Sample Questions

Question 1 of 5 :

The following poster was put out by a private organization, the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, circa 1940.

The poster above seeks to protect America and aid Britain in the struggle against

1.    China
2.    Japan
3.    Germany
4.    Italy

The correct answer is: C

Question 2 of 5 :

In colonial times, what made up much of the trade that went along the route marked I on the map?

1.    Manufactured goods from the West Indies and slaves from North America
2.    Sugar and rum from the West Indies and grain and meat from North America
3.    Indigo from the West Indies and gold from North America
4.    Dried fish from the West Indies and oil and coal from North America

The correct answer is: B

Question 3 of 5 :

American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. The expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnishes the forces dominating the American character. The true point of view in the history of this nation is not the Atlantic coast, it is the Great West.

- Frederick Jackson Turner, 1893

Turner made his speech about the importance of the American frontier partly in response to

1.   the closing of the frontier recorded in the 1890 census
2.   United States efforts to limit European immigration to frontier regions
3.   the elimination of slavery by the Thirteenth Amendment
4.   the great numbers of western pioneers who lost their farms

The correct answer is: A

Question 4 of 5 :

The following question refers to the passage below.

We hold, that on their separation from the Crown of Great Britain; the several colonies became free and independent States, each enjoying the separate and independent right of self-government and that no authority can be exercised over them or within their limits, but by their consent. It is equally true, that the Constitution of the United States is a compact formed between the several States.

- From "Address to the People of the United States," issued by the South Carolina Convention of 1832

This passage highlights a tension between

1.   urban and rural interests
2.   East and West
3.   states' rights and federal authority
4.   government economic subsidies and free enterprise

The correct answer is: C

Question 5 of 5 :

During the Korean War, United Nations forces made up largely of troops from the United States and South Korea fought against troops from North Korea and

1.   the Soviet Union
2.   Japan
3.   China
4.   Vietnam

The correct answer is: C