SOCIAL STUDIES PRAXIS II BOARD ACTUAL
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
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⩥ Korematsu vs. United States. Answer: 1944 Supreme Court case
where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the
relocation of Japaneese Americans. It was not until 1988 that
Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 to each
survivor.
⩥ United States vs. Nixon. Answer: The 1974 case in which the
Supreme Court unanimously held that the doctrine of exceutive
privilege was implicit in the Constitution but could not be extended to
protect documents relevant to criminal prosecutions. It limited the
President's executive privilege.
⩥ Asoka. Answer: The grandson of Chandragupta who also was a
leader of the Mauryan Empire. He converted to Buddhism from
Hinduism and tolerated other religions other then Buddhism when he
was the leader. He is the most honored leader of the Mauryan Empire
and controlled a very successful civilization (India).
⩥ Analects. Answer: A record of the words and acts of the central
Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples.
⩥ Taoism. Answer: (Daoism) founded by Laozi The "Old Master"
who encouraged people to give up worldly desires in favor of nature;
,Tao Te Ching is its main document supposedly written by Lao Tzu in
three days; talks about the Tao itself and the power or fulfillment that
results from living in harmony with it.
⩥ The greatest trading society of West Africa. Answer: The Kingdom
of Mali (which took the place of Ghana), which became rich from salt
and gold.
⩥ Bacon's Rebellion. Answer: Friction between English settlers and
Native Americans
⩥ British Colony of Virginia. Answer: This colony was distinctive
because it had a popularly elected legislature.
⩥ The Appalachian Plateau. Answer: Was one of the regions of the
South that had the strongest pro-Union sentiments at the outbreak of
the Civil War.
⩥ Anti-Federalists. Answer: Were opposed to the ratification of the
Constitution because it lacked a bill of rights. Opponents of the
Constitution who saw it as a limitation on individual and states' rights,
their demands led to the addition of the a Bill of Rights to the
document.
⩥ William Lloyd Garrison. Answer: Was a prominent American
abolitionist, journalist, volunteerist, and social reformer. He is best
known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The
Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery
,Society, he promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the
United States.
⩥ John Brown. Answer: Was an American abolitionist, who
advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end all
slavery. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre in 1856 in Bleeding
Kansas and made his name in the unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry
in 1859.
⩥ Frederick Douglass. Answer: American abolitionist, women's
suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman, minister and reformer.
Escaping from slavery, he made strong contributions to the
abolitionist movement, and achieved a public career that led to his
being called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia". Is
one of the most prominent figures in African American and United
States history.
⩥ The Gilded Age. Answer: Refers to the era of rapid economic and
population growth in the United States during the post-Civil War and
post-Reconstruction era of the late 19th century (1865-1901). Is most
famous for the creation of a modern industrial economy.
Characterized by robber barons, panics, and political corruption.
⩥ Migration to the trans-Mississippi southwest. Answer: Increased
scale of cotton production during the 1830s and 1840s in the United
States.
, ⩥ Abolitionism. Answer: Was a movement in western Europe and the
Americas to end the slave trade and set slaves free. The slave system
aroused little protest until the 18th century,
⩥ John Mercer Langston. Answer: Was an American abolitionist,
attorney, educator, and political activist. Together with his older
brothers Gideon and Charles, he became active in the Abolitionist
movement. He helped runaway slaves to escape to the North along the
Ohio part of the Underground Railroad. In 1858 he and Charles
partnered in leading the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society.
⩥ Nativism. Answer: The French philosopher Rene Descartes states
that there is a body of knowledge that people are born with that
requires no learning or experience. Favors the interests of certain
established inhabitants of an area or nation as compared to claims of
newcomers or immigrants. Typically means opposition to immigration
or efforts to lower the political or legal status of specific ethnic or
cultural groups because the groups are considered hostile or alien to
the natural culture, and it is assumed that they cannot be assimilated.
⩥ Non-interventionism. Answer: Political rulers should avoid
entangling alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related
to direct territorial self-defense.
⩥ Protectionism. Answer: There should be legal barriers to control
trade and cultural exchange with people in other states.
⩥ Temperance movement. Answer: Is a social movement against the
use of alcoholic beverages. Its movements may criticize excessive
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
⩥ Korematsu vs. United States. Answer: 1944 Supreme Court case
where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the
relocation of Japaneese Americans. It was not until 1988 that
Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 to each
survivor.
⩥ United States vs. Nixon. Answer: The 1974 case in which the
Supreme Court unanimously held that the doctrine of exceutive
privilege was implicit in the Constitution but could not be extended to
protect documents relevant to criminal prosecutions. It limited the
President's executive privilege.
⩥ Asoka. Answer: The grandson of Chandragupta who also was a
leader of the Mauryan Empire. He converted to Buddhism from
Hinduism and tolerated other religions other then Buddhism when he
was the leader. He is the most honored leader of the Mauryan Empire
and controlled a very successful civilization (India).
⩥ Analects. Answer: A record of the words and acts of the central
Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples.
⩥ Taoism. Answer: (Daoism) founded by Laozi The "Old Master"
who encouraged people to give up worldly desires in favor of nature;
,Tao Te Ching is its main document supposedly written by Lao Tzu in
three days; talks about the Tao itself and the power or fulfillment that
results from living in harmony with it.
⩥ The greatest trading society of West Africa. Answer: The Kingdom
of Mali (which took the place of Ghana), which became rich from salt
and gold.
⩥ Bacon's Rebellion. Answer: Friction between English settlers and
Native Americans
⩥ British Colony of Virginia. Answer: This colony was distinctive
because it had a popularly elected legislature.
⩥ The Appalachian Plateau. Answer: Was one of the regions of the
South that had the strongest pro-Union sentiments at the outbreak of
the Civil War.
⩥ Anti-Federalists. Answer: Were opposed to the ratification of the
Constitution because it lacked a bill of rights. Opponents of the
Constitution who saw it as a limitation on individual and states' rights,
their demands led to the addition of the a Bill of Rights to the
document.
⩥ William Lloyd Garrison. Answer: Was a prominent American
abolitionist, journalist, volunteerist, and social reformer. He is best
known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The
Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery
,Society, he promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the
United States.
⩥ John Brown. Answer: Was an American abolitionist, who
advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end all
slavery. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre in 1856 in Bleeding
Kansas and made his name in the unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry
in 1859.
⩥ Frederick Douglass. Answer: American abolitionist, women's
suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman, minister and reformer.
Escaping from slavery, he made strong contributions to the
abolitionist movement, and achieved a public career that led to his
being called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia". Is
one of the most prominent figures in African American and United
States history.
⩥ The Gilded Age. Answer: Refers to the era of rapid economic and
population growth in the United States during the post-Civil War and
post-Reconstruction era of the late 19th century (1865-1901). Is most
famous for the creation of a modern industrial economy.
Characterized by robber barons, panics, and political corruption.
⩥ Migration to the trans-Mississippi southwest. Answer: Increased
scale of cotton production during the 1830s and 1840s in the United
States.
, ⩥ Abolitionism. Answer: Was a movement in western Europe and the
Americas to end the slave trade and set slaves free. The slave system
aroused little protest until the 18th century,
⩥ John Mercer Langston. Answer: Was an American abolitionist,
attorney, educator, and political activist. Together with his older
brothers Gideon and Charles, he became active in the Abolitionist
movement. He helped runaway slaves to escape to the North along the
Ohio part of the Underground Railroad. In 1858 he and Charles
partnered in leading the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society.
⩥ Nativism. Answer: The French philosopher Rene Descartes states
that there is a body of knowledge that people are born with that
requires no learning or experience. Favors the interests of certain
established inhabitants of an area or nation as compared to claims of
newcomers or immigrants. Typically means opposition to immigration
or efforts to lower the political or legal status of specific ethnic or
cultural groups because the groups are considered hostile or alien to
the natural culture, and it is assumed that they cannot be assimilated.
⩥ Non-interventionism. Answer: Political rulers should avoid
entangling alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related
to direct territorial self-defense.
⩥ Protectionism. Answer: There should be legal barriers to control
trade and cultural exchange with people in other states.
⩥ Temperance movement. Answer: Is a social movement against the
use of alcoholic beverages. Its movements may criticize excessive
