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Question 11 pts
(03.01)

True or False: Two people can witness the same event but interpret it differently based on their personal experiences.

Group of answer choices

True

False

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Question 21 pts
(03.02)

Why is the “salad bowl” metaphor different from the “melting pot”?

Group of answer choices

It refers only to European immigrants

It means people stay separated completely

It supports removal of all cultural traditions

It suggests cultures maintain their unique identity while coexisting

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Question 31 pts
(03.02)

What was one reason European settlers tried to make others assimilate into European culture?

Group of answer choices

To build stronger relationships with Native Americans and Africans

To force cultural changes and make everyone more similar

To help Native Americans and Africans preserve their culture

To learn Native American and African traditions

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Question 41 pts
(03.03)

What was the primary reason the Articles of Confederation were created?

Group of answer choices

To create a stronger national government

To establish a federal court system

To allow for a central tax collection system

To avoid the same type of government as under British rule

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Question 51 pts
(03.03)

Which of the following was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

Group of answer choices

It did not give the national government the power to enforce laws

It gave the national government the ability to settle disputes between states

It gave Congress the power to raise taxes

It allowed Congress to control trade with foreign countries

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Question 61 pts
(03.03)

Which of the following powers did only the States have under the Articles of Confederation?

Group of answer choices

Raise and lead an army

Declare war

Set up a postal system

Establish courts to settle disputes

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Question 71 pts
(03.04)

What was the purpose of the Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)?

Group of answer choices

To make the president a king

To create a two-part Congress with both population-based and equal representation

To prevent the creation of a national government

To eliminate all forms of taxation

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Question 81 pts
(03.04)

Why did the Framers of the Constitution not want a king-like figure in the executive branch?

Group of answer choices

They wanted the president to have more power than the legislature

They preferred a council of governors instead of one president

They had just escaped the control of Britain’s King George III and feared a monarchy

They believed that the president should not have any military power

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Question 91 pts
(03.04)

Which issue caused major disagreement between large and small states at the Constitutional Convention?

Group of answer choices

How the country would pay its debts

How states should be represented in Congress

Whether to include the Bill of Rights

Whether to make George Washington president

Answer 1

1. True

2. It suggests cultures maintain their unique identity while coexisting

3. To force cultural changes and make everyone more similar

4. To avoid the same type of government as under British rule

5. It did not give the national government the power to enforce laws

6. Establish courts to settle disputes

7. To create a two-part Congress with both population-based and equal representation

8. They had just escaped the control of Britain’s King George III and feared a monarchy

9. How states should be represented in Congress