PART 1

Directions (1-50): For each statement or question, write on the separate
answer sheet the number of the word or expression that, of those given,
best completes the statement or  answers the question.

Base your answer to question 1 on the series of maps below and
on your knowledge of social studies.

1 What is the best title for this series of maps?
(1) Industrialization of the United States
(2) Sectional Conflicts in the United States
(3) Transportation Revolution in the United States
(4) Shifting Frontier of the United States

2 Which statement is most accurate about the movement for
independence in the thirteen colonies?

(1) The independence movement began soon after the founding
of  the Plymouth Colony.
(2) Protests against British colonial policies gradually led to
demands for independence.
(3) The King of England required the colonists to become
economically self-sufficient.
(4) The movement for independence was equally strong in all
of the colonies.

3 According to the Declaration of Independence, the fundamental
purpose of government is to

(1) protect people’s natural rights
(2) equalize opportunities for all citizens
(3) provide for the defense of the nation
(4) establish a system of free public education

4 To address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, delegates
at the Constitutional Convention agreed to

(1) eliminate the slave trade
(2) increase the powers of the central government
(3) decrease the number of states
(4) allow states to set tariff rates

5 During the Constitutional Convention of 1787,the major
disagreement between the large and small states occurred over
the issue of

(1) continuation of slavery
(2) guaranteeing States rights
(3) representation in Congress
(4) control of interstate commerce

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