GED Social Studies - GED-Social-Studies Exam Practice Test
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In 1889, Jane Addams, a social reformer in Chicago, Illinois, founded a settlement house called Hull House, which provided child care, kindergarten, libraries, playgrounds, vocational and domestic training, and food services to poor city residents. It also sent visiting nurses to help care for the sick in Chicago's crowded neighborhoods.
At Hull House, young mothers practiced ways to care for their children-including the daily infant bath, which is illustrated in the photograph above. English-language classes, civic rights classes, and art classes were also offered. The settlement houses provided important services to the poor at a time when government and many churches did not provide them.
Many of the people who worked at the settlement houses also worked to outlaw sweatshop working conditions, to promote organized labor, and to secure workers' compensation laws.
Adapted from Winthrop D. Jordan, Miriam Greenblatt, and John S. Bowes, The Americans: A History (Evanston, Ill.: McDougal, Littell & Company, 1994), 497.
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Based on the information, which attitude did Jane Addams most likely have about her clients at Hull House?
In 1889, Jane Addams, a social reformer in Chicago, Illinois, founded a settlement house called Hull House, which provided child care, kindergarten, libraries, playgrounds, vocational and domestic training, and food services to poor city residents. It also sent visiting nurses to help care for the sick in Chicago's crowded neighborhoods.
At Hull House, young mothers practiced ways to care for their children-including the daily infant bath, which is illustrated in the photograph above. English-language classes, civic rights classes, and art classes were also offered. The settlement houses provided important services to the poor at a time when government and many churches did not provide them.
Many of the people who worked at the settlement houses also worked to outlaw sweatshop working conditions, to promote organized labor, and to secure workers' compensation laws.
Adapted from Winthrop D. Jordan, Miriam Greenblatt, and John S. Bowes, The Americans: A History (Evanston, Ill.: McDougal, Littell & Company, 1994), 497.
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Based on the information, which attitude did Jane Addams most likely have about her clients at Hull House?
Correct Answer: D
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Which of the following governmental actions would the marchers in the photograph most likely want to happen?
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Which of the following governmental actions would the marchers in the photograph most likely want to happen?
Correct Answer: E
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In 1963, President Johnson secured approval from Congress to begin his War on Poverty, which allocated $1 billion to the Office of Economic Opportunity to increase employment programs. President Johnson supported the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination on the basis of color, race, religion, gender, or national origin in public accommodations and employment. After election to a term as president, he introduced Medicare, which provided a two-part plan that insured all Americans over 65 against expensive hospital bills and provided inexpensive insurance for those covered by Social Security.
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Based on the information, which statement about Johnson's presidency is most accurate?
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Based on the information, which statement about Johnson's presidency is most accurate?
Correct Answer: A
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What does this page from the Sears catalog imply about rural America in 1897?
What does this page from the Sears catalog imply about rural America in 1897?
Correct Answer: E
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What does this excerpt reveal about President Kennedy's U.S. foreign policy goals?
Correct Answer: D
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"The Great Society asks not how much, but how good; not only how to create wealth, but how to use it; not only how fast we are going, but where we are headed.It proposes as the first test for a nation: the quality of its people."
Lyndon B. Johnson
State of the Union address, 1965
Based on the quotation above, which question would President Johnson have been most likely to ask about a proposed program?
Lyndon B. Johnson
State of the Union address, 1965
Based on the quotation above, which question would President Johnson have been most likely to ask about a proposed program?
Correct Answer: C
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The above photograph illustrates the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963, attended by an estimated 200,000 people.In the left center of the photograph, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., can be seen marching with the group carrying signs.
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Which statement is most likely a basic belief of the marchers in the photograph?
The above photograph illustrates the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963, attended by an estimated 200,000 people.In the left center of the photograph, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., can be seen marching with the group carrying signs.
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Which statement is most likely a basic belief of the marchers in the photograph?
Correct Answer: A
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According to the map, an airplane flying directly from Chicago to Los Angeles on February 25 would most likely experience turbulence caused by which condition?
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According to the map, an airplane flying directly from Chicago to Los Angeles on February 25 would most likely experience turbulence caused by which condition?
Correct Answer: E
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Which statement about personal finances best represents the views expressed in the passage?
Correct Answer: D
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Which statement is the main point of the cartoon at the left, which appeared in Harper's Weekly magazine on April 22, 1865?
Correct Answer: D
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Voice of America (VOA) is a U.S. government tradio broadcast whose goal is to "promote better understanding of the United States in other countries." VOA promises accurate and fair broadcasts that present news and information from many points of view and about many subjects.
Which of the following newspaper articles would most closely reflect the promise of the VOA policy?
Which of the following newspaper articles would most closely reflect the promise of the VOA policy?
Correct Answer: B
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In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor (prime minister) of Germany.In 1934, he became the dictator of Germany.
Based on the graph and the information, which reason helped cause the change in unemployment in Germany between 1933 and 1937?
Based on the graph and the information, which reason helped cause the change in unemployment in Germany between 1933 and 1937?
Correct Answer: C
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Which of the following solutions would help to solve the problems shown in the drawing at the left?
Which of the following solutions would help to solve the problems shown in the drawing at the left?
Correct Answer: E
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