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Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
Which ancient civilization initially used a representative republic for its government?
  1. China
  2. The Romans
  3. Greece
  4. Carthage
Grade 12 Civil Rights
Movement of African Americans away from the South to the North,Midwest, and West that occurred from 1910-1960.What was this called?
  1. Great Migration
  2. Rust Belt to the Sun Belt
  3. Growth of Hispanic population
  4. Westward Expansion
Grade 12 Reconstruction
What Amendment (that was adopted in 1868) included four major provisions?
  1. Eighteenth Amendment
  2. fifteethn Amendment
  3. Fourteenth Amendment
  4. Sixteenth Amendment
Grade 12 US History
Who helped Watson & Crick with their x-ray diffraction research?
  1. Rosalind Franklin
  2. Aretha Franklin
  3. Rosa Parks
  4. Grace Hopper
Grade 12 Civil Rights
When was the Civil Rights bill enacted?
  1. 1964
  2. 1962
  3. 1968
  4. 1960
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
What was the original purpose of the 1787 Constitutional Convention?
  1. to revise the Constitution
  2. approve the New Jersey Plan
  3. to revise the Articles of Confederation
  4. to deny the Virginia Plan
Grade 12 American Revolution
why was the First Continental Congress convened?
  1. to demand a repeal of the Intolerable Acts
  2. end British military occupation,
  3. gain power to impose their own taxes
  4. all of the above
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
What was John Locke best known for?
  1. Natural rights
  2. Women's rights
  3. Separation of government powers
  4. Marriage rights
Grade 12 Great Depression
Which of the following is not one of the four freedoms Franklin Roosevelt described and fought for during his term in office?
  1. Freedom from fear
  2. Freedom from want
  3. Freedom of equality
  4. Freedom of religion
  5. Freedom of speech
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
Who was blamed for all of the grievances (complaints) that are listed in the Declaration of Independence?
  1. King Louis XVI of France
  2. British Soldiers
  3. British Parliment
  4. King George III of Britain
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
Which ancient civilization used a direct democracy as its form of government?
  1. The Romans
  2. Babylon
  3. Athens
  4. Persia
Grade 12 American Revolution
From which country did the United States declare independence?
  1. Great Britain
  2. Australia
  3. Russia
  4. France
  5. Spain
  6. Portugal
  7. Brazil
  8. Japan
Grade 12 World War II

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The Atlantic Charter was created by
  1. Hitler and Mussolini
  2. Churchill and Roosevelt
  3. Obama and Bush
  4. LeBron and D-Wade
Grade 12 Democratic Foundations
The Articles of Confederation had a relatively short life due to the fact that according to some it was...
  1. Not strong enough
  2. Too demanding
  3. Very intrusive
  4. Silly
Grade 12 Supreme Court Cases
A landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that federal courts could intervene in and decide reapportionment cases.
  1. Baker v. Carr
  2. Roe v. Wade
  3. Hogan v. Zeus
  4. Brown v. Board of Education
Grade 12 Civil Rights
What was accomplished with passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution?
  1. The right to vote for women
  2. The right to vote for African American men
  3. Prohibition of slavery
  4. Citizenship to African Americans
Grade 12 World War II

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During WWII, what were the so-called "Four Freedoms" which both Britain and the United States stood for?
  1. free cheese.
  2. free oil from Iraq.
  3. freedom of speech, worship, from want and from fear.
  4. free 'carry-out' from an asian eatery.
  5. None of the above.
Grade 12 Great Depression

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Who was the president at the beginning of the "Great Depression?"
  1. John F. Kennedy
  2. Herbert Hoover
  3. Richard Nixon
  4. Woodrow Wilson
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