1) Jamestown, Virginia, was first settled by Europeans during which period? |
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2) The Puritans: |
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3) The Constitution of the United States established what form of government? |
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4) George Washington’s role in America’s founding is best characterized as: |
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5) Which battle brought the American Revolution to an end? |
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6) Which of the following are the unalienable rights referred to in the Declaration of Independence? |
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7) Which of the following are in correct chronological order? |
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8) The phrase that in America there should be a “wall of separation” between church and state appears in: |
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9) The War of 1812: |
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10) The dominant theme in the Lincoln-Douglas debates was: |
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11) Abraham Lincoln was elected President during which period? |
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12) In 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed a series of government programs that became known as: |
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13) The struggle between President Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans was mainly over: |
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14) During which period was the American Constitution amended to guarantee women the right to vote? |
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15) Which of the following statements is true about abortion? |
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16) The end of legal racial segregation in United States schools was most directly the result of: |
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17) The Manhattan Project developed: |
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18) The line “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . .” is from: |
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19) In The Republic, Plato points to the desirability of: |
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20) A “representative democracy” is a form of government in which: |
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21) The Federalist (or The Federalist Papers) was written to: |
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22) The principle of the “separation of powers” suggests that: |
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23) The power of judicial review was established in: |
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24) What is federalism? |
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25) The common law: |
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26) The Declaration of Independence relies most obviously on the political thought of: |
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27) Which statement is a common argument against the claim that “man cannot know things”? |
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28) In his “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: |
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29) Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that: |
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30) The Bill of Rights explicitly prohibits: |
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31) Which author’s view of society is presented correctly? |
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32) In 1776, Thomas Paine argued for colonial independence from Britain in: |
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33) Which of the following is NOT among the official powers of Congress? |
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34) The warning to the American people to avoid entangling alliances and involvement in Europe’s wars is found in: |
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35) The Monroe Doctrine: |
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36) According to just-war theory, a just war requires which of the following? |
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37) Which of the following was an alliance to resist Soviet expansion: |
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38) What kind of government is a junta? |
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39) The question of why democracy leads to well-ordered government in America when disorder prevails in Europe is central to: |
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40) The United Nations was organized in: |
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41) The major powers at odds with each other in the “Cold War” were the United States and: |
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42) How did President Kennedy respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis? |
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43) “Balance of power” refers to: |
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44) The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) was significant because it: |
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45) Which wall was President Reagan referring to when he said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”? |
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46) Among which of these groups would Saddam Hussein have found his most reliable supporters? |
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47) The stated United States objective of the 1991 Persian Gulf War was to: |
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48) Inflation: |
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49) Free enterprise or capitalism exists insofar as: |
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50) Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because: |
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51) Which of the following is the best measure of production or output of an economy? |
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52) Business profit is: |
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53) National defense is considered a public good because: |
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54) Keynesian economists conclude that the recession phase of a business cycle: |
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55) Over the past forty years, real income among American households has: |
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56) Why are businesses in two different countries most likely to trade with each other? |
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57) The price of movie tickets has increased. According to the law of demand, what is likely to be the result? |
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58) What is a major effect of a purchase of bonds by the Federal Reserve? |
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59) A progressive tax: |
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60) The Federal government’s largest pay out over the past twenty years has been for: |
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