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NAEP US History Grade 12 - Question List

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11. Throughout the early to mid-1800's, the Lowell factory system primarily employed
  1. married women
  2. married men
  3. single women
  4. single men
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12. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact are best described as two
  1. organizations founded by the European Economic Community to promote trade between Europe and the United States
  2. treaties negotiated between the Allies and the Central Powers at Versailles after the First World War
  3. bodies established by the United Nations to promote peace within multiethnic European countries such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
  4. military organizations made up, respectively, of the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War
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13. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) was significant because it
  1. ended the war in Korea
  2. gave President Johnson the authority to expand the scope of the Vietnam War
  3. was an attempt to take foreign policy power away from the President
  4. allowed China to become a member of the United Nations
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14. The following is from a speech given in 1826 by Elias Boudinot, a Cherokee who was educated at a school in a predominantly White community.The Cherokees have advanced far and rapidly in civilization. But there are yet powerful obstacles, both within and without, to be surmounted in the march of improvement. . . . In defiance, however, of these obstacles, the Cherokees have improved and are rapidly improving . . . . At this time [on Cherokee lands] there are 22,000 cattle; 7,600 horses; 46,000 swine; 2,500 sheep; 762 looms; 1,488 spinning wheels; 172 wagons; 2,948 plows; 10 sawmills; 31 grist mills; 62 blacksmith shops; 8 cotton machines; 18 schools; 18 ferries; and a number of public roads. In one district there were, last winter, upward of 1,000 volumes of good books . . .Which statement best describes the effect of the changes described by Boudinot?
  1. The changes impressed President Jackson, who wanted the Cherokee to stay on their land.
  2. The changes led the Cherokee to decide to start additional settlements farther west.
  3. The changes did not impress the Supreme Court, which ordered the Cherokee to leave their lands.
  4. The changes did not prevent the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia.
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15. The following is from a speech given in 1826 by Elias Boudinot, a Cherokee who was educated at a school in a predominantly White community.The Cherokees have advanced far and rapidly in civilization. But there are yet powerful obstacles, both within and without, to be surmounted in the march of improvement. . . . In defiance, however, of these obstacles, the Cherokees have improved and are rapidly improving . . . . At this time [on Cherokee lands] there are 22,000 cattle; 7,600 horses; 46,000 swine; 2,500 sheep; 762 looms; 1,488 spinning wheels; 172 wagons; 2,948 plows; 10 sawmills; 31 grist mills; 62 blacksmith shops; 8 cotton machines; 18 schools; 18 ferries; and a number of public roads. In one district there were, last winter, upward of 1,000 volumes of good books . . .Boudinot made certain assumptions about American Indian "advances." What piece of legislation is based on similar assumptions?
  1. The Morrill Land Grant Act
  2. The Dawes Act
  3. The Freedman's Bureau Act
  4. The Sherman Antitrust Act
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