FSOT U.S. History and Society 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?
- Thirteenth Amendment (Correct answer)
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fifteenth Amendment
- Twelfth Amendment
Correct answer: Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.
Question 2: The 'Trail of Tears' refers to the forced relocation of which Native American tribe in the 1830s?
- Apache
- Cherokee (Correct answer)
- Sioux
- Navajo
Correct answer: Cherokee
The Cherokee Nation was forcibly relocated from the southeastern United States to present-day Oklahoma under President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act.
Question 3: Which event directly triggered U.S. entry into World War I?
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Sinking of the Lusitania
- Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram (Correct answer)
- Invasion of Belgium
Correct answer: Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare combined with the Zimmermann Telegram proposing a Mexican-German alliance pushed Congress to declare war in April 1917.
Question 4: The Social Security Act of 1935 was a centerpiece of which presidential program?
- The Square Deal
- The New Deal (Correct answer)
- The Great Society
- The Fair Deal
Correct answer: The New Deal
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal established Social Security as part of his response to the Great Depression.
Question 5: Which Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review in the United States?
- McCulloch v. Maryland
- Marbury v. Madison (Correct answer)
- Gibbons v. Ogden
- Fletcher v. Peck
Correct answer: Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the Supreme Court's power to strike down laws that conflict with the Constitution.
Question 6: The Homestead Act of 1862 primarily encouraged which of the following?
- Industrial development in the Northeast
- Settlement of western territories by offering free land (Correct answer)
- Expansion of Southern plantation agriculture
- Construction of transcontinental railroads
Correct answer: Settlement of western territories by offering free land
The Homestead Act granted 160 acres of public land to settlers who agreed to farm it for five years, accelerating western migration.
Question 7: Which U.S. foreign policy doctrine, announced in 1823, warned European powers against further colonization in the Americas?
- Truman Doctrine
- Monroe Doctrine (Correct answer)
- Roosevelt Corollary
- Marshall Plan
Correct answer: Monroe Doctrine
President James Monroe's doctrine declared the Western Hemisphere closed to further European colonization and interference.
FSOT U.S. History and Society 2
Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?