TCAP Social Studies Practice 1 of 3

Which feature made the Great Plains appealing to settlers in the late 1880's?

• Canals to transport goods

• Flat grasslands for farming.

• Mountains with gold to mine.

• Forested hills for lumber

Study the headline to answer the question.

Why did President Abraham Lincoln issue this proclamation?

• to respond to the attack at Fort Sumter

• to force the Confederacy to surrender

• to persuade southern states to rejoin the Union

• to rally support for the Union

Based on the image, the goal of the United Nations was to

• solve international problems

• reduce military forces

• change totalitarian governments

• encourage free trade agreements

What question does this diagram help answer?

• Why did some abolitionists fight for the Union?

• Why did Tennesseans join the Confederacy?

• Why did Congress vote to impeach President Andrew Johnson?

• Why did President Lincoln choose Andrew Johnson as his vice president?

This source suggests that when Steve Jobs developed products, he tried to

• introduce new technology

• make them cheaply

• avoid government regulations

• use complicated solutions

According to the map, which two countries were Allied powers during World War II?

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 3

• 1 and 4

• 3 and 4

President Lincoln gave this speech when he began his second term as president.

What does this source show about how he wanted to lead the Union?

• He wanted to publish the Confederacy.

• He wanted the south to pay for the war.

• He wanted to give land to soldiers.

• He wanted to reunite the country.

Southerners agreed that Hayes would become president in exchange for:

• lower taxes on southern cotton

• the removal of federal troops from the south

• higher taxes on goods made in northern factories

• sending soldiers to protect settlers in the west

Based on these sources, Congress impeached President Johnson because he

• sent troops into the former Confederate states without asking Congress

• tried to force Congress to pay for rebuilding the South

• refused to cooperate with Congress' plan for Reconstruction

• denied pardons too many former members of Congress

Based on the source, President Nixon resigned because

• the Watergate scandal had weakened his support in Congress

• Congress had asked him to quit immediately

• the Watergate scandal had negatively affected his health

• Congress had started to investigate his foreign policy actions