Final Exam Review

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

• A man who loved eating ham.

• US President

• European politican who was anti-slavery

• A general in the Civil War

Answer explanation

Although his name was AbraHAM Lincoln, he was more well-known for being the 16th president.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What did the South claim the Civil War was about after the war was over?

• Slavery

• The choice of president

• Taxes

• The Lost Cause

Answer explanation

The South tried to change the rhetoric around what the war was really about and downplay abuses to slaves.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was the 15th Amendment about?

Answer explanation

Which one is the Supreme Court case that upheld "separate but equal"?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Loving v. Virginia

• Roe v. Wade

Answer explanation

Plessy v. Ferguson upheld it, Brown v. Board ruled against it.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Roe v. Wade was a supreme court case about

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Women in the US are now guaranteed at least one week of paid leave after childbirth.

• True.

• False

Answer explanation

Americans are not guaranteed any kind of PAID leave.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What gave US citizens the right to form unions?

• the 17th Amendment

• The Union Act of 1940

• The National Labor Relations Act of 1935

• The Employer/Employee Relations Council in 1936

Answer explanation

This protected thei right to unionize as well as strike without retaliation.

You cannot unionize and strike against the final exam.

What theory says that there is systematic racism in American institutions, like the judicial system?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What was the name of the laws that were enforced on public transportation before the Civil Rights Movement?

• Cheryl Crow Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

• Edgar Allen Crow Laws

• John Crow Laws

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Name two of the challenges that the US educational system has to deal with in the future.

Answer explanation

-racial issues because of where students live

-students who speak multiple languages

-diversifying k-12 curriculum

-opposing opinions on what should/should not be taught

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2