Praxis 5904 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Ancient civilization that used hieroglyphics as a way to communicate -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Egypt |
1781 - led to surrender of the British - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Battle of
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Yorktown
1774 - laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston Tea Party.
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Meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the
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Tea Party. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Intorable Acts
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1773 - political protest. American colonists were frustrated at Britain for
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taxing them. Dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Boston Tea Party | |
First and largest signature of the declaration of independence -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-John Hancock | |
,government by a dictator. The ruler often rises to power out of conflict.
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Controls all branches of government and media. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Dictatorship
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected
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representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president | | | | | | | | |
rather than a monarch.
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a group with certain equality between its members - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Republic
An organization which consists of a # of parties/groups united in an
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alliance or league. Consists of a union for a common purpose. Have
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central authority, but the major authority lies within the states or
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countries. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Monarchy | | |
Turkey's largest city - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Istanbul
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Geographically apart of both Europe and Asia. Only city in the world a | | | | | | | | | | | | |
part of 2 continents - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Istanbul - Turkey
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Which action contained a controversial fugitive slave provision -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Compromise of 1850 - any runaway slave found
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in a non-slave state had to be sent back to the south
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,An effort to preserve power in Congress between slave and free states -
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1820.
Missouri: slave state | |
Maine: free state - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The Missouri Compromise
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1854 - Allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would
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be allowed within a new state's border - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Kansas
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Nebraska Act |
1787 - Compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern
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and Southern states at the U.S. Constitutional Convention that three-
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fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct
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taxation and representation in the house of representatives - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-The three-fifths compromise | |
First 10 amendments to the constitution.
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It spells out Americans' rights in relationship to their government.
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Guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual - like freedom of
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speech, press, and religion. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Bill of Rights
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"Draft" of the constitution
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Original constitution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Articles of confederation
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, Negative of Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gave too
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much power and could not regulate trade. No executive branch of
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government.
HELPED END THE SYSTEMS OF APARTHEID OF SOUTH AMERICA -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Nelson Mandela | |
Which of the following American Civil War battles immediately
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preceded the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Battle of Antietam | |
Fought July 1-3, 1863 | | |
Turning point of the Civil War for one main reason: Robert E. Lee's plan
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to invade the North and force and immediate end to the war failed...
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The collision of 2 great armies at Gettysburg put an end to that
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audacious plan. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Battle of Gettysburg
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1861
"First Battle of Manassas"
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First major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate
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victory. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Battle of Bull run
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CORRECT ANSWERS
Ancient civilization that used hieroglyphics as a way to communicate -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Egypt |
1781 - led to surrender of the British - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Battle of
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Yorktown
1774 - laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston Tea Party.
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Meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the
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Tea Party. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Intorable Acts
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1773 - political protest. American colonists were frustrated at Britain for
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taxing them. Dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Boston Tea Party | |
First and largest signature of the declaration of independence -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-John Hancock | |
,government by a dictator. The ruler often rises to power out of conflict.
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Controls all branches of government and media. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Dictatorship
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president | | | | | | | | |
rather than a monarch.
| | |
a group with certain equality between its members - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Republic
An organization which consists of a # of parties/groups united in an
| | | | | | | | | | | |
alliance or league. Consists of a union for a common purpose. Have
| | | | | | | | | | | |
central authority, but the major authority lies within the states or
| | | | | | | | | | |
countries. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Monarchy | | |
Turkey's largest city - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Istanbul
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Geographically apart of both Europe and Asia. Only city in the world a | | | | | | | | | | | | |
part of 2 continents - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Istanbul - Turkey
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Which action contained a controversial fugitive slave provision -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Compromise of 1850 - any runaway slave found
| | | | | | | | |
in a non-slave state had to be sent back to the south
| | | | | | | | | | |
,An effort to preserve power in Congress between slave and free states -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
1820.
Missouri: slave state | |
Maine: free state - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The Missouri Compromise
| | | | | | |
1854 - Allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would
| | | | | | | | | | | |
be allowed within a new state's border - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Kansas
| | | | | | | | | |
Nebraska Act |
1787 - Compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern
| | | | | | | | |
and Southern states at the U.S. Constitutional Convention that three-
| | | | | | | | |
fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct
| | | | | | | | | | |
taxation and representation in the house of representatives - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-The three-fifths compromise | |
First 10 amendments to the constitution.
| | | | |
It spells out Americans' rights in relationship to their government.
| | | | | | | | |
Guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual - like freedom of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
speech, press, and religion. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Bill of Rights
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"Draft" of the constitution
| | |
Original constitution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Articles of confederation
| | | | | |
, Negative of Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gave too
| | | | | | | | |
much power and could not regulate trade. No executive branch of
| | | | | | | | | | |
government.
HELPED END THE SYSTEMS OF APARTHEID OF SOUTH AMERICA -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Nelson Mandela | |
Which of the following American Civil War battles immediately
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preceded the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Battle of Antietam | |
Fought July 1-3, 1863 | | |
Turning point of the Civil War for one main reason: Robert E. Lee's plan
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to invade the North and force and immediate end to the war failed...
| | | | | | | | | | | |
The collision of 2 great armies at Gettysburg put an end to that
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
audacious plan. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Battle of Gettysburg
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1861
"First Battle of Manassas"
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First major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate
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victory. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Battle of Bull run
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