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Praxis II: Citizenship Education Content Knowledge Exam Prep - Question List

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36. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was an unflinching portrayal of:
  1. Exploited child labor
  2. Corporate monopolies and robber barons
  3. The meatpacking industry
  4. The slave trade
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37. The term “Manifest Destiny” was used to describe which 19th century American ideal?
  1. That Americans were destined to settle the continent from coast-to-coast
  2. That white Americans were superior to enslaved Americans
  3. That women belonged in the home performing domestic duties
  4. That the country was destined to split into two separate nations
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38. The US Supreme Court, with its ruling in the case Marbury v. Madison (1803), established:
  1. That state courts could not apply federal laws.
  2. The power of Congress to create additional federal courts.
  3. The right of federal courts to hear state disputes.
  4. That the courts could review laws to determine if they conflicted with the Constitution.
  5. That states could not sue each other.
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39. How were Indo-European steppe tribes different from Indian, Middle Eastern, and Chinese societies before 800 B.C.E.?
  1. Indian, Middle Eastern, and Chinese societies were much more concerned with expansionism than the Indo-Europeans.
  2. Indo-European steppe tribes were more likely to have created religious architectural monuments.
  3. Indian, Middle Eastern, and Chinese societies created permanent settlements, with wealth based upon land ownership.
  4. Monarchies ruled Indian, Middle Eastern, and Chinese societies; Oligarchies ruled the Indo-Europeans.
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40. What was the major issue of the presidential election of 1896?
  1. Prohibition
  2. Workers’ rights
  3. Laissez-faire economic policy
  4. The unlimited coinage of silver
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