Madison
7. The Virginia Bill of Rights was drafted by...?
A. George Mason
B. Patrick Henry
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Roger Sherman
8. The Declaration of Independence includes all of the following EXCEPT...?
A. a list of grievances committed against the colonies by Parliament
B. a statement that all men are created equal with certain unalienable rights
C. a statement that men have the obligation to abolish any form of government that no longer protects or goes against the rights of the people
D. a bill of rights
9. The Articles of Confederation defined...?
A. a strong central government and weak state governments
B. a weak central government and strong state governments
C. a central government and state governments that had equal power
D. a country with no central government whatsoever
10. Problems caused by the Articles of Confederation include all of the following EXCEPT...?
A. Shays Rebellion
B. the inability of the US to pay its war debts
C. little respect from European nations
D. corruption in the central government similar to the corruption in Parliament
11. Amendment XI stated that...?
A. citizens from one state could not bring suit against another state
B. judges of the Supreme Court held their position for life
C. citizens of foreign countries could bring suit against one of the United States
D. the Supreme Court could declare laws made by Congress unconstitutional
12. The amendment that states that the President and Vice President will be elected separately is...?
A. Amendment XI
B. Amendment XII
C. Amendment XIII
D. Amendment XIV
13. Amendment XIII stated that...?
A. the Vice President and President will be voted for separately
B. citizens of a foreign state can not bring suit against one of the United States
C. slavery is illegal in all states of the Union
D. slavery is legal in all states of the Union
14. Amendment XIV included all of the following EXCEPT...?
A. a definition of citizenship
B. the statement that any person convicted of insurrection could not hold a national government office
C. a statement that slavery was illegal
D. the nullification of all debts owed to southern plantation owners for emancipated slaves
15. Which amendment was created to ensure that black men were not denied the right to vote because of their color?
A. Amendment XIII
B. Amendment XIV
C. Amendment XV
D. Amendment XVI
16. Which was the first legislative body in the United States?
A. The Senate of the United States
B. The Massachusetts Bay Legislature
C. The House of the Dead
D. The House of Burgesses
17. To whom did the money received under the Indian Treaties and Negotations Act go to?
A. All of the money went to the Indian Tribes
B. Half of the money was used to pay bribes to the French Government
C. Some of the money went to the commissioners involved, the rest went to the Indian Tribes
D. Alexander Hamilton received some of the money to pay for the First Bank of the United States
18. What was the purpose of the Post Office Act?
A. To create a rudimentary postal system
B. To tax the colonies out of heart and home
C. To establish the first postal system that used zip codes
D. To pay for the French and Indian War
19. What was the convention before the Constitutional Convention that dealt with the same topic?
A. Mount Vernon Convention
B. Annapolis Convention
C. Baltimore Convention
D. Jefferson Convention
20. Who orchestrated the Great Compromise?
A. James Madison
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. Roger Sherman
D. All of the above
21. The Crucible describes the Salem Witch Trials. Which famous scientist contributed to the hysteria of witchcraft?
A. Leonardo Da Vinci
B. Cotton Mather
C. Judge Hathorne
D. Torrence Tiresdale
22. Which aspect of the American Judicial System has changed since the time of the Federal Judiciary Act?
A. The state courts have less authority now
B. There are no longer any district courts
C. The President can now be tried in the Supreme Court
D. None of the Above
23. The Mississippi v. Johnson case involved which of the following?
A. The Tea Act
B. The Reconstruction Acts
C. The Intolerable Acts
D. The Civil War Act
24. Which case decided that the Legal Tender Act of 1862 was unconstitutional?
A. Hepburn v. Griswold
B. Mississippi v. Johnson
C. Fletcher v. Peck
D. Dartmouth College v. Woodward
25. What was the decision of Dartmouth v. Woodward?
A. States have the right to revoke corporate charters
B. It is unconstitutional for states to revoke corporate charters
C. States can revoke charters if they were granted before the formation of the United States
D. This case was not tried by the Supreme Court
26. Which is NOT true about the Suffolk Resolves passed during the First Continental Congress?
A. They were written by Dr. Joseph Warren
B. They declared that the Coercive Acts were unconstitutional and void
C. They described an American Parliament that would work together with the British Parliament on matters regarding the colonies
D. They proposed a boycott of British goods
27. Which is TRUE about the Declaration of Rights and Grievances written by the First Continental Congress?
A. It was addressed to the British Parliament
B. It declared the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
C. It listed the personality flaws of King George the III
D. It stated that if the grievances were addressed, the colonies would remain loyal
28. Which did the Second Continental Congress NOT accomplish?
A. They appointed George Washington as the General of the Colonial armies
B. They successfully funded the Revolutionary War by increasing trade with the Indians
C. They sent Silas Dean to France, where he secured supplies, arms, and help from the French military
D. They declared their independence from Britain in the Declaration of Independence
29. How did the President during Reconstruction deal with the Southerners?
A. Andrew Jackson sent them to go live with the Seminole Indians
B. He had all of the high Confederate officials tried in front of the Supreme Court and sent to jail
C. He pardoned all those who took the Loyalty Oath, except for high Confederate officials and those who owed in excess of $20,000
D. He pardoned all those who took the Loyalty Oath, and ordered all Confederate officials to the West
30. How did the purposes of the Ku Klux Klan change with time?
A. Originally, Nathaniel Forrest fought against equality, but later the KKK came to represent the image of terror against minorities that we recognize today
B. The KKK was designed to be a Southern Militia, but when Jefferson Davis repealed their contact, the members turned to violence
C. The KKK is a figment of your imagination
D. Initially, the KKK represented the views of the White Supremacists, but in the 1960s it turned into a fight against Vietnam
31. What did the Black Codes entail?
A. They were codes enacted by Frederick Douglass that ensuring blacks' rights
B. They were barcodes that African Americans were forced to wear in Alabama
C. They were a secret code among Southern slavetraders that assured buyers of the quality of their slaves
D. They restricted the movements and rights of the newly freed African Americans
32. What did the Confiscation Acts entail?
A. They allowed Union generals to confiscate items from Confederate civilian homes, thereby violating the 4th Amendment
B. They refer to the confiscation of battle plans by President Lincoln in 1862
C. In the Southern effort to gain foreign allies, they confiscated Union alliance papers to Britain and France
D. They are the refusal to return slaves to their southern owners, arguing that they were a "contraband of war"
33. During the war, the Republicans gained a majority in Congress. How did they use this opportunity?
A. They ensured that no Confederate official could hold office again by passing the Felon Office Act
B. They passed an elaborate economic plan
C. They passed the 16th Amendment, which states that no state can ever secede from the Union
D. They sentenced Brooks (of the Brooks-Sumner incident) to life in prison
34. What was Lincoln's abuse on Civil Liberties?
A. Early in the war he suspended the writ of habeas corpus and arrested civilians on charge of aiding the enemy
B. In 1863, he ordered the thorough search of Civilian Homes of the South by Union soldiers, effectively violating the Bill of Rights
C. With the first Conscription Act (the draft), Lincoln violated Constitutional Rights
D. By fighting the South, who clearly had the right to secede by the Constitution
35. What was NOT a characteristic of Popular Sovereignty?
A. It was supported by both moderate southerners and moderate northerners
B. It determined the slave issue by the vote of the settlers of the territory
C. It was center of the Free-Soil Movement
D. It was first suggested by Senator Cass of Michigan
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Questions Set 2

1. The 16th Amendment states that...?
A. the income tax is an indirect tax
B. the income tax is a direct tax
C. the income tax is illegal
D. the government can tax whoever they want, whenever they want, however they want
2. The 17th Amendment prevented all the following except...?
A. corruption in the election of senators
B. the election of senators by the state legislatures
C. the election of senators by the state's citizens
D. using bribery to be elected as senator
3. The 18th Amendment did what?
A. banned the consumption of liquor
B. banned the sale of liquor
C. banned the importation and exportation of liquor
D. All of the above
4. Which of the following is TRUE about the Amendment XIX?
A. It gave women the right to vote
B. It repealed the amendment banning liquor
C. It stated that when the President-elect died, the Vice-President-elect would become President
D. It permanently denied women the right to vote
5. The 20th Amendment shortens the period between when the President is elected and when he is sworn in. What is this time period called?
A. The Plucked Chicken period
B. The Forgetful Elephant period
C. The Stripeless Zebra period
D. The Lame Duck period
6. Why was Amendment XXI proposed and ratified?
A. To allow enforcement of the 18th Amendment at all costs
B. Because the Great Depression and organized crime made it too difficult to enforce the 18th Amendment
C. To encourage violent protest of unconstitutional laws
D. Because the President was an alcoholic and wanted to be able to drink legally
7. The New Deal included all of the following goals EXCEPT?
A. insuring bank deposits
B. developing an interstate highway system
C. stabilizing agricultural prices
D. providing employment for the unemployed
8. Franklin Roosevelt responded to several unfavorable Supreme Court cases by
A. urging the public to write letters to protest
B. submitting four Constitutional amendments to expand the executive power
C. replacing the New Deal with a laissez-faire policy
D. proposing legislation that allowed him to appoint new federal and Supreme Court judges
9. Which of the following cases was a direct result of tensions during World War II?
A. Schecter v. US
B. Schenk v. US
C. Hideki Tojo v. US
D. Korematsu v. US
10. Which case was known for upholding the separate but equal facilities in the South?
A. Schecter v. US
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
D. Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenberg
11. Which justice was both a president and a Chief Justice?
A. William Howard Taft
B. Warren G. Harding
C. Melville Fuller
D. Edward White
12. What was the purpose of the Bland-Allison Act?
A. To ensure that there was no standard that currency was based upon
B. To decrease inflation by adopting the platinum standard
C. To signify a return to bimetallism, with silver not attached to the value of gold
D. To ensure that no law could change the gold standard that had been instated
13. Which social group supported the Interstate Commerce Act?
A. Businessmen
B. Farmers [former Populist party]
C. New wave Progressives
D.Interstate Commerce Party
14. Which measure essentially nullified the Dawes Severalty Act?
A. The Sherman Antitrust Act
B. The Clean Air Act
C. The Foraker Act
D. The Indian Reorganization Act
15. During whose term as chief justice did the Court-packing incident occur?
A. Harold Fiske Stone
B. William Howard Taft
C. Charles E. Hughes
D. Edward White
16. How did the Supreme Court's actions change after the court-packing incident?
A. Franklin Delanore Roosevelt was impeached by the Supreme Court
B. The Supreme Court came to be more lenient on FDR's New Deal Programs
C. Since the Court was packed with visitors, the building was restructured to include a secret vault
D. The Supreme Court inflicted harsher penalties on those violating New Deal Legislature
17. How did the Clayton Antitrust Act change the monopolies of America?
A. It strengthened the original provisions of the Sherman Antitrust Act and was thereby more effective
B. It strengethened some provisions of the Sherman Antitrust Act, but was not upheld by Presidents
C. It was originally ruled unconstitutional, but with the advent of the White court was re-evaluated
D. All of the above
18. What was the Bank Holiday for?
A. To give the banks a day off for lounging
B. To give the banks an opportunity to look at their records and contact their customers
C. To confuse the German army into thinking that we had no funds
D. To allow time for the banks to become solvent and the nation to regain faith in them
19. Which acts did Hoover implement to improve the Depression situation?
A. The Glass-Steagall Banking Act, the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act and the Farm Holiday Act
B. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, the Home-owners Loan Act and the Farm Holiday Act
C. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, the Home-owners Loan Act and the hope that State Governments would help the people
D. The Glass-Steagall Banking Act, the Hawley-Smoot Tarriff Act and the Farm Holiday Act
20. Which set of legislature/cases best exemplifies the Anti-Immigration Sentiments in this era?
A. Immigration Act of 1924, Korematsu v. US
B. Immigration Control and Reform Act of 1934, Schecter v. US
C. The Chinese Exclusion Act, Sacco and Vanzetti Case
D. The Mandate for Japanese Concentration, Swift v. US
21. What did all of the Neutrality Acts entail?
A. Prohibited arms shipment to belligerent nations
B. Forbade loans and credit to belligerent nations
C. Prohibited the sale of arms to either side of the civil war in Spain
D. All of the above
22. What was the Social Security Act?
A. An act that outlawed all unions
B. An act that provided a pension to senior citizens so they could retire
C. An act that called for the imprisonment of all Socialists
D. An act that defined the structure of the social pyramid in cities
23. The book "The Jungle", which encouraged the enactment of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act, was written by...?
A. Ernest Hemingway
B. F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. Upton Sinclair
D. Sinclair Lewis
24. What is "In re debs"?
A. A court case addressing the right of the government to halt strikes
B. An act that outlines the procedure for founding a college
C. The name of a steel company upset with the regulations imposed by the New Deal
D. "Sick chicken" in Latin
25. Who was the 11th Supreme Court Chief Justice?
A. Harlan Fiske Stone
B. William Howard Taft
C. Charles E. Hughes
D. A democrat
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Questions Set 3

1. The court case Dennis v. U.S. concerned which act?
A. The McCarran Act
B. The Smith Act
C. The Stamp Act
D. The Civil Rights Act
2. Why was the Griswold v. Connecticut decision significant?
A. It supported affirmative action
B. It allowed states to restrict abortion
C. It allowed the use of contraceptives
D. It began desegregation of the school system
3. In Roe v. Wade, Roe argued that...?
A. restrictions on abortion violate a woman’s right to privacy
B. contraceptive use should be allowed
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
4. In Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court decided that...?
A. prayer should be mandatory in all schools
B. non-mandatory state prayers can be allowed in schools
C. state prayers are unconstitutional
D. the state prayer should be replaced with a Minute of Silence
5. In Texas v. Johnson, the issue was...?
A. whether or not forced integration is constitutional
B. whether or not flag desecration is constitutional
C. whether or not it is constitutional to advocate government overthrow
D. whether or not the media can publish material that threatens National Security
6. Which Court was known to support criminal justice and freedom of expression?
A. Rehnquist Court
B. Burger Court
C. Warren Court
D. Vinson Court
7. Which of the following Justices was known as the “lone dissenter” among his more conservative peers during the 1970s?
A. Justice William Rehnquist
B. Justice Thurgood Marshall
C. Justice Harry Blackmun
D. Justice Byron White
8. The Supreme Court is composed of...?
A. 10 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice who serve for life
B. 9 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice who serve for life
C. 9 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice who serve for a period of 15 years
D. none of the above
9. Which amendment lowers the voting age to 18?
A. Amendment XXI
B. Amendment XXV
C. Amendment XXVI
D. Amendment XX
10. According to Amendment XXVII, when do pay raises in Congress take effect?
A. Immediately
B. Two months
C. One year
D. Next term
11. When was the Equal Rights Amendment ratified?
A. 1922
B. 1966
C. 1972
D. Never
12. According to Amendment XXV, who can nominate a replacement Vice President?
A. President
B. House of Representatives
C. Senate
D. No one, the Secretary of State becomes Vice President
13. What is contained in Amendment XXIV?
A. The President is limited to two terms
B. The poll tax is banned
C. The citizens of the District of Columbia are allowed to vote
D. Voting age is lowered to 18
14. Which of the following cases doesn’t deal with criminal rights?
A. Gideon v. Wainwright
B. Mapp v. Ohio
C. Terry v. Ohio
D. Escobedo v. Illinois
E. Tinker v. Des Moines
15. What famous words are found in the Supreme Court’s decision of Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
A. Schools must end segregation “with all due speed”
B. Schools are “separate but unequal”
C. Students and teachers “don’t shed their rights at the school house gate”
D. Students have a constitutional right to “freedom of the press” and thus no censorship
E. Search of student’s belongings must be in accordance with “due process”
16. Which of the following cases deal with the “stop and frisk” of a person?
A. Gideon v. Wainwright
B. Escobedo v. Illinois
C. Miranda v. Arizona
D. Mapp v. Ohio
E. Terry v. Ohio
17. What was one of the events that necessitated the Camp David Accords?
A. Israeli-Palestine conflict
B. Vietnam War
C. Korean War
D. Six Day War
E. Kent State University Shootings
18. What was the first treaty eliminating an entire class of nuclear weapons from U.S. and U.S.S.R. arsenals?
A. SALT I
B. SALT II
C. Intermediate Nuclear Force Agreement
D. North American Free Trade Agreement
E. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
19. Which Act allowed many new immigrants to enter the United States?
A. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
B. The Immigration Act of 1965
C. The Repeal of the Immigration Act of 1920
D. The Border Control Act of 1973
E. None of the above
20. The creation of which act was most affected by Earth Day demonstrations in 1970?
A. The Air Quality Act of 1967
B. The Clean Air Act of 1970
C. The Clean Water Act of 1972
D. Both B and C
E. None of the above, Earth Day demonstrations didn’t occur until 1973
21. The Panama Canal Treaty was a modernization of which other treaty?
A. The Hay/Bunau Varilla Treaty of 1903
B. The French Company of Panama Treaty of 1908
C. The Varilla Canal Protection Treaty of 1900
D. The Neutrality Treaty of 1970
E. The Panama Canal Treaty of 1907
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