AHSGE SPEC QUESTIONS

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AHSGE SPEC QUESTIONS

• SOCIAL STUDIES

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Directions

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STANDARD 1
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Reformation

• or Protestant Reformation

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C. Increased interest in learning about the world
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C. Foods native to North America were introduced
to Europe
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B. St. Augustine, Florida
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B. Taxes imposed by Great Britain
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D. Great Britain
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A. Samuel Adams
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B. British troops heading toward Lexington and
Concord
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STANDARD II
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A. To limit the power of the King
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D. Separation of Powers
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C. People to give a government its authority
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B. A group of colonists acting as a government
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D. Creates a stronger federal government
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D. Constitution of the U.S.
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D. Allow branches of government some control over
each other
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B. Federal power
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STANDARD II

• OBJECTIVE 2

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B. Allowing citizens to change their government
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D. Separation of Powers
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A. Give congress additional powers
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C. The right to assemble peacably
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A. To end slavery
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C. Limit the rights of African Americans
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D. Allow government protection for individual
rights
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STANDARD III
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A. Taxing colonists without their consent
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D. Bunker Hill
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C. The Treaty of Paris 1783
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D. Great Britain
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STANDARD III

• OBJECTIVE 2

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B. Avoid disputes on how lands in the west would
be divided and sold
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C. Louisiana Territory
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B. Maintained the balance between slave and free
states
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D. Prevent further European influence in the
Western Hemisphere
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B. Westward expansion of the U.S.
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C. California
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D. It allowed the U.S. to expand its borders
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STANDARD III

• OBJECTIVE 3

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A. slavery
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C. Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans
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C. Determine whether a law is constitutional
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C. Andrew Jackson
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STANDARD IV
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A. Expansion of slavery
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A. Declared an act of congress illegal
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A. Confederate troops attacked Ft. Sumter
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A. Land
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B. Jefferson Davis
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D. Gettysburg
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A. Robert E. Lee
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B. Plan for reconstruction following the Civil War
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STANDARD V
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B. Montana
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B. Barbed wire
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C. Increase in production of crops
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B. Populist
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STANDARD V

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A. Growth of new industries
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C. Support the coal and iron industries
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C. An increase in the number of factories
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B. W.E.B. Dubois
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D. The West
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C. Increased government protection for consumers
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B. 17th Amendment
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C. Became more involved in regulating businesses
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STANDARD VI
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B. Imperialism
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A. Expansionist activities of the U.S.
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B. Find new territories to sell goods
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B. Willingness to protect other nations
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A. World War I
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C. Treaty of Versailles
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A. European countries competed for control of
Africa
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STANDARD VI

• OBJECTIVE 2

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B. France
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C. The halt of the German army on its march to
Paris
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C. Remove the threat of future wars
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A. Widespread use of automobiles
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A. prohibition
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B. Fear of the growth of communism
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STANDARD VII
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A. a cause of the Great Depression
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D. Drought and damaging farm practices
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A. Relying on individuals to solve their problems
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D. The Great Depression
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A. Programs of the New Deal
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STANDARD VII

• OBJECTIVE 2

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D. 1945
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B. Workers in the U.S.
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B. Attack on Pearl Harbor
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D. Soviet Union
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C. Military leaders during World War II
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A. Remain neutral