TEKS US History High School - Topic: H.1-H.3 History
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High School - U.S. History
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- Q1During the nineteenth century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by -providing public assistance for former slavesadvocating the use of poll taxesmaking improvements in urban infrastructurecampaigning for women's suffrage60sH.3.A: Political Issues
- Q2This cover from a nineteenth-century periodical helps illustrate that the United States was beginning to change from -a direct democracy to a representative onea mostly rural society to a mostly urban onea slave-owning society to one without slaverya foreign policy of isolationism to one of interventionism60sH.3.B: Economic Issues
- Q3During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for -the acquisition of foreign territoriesincreased temperance regulationsinvolvement in foreign warsthe growth of big business60sH.2.B: Major Eras In U.S. History
- Q4Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?Union leadersPhilanthropistsPolitical bossesNativists60sH.3.C: Social Issues
- Q5The Roaring Twenties were characterized by -brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containmentinstallment plans, Prohibition, and flappersinternment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bombbank failures, the New Deal, and bread lines30sH.2.B: Major Eras In U.S. History
- Q6Why did the Populist Party want free coinage of silver?Why did the Populist Party want free coinage of silver?To raise campaign contribution limitsTo decrease the bargaining power of labor unionsTo reduce economic inflation30sH.3.B: Economic Issues
- Q7Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated -limiting federal military power through the organization of local militiaspromoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigrationglobalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreementsconserving natural resources through the creation of national parks30sH.3.C: Social Issues
- Q8What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century?Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level.The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth.Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city.The rapid influx of immigrants made it difficult for local governments to provide basic services.30sH.3.A: Political Issues
- Q9The ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence helped -inspire people in other countries to question the authority of their governmentpersuade religious leaders in other countries to stop the persecution of non-Christiansmotivate European rulers to establish new coloniesencourage new settlers in South America to assimilate native populations30sH.1.A: Declaration Of Independence
- Q10Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the United States during the 1930s?The formation of a national Civil Rights movementA sharp increase in the power given to state governmentsAn extended period of economic depressionThe adoption of an interventionist foreign policy30sH.2.B: Major Eras In U.S. History
- Q11Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik 1?The U.S. government founded a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.The United States began a period of technology sharing with the Soviet Union.The Soviet government collapsed because of economic competition.The Soviet Union was unable to collect images of the United States from space.60sH.2.D: Significant Years
- Q12The issue addressed by this poster is primarily associated with the -Great DepressionProgressive EraCold WarRoaring Twenties60sH.2.B: Major Eras In U.S. History
- Q13Which of the following provided a legal basis for this Supreme Court decision?The Civil Rights Act of 1964The First AmendmentThe decision in Brown v. Board of EducationThe Thirteenth Amendment60sH.1.B: Historical Events In U.S. History
- Q14Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States?Social and economic class divisions began to disappear.Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations.Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions.Factory owners introduced wage-equity policies for women in the workplace.60sH.3.B: Economic Issues
- Q15Which issue is this cartoon addressing?TemperanceSegregationPolitical corruptionCivil-service reform60sH.3.A: Political Issues
