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Oklahoma State Department of Education

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CCRA Test Administration Manual 2025-26

60 total (50 operational)

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CCRA U.S. History Content Test Blueprint

3 clusters of 4 items

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CCRA U.S. History Content Test Blueprint

OPI 200-399; 300 = Proficient

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Practise for the Oklahoma CCRA Grade 11 U.S. History test with 100 free questions across the official U.S. History and Civics reporting categories. The real test is source-based with multi-document clusters; this English-language MCQ bank is a study aid, not an official form.

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1Read the excerpt below from Andrew Carnegie's 'The Gospel of Wealth' (1889): 'This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of Wealth: First, to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and after doing so to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer... to produce the most beneficial result for the community.' Which philosophy of Gilded Age industrial leaders is best expressed in Carnegie's statement?

A.The obligation of wealthy industrialists to use their fortunes to advance public philanthropy and social causes

B.The necessity of government regulation to redistribute wealth through mandatory corporate income taxes

C.The belief that industrial workers should democratically control corporate manufacturing decisions

D.The advocacy of total economic isolationism to prevent foreign investment in domestic corporations

Explanation: Andrew Carnegie's 'Gospel of Wealth' argued that wealthy entrepreneurs had a moral responsibility to act as trustees for society's surplus capital, spending their fortunes on public institutions like libraries, universities, and parks to benefit the broader community. Carnegie opposed direct state redistribution of wealth, favoring voluntary private philanthropy.

2Read the excerpt from the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887: 'All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property... shall be reasonable and just; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.' What was the primary goal of Congress in passing this legislation?

A.To nationalize all private railway systems into a state-owned postal service

B.To regulate unfair discriminatory freight rates charged by railroad monopolies against Western farmers

C.To outlaw all organized labor strikes among railroad union workers

D.To grant railroad corporations complete exemption from anti-monopoly judicial prosecution

Explanation: The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 was passed in response to widespread public outrage from farmers and small merchants against predatory railroad practices, such as rebate discrimination and short-haul rate gouging. It established the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) as the first federal regulatory agency designed to oversee private corporate enterprise.

3Read the passage from Jacob Riis's *How the Other Half Lives* (1890): 'Be a little careful, please! The hall is dark and you might stumble over the children pitching pennies back there. Not that it would hurt them; day and night, their home is the street... Here is a room twelve feet square; five people sleep in it, two on a filthy mattress on the floor.' Which problem of turn-of-the-century American society was Riis attempting to expose?

A.The economic decline of rural agrarian communities during Western homestead expansion

B.The corruption of federal civil service appointments under the political spoils system

C.The deplorable living conditions and overcrowding in urban tenement housing

D.The environmental damage caused by open-pit coal mining in Appalachian states

Explanation: Jacob Riis was a pioneer photojournalist and muckraker whose book *How the Other Half Lives* documented the horrific, unsanitary, and overcrowded living conditions in New York City tenement buildings housing impoverished European immigrants. His work helped spur municipal housing reforms and sanitation codes.

4Read the excerpt from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: 'Whereas in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof: Be it enacted... That from and after the expiration of ninety days... the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be... suspended.' Which historical factor primarily drove the enactment of this law?

A.A military alliance signed between the United States and the Qing Empire

B.The passage of constitutional amendments granting universal voting rights to foreign workers

C.A desire by Congress to encourage unlimited skilled agricultural immigration from East Asia

D.Nativist hostility and economic competition from West Coast labor groups targeting Chinese immigrants

Explanation: The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant federal law restricting immigration based on race and nationality. It was passed in response to intense nativist sentiment and economic hostility from white labor unions in California and the West, who blamed Chinese workers for depressing industrial wages.

5Read the excerpt from William Jennings Bryan's famous 'Cross of Gold' speech at the 1896 Democratic National Convention: 'Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world... we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.' Which monetary policy was Bryan championing in this address?

A.Free coinage of silver (bimetallism) to expand the money supply and relieve agrarian debt

B.Strict adherence to an exclusive gold standard to maintain high currency purchasing power

C.Complete abolition of paper currency in favor of a barter-based agrarian economy

D.Creation of an unregulated private central banking network owned by Wall Street financiers

Explanation: William Jennings Bryan, speaking for Populist farmers and Democrats in 1896, advocated 'free silver'—the unlimited coinage of silver alongside gold at a 16-to-1 ratio. Bimetallism intended to inflate the currency supply, raising crop prices and making it easier for indebted Southern and Western farmers to pay off mortgages.

6Read the excerpt from President William McKinley's War Message to Congress (April 11, 1898): 'The present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to our peace... In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.' Which immediate conflict resulted from Congress acting upon McKinley's request?

A.The War of 1812 against Great Britain

B.The Spanish-American War

C.The Mexican-American War

D.The Philippine-American War of 1846

Explanation: President McKinley requested congressional authorization to intervene militarily in Cuba to end Spanish colonial oppression and protect American commercial interests, directly triggering the Spanish-American War in April 1898. The conflict ended with the defeat of Spain and the U.S. acquisition of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

7Read the excerpt from Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890: 'Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal.' Why was the Sherman Antitrust Act initially ineffective at breaking up large industrial monopolies during the 1890s?

A.Congress repealed the statute two years after passage due to public opposition

B.The Supreme Court declared the entire law unconstitutional under the Tenth Amendment

C.Vague statutory language and conservative judicial rulings used the act against labor unions rather than corporate trusts

D.Industrial corporations voluntarily dissolved into small family farms before federal prosecutors could file charges

Explanation: During its first decade, the Sherman Antitrust Act lacked precise legal definitions for 'restraint of trade.' Conservative federal courts interpreted the law strictly, ruling in *U.S. v. E.C. Knight Co.* (1895) that manufacturing was not interstate commerce, while frequently issuing injunctions against striking labor unions for restraining trade.

8Consider the historical scenario: In 1894, workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company near Chicago went on strike after George Pullman slashed employee wages by 25% while refusing to lower rents in his company town. The American Railway Union, led by Eugene V. Debs, launched a nationwide boycott of trains pulling Pullman cars, paralyzing Midwest rail transit. How did President Grover Cleveland's administration respond to this industrial crisis?

A.By forcing George Pullman to transfer corporate ownership to factory worker cooperatives

B.By passing emergency federal legislation raising factory wages nationwide

C.By sending federal troops to break the strike on the grounds that it interfered with U.S. mail delivery

D.By remaining strictly neutral and allowing labor arbitration boards to settle the conflict

Explanation: President Cleveland intervened on behalf of railroad management by securing a federal court injunction and dispatching U.S. Army troops to Chicago. The government justified military action by claiming the rail boycott unlawfully obstructed federal mail transportation and interstate commerce, resulting in violent clashes and the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs.

9Read the excerpt from Samuel Gompers's address 'What Does Labor Want?' (1893): 'We want more school houses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more constant work and less crime; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures.' Which labor strategy distinguished Gompers's American Federation of Labor (AFL) from radical labor groups like the Knights of Labor?

A.Focusing on practical 'bread-and-butter' union goals like higher wages, shorter work hours, and safer workplace conditions for skilled craft workers

B.Demanding the immediate violent overthrow of American industrial capitalism and private property

C.Admitting all workers regardless of skill, gender, or race while shunning industrial strike tactics

D.Refusing to organize craft workers into trade unions to promote political party candidacies

Explanation: Samuel Gompers founded the AFL in 1886 on the principles of 'pure and simple' unionism. Unlike the Knights of Labor or radical socialists, the AFL concentrated on achievable economic improvements ('bread and butter' issues like eight-hour workdays and wage gains) exclusively for skilled craft workers, avoiding grand political utopias.

10Read the excerpt from Jane Addams's memoir *Twenty Years at Hull-House* (1910): 'The Settlement... is an experimental effort to aid in the solution of the social and industrial problems which are engendered by the modern conditions of life in a great city... It insists that these claims are one and cannot be separated.' How did Hull House and the Settlement House Movement address urban immigrant integration?

A.By lobbying for federal laws to ban all foreign-language publishing in immigrant communities

B.By providing vocational classes, English language instruction, childcare, and social services directly in working-class neighborhoods

C.By encouraging recent immigrants to immediately relocate to rural agricultural communes in the West

D.By operating municipal police departments to arrest political agitators in immigrant districts

Explanation: Founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in Chicago in 1889, Hull House served as a model settlement house. Located directly in impoverished immigrant neighborhoods, it offered essential community services including English and citizenship classes, nursery care, healthcare clinics, and cultural activities to help immigrants adjust to American life.

About the CCRA U.S. History Grade 11 Exam

The CCRA U.S. History Content assessment is Part 2 of Oklahoma's Grade 11 College- and Career-Readiness Assessment, alongside the CCRA Science Content test; Part 1 is the ACT including the writing section. It measures proficiency against the Oklahoma Academic Standards for U.S. History from the post-Civil War era to the present, and reports results in two categories: U.S. History and Civics.

Assessment

Online multiple-choice test delivered in two sections, built around primary and secondary source stimuli and including three complex stimuli clusters with four related items each. Blueprint: U.S. History 45-55% and Civics 45-55% — the two reporting categories into which every tested standard is sorted.

Time Limit

Approximately 120 minutes across two sections of about 50 minutes each (suggested maximum 240 minutes); not strictly timed

Passing Score

No pass/fail mark. Reported on the Oklahoma Performance Index (OPI) 200–399 scale, where 300 is always Proficient, in four performance levels: Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, Advanced.

Exam Fee

No fee to students (Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE); delivered under contract by Cognia)

CCRA U.S. History Grade 11 Exam Content Outline

45-55%

U.S. History

Standards tagged USH on the official blueprint: Juneteenth and emancipation, immigration and nativism, American Indian resistance, industrialists and new technology, social reform and labor movements, early civil rights leadership, Populism and Progressivism, imperialism and the Spanish-American War, World War I and the home front, the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age, and later social, economic and cultural change.

45-55%

Civics

Standards tagged CIV on the official blueprint: post-Civil War federalism, separation of powers and checks and balances, the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, Black Codes, Jim Crow and the Klan, federal immigration and American Indian policy, muckrakers and regulation, Plessy v. Ferguson, Progressive Era amendments and reforms, presidential foreign policy, the First Red Scare, the Fourteen Points and the League of Nations.

How to Pass the CCRA U.S. History Grade 11 Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: No pass/fail mark. Reported on the Oklahoma Performance Index (OPI) 200–399 scale, where 300 is always Proficient, in four performance levels: Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, Advanced.
Assessment: Online multiple-choice test delivered in two sections, built around primary and secondary source stimuli and including three complex stimuli clusters with four related items each. Blueprint: U.S. History 45-55% and Civics 45-55% — the two reporting categories into which every tested standard is sorted.
Time limit: Approximately 120 minutes across two sections of about 50 minutes each (suggested maximum 240 minutes); not strictly timed
Exam fee: No fee to students

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CCRA U.S. History Grade 11 Study Tips from Top Performers

1Study each era twice: once for the historical narrative (USH standards) and once for the constitutional and policy questions it raised (CIV standards).

2Practise reading political cartoons, photographs and excerpted speeches — most items are DOK Level 2 or 3 and require drawing a conclusion from a source.

3Know the named people and cases the standards call out by name, such as Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth, Bryan's Cross of Gold speech, Ida B. Wells, Plessy v. Ferguson and the Dawes Act.

4Be precise about the amendments: the 13th, 14th and 15th after the Civil War, and the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 21st in the Progressive Era.

5Compare the foreign policies of Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson — Big Stick, Dollar and Missionary diplomacy — and the reasons the Senate rejected the League of Nations.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many questions are on the CCRA U.S. History test?

The test consists of 60 multiple-choice items: 50 operational items that count toward the score and 10 field-test items that do not.

What are the reporting categories?

Two: U.S. History at 45-55% and Civics at 45-55%. Every standard on the blueprint is tagged as either USH or CIV, so the same era can be assessed from both a historical and a civic-institutions angle.

What kinds of stimuli appear on the test?

Primary and secondary sources — photographs, political cartoons, quotations, maps and data. The test includes three complex stimuli clusters, each pairing multiple sources with four related multiple-choice items.

Is there a passing score?

No. Results are reported on the Oklahoma Performance Index scale of 200–399, where 300 is always Proficient, and in four performance levels: Below Basic, Basic, Proficient and Advanced.

Is the CCRA U.S. History test available in Spanish?

Yes. Cognia offers a Spanish online form of the CCRA Science and U.S. History Content tests, along with Spanish text-to-speech; students must be scheduled for the Spanish test.