Praxis II 5081 Form 2 Questions and Answers Graded A+

Praxis II 5081 Form 2 Questions and Answers Graded A+ Which of the following reform groups used journalism to draw public attention to social problems such as child labor and poor working conditions during the Progressive Era? Muckrakers Which of the following was the goal of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs of the mid 1960s? To fight poverty and racial inequality In late 1989, President George H.W. Bush launched an invasion of which country in order to depose its president? Panama Which of the following best describes a development in the Republican Party voting base since the 1960s? Many White voters who had previously supported the Democratic Party began to vote for Republican candidates. Jamestown was founded in 1607 for which of the following reasons? To search for gold The Olive Branch Petition, written at the Second Continental Congress in 1775, reflects a colonial desire to seek peace with Great Britain despite recent mounting tension "Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us... protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.... imposing taxes on us without our consent... transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences." These grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence are a direct response to which of the following British actions? The Intolerable Acts "The right of our manifest destiny [is] to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federative self-government entrusted to us. It is a right such as that of the tree to the space of air and the earth suitable for the full expansion of its principle and destiny of growth." John O'Sullivan, New York Morning News, 1845 The ideas in the quotation were used to justify which TWO of the following foreign policy actions by the United States in the 1800s? The annexation of Texas The invasion of Mexico Which of the following economic activities was most common among early English settlers in Virginia? Tobacco farming Which of the following was a result of the rebellion against the Virginia colonial government in 1676 led by Nathaniel Bacon? The planters in Virginia sought to use the labor of enslaved Africans instead of White indentured servants. Which of the following constitutional precepts is contained in the Bill of Rights? The protection of individual privacy from government intrusion Which of the following is outlined in the United States Constitution as ratified in 1788 ? How members of the House of Representatives are chosen Which of the following is true about both the electoral college and the House of Representatives? They provide greater power to more populous states. Which TWO of the following were results of the 1783 Treaty of Paris between the United States and Great Britain? Great Britain relinquished all claims to the United States. The United States gained access to lands east of the Mississippi River. "Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of Nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us." —Patrick Henry, March 1775 The quote above demonstrates which of the following beliefs held by colonists? Justice was on the side of the colonists' rebellion. Thomas