Section 1: Social Studies Exam Questions PDF download

QUESTION: 56

"The central government has become too great an influence on our lives.We must create an economic climate that encourages private growth and resists the extension of federal power."
From the statement above, what can we conclude that the speaker would favor?

federal aid to education
an expansion of small business ventures
a program to reduce the profits of major corporations
more people earning salaries from government jobs
federal guarantees to help cities in danger of bankruptcy

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 57

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On the basis of information in the table, in what industry was growth most likely to occur?

agriculture
housewares
small appliances
health technology
recreation

Answer(s): D

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QUESTION: 58

On March 5, 1946, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke in Fulton, Missouri.
Excerpts from that address follow:
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. All these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence, but to a very high and, in many cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow."
"If the Western democracies stand together in strict adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter their influence for furthering those principles will be immense, and none is likely to molest them..."
Excerpts from an address by Sir Winston Churchill, March 5, 1946, Vital Speeches, Volume 12.

Why did Churchill make this speech?

Soviet political control extended to the United States and Canada.
The Cold War primarily threatened Europe, not the United States.
The Iron Curtain blocked access to Britain.
The Berlin Wall blocked access to East Germany.
The United States was a military and economic world leader after World War II.

Answer(s): E

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QUESTION: 59

A Florida state court convicted Clarence Earl Gideon of breaking and entering.In 1963, Gideon appealed this case to the U.S. Supreme Court.Declaring that his original trial was unfair because he was not represented by an attorney, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision stating that defendants in all criminal cases were entitled to representation by an attorney.
Which basic principle of U.S. law regarding individual constitutional rights did the Supreme Court's decision in the Gideon case reaffirm?