EOC Test Review (Short Version)

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact are best described as two

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military organizations made up, respectively, of the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War

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In which book did Upton Sinclair describe the terrible working and food-production conditions in the meat-packing industry?

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The Jungle

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How did the pattern of immigration change between 1950 and 2000?

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Most immigrants came to the United States from Latin America.

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How did the removal of federal troops after Reconstruction change the South?

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It allowed racial discrimination to be institutionalized with the passage of Jim Crow Laws.

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During the 1950s, increased incomes and easy credit led many Americans to embrace which phenomenon?

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consumerism

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What is one way industrialization affected agriculture?

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It reduced the amount of labor needed to grow crops.

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What strategy did workers use to change working conditions in the Industrial Era, characterized by long hours, low pay, and dangerous working conditions?

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organizing labor unions

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How did improved mass production techniques affect the United States in the 1920s?

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increased the standard of living

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What was the development of persecution of suspected communists after World War II known as?

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McCarthyism

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What factor enabled racism to become institutionalized in the United States following the end of the Reconstruction period? Options: Southern state governments repealed laws that limited African- Americans' ability to vote. The Republican Party regained control of state government in the South. The federal government banned the application of grandfather clauses to new laws. The Supreme Court affirmed the Principle of "separate but equal" in Plessy v. Ferguson.

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The Supreme Court affirmed the Principle of "separate but equal" in Plessy v. Ferguson.