SAMPLE HISET TEST QUESTIONS
1. Which document guarantees freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and protection from unreasonable search and seizure?
a. Bill of Rights
b. Albany Plan of Union
c. Declaration of Independence
d. Federalist Papers
2. How did Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793 most influence the U.S. economy?
a. It elevated cotton as a basis of the Southern economy.
b. It led to many smaller cotton plantations.
c. It reduced the U.S. need to import cotton.
d. It decreased the dependence of plantations on slave labor
3.The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because it
a. ended the British threat to the South
b. guaranteed Canadian help for the colonists
c. convinced the French to support the Americans
d. forced the British to withdraw from North America
4. What was one reason that national Prohibition failed?
a. Stores did not sell alcohol.
b. Many Americans did not support the law.
c. The federal government refused to enforce Prohibition laws.
d. The United States Supreme Court declared Prohibition unconstitutional.
5. Which list is in the correct chronological order?
a. Great Depression, Revolutionary War, first moon landing
b. Revolutionary War, Great Depression, first moon landing
c. Revolutionary War, first moon landing, Great Depression
d. First moon landing, Great Depression, Revolutionary War
6. ARTICLE XXVII (Ratified July 1, 1971) of the United States Constitution states:
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
This amendment to the Constitution was ratified in part because of what historical reality?
a. Suffrage was extended to all African Americans.
b. Women gained the right to vote
c. The number of people under 21 years of age increased.
d. Young men were being drafted to serve in the Vietnam War.
7. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were both important figures in the American civil rights movement. Which of the following statements best describes a difference between their respective approaches to civil rights?
a. Martin Luther King, Jr. mobilized ordinary citizens; Malcolm X focused on working with local white political leaders.
b. Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated nonviolence; Malcolm X advocated self-defense against white aggression.
c. Martin Luther King, Jr. related Christianity to civil rights; Malcolm X did not link religion to civil rights.
d. Martin Luther King, Jr. promoted Black Nationalism; Malcolm X did not.
8. Which statement best describes how the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson most influenced U.S. society?
a. It legalized poll taxes and similar measures.
b. It determined the legality of railway strikes.
c. It reinforced the rights of individual states.
d. It provided a legal basis for racial segregation.
1. Which document guarantees freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and protection from unreasonable search and seizure?
a. Bill of Rights
b. Albany Plan of Union
c. Declaration of Independence
d. Federalist Papers
2. How did Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793 most influence the U.S. economy?
a. It elevated cotton as a basis of the Southern economy.
b. It led to many smaller cotton plantations.
c. It reduced the U.S. need to import cotton.
d. It decreased the dependence of plantations on slave labor
3.The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because it
a. ended the British threat to the South
b. guaranteed Canadian help for the colonists
c. convinced the French to support the Americans
d. forced the British to withdraw from North America
4. What was one reason that national Prohibition failed?
a. Stores did not sell alcohol.
b. Many Americans did not support the law.
c. The federal government refused to enforce Prohibition laws.
d. The United States Supreme Court declared Prohibition unconstitutional.
5. Which list is in the correct chronological order?
a. Great Depression, Revolutionary War, first moon landing
b. Revolutionary War, Great Depression, first moon landing
c. Revolutionary War, first moon landing, Great Depression
d. First moon landing, Great Depression, Revolutionary War
6. ARTICLE XXVII (Ratified July 1, 1971) of the United States Constitution states:
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
This amendment to the Constitution was ratified in part because of what historical reality?
a. Suffrage was extended to all African Americans.
b. Women gained the right to vote
c. The number of people under 21 years of age increased.
d. Young men were being drafted to serve in the Vietnam War.
7. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were both important figures in the American civil rights movement. Which of the following statements best describes a difference between their respective approaches to civil rights?
a. Martin Luther King, Jr. mobilized ordinary citizens; Malcolm X focused on working with local white political leaders.
b. Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated nonviolence; Malcolm X advocated self-defense against white aggression.
c. Martin Luther King, Jr. related Christianity to civil rights; Malcolm X did not link religion to civil rights.
d. Martin Luther King, Jr. promoted Black Nationalism; Malcolm X did not.
8. Which statement best describes how the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson most influenced U.S. society?
a. It legalized poll taxes and similar measures.
b. It determined the legality of railway strikes.
c. It reinforced the rights of individual states.
d. It provided a legal basis for racial segregation.