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11. Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?

A. They were primarily engaged in military campaigns west of the Mississippi. B. They were limited to noncombat duty. C. They were barred from receiving awards for valor in combat. D. For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank. E. For most of the war, they were led by African American officers.

12. All of the following contributed to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment legislating Prohibition in 1919 EXCEPT

A. the continued efforts of the Anti-Saloon League B. the fervor of the First World War lending patriotism to the cause of prohibition C. the Progressive belief in social reform D. the cumulative impact of state prohibition laws E. the high death toll from alcohol-related automobile accidents

13. In the decade following the Second World War, the Supreme Court decision that had the most widespread consequences concerned which of the following?

A. Immigration policy B. Congressional reapportionment C. The rights of minority groups D. The jurisdiction of courts in determining war guilt E. The federal government’s powers of taxation

14. Prior to the Civil War, a transformation occurred in the workforce of the New England textile mills as New England farm girls were replaced by

A. French-Canadian immigrants B. Freed African Americans from the South C. Irish immigrants D. German immigrants E. Italian immigrants

15. The primary power granted to the Civil Rights Commission created in 1957 was the authority to

A. investigate and report on cases involving discrimination B. issue writs to enforce its decisions after a hearing C. initiate court cases to challenge gender discrimination D. fine employers found guilty of discriminatory hiring practices E. grant monetary awards to victims of discrimination



16. The cartoon above is a commentary on late-nineteenth-century

A. municipal corruption B. imperialism C. labor unrest D. business monopolies E. civil-rights campaigns

17. Which of the following emerged during the Progressive Era as the most influential advocate of full political, economic, and social equality for Black Americans?

A. W.E.B. Du Bois B. Frederick Douglass C. Booker T. Washington D. Ida B. Wells E. Langston Hughes

18. Which of the following is a correct statement about college-level education in the twentieth-century United States?

A. State universities increased scholarship aid during the Depression. B. Private universities raised admission standards during the 1940’s. C. The GI Bill financed the education of male students during the post-Second World War era. D. The “baby boomers” finished college in large numbers in the 1950’s. E. There was a sharp decline in college enrollment during the Vietnam War.

19. “The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered…Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night—she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question—‘Is this all?’” The author of this statement most likely was

A. Angelina Grimke B. Susan B. Anthony C. Betty Friedan D. Angela Davis E. Phyllis Schlafly

20. “Reagonomics,” or supply-side economics, led to which of the following?

A. A decline in unemployment and poverty B. Greater tax revenues than government expenditures C. Large increases in the incomes of wealthy Americans D. An increase in appropriations for school lunches E. Lower military expenditures than during the Carter administration