FTCE MIDDLE GRADES SOCIAL SCIENCES 5 -9

FTCE MIDDLE GRADES SOCIAL SCIENCES 5 -9

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• What did the case of Marbury VS Madison mean to the United States Government?
• Equal rights to African Americans, freeing them from there owners
• Women's right to vote
• Supreme court gained the right to determine whether a law violates the U.S

constitution (Judicial review)

• Banned cruel and unusual punishment on all African americans - CORRECT

ANSWER: C. Supreme court gained the right to determine whether a law violates the U.S constitution (Judicial review)

A consequence of the gold rush of Americans to California in 1848 and 1849 was that

• California spent the minimum amount of time as a territory and was admitted as a

slave state

• California was denied admissions on its first application since most Americans felt

that the settlers were too "Uncivilized" to deserve statehood

• California was purchased from Mexico for the express purpose of gaining immediate

statehood

• California did not go through the normal territorial stage but applied directly for

statehood as a free state - CORRECT ANSWER: D. California did not go through the normal territorial stage but applied directly for statehood as a free state

A group that grew in numbers as a result of the Industrial revolution was

• Small Farmers
• Unskilled workers
• Skilled craftsman 1 / 4

D. Rural population - CORRECT ANSWER:

A historian is writing a book about George W. Bush's years as a governor of Texas. All of the information she uses is derived from original public records, Bush's personal letters, and interviews she conducted with various government officials who served during his administration. The historian book is based on

• Only on primary sources
• Only on secondary sources
• Mostly on secondary sources

D. Equally on primary and secondary sources - CORRECT ANSWER:

A historian is writing a book about George W. Bush's years as a governor of Texas. All of the information she uses is derived from original public records, Bush's personal letters, and interviews she conducted with various government officials who served during his administration. The historian book is based on

• Only on primary sources
• Only on secondary sources
• Mostly on secondary sources

D. Equally on primary and secondary sources - CORRECT ANSWER: A. only primary

sources

A major change brought about Franklin D Roosevelt's "New Deal" (1933-1939) was the

• Creation of machinery for maintaining full employment
• Destruction of machine politics at the state and city levels
• Development of new attitudes about the role and function of the government
• Redistribution of population from urban centers to rural areas - CORRECT ANSWER:

A major quarrel between the colonial Americans and the British concerned a series of British acts of Parliament dealing with

• Taxes 2 / 4

• Slavery
• Native Americans

D. Ship Building - CORRECT ANSWER: A. Taxes

A nation that is not a member of NAFTA is

• Mexico
• Brazil
• The United States

D. Canada - CORRECT ANSWER: B. Brazil

A nation that is not a member of NAFTA is

• Mexico
• Brazil
• The United States

D. Canada - CORRECT ANSWER: B. Brazil

A physical geographer would be concerned with which of the following groups of terms

• Low latitudes, precipitation and steppe
• Scarcity, goods, services
• Nation, state, administrative subdivision
• Cause and effect, innovation, exploration - CORRECT ANSWER: A. Low latitudes,

precipitation and steppe

A study of urban renewal in the late 20th century would best integrate which of the following pairs of subjects?

• Economics and psycology
• History and sociology
• Psychology and anthropology 3 / 4

D. Sociology and anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER: B. History and sociology

A theory of the late 19th century that strongly opposed governmental interference in economic affairs was known as

• Popularism
• Utopian Socialism
• Progressivism

D. Social Darwinism - CORRECT ANSWER: D. Social Darwinism

A theory of the late 19th century that strongly opposed governmental interference in economic affairs was known as

• Popularism
• Utopian Socialism
• Progressivism

D. Social Darwinism - CORRECT ANSWER: D. Social Darwinism

According to Karl Marx, two groups that are in continual conflict are

• Farmers & Landowners
• Workers & Owners
• Kings & Nobles

D. Politicians & Voters - CORRECT ANSWER: B. Workers & Owners

Although Roosevelt's New Deal solved many problems, it

• Failed to provide direct relief to the poor
• Had little effect on the problem of unemployment
• Raised national debt

D. Weakened labor unions - CORRECT ANSWER:

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