NAEP US History Grade 12 - Question List

Select how would you like to study

61. The "Black Codes" passed in the South early in the Reconstruction era were designed to
  1. restrict the rights of former slaves
  2. guarantee a minimum wage for former slaves
  3. force former slaves to move to cities and work in industry
  4. offer financial assistance to African Americans who had fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War
62. Why did the liquor industry oppose women getting the right to vote?
  1. Liquor manufacturers tended to be very conservative and opposed any change in voting laws.
  2. Liquor manufacturers worried that women voters would want to ban alcohol.
  3. Women tended to work for liquor manufacturers, who did not want them taking time off to get involved in politics.
  4. Liquor manufacturers owned "men-only" bars and worried that women would vote to make such bars illegal.
63. In October 1962 the United States and the Soviet Union came close to war over the issue of Soviet
  1. control of East Berlin
  2. missiles in Cuba
  3. support of the Ho Chi Minh regime in Vietnam
  4. military support of the Marxist regime in Afghanistan
64. Anne Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts in 1637 because she
  1. wanted women to have the right to vote
  2. expressed religious beliefs that threatened Puritan leaders
  3. tried to start a separate colony called Rhode Island
  4. refused to marry and have children
65. What impact did the Anti-Federalists have on the United States Constitution?
  1. Their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights.
  2. Their arguments helped lead to the abolition of the slave trade.
  3. Their influence ensured that the federal government would maintain a standing army.
  4. Their influence ensured that the federal government would have the power to tax.

Select how would you like to study