NAEP US History Grade 12 - Question List

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76. A consequence of Prohibition was
  1. the failure of the Republicans in the 1928 presidential election
  2. the growth of organized crime
  3. the turning of public attention to pressing international issues
  4. widespread popular support for further moral reform
77. During the 1500's and 1600's, what was the major cause of death among Indians of the Americas?
  1. Warfare among tribes
  2. Warfare between Native Americans and Europeans
  3. Infections and diseases brought by Europeans
  4. Changing climatic conditions
78. 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 best supports which statement?
  1. Cities on the coast saw the worst of the fighting in the Civil War.
  2. During the Civil War urban areas in the South suffered.
  3. The destruction of cities had little effect on the progress of the Civil War.
  4. The Civil War had little effect on city life in the North.
79. Between 1960 and 1990, what invention most changed the way people in the United States worked?
  1. The typewriter
  2. The typewriter
  3. The superconductor
  4. The radio
80. According to Document D, the prosperity of the 1920's was mainly based on
  1. a strong banking sector
  2. increased agricultural profits
  3. an expanded volume of exports
  4. the automobile and housing industries

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