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Grade 10 French Revolution
In order to rule France more effectively, Napoleon created a comprehensive set of laws called
  1. the Continental System.
  2. Napoleonic Code.
  3. Napoleon's Law.
  4. Legitimacy.
Grade 10 Enlightenment
What Enlightenment thinker is known for the concept of "separation of powers"?
  1. Montesquieu
  2. Voltaire
  3. Thomas Hobbes
  4. Adam Smith
Grade 10 Reconstruction
In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
  1. withdraw federal troops from the South.
  2. support the Black Codes.
  3. award the presidency to Democrat Samuel Tilden.
  4. accept the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford.
Grade 10 French Revolution
At the Congress of Vienna, the governments of Europe reacted to the French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon by attempting to
  1. restore old regimes to power.
  2. spread the idea of democracy.
  3. encourage nationalist movements.
  4. promote European free trade.
Grade 10 WWII
What does V-J Day commemorate?
  1. Victory over Japan in World War II
  2. Victory in the Korean War
  3. Victory in the Vietnam War
  4. Victory in the Cold War
Grade 10 Renaissance and Reformation
Who is known as the "Father of Humanism"?
  1. More
  2. Dante
  3. Petrarch
  4. Boccaccio
Grade 10 Colonial Period
Who was the English-speaking native the Pilgrims encountered at Plymouth Bay in 1620?
  1. Pocohantas
  2. Squatting Bull
  3. Squanto
  4. Montezuma
Grade 10 French Revolution
What was the name of Napoleon's law reforms, based on the ideals of the French Revolution, that gave France a single set of laws?
  1. Declaration of the Rights of Man
  2. Continental System
  3. Concordat of 1801
  4. Napoleonic Code
Grade 10 US Government
A                 occurs when a bill is dropped because the President does not act on it.
  1. amendment
  2. due process
  3. pocket veto
  4. impatient bill
Grade 10 French Revolution
To what island was Napoleon exiled after the “hundred days conflict”?
  1. Elba
  2. Alba
  3. St. Hatian
  4. St. Helena
Grade 10 WWII
"D-Day" refers to what major WWII event?
  1. The allied invasion of the beaches of occupied France
  2. The dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  3. The allied invasion of Italy
  4. The bombing of Pearl Harbour
Grade 10 WWII
Which two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan before V-J Day, leading to their surrender?
  1. Little Boy and Fat Man
  2. Trinity and Bravo
  3. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  4. Tsar Bomba and Castle Bravo
Grade 10 Enlightenment
Who wrote the "Social Contract"?
  1. Locke
  2. Hobbs
  3. Rousseau
  4. Voltaire
Grade 10 Supreme Court Cases
What was the decision in the case Plessy v. Ferguson?
  1. Poll taxes violated the Civil Rights Act
  2. School desegregation was unconstitutional
  3. Racial segregation in public facilities was legal
  4. Police must advise individuals being taken into custody that they have a right to remain silent
Grade 10 WWII
What was the significance of the evacuation of Dunkirk?
  1. It marked the end of World War II.
  2. It resulted in the complete defeat of the German forces.
  3. It boosted morale and demonstrated British determination.
  4. It led to the formation of a new allied alliance.
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