2025 Virginia/US History Review

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During the 1950s, the Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools in which landmark case?

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Which U.S. president was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Which event prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to ask the U.S. Congress to repeal the embargo provisions of the Neutrality Acts?

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Germany invaded Poland.

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How did J.P. Morgan help transform the United States into a modern industrial nation?

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He used his financial skills to rejuvenate businesses.

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How did the Tuskegee Airmen contribute to the Allied victory in World War II?

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They destroyed over 200 enemy planes in the Atlantic theater.

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Which action describes one role of the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction? Options: promoting industrial development, financing western migration, investigating war crimes, providing social services

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providing social services

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Which civil rights leader believed African Americans could earn equality by learning vocational skills?

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Booker T. Washington

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Traditions of English government influenced American colonists’ beliefs about how they should be ruled in what way?

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the expectation of limited government

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Which group is most closely associated with the migration shown on the map? A. African American workers seeking industrial jobs primarily in the North, B. former plantation owners escaping the effects of Reconstruction, C. farming families escaping the devastation of the Dust Bowl, D. European immigrants moving to urban areas for industrial jobs

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African American workers seeking industrial jobs primarily in the North

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One of the political developments of the Progressive Movement was the passage of the 17th Amendment which

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Established the direct election of senators