Academic Team: Social Studies

Name the post-World War II anti-communist policy that became the basis of US foreign policy throughout the Cold War.

Truman Doctrine (or Containment)

Which one of the following four battles was lost by the US Army?

1. Saratoga

2. Little Big Horn

3. Argonne Forest

4. Midway

2. Little Big Horn

Identify the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt.

Cleopatra (VII)

Identify the empress whose courage in the face of the Nika Revolt may well have saved her husband, the Byzantine Emperor.

(Empress) Theodora

Match each of the following four abolitionists to the achievement with which each is

associated.

Abolitionists:

A. William Lloyd Garrison

B. Harriet Tubman

C. Frederick Douglass

D. Harriet Beecher Stowe

Achievements:

1. editor of The North Star

2. author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

3. editor of The Liberator

4. leader of the Underground Railroad

A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

Place the following four east coast Florida cities in order from north to south.

1. Daytona Beach

2. Fort Lauderdale

3. Saint Augustine

4. Titusville

3, 1, 4, 2

Identify the individual who forced the resignation of 75 year old Otto von Bismarck in 1890.

(Kaiser) Wilhelm II (or William II)

Identify the judicial doctrine whereby most but not all protections found in the Bill of Rights are made applicable to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment.

selective incorporation (or due process)

Identify the industrial process used by Andrew Carnegie to mass produce steel in the late 19th century.

Bessemer (process)

Which one or ones of the following four are unprotected freedoms of speech?

1. libel

2. slander

3. hate speech

4. flag burning

1, 2

(Original answer incorrectly included hate speech, but hate speech is generally protected. See Matal v. Tam.)

To which one of the following four candidates for US president is the following campaign slogan attributed: "No child left behind."

1. Bill Clinton

2. Al Gore

3. Richard Nixon

4. George W. Bush

4

Which one of the following three political groups encouraged the passage of the Bill of Rights?

1. Federalists

2. Anti-Federalists

3. Tories

2

Match each of the following four economic terms to its definition.

Terms:

A. monetary policy

B. open market operations

C. discount rate

D. reserve requirements

Definitions:

1. buying and selling of government securities by the Federal Reserve Bank

2. portion of member banks' deposits to be retained as backing for their loans

3. ways the nation's money supply and interest rates are controlled

4. interest rate at which the Federal Reserve Board lends money to member banks

A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

Based on party affiliation, which one of the following four US presidents doesn't belong with the other three?

1. James K. Polk

2. Harry S Truman

3. William Howard Taft

4. Lyndon B. Johnson

3

Which one of the following four is an example of an economic indicator?

1. federal income tax rates

2. unemployment rates

3. tariff rates

4. birth rates

2

Match each of the following four US Supreme Court Chief Justices to the case he presided over.

Chief Justices:

A. Earl Warren

B. John Marshall

C. Warren Burger

D. Roger Taney

Cases:

1. Roe v. Wade

2. Gideon v. Wainwright

3. Dred Scott v. Sanford

4. Dartmouth College v. Woodward

A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3

Complete the following statement using one of the three given choices. Enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 was accomplished by

1. an agreement among European nations to stop colonization.

2. resistance from Latin American populations.

3. British naval power.

3

Identify the "Silverite" that lost the 1896 US presidential election to William McKinley.

(William Jennings) Bryan

Which one of the following four civilizations is the earliest?

1. Chaldean

2. Sumerian

3. Incan

4. Minoan

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