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NAEP US History Grade 12 - Question List

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46. Many writers of the "lost generation," such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, wrote books in which they
  1. criticized what they regarded as the shallow materialism of the United States during the 1920's
  2. sought to capture the freedom experienced by people living on the western frontier
  3. praised the quick pace and unique opportunities found in large cities in the United States
  4. expressed deep yearning for what they regarded as the simple lives led by rural Americans
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47. In the 1970's the United States economy was directly affected by
  1. a sharp increase in the price of oil
  2. an increase in the cost of solar energy
  3. an overall decline in international trade
  4. a rapid decline in prices of consumer goods
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48. The Great Awakening of the 1730's was important because it led people in the American colonies to
  1. increase toleration for Roman Catholics
  2. examine the different positions of men and women in society
  3. reaffirm that God gave kings their right to rule
  4. question the authority of church and government leaders
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49. The Monroe Doctrine was intended to
  1. promote United States trade with China
  2. help keep the peace in Europe
  3. discourage European involvement in the Americas
  4. protect United States business in Japan and Korea
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50. A city of ruins, of desolation, of vacant houses, of widowed women, of rotting wharves, of deserted warehouses . . . acres of pitiful and voiceless barrenness-that is Charleston. The news report was most likely written in
  1. 1835
  2. 1845
  3. 1855
  4. 1865
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