AHSGE SPEC QUESTIONS SOCIAL STUDIES

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STANDARD 1

a. Reformation or Protestant Reformation

C. Increased interest in learning about the world

C. Foods native to North America were introduced to Europe

B. St. Augustine, Florida

B. Taxes imposed by Great Britain

D. Great Britain

A. Samuel Adams

B. British troops heading toward Lexington and Concord

STANDARD II

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A. To limit the power of the King

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D. Separation of Powers

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C. People to give a government its authority

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B. A group of colonists acting as a government

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D. Creates a stronger federal government

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D. Constitution of the U.S.

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D. Allow branches of government some control over each other

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B. Federal power

STANDARD II OBJECTIVE 2

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B. Allowing citizens to change their government

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D. Separation of Powers

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A. Give congress additional powers

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C. The right to assemble peacably

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A. To end slavery

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C. Limit the rights of African Americans

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D. Allow government protection for individual rights

STANDARD III

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A. Taxing colonists without their consent

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D. Bunker Hill

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C. The Treaty of Paris 1783

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D. Great Britain

STANDARD III OBJECTIVE 2

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B. Avoid disputes on how lands in the west would be divided and sold

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C. Louisiana Territory

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B. Maintained the balance between slave and free states

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D. Prevent further European influence in the Western Hemisphere

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B. Westward expansion of the U.S.

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C. California

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D. It allowed the U.S. to expand its borders

STANDARD III OBJECTIVE 3

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A. slavery

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C. Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans

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C. Determine whether a law is constitutional

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C. Andrew Jackson

STANDARD IV

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A. Expansion of slavery

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A. Declared an act of congress illegal

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A. Confederate troops attacked Ft. Sumter

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A. Land

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B. Jefferson Davis

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D. Gettysburg

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A. Robert E. Lee

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B. Plan for reconstruction following the Civil War

STANDARD V

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B. Montana

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B. Barbed wire

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C. Increase in production of crops

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B. Populist

STANDARD V OBJECTIVE2

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A. Growth of new industries

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C. Support the coal and iron industries

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C. An increase in the number of factories

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B. W.E.B. Dubois

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D. The West

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C. Increased government protection for consumers

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B. 17 th Amendment

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C. Became more involved in regulating businesses

STANDARD VI

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B. Imperialism

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A. Expansionist activities of the U.S.

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B. Find new territories to sell goods

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B. Willingness to protect other nations

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A. World War I

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C. Treaty of Versailles

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A. European countries competed for control of Africa

STANDARD VI OBJECTIVE 2

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B. France

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C. The halt of the German army on its march to Paris

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C. Remove the threat of future wars

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A. Widespread use of automobiles

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A. prohibition

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B. Fear of the growth of communism

STANDARD VII

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A. a cause of the Great Depression

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D. Drought and damaging farm practices

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A. Relying on individuals to solve their problems

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D. The Great Depression

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A. Programs of the New Deal

STANDARD VII OBJECTIVE 2

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D. 1945

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B. Workers in the U.S.

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B. Attack on Pearl Harbor

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D. Soviet Union

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C. Military leaders during World War II

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A. Remain neutral