WI Forward - Wisconsin Forward Social Studies: History/Government Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation (1863)?

Accepted Answer

Declared enslaved people in Confederate states were to be free

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Ended the Revolutionary War

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Granted women the right to vote

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Established the first national bank

Question 2

What is federalism?

Accepted Answer

Power shared between national and state governments

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Power held only by national government

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Power held only by states

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Power held by the United Nations

Question 3

Which amendment abolished slavery?

Accepted Answer

13th

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1st

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19th

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26th

Question 4

What was Wisconsin's role during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Contributed over 91,000 troops to the Union Army

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Remained neutral

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Fought for the Confederacy

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Was not yet a state

Question 5

What is the purpose of the Electoral College?

Accepted Answer

To formally elect the president and vice president

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To educate voters

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To count the popular vote

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To confirm Supreme Court justices

Question 6

What was the Progressive Era and Wisconsin's connection to it?

Accepted Answer

A reform movement in the early 1900s; Wisconsin led under Robert La Follette

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Economic depression in the South

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A military campaign in WWI

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Westward expansion in the 1800s