SOL Quality Assurance & Improvement 4

Question 1

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

Accepted Answer

13th

Answer

The 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865.

Question 2

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

Accepted Answer

Help formerly enslaved people with food, schools and jobs

Answer

It aided freedpeople after the Civil War.

Question 3

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld which doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Separate but equal

Answer

The Court allowed segregation if facilities were 'equal'.

Question 4

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle led to passage of which law?

Accepted Answer

Pure Food and Drug / Meat Inspection Acts

Answer

Its exposé of meatpacking led to 1906 food safety reforms.

Question 5

Which territories did the US gain from Spain after the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico

Answer

The Treaty of Paris (1898) transferred them to the US.

SOL - Virginia & US History Test Practice Test