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NAEP US History Grade 12 - Question List

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1. Why is Thomas Jefferson’s election to the presidency sometimes called the "revolution of 1800"?
  1. The peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another was established as a precedent in the United States.
  2. The people had revolted and violently forced John Adams and the Federalists from power.
  3. Jefferson was elected by direct popular vote rather than by the electoral college.
  4. Jefferson intended to buy the Louisiana Territory and double the size of the country.
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2. American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. The expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnishes the forces dominating the American character. The true point of view in the history of this nation is not the Atlantic coast, it is the Great West.-Frederick Jackson Turner, 1893Turner made his speech about the importance of the American frontier partly in response to
  1. the closing of the frontier recorded in the 1890 census
  2. United States efforts to limit European immigration to frontier regions
  3. the elimination of slavery by the Thirteenth Amendment
  4. the great numbers of western pioneers who lost their farms
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3. During the Korean War, United Nations forces made up largely of troops from the United States and South Korea fought against troops from North Korea and
  1. the Soviet Union
  2. Japan
  3. China
  4. Vietnam
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4. One of the central ideas of President George Washington’s foreign policy was that the United States should
  1. play an active role in European affairs
  2. expand its influence throughout the Americas
  3. support democracies and oppose monarchies
  4. avoid permanent alliances with other countries
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5. Which statement about the War of 1812 is accurate?
  1. The United States enjoyed military superiority for most of the war.
  2. In some regions many people did not support the war.
  3. The peace treaty that ended the war doubled the size of the United States.
  4. Almost all of the land and sea battles were fought at great distances from United States territory.
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