– GED SOCIAL STUDIES PRACTICE QUESTIONS – 29. What is the author’s purpose in including Joe McNeil’s quotation? a. to show that young people are the most likely to push for societal change b. to demonstrate that everyone has a different point of view c. to give a firsthand account of what has become a historic event d. to discount the importance of the civil rights movement e. to show that the college students had not intended to create a stir 31. With which of the following statements would the photographer most likely agree? a. Women should behave in a dignified and orderly manner. | GED SOCIAL STUDIES PRACTICE QUESTIONS 29. What is the author s purpose in including Joe McNeil s quotation a. to show that young people are the most likely to push for societal change b. to demonstrate that everyone has a different point of view c. to give a firsthand account of what has become a historic event d. to discount the importance of the civil rights movement e. to show that the college students had not intended to create a stir Questions 30 and 31 refer to following photograph and passage. Source National Archives and Record Administration. After 72 years of campaigning and protest women were granted the right to vote in 1920. Passed by Congress and ratified by 36 of the then 48 states the Nineteenth Amendment of the . Constitution states The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. 30. Who are the women in this photograph addressing a. other women who say they don t want the right to vote b. President Woodrow Wilson c. abolitionists d. suffragettes e. isolationists 31. With which of the following statements would the photographer most likely agree a. Women should behave in a dignified and orderly manner even if they are protesting. b. Women stand outside the gates of governmental power. c. The suffragettes would be more effective if they had more powerful slogans. d. Demonstrations are the most effective ways to influence lawmaking. e. Demonstrations are always ineffective. Question 32 is based on the following passage. When European settlers arrived on the North American continent at the end of the fifteenth century they encountered diverse Native American cultures as many as 900 000 inhabitants with over 300 different languages. These people whose ancestors crossed the land bridge from Asia in what may be considered the first North American immigration were virtually destroyed by the subsequent immigration that created the United States. This tragedy is .
