U.S. History: Review Test #4

1. A group of citizens gathers together in a state park to attend a wedding officiated by an Episcopal priest. Which two freedoms apply in this situation?

2. In 1992, Ross Perot,a third-party candidate, was able to win 19% of the vote for the presidency. How did voters create this result?

3. The political campaign in Susan's district has been very confusing. The challenger, Mack Crumby, has claimed that the incumbent, Jessie Jones, has been absent during important votes concerning the district's future. Mr. Jones has adamantly denied this charge.

What resource should Susan use to discover whether the charges are true?

4. A suspect was arrested and charged with murder by the state. The case was brought to the State Superior Court and the suspect was found guilty of the crime. One month later, new DNA evidence points to the suspect's innocence.

lf decision of the State Superior Court is appealed, what is the correct process of appeals in this case?

5. John and Susan Myers are United States citizens working in Mexico. Susan gives birth to child while in Mexico. Under current United States laws of immigration, the child will

6. The 10th Amendment to the Constitution states:

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

According to this amendment, which of the following is NOT true?

7. It is election day, and one of two candidates is being chosen to represent the district. Darryl, a homeowner, is going to vote. His old high school friend, Candidate I, supports raising property taxes 200%. The opponent, Candidate 2, supports reducing property taxes. Darryl, who is not informed about the issues, votes for Candidate I. Candidate I wins in a close race.

Given the above situation, which of the following is the best conclusion?

8. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government has control over all navigable waterways that lie within more than one state.

Based on this decision, which of the following rights was legalized?

9. Bill wants to collect the most accurate information possible on Civil War medical practices. Which resource would he probably use?

10. The United States has a federal government. What makes the government "federal?"

11. The United States Congress and the President wish to stop an oil embargo placed on the United States by Arab oil-producing nations. According to international law, which of the following are legal means of stopping the embargo?

I. Congress petitions the United Nations to negotiate an end to the embargo.

II. The CIA forces changes in Arab governments that support the embargo.

III. Congress places trade sanctions on all countries involved in the embargo.

IV. Congress approves sending military forces into nations involved in the embargo and claims the Arab nations as territories of the United States.

12. Read the following passage. Then answer the questions 12 and 13.

During the l830's, fur trading reached its golden age in the unsettled West.

However, it was a time of great danger. Competing fur companies, potentially hostile

Native Americans, and the dangers of nature awaited "mountain men" at every turn. One of the legends from that time tells of Scott, a fur trapper, who got sick on a company expedition. He had to be carried. While traveling, he and two of his comrades became separated from the main group. The main group had established a meeting point in case of separation. When the three arrived there, the company had already left. Since Scott could not walk, his friends left him. They were out of supplies and had no weapons for food or protection. They overtook the main group after several days of fast traveling on foot. Scott was found dead when the company returned the following year.

Which of the following is the most logical solution to prevent similar occurrences in the future?

13. Based on the above story, which of the following actions would have most likely prevented Scott from dying in the wilderness?

14. Read the following passage and then answer the following questions.

At first glance, the beach at Bikini Atoll, a small island in the Pacific Ocean, looks like a tropical paradise. But in truth the land and water share a poisoned past, from the era when 23 atomic tests were conducted at Bikini Atoll. In 1946, all 167 Bikini residents were relocated. Then 42,000 people and 90 vessels used the island for target practice. This was to be the first peace-time testing of nuclear weapons. Testing continued until November, 1958. The most damaging explosion came on March 1, 1954, when a 15 megaton hydrogen bomb, code-named Bravo, was exploded on the island. This bomb was the most powerful ever exploded by the United States. It was a thousand more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Not only did it open a mile-wide crater on Bikini Atoll, but it also vaporized one small island and part of another. To this day, the soil on Bikini contains too much radioactive cesium to permit the natives, now numbering 2,025, to return from their exile.

Why was an atomic bomb exploded on Bikini Island in 1954?

15. Which of the following groups of citizens would have most strongly objected to this testing in 1954?