Social Studies PRAXIS 5004
Study Guide
Passing Score: 154
UNITED STATES HISTORY
1. Maryland, was established as a haven for the English Catholic.
2. Henry Ford, started the assembly line to decrease cost and labor.
3. President Woodrow Wilson's main justification to enter WWI was that the world
needed to be safe for a democracy.
4. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Regan, used deficit spending to
help stimulate a weak economy.
5. The edict “No European power should seek colonies in the western Hemisphere.”
comes from the Monroe Doctrine.
6. “Go west young man” was a part of Manifest Destiny.
7. The Battle of Lexington and Concord, marked the start of war with Great Britain.
8. The significance of the “Letter to Martha Washington” was that inside the letter,
George Washington explains that he accepted the generalship of the continental army.
9. George Washington, was commander of the continental army.
10. Indentured servants were under contract to work for another person for free and
then when their contract runs up, they are free and can buy land.
11. Roger Williams, discovered & founded Rhode Island. (separation of church)
12. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton formed the 1st political party.
13. Pearl Harbor forced the U.S. to enter WWII.
14. The Missouri Compromise, was an agreement between northern and southern states
about which western territories could be admitted into the Union as slave states.
15. The Germany led invasion of Poland started WWII.
16. 1929- The Great Depression (WWII put a stop to this)
17. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wrote the new deal.
18. Soviet Union won the space race (Sputnik) – John F. Kennedy, wrote a letter.
19. “A day that shall live in Infamy” is the day of Pearl Harbor.
20. The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson signed last in the American
Revolution.
21. John F. Kennedy Inauguration- 1961 a cold war.
22. To serve on a jury is a responsibility of a citizen.
23. F. D. Roosevelt is the president associated with the environment because he created
national parks.
24. In the Treaty of Ghent, all land was returned.
25. Thomas Jefferson led the Lewis and Clark Expedition which ended up becoming the
Louisiana Purchase.
26. The Virginia Company settled in Jamestown for defense and silver and gold.
27. The Erie Canal- built for navigation form New York and the Atlantic.
28. The Articles of Confederation was adopted to create a strong central Government & a
weak national Government.
29. The Battle of Yorktown- the last battle of the revolutionary war.
30. Alexander Hamilton- rule of law Federalist.
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, 31. Between the Louisiana Purchase, Lincoln’s Inauguration, and the Gold Rush, What
came first? The Louisiana Purchase
32. The Cold War was after WWII.
33. The Treaty of Ghent marked the end of the war of 1812.
34. The south had more experience over the north in the colony.
35. The Reconstruction Era brought the south to join the union.
36. The difference between the Virginia Colony and New York Colony is Virginia
has slaves and NY doesn’t.
37. The first internal tax- the Stamp Act 1765.
38. The Sons of Liberty posted secret groups that staged rights.
39. The proclamation act prohibited settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
40. The trail of tears forced Indians to move to Oklahoma.
41. The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point at the national cemetery.
42. The civil war was a bloody battle.
43. The Truman Doctrine provides aid to other countries.
44. Thomas Paine- author of common sense.
45. James Madison, wrote the federalist papers about checks and balances.
46. Opportunity cost is to make a decision between two things.
47. Francis Scott Key, wrote the Star Spangled Banner after Maryland fort
bombardment by the British during the war of 1812.
48. The colony was upset with England's representation in parliament.
49. Eli Whiney made cotton gin so cotton could process faster.
50. Abraham Lincoln- abolished slavery.
51. Thomas Jefferson: “The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the
very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether
we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a
government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that
every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.”
52. Thomas Edison: Invented the Lightbulb.
53. Reconstruction was the rebuilding after the civil war.
54. Separate but equal- Plessy vs Fergus
55. The post-World War II era saw an increase in civil rights activities in theAfrican
American community, with a focus on ensuring that black citizens were able to vote.
This ushered in the civil rights movement resulting in the removal of Jim Crow
laws.
56. In 1948, President Harry Truman ordered integration in the military.
57. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v Board of Education that educational
segregation was unconstitutional, bringing to an end the era of “separate-but-equal-
education.”
58. The bombing of the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001 resulted in the Patriot Act.
59. Women protested in the 1960s and 1970s for discrimination at work.
60. The Watergate Scandal increased distrusts of politicians- Richard Nixon.
61. New York was founded by the Dutch.
62. Lyndon Johnson’s speech in Selma AL- (to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.)
63. The Great Migration: African Americans moved North for homes, better jobs, and life.
64. Jonas Salk, invented the polio vaccine.
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Study Guide
Passing Score: 154
UNITED STATES HISTORY
1. Maryland, was established as a haven for the English Catholic.
2. Henry Ford, started the assembly line to decrease cost and labor.
3. President Woodrow Wilson's main justification to enter WWI was that the world
needed to be safe for a democracy.
4. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Regan, used deficit spending to
help stimulate a weak economy.
5. The edict “No European power should seek colonies in the western Hemisphere.”
comes from the Monroe Doctrine.
6. “Go west young man” was a part of Manifest Destiny.
7. The Battle of Lexington and Concord, marked the start of war with Great Britain.
8. The significance of the “Letter to Martha Washington” was that inside the letter,
George Washington explains that he accepted the generalship of the continental army.
9. George Washington, was commander of the continental army.
10. Indentured servants were under contract to work for another person for free and
then when their contract runs up, they are free and can buy land.
11. Roger Williams, discovered & founded Rhode Island. (separation of church)
12. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton formed the 1st political party.
13. Pearl Harbor forced the U.S. to enter WWII.
14. The Missouri Compromise, was an agreement between northern and southern states
about which western territories could be admitted into the Union as slave states.
15. The Germany led invasion of Poland started WWII.
16. 1929- The Great Depression (WWII put a stop to this)
17. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wrote the new deal.
18. Soviet Union won the space race (Sputnik) – John F. Kennedy, wrote a letter.
19. “A day that shall live in Infamy” is the day of Pearl Harbor.
20. The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson signed last in the American
Revolution.
21. John F. Kennedy Inauguration- 1961 a cold war.
22. To serve on a jury is a responsibility of a citizen.
23. F. D. Roosevelt is the president associated with the environment because he created
national parks.
24. In the Treaty of Ghent, all land was returned.
25. Thomas Jefferson led the Lewis and Clark Expedition which ended up becoming the
Louisiana Purchase.
26. The Virginia Company settled in Jamestown for defense and silver and gold.
27. The Erie Canal- built for navigation form New York and the Atlantic.
28. The Articles of Confederation was adopted to create a strong central Government & a
weak national Government.
29. The Battle of Yorktown- the last battle of the revolutionary war.
30. Alexander Hamilton- rule of law Federalist.
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, 31. Between the Louisiana Purchase, Lincoln’s Inauguration, and the Gold Rush, What
came first? The Louisiana Purchase
32. The Cold War was after WWII.
33. The Treaty of Ghent marked the end of the war of 1812.
34. The south had more experience over the north in the colony.
35. The Reconstruction Era brought the south to join the union.
36. The difference between the Virginia Colony and New York Colony is Virginia
has slaves and NY doesn’t.
37. The first internal tax- the Stamp Act 1765.
38. The Sons of Liberty posted secret groups that staged rights.
39. The proclamation act prohibited settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
40. The trail of tears forced Indians to move to Oklahoma.
41. The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point at the national cemetery.
42. The civil war was a bloody battle.
43. The Truman Doctrine provides aid to other countries.
44. Thomas Paine- author of common sense.
45. James Madison, wrote the federalist papers about checks and balances.
46. Opportunity cost is to make a decision between two things.
47. Francis Scott Key, wrote the Star Spangled Banner after Maryland fort
bombardment by the British during the war of 1812.
48. The colony was upset with England's representation in parliament.
49. Eli Whiney made cotton gin so cotton could process faster.
50. Abraham Lincoln- abolished slavery.
51. Thomas Jefferson: “The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the
very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether
we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a
government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that
every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.”
52. Thomas Edison: Invented the Lightbulb.
53. Reconstruction was the rebuilding after the civil war.
54. Separate but equal- Plessy vs Fergus
55. The post-World War II era saw an increase in civil rights activities in theAfrican
American community, with a focus on ensuring that black citizens were able to vote.
This ushered in the civil rights movement resulting in the removal of Jim Crow
laws.
56. In 1948, President Harry Truman ordered integration in the military.
57. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v Board of Education that educational
segregation was unconstitutional, bringing to an end the era of “separate-but-equal-
education.”
58. The bombing of the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001 resulted in the Patriot Act.
59. Women protested in the 1960s and 1970s for discrimination at work.
60. The Watergate Scandal increased distrusts of politicians- Richard Nixon.
61. New York was founded by the Dutch.
62. Lyndon Johnson’s speech in Selma AL- (to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.)
63. The Great Migration: African Americans moved North for homes, better jobs, and life.
64. Jonas Salk, invented the polio vaccine.
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