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NAEP US History Grade 12 - Question List

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21. What was one consequence of Nat Turner's rebellion?
  1. Large numbers of slaves fled to the North.
  2. Slave revolts broke out throughout the South.
  3. Conditions for slaves on many southern plantations improved.
  4. Southern states passed laws designed to tightly control slaves.
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22. President Jimmy Carter played a major role in negotiating the Camp David accords, which promoted peace between
  1. the Soviet Union and China
  2. the Palestinians and the Jordanians
  3. Egypt and Israel
  4. North Korea and the United States
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23. Shays’ Rebellion (1786) was important because it
  1. led many people to believe that the central government was too weak
  2. led to the end of public support for the First Bank of the United States
  3. made many people fear the tyranny of the President more than the tyranny of England
  4. convinced many people in the North that slavery should be expanded to new territories
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24. All persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person . . . equal protection of the laws.What has been the long-term effect of the Fourteenth Amendment?
  1. It has increased the authority of states over their citizens.
  2. It has increased the authority of Congress to levy taxes.
  3. It has limited the power of the President over Congress.
  4. It has increased the power of the federal government over the states.
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25. Progressive Era writers such as Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, and Lincoln Steffens were known as "muckrakers" because they
  1. engaged in questionable "yellow journalism" that had a negative effect on United States foreign policy
  2. defended the interests of agricultural workers against those of the urban working classes
  3. exposed serious political and social problems to public view
  4. inflamed popular feelings against recent immigrants and led the government to pass restrictive quotas
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