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NAEP US History Grade 12 - Question List

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6. We hold, that on their separation from the Crown of Great Britain, the several colonies became free and independent States, each enjoying the separate and independent right of self-government; and that no authority can be exercised over them or within their limits, but by their consent. It is equally true, that the Constitution of the United States is a compact formed between the several States.-From "Address to the People of the United States," issued by the South Carolina Convention of 1832This passage supports the
  1. Northwest Ordinance
  2. Great Compromise
  3. Emancipation Proclamation
  4. Ordinance of Nullification
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7. "There passed by here about 200 men who marched down to the powder- house, took the gunpowder, and carried it into the other town and hid it. The reason they gave for taking it was that we had so many Tories here, they dared not trust the town with the gunpowder." - Abigail AdamsThe quotation above provides evidence for which statement?
  1. Abigail Adams was a supporter of the British.
  2. British soldiers stole gunpowder from Abigail Adams' town.
  3. Many people in Abigail Adams' town did not support the Revolution.
  4. A large number of American soldiers were quartered in Abigail Adams' town.
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8. In the first half of the nineteenth century, which of the following led to the increasing democratization of the United States political system?
  1. Most states extended the right to vote to women and free African
    Americans.
  2. Limitations were placed on the power of the Supreme Court.
  3. The importance of the electoral college increased.
  4. Many states reduced or eliminated property qualifications for voting.
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9.

What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?

  1. Is slavery morally wrong?
  2. Should slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
  3. Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the Union?
  4. None of the above
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10. In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to
  1. impeach several Supreme Court justices
  2. eliminate the Supreme Court
  3. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
  4. override the Supreme Court's decisions by gaining three-fourths majorities in both houses of Congress
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