U.S. EOC Practice Exam

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What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?

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The Supreme Court overruled attempts by Congress to limit the spread of slavery.

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What was the main reason for fighting in Florida during the Civil War?

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The Union army wanted to prevent cattle and crops in Florida from reaching Confederate troops.

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How did President Andrew Johnson's views on Reconstruction differ from those of Congress?

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President Johnson accepted Southern "Black Codes," while Congress overturned them with a Civil Rights bill prohibiting racial discrimination.

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How did the "Black Codes" of 1865—1866 differ from the "Jim Crow" laws of the 1880s and 1890s?

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Black Codes prohibited freedmen from traveling freely, serving on juries or exercising civil rights; Jim Crow laws required racial segregation.

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What was the primary objective of the U.S. policy that led to the conflict shown in the painting of the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876? Options: to protect the safety of the transcontinental railroad from attack, to force American Indian tribes on the Great Plains to live on reservations, to remove remaining American Indian tribes from east of the Mississippi River, to capture deserters from the Union and Confederate armies after the Civil War

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to force American Indian tribes on the Great Plains to live on reservations

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Which was NOT one of the ways in which 19th-century settlers dealt with the challenges of farming on the Great Plains? Options: They used barbed wire for fencing., They burned cow and buffalo chips for fuel., They relied on irrigation from nearby lakes for water., They used steel plows to dig furrows into the tough soil.

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They relied on irrigation from nearby lakes for water.

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How did the inventions of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Alva Edison affect the United States economy?

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They created a new demand for electricity.

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Which American inventor became a millionaire by developing new haircare and cosmetic products for African-American women?

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Madam C.J. Walker

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How did Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, and Henry Ford help to transform the American economy?

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They created new industries requiring large investments, which resulted in cheaper products for consumers.

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Which statement best describes the American labor movement in the late 19th century? Workers organized their own labor unions against harsh conditions despite public hostility.

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Workers organized their own labor unions against harsh conditions despite public hostility.