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EC-6 SOCIAL STUIDIES (391) Questions
and Correct Answers
Legislative Branch Ans: makes the laws, Congress (Senate and the
House of Representatives)
Executive Branch Ans: Carries out the laws. (President & Vice
President)
Judicial Branch Ans: Branch of government that decides if laws are
carried out fairly. (Supreme Court and Lower Federal Court)
13th Amendment (1865) Ans: abolished slavery
14th Amendment Ans: Rights of Citizens
15th Amendment Ans: gave African American men the right to
vote
18th Amendment Ans: Prohibition of alcohol
19th Amendment Ans: Gave women the right to vote (suffrage)
Bills of Rights Ans: 10 amendments that guaranteed freedom of
religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly
Stephen F. Austin Ans: The first man to bring Anglo settlers to
Texas. Father of Texas
Marybury v. Madison Ans: Established judicial review
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Judicial Review Ans: The power of the courts to declare laws
unconstitutional
Scarcity Ans: A situation in which unlimited wants exceed the
limited resources available to fulfill those wants ( The price
increase with scarcity of products.)
Eli Whitney Ans: Invented the cotton gin
Audie Murphy Ans: Texan who was most decorated soldier in
WWII.
Statue of Liberty Ans: European immigrants saw this structure as a
symbol of hope and freedom.
Virginia House of Burgesses Ans: The first representative assembly
in the new world. Created due to distance between Great Britain
and the colonies.
Magna Carta Ans: a document constituting a fundamental
guarantee of rights and privileges.
Cold War Ans: the power struggle between the Soviet Union and
the United States after World War II
George Mason Ans: American Revolutionary leader from Virginia
whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-
1792) known as the " The Founding Father Who Gave Us The Bills
of Rights"
James Madison Ans: "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader,
and fourth President of the United States.
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Battle of the Alamo Ans: 1836 attack on the Alamo mission in San
Antonio by Mexican forces during the Texas revolution. (Texas
wanted independence).
economic system Ans: the structure of methods and principles
that a society uses to produce and distribute goods and services
opportunity cost Ans: Cost of the next best alternative use of
money, time, or resources when one choice is made rather than
another
assembly line system Ans: when parts of a product are put
together as they move down a line of workers
James Otis Ans: No taxation without representation
Stamp Act Ans: 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including:
playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
Boston Tea Party Ans: protest against increased tea prices in which
colonists dumped British tea into Boston harbor. (taxation without
representation)
Articles of Confederation Ans: 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-
1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no
power to regulate trade)
Division of Powers/Divided Government Ans: Used to prevent the
power of the government from being in the hands of one person
such as England.
primary source Ans: A document or physical object which was
written or created during the time under study.
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EC-6 SOCIAL STUIDIES (391) Questions
and Correct Answers
Legislative Branch Ans: makes the laws, Congress (Senate and the
House of Representatives)
Executive Branch Ans: Carries out the laws. (President & Vice
President)
Judicial Branch Ans: Branch of government that decides if laws are
carried out fairly. (Supreme Court and Lower Federal Court)
13th Amendment (1865) Ans: abolished slavery
14th Amendment Ans: Rights of Citizens
15th Amendment Ans: gave African American men the right to
vote
18th Amendment Ans: Prohibition of alcohol
19th Amendment Ans: Gave women the right to vote (suffrage)
Bills of Rights Ans: 10 amendments that guaranteed freedom of
religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly
Stephen F. Austin Ans: The first man to bring Anglo settlers to
Texas. Father of Texas
Marybury v. Madison Ans: Established judicial review
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Judicial Review Ans: The power of the courts to declare laws
unconstitutional
Scarcity Ans: A situation in which unlimited wants exceed the
limited resources available to fulfill those wants ( The price
increase with scarcity of products.)
Eli Whitney Ans: Invented the cotton gin
Audie Murphy Ans: Texan who was most decorated soldier in
WWII.
Statue of Liberty Ans: European immigrants saw this structure as a
symbol of hope and freedom.
Virginia House of Burgesses Ans: The first representative assembly
in the new world. Created due to distance between Great Britain
and the colonies.
Magna Carta Ans: a document constituting a fundamental
guarantee of rights and privileges.
Cold War Ans: the power struggle between the Soviet Union and
the United States after World War II
George Mason Ans: American Revolutionary leader from Virginia
whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-
1792) known as the " The Founding Father Who Gave Us The Bills
of Rights"
James Madison Ans: "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader,
and fourth President of the United States.
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Battle of the Alamo Ans: 1836 attack on the Alamo mission in San
Antonio by Mexican forces during the Texas revolution. (Texas
wanted independence).
economic system Ans: the structure of methods and principles
that a society uses to produce and distribute goods and services
opportunity cost Ans: Cost of the next best alternative use of
money, time, or resources when one choice is made rather than
another
assembly line system Ans: when parts of a product are put
together as they move down a line of workers
James Otis Ans: No taxation without representation
Stamp Act Ans: 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including:
playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
Boston Tea Party Ans: protest against increased tea prices in which
colonists dumped British tea into Boston harbor. (taxation without
representation)
Articles of Confederation Ans: 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-
1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no
power to regulate trade)
Division of Powers/Divided Government Ans: Used to prevent the
power of the government from being in the hands of one person
such as England.
primary source Ans: A document or physical object which was
written or created during the time under study.
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