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NAEP US History Grade 8 - Question List

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16. The phrase "Jim Crow" refers to laws that
  1. made liquor illegal
  2. enforced racial segregation
  3. restricted immigration to the United States
  4. protected the environment
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17. Imagine that you are studying the restriction of immigration to the United States in the 1920's. You have the following sources of information available to you. A 1924 newspaper editorial supporting the quota system that limited immigration The text of the 1924 Immigration Act (or the National Origins Act) The text of a speech made at a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1923 A Russian woman's account of her experiences during the Russian Civil War and her escape to the United States in 1922 A 1924 magazine editorial opposing the quota system that limited immigration The story of a Greek family's journey to the United States in 1906 written by a journalist in 1955 The 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States census data telling how many immigrants came from which countriesWhich is a secondary source?
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
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18. FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (1790)District Free White Males of 16 Years and Up Free White Males Under 16 Years Free White Females All Other Free Persons Slaves Total Vermont 22,435 22,323 40,505 255 16 85,539New Hampshire 36,036 34,351 70,160 630 158 141,385Maine 24,384 24,748 46,870 538 None 96,540Massachusetts 95,453 87,289 190,582 5,463 None 378,787Rhode Island 16,019 15,799 32,652 3,407 948 68,825Connecticut 60,523 54,403 117,448 2,808 2,764 237,946New York 83,700 78,122 152,320 4,654 21,324 340,120New Jersey 45,251 41,416 83,287 2,762 11,423 184,139Pennsylvania 110,783 106,948 206,363 6,537 3,737 434,373Delaware 11,783 12,143 22,384 3,899 8,387 59,094Maryland 55,915 51,339 101,395 8,043 103,036 319,723Virginia 110,936 116,135 215,046 12,866 292,627 747,610Kentucky 15,154 17,057 28,922 114 12,430 73,677North Carolina 69,988 77,506 140,710 4,975 100,572 393,751South Carolina 35,576 37,722 66,380 1,801 107,094 249,073Georgia 13,103 14,044 25,739 393 29,264 82,548 Total Number of Inhabitants of the United States Exclusive of Other Territories 807,094 791,850 1,541,263 59,150 694,280 3,893,635The census was important in 1790 because it
  1. helped determine which citizens were eligible to vote
  2. told people which states had the most members of American Indian nations
  3. told people whether men or women tended to live longer
  4. helped determine state representation in the House of Representatives
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19. Freedom! O Freedom! O Freedom over me! And before I'd be a slave, I'd be buried in my grave, And go home to my Lord and be free!The song suggests that in the United States there has been a relationship between
  1. slaves and organized labor
  2. education and social class
  3. reform and religious ideas
  4. African Americans and American Indians
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20. Which war did the United States enter to prevent the spread of communism?
  1. The Mexican-American War
  2. The First World War
  3. The Second World War
  4. The Vietnam War
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