EOC 2

Multiple Choice

What did Master Sergeant Benavidez do to earn the Medal of Honor?

• He trained foreign troops

• He risked his life to help fellow soldiers

• He supported antiwar demonstrations

• He left the United States

Multiple Choice

According to Addams, what unique contributions do women have in the process of running cities?

• Unique knowledge and expertise

• Traditional gender roles

• Business models

• Political bypassing

Multiple Choice

What is the impact of urban development on the physical environment, particularly regarding heat absorption and release?

• It has no impact

• It absorbs and releases heat more than natural landscapes

• It only affects rural areas

• It decreases temperatures in urban areas

Multiple Choice

What are heat islands and how do they affect the physical environment?

• They are areas of higher temperature caused by urban development.

• They are measured by temperature differences between urban and rural areas.

• They have no impact on the physical environment.

• They are only found in large cities.

Multiple Choice

What was the primary purpose of the Social Security Act according to the rationale provided?

• To regulate interstate commerce

• To levy taxes for general welfare

• To create a new federal administrative program

• To limit the size of the federal government

Multiple Choice

Why were Southern Democrats opposed to the Civil Rights Act?

• They wanted to promote racial integration.

• They wanted to increase rights for African Americans.

• They believed it would guarantee equal rights for all citizens.

• They believed it would threaten their power.

Multiple Choice

What was a significant consequence of the annexation of Hawaii for the native Hawaiian population?

• They were granted immediate U.S. citizenship

• They experienced significant cultural and political loss

• They benefited from improved economic conditions

• They were relocated to the mainland United States

Multiple Select

Why did China decide to take part in the Korean War? Select all the right answers.

• It did not want a neighbour that was democratic.

• It wanted to take Korea for itself.

• There were valuable resources in Korea.

• The USA had its military forces at the border and was threatening China.

Multiple Choice

In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that Virginia’s interracial marriage law was unconstitutional because it violated the equal protection and due process clauses in the Fourteenth Amendment. What was the main reason for this ruling?

• It violated the principle of federalism in the Tenth Amendment.

• It violated the right to a jury trial in the Sixth Amendment.

• It violated the right to free exercise of religion in the First Amendment.

• It violated the equal protection and due process clauses in the Fourteenth Amendment.

Multiple Choice

What does the Cato Institute express about the implementation of governmental policies to address climate change?

• They support all proposed policies

• They express doubt about the effectiveness of these policies

• They believe there is no need for any policies

• They think all policies are effective

Multiple Choice

Which option best supports the Cato Institute’s skepticism about the government’s ability to effectively address climate change?

• Option A

• Option B

• Option C

• Option D

Multiple Choice

What significant achievement is Charles Lindbergh known for?

• First successful nonstop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean

• Advocating for commercial airlines

• Demonstrating aerial maneuvers for the military

• Creating the first commercial airline company

Multiple Choice

In the excerpt, Rep. Wadsworth expresses his concern that the Social Security Act would increase the role of the federal government in people's lives, making them more dependent on the government for support. What is the primary source that students analyze to answer a historical question?

• The Social Security Act

• Rep. Wadsworth's speech

• U.S. businesses

• Federal government support

Multiple Choice

Evaluate the long-term consequences of the U.S. entry into World War I on international relations.

• It led to the immediate establishment of the United Nations.

• It resulted in the U.S. becoming a leading world power.

• It caused the U.S. to retreat into isolationism permanently.

• It had no significant impact on global politics.

Multiple Choice

How did higher tariffs during the early 1930s affect the U.S. economy?

• Decreased the number of products exported overseas

• Increased the consumption of goods

• Increased the number of mortgage loans in default

• Increased the amount of goods imported

Multiple Choice

What were the impacts of the assembly line on production and sales?

• Increased production efficiency

• Decreased product quality

• Higher costs for consumers

• Limited job opportunities

Multiple Choice

What was the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on Chinese immigration and labor in the United States?

• It increased Chinese immigration significantly.

• It led to a drastic reduction in Chinese immigration.

• It had no effect on Chinese immigration.

• It allowed more Chinese workers to enter the U.S.

Open Ended

Level 2 Question: Why did the Founding Fathers create a system where each branch can limit the power of the other? Give detailed response.

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes how the GI BILL affected the United States during the 1950's?

• The act allowed members of minority groups to join the armed forces because it desegregated the military.

• The financial regulations in the act protected the deposits of bank customers.

• The educational benefits included in the act helped provide training to military veterans.

• The act provided employment opportunities for women because it made discrimination in the workplace illegal.

Reorder

3.Reorder the following.

• Interchangeable parts are developed

• The mass production of consumer goods becomes more efficient

• Manufactured goods become more widely available

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Multiple Choice

What does the case Wesberry v. Sanders demonstrate about citizens' participation in the political process?

• It shows how citizens can use legal action to challenge and secure equal participation.

• It illustrates the importance of lobbying in the court system.

• It emphasizes the need to amend the Constitution for change.

• It highlights the Supreme Court's ruling in 1964 regarding Civil Rights.

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the "Grow It Yourself: Plan a Farm Garden Now" poster during World War II?

• To promote gardening for food production

• To encourage recycling of metals

• To sell war bonds

• To support military enlistment

Open Ended

Who were the Navajo Code Talkers and what role did they play during World War II?

Multiple Choice

What is the correct option regarding the laissez-faire approach to the economic success of the United States?

• Option A

• Option B

• Option C

• Option D

Multiple Choice

What facilitated the establishment of western settlements according to the rationale provided?

• The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

• U.S. citizenship granted to American Indians

• Immigration quotas

• Sharecropping

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FDR wanted to​

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the Judicial Branch and ​

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the Executive Branch in his ​

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Scheme.

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weaken

strengthen

Court Packing

Money Making

Pyramid

Match

Match the following: Truman to Nixon & the Cold War (1945-1991)

Korean War & Vietnam War

• What did North Korea want to unify?

• What side did the US help?

• Where did North & South Korea settle their border dispute?

• Which leader from South Vietnam did the US help?

• What president was responsible for the Gulf of Tonkin and escalating the war?

peninsula under communist rule

South Korea

38th parallel

Ngo Dinh Diem

Lyndon B. Johnson

• peninsula under communist rule

• South Korea

• 38th parallel

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Multiple Choice

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
• to prevent attacks against United States shipping

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Movement to secure a Constitutional amendment to ban the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages: called the ​

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​

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18th amendment

19th Amendment

21st Amendment

Jim Crow Laws

Multiple Choice

One of the ways that Women contributed to the Home Front during the war was

• Taking up work in munitions factories

• Becoming farmers out West

• Enlisting in the US Army

• Staying at home and minding the children

Multiple Choice

Rachel Carson's 1962 Silent Spring was a groundbreaking work regarding what topic?

• A) women's rights

• B) race relations

• C) the environment

• D) anti-war movements

Multiple Choice

One result of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring.

• Environmental Protection Agency

• National Organization of Women

• Watergate Scandal

• Camp David Accords

Multiple Choice

laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities. 

• Racist
• Prejudice
• Discrimination
• Jim Crow Laws

Hotspot

Which details provide proof of racism towards African Americans after the Civil War?

Multiple Choice

Separate but equal was established by

• The Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Plessy v Ferguson

• The Freeman's Bureau

• The NAACP

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Culture spreading through travel, migration and trade is called

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cultural diffusion

cultural confusion

cultural infusion

cultural dilution

Multiple Choice

King believes that resentment and frustration over racism should be channeled into...

• non-violent direct action.
• violent protest.
• religious belief.
• political discussions.

Multiple Choice

A series of writings from Dr. Martin Luther King while in an Alabama jail cell; addressed concerns that desegregation was occurring too quickly; argues that people have a moral obligation to disobey "unjust" laws

• Writings from Alabama

• MLK's Autobiography

• Journal from a Birmingham Jail

• Letters from a Birmingham Jail

Multiple Choice

As part of the Nixon administration’s policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military —

• Trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from U.S. troops.

• Shared military technology with North Vietnam.

• Imposed martial law in North Vietnam.

• Installed a puppet government in South Vietnam.

Multiple Choice

Why did the government implement a draft during the Vietnam War?

• To monitor ethnic groups for espionage activities.

• To fund the war by authorizing the sale of government bonds.

• To regulate freedom of expression at antiwar demonstrations.

• To provide the military with additional man power.

Multiple Choice

What happened as a direct result of these recommendations?

• North Vietnamese leaders appealed for a ceasefire.

• U.S military involvement in Vietnam escalated.

• South Vietnamese leaders rejected military assistance.

• Soviet ground troops were deployed to Vietnam.

Multiple Choice

President Truman instituted this executive order to initiate the desegregation/integration of America's armed forces

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Armed Forces Act

• Executive Order 9981

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The primary goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to

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.

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In what year​ would the US join World War II? ​​ ​

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1941

1939

1940

1942

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​

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: Internment (forced to move to guarded camps) of ​

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and other groups seen as a threat including Germans and Italians.

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Executive order 9066

Japanese Americans

Jewish Americans

Multiple Choice

Which option completes the sequence diagram?

• The U.S. withdraws and Vietnam is united under a communist government.

• Communist China enters the war and pushes American forces back to Saigon.

• A truce ends the fighting at the 38th Parallel and Vietnam remains divided.

• The U.S. drives the communists out by threatening the use of nuclear weapons.

Hotspot

In what region did the Dust Bowl Take Place? (During Great Depression)

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Where in the US suffered from the Dust Bowl?

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The location of the Great Plains was home to the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, identify the location.

Dropdown

Read the list, then select the answer that fills in the blank.

Reasons for the Great Depression:

1- Collapse of the stock market

2- Loss of consumer confidence

3- ​

Select answer

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Which detail explains the causes of the Great Depression?

Circle THREE correct answers.

Match

Causes of the Great Depression

• Overproduction

• speculation

• Hawley-Smoot

  Tariff

• Buying on Margin

• Buying on Credit and installment buying

producing too much goods

purchasing stocks hoping to "get rich quick"

tax on imports to help American businesses during the Great Depression; passed in 1930

10% down to invest in the stock market

purchasing large items with money people did not have and making payments; people went into debt

• producing too much goods

• purchasing stocks hoping to "get rich quick"

• tax on imports to help American businesses during the Great Depression; passed in 1930

• 10% down to invest in the stock market

• purchasing large items with money people did not have and making payments; people went into debt

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of the Manhattan Project _________?

• Forcing Japan to surrender and having control over postwar policy
• Just to spend a large amount of money
• To scare other Nations

Multiple Choice

Which theme formed the basis of the Chicano Mural Movement?

• Environmental preservation

• Assimilation

• Education

• Cultural pride

Multiple Choice

During the late 1960s, Mexican American students in Los Angeles participated in the Chicano

movement by organizing school walkouts. What was the PRIMARY goal of these walkouts?

• To end the use of poll taxes for voting

• To raise awareness of insufficient educational opportunities

• To protest the rising cost of college education

• To support the passage of a minimum wage law

Match

Match the following artisit to their accomplishment

• Langston Hughes

• Aaron Copeland

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Duke Ellington

Afr. American poet during Harlem Renaissance

American composer

American novelist

Harlem Renaissance musician

• Afr. American poet during Harlem Renaissance

• American composer

• American novelist

• Harlem Renaissance musician

Multiple Choice

What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

• Great Migration

• Prohibition

• NAACP

• Harlem Renaissance

Multiple Choice

Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?

• Harlem, New York
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Detroit, Michigan 

Multiple Choice

What is the Great Migration?

• The Great Migration was a large movement of birds from the north to the south to be warm for the winter.
• The Great Migration was the name of the time period after WWI.
• The Great Migration is the mass movement of African Americans from the south in the early 1900s.

Multiple Choice

Who was the 1st female Supreme Court justice, appointed by Reagan?

• Sandra Day O'Connor
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Sonia Sotomayor
• Ellen Kagan

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This is a picture of a(n)

Select answer

Multiple Choice

.  Which amendment addresses the order of succession to the Presidency if the President dies or resigns?

• 20
• 25
• 22
• 23

Multiple Choice

Which amendment made it clear that the Vice President will become President if the President is removed from office?

• 17th

• 20th

• 23rd

• 25th

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of this executive order?

• To expand protections in hiring decisions

• To guarantee a minimum wage for employees

• To provide corporate tax cuts to companies

• To provide on-the-job training for new workers

Multiple Choice

(2016)Which pair of goals best completes this table?

• 1: Ensure the availability of affordable housing

  2: Provide health insurance for senior citizens

• 1: Increase turnout of minority voters

  2: Increase federal funds for public universities

• 1: Create an urban renewal movement

  2: Increase the number of volunteers for community projects

• 1: Enforce equal access to public education

  2: Provide programs to assist with food purchases

Match

Each of these people or terms are related to the domestic policies and accomplishments of the Johnson and Nixon administrations. Match each term with the correct item. Not all choices will be used.

• This is a Federal Agency begun in 1970 by President Nixon to protect human health and the air, water and land.

• This act ended segregation in schools, at the workplace, and in facilities that served the general public.

• This 1964 program of President Johnson's "Great Society" was designed to help impoverished Americans and expanded the government's role in social welfare programs.

• This was a congressional action that outlawed voters being subjected to a literacy test and created federal registration for voters.

• This is a health program sponsored by the United States Government that provides services to individuals and families with low incomes; it was part of Johnson's Great Society program.

Environmental Protection Agency

Civil Rights Act of 1964

War on Poverty

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Medicaid

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• War on Poverty

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Medicaid

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?

• Minorities and the poor
• White, middle-class families
• Farmers and laborers
• Businessmen

Multiple Choice

These photographs show protests at different times in US history. What was one result of the activism shown in these photographs?

• It reduced the ability of the courts to decide the constitutionality of suffrage

• It prompted lawmakers to reinstate poll taxes for voting

• It reduced the influence of special interest groups devoted to expanding suffrage

• It brought national attention to problems associated with voting

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed to President Truman’s decision to issue this order?

• A lack of funding for veteran pensions

• Declining enlistment rates during peacetime

• Discrimination against minority service members

• A desire to repeal the draft

Multiple Choice

(2017)What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?

• To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens

• To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstate transportation

• To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

• To persuade states to abandon discriminatory voter-registration procedures

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the leader of the Nazi Party, chancellor of Germany during WWII

• Adolf Hitler

• Anti-Semitism

• Propaganda

• World War II

Multiple Choice

prejudice against Jews

• Ghetto

• Anti-Semitism

• Concentration Camps

• World War II

Multiple Choice

Hitler came to power by

• being selected as Chancellor of Germany by Paul von Hindenburg in 1933 and assuming dictatorial powers shortly after

• storming the German Parliament building like in Call of Duty

• being democratically elected during the 1933 German presidential election

Multiple Choice

Hitler's police group arrested anyone who opposed him. These people were then murdered or ___________ .

• sent to concentration camps

• given government jobs

• ordered to serve in the navy

Multiple Choice

P3 Hitler promoted the idea of a ________________ or group of people that were thought to be much better than others.

• young army

• democratic republic

• master race

Multiple Choice

In the 1930s countries such as Germany, Italy, Spain, the Soviet Union, and Japan adopted this form of government:

• Communism

• Monarcy

• Totalitarianism

• Anarchy

Multiple Choice

Under Hitler, Germany formed this new alliance in preparation for the start of World War 2:

• The Allied Powers

• The Central Powers

• The German Alliance

• The Axis Powers

Multiple Choice

The Axis Powers included:

• Germany, Italy, Japan

• Germany, Japan, Russia

• Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan

• Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia

Multiple Choice

What was the primary goal of the Homestead Act?

• To support the southern states

• To decrease immigration

• To promote economic nationalism

• To increase slave land

Multiple Choice

Who were eligible to apply for land under the Homestead Act?

• Only white men

• Only freed slaves

• Only native Americans

• Women, freed blacks, immigrants, and white men

Multiple Select

The Homestead Act:

• Encouraged westward settlement

• Granted 160 acres to every head of household

• Created Native Tension

• was an act which granted land to Natives

Multiple Choice

Why did the Homestead Act prompt a lot of people to head westward?

• Settlers were provided with a house and a horse.

• They heard there were many minerals there.

• Settlers could buy 160 acres of land for $10.

• The government paid for the cost of moving.

Multiple Choice

The Patriot Act was controversial because it:

• Increased taxes for military funding

• Allowed for the widespread surveillance of American citizens

• Ended diplomatic relations with several Middle Eastern countries

• Required all citizens to serve in the military

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a significant impact of the War on Terror on U.S. domestic policy?

• Decreased military spending

• Increased focus on renewable energy

• Enhanced surveillance and security measures

• Reduction in immigration

Labelling

Match the animal to their political party.

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Republican

Democrat

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People don't like monopolies because they ​

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and lead to ​

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.

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limit competition

increase competition

higher prices for consumers

lower prices for consumers

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Choose the correct answer from each drop-down menu to complete the sentence.



The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 changed the relationship between the federal government and ​

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by attempting to ​

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through regulations.

Multiple Choice

What does this image say about the control of Stand Oil?

• Standard Oil is a monster trying to control the entire USA

• Standard Oil is trying to save government from political bosses

• Standard Oil is trying to keep government on the right track to benefit laborers

• Stand Oil had control over many aspects of government

Multiple Choice

What idea is the cartoon addressing?

• Monopoly

• Laissez Faire

• Americanization

• Industrial Revolution

Multiple Choice

What was one DIRECT effect of the business practice discussed in this excerpt?

• Employees were prevented from buying stock.

• There was decreased competition among producers.

• Consumers were denied access to goods.

• There was a lack of employment opportunities for immigrants.

Multiple Choice

The Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were efforts by Congress to –

• Regulate aspects of business

• Expand the positive features of the trusts

• Favor big businesses over small companies

• Move toward government ownership of key industries

Multiple Select

3) What were the effects of the Transcontinental Railroad? (Pick TWO)

• It allowed for the rise of the steel industry

• It connected the United States by rail from east coast to west coast

• It lead to increased the population in western cities

• The population in urban centers grew drastically

Multiple Choice

________________ were made to break up monopolies.

• Civil service exams

• Anti-immigration acts

• Anti-trust acts

• Tax laws

Multiple Choice

In 1890, which of the following made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries?

• Clayton Antitrust Act

• Muckracking Reports

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• 19th Amendment

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British & US flew planes to supply Berlin

(Select 1)

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During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

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Berlin Airlift

Vietnam War

Watergate Scandal

Bataan Death March

Multiple Choice

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

Multiple Choice

What event is depicted in this image, in which the Allies went around a Soviet Blockade of Berlin?

• Containment
• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• Berlin Airlift

Multiple Choice

In this picture we see

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Berlin Blockade

• Invasion of Poland

• Berlin Airlift

Multiple Choice

In 1947, when Truman decided to "stay in Berlin," what action did the U.S. take to support this decision?

• Building a fortified wall to separate East and West Berlin

• Signing off on the Marshall Plan as a recovery measure for Europe

• Ordering an airlift of supplies and equipment to bypass a Soviet blockade

• Forming a military alliance with countries in northern and western Europe

Multiple Choice

Cesar Chavez worked for the rights of which group of people?

• women
• farm workers
• teachers
• African Americans

Multiple Choice

Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta organized a boycott when the UFW was still new against...

• Texas table grapes

• Hawaii table grapes

• California table grapes

Multiple Choice

What did the efforts of Chavez and his association, the United Farm Workers (UFW), accomplish?

• a strong union, bargaining power for workers, and safer working conditions for migrant workers

• a better economy across the nation that started with the national banks

• climate change in California that would extend across the U.S.

• lower gas prices for all Americans

Multiple Choice

Why would big businesses oppose unions?

• Unions prevent hardworking people from earning a decent living

• Business people are taught that unions are morally wrong

• Union members are more likely to steal money from businesses

• Businesses have to pay unionized workers' salaries and benefits

Multiple Choice

What did Cesar Chavez have in common with Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• Both won change through nonviolence

• Both worked as clergymen

• Both received the Nobel Peace Prize

• Both were the children of farm workers

Multiple Select

Did children have to work in the farm fields?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the first satellite launched into space?

• Explorer

• Mercury

• Voyager

• Sputnik

Multiple Choice

WHAT DOES NASA  STAND FOR ?  

• NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
• NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FOR SPACE AND AIR EXPLORATION
• NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPACE AND AIR TRAVEL 
• NAUTICAL ADMINISTRATION AND SPACE TRAVEL

Multiple Choice

Use the information to answer the question. Which of the following is the BEST title for this list?

• Reasons for American Independence

• Reasons for Exploration

• Reasons for Trade

• Reasons for Native American Protections

Multiple Choice

On July 16, 1969, three U.S. astronauts set off on the Apollo 11 space mission to attempt the...

• first lunar (moon) landing

• first orbit of the Earth

• first journey into outer space

Multiple Select

This cartoon comments on tactics used to

• secure the southern border of California

• protect shipping lanes in the Great Lakes

• create a defensive alliance with France

• obtain control of the Panama Canal Zone

Multiple Choice

The following political cartoon refers to the construction of what by Teddy Roosevelt?

• Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay
• Suez Canal
• Panama Canal
• Washington Monument

Fill in the Blank

The ______ _____ was constructed beginning in 1904 in order to facilitate trade and naval travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Multiple Choice

Which outcome was an important effect of the event in 1898, as illustrated by this map? (Hint: Does this look good or bad for the U.S. Navy and shipping? How could it be better?)

• Increased U.S. foreign aid to the developing countries in South America

• Increased U.S. public support of a canal through Central America

• Decreased U.S. economic influence in the Western Hemisphere

Multiple Choice

What did President Roosevelt do in order to get the rights to build a canal in Panama at a lower Price?

• Sent troops to support Panamanians in fight against Colombia

• Sent troops to fight Panama

• Sent troops to over throw the world

• Sent troops to go on vacation

Multiple Choice

What was the greatest challenge to building the Panama Canal?

• yellow journalism

• red scare

• white heat

• yellow fever

Multiple Choice

When you see the word "Panama Canal," what should you think about?

• Faster travel between the Atlantic and Pacific

• Successful negotiations with Columbia

• Stopping the spread of communism

• Race to put a man on the moon

Multiple Choice

What do you think about when you think about Americanization?

• The growth of Jim Crow and segregation

• Helping "new immigrants" from Southern and Eastern Europe adjust to society

• Fighting against communism

• Reform movements to fight against the excesses of the Gilded Age

Multiple Choice

American novelist John Steinbeck noted, "We built America and the process made us Americans-a new breed, rooted in all races, stained and tinted with all colors, a seeming ethnic anarchy. Then, in a little, little time, we became more alike than we were different-a new society; not great, but fitted by our very faults for greatness, E Pluribus Unum."
Steinbeck's remark relates most closely to what concept? 

• Culture shock
• Social Darwinism
• Civil rights
• Melting pot

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In the 1880s, an invention called ​

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was used to create cheap ​

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that could keep ​

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in or out of certain areas. Combined with the expanding ​

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, this invention helped bring an end to the ​

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.

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After the Plains Indians were removed from Texas, ​

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began building tracks to ​

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​

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were able to have items sent to them and they could ​

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their excess crops out for sale.

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Railroads

West Texas.

Farmers

ship

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How did the end of the Civil War affect the cattle industry?

• The demand for beef in the East brought rapid growth.
• Farmers had to move west and take land needed for grazing.
• Much of the land used for grazing was destroyed in the war.
• The loss in the Confederacy brought many cowboys to Texas.

Multiple Choice

 How did the railroads affect the cattle drives?

• The railroads in Texas did not affect the cattle drives
• People still chose to do cattle drives because it was cheaper
• There was still a lot of open land so the cattle went around the railroad tracks
• The cattle could now be put directly on the railcars and then sent to market

Multiple Choice

Which statement best completes this list?

• Congress passed legislation imposing tariffs on imported beef.

• Most of the cowboys on cattle drives were European immigrants.

• The cattle industry was nationalized under the Department of Agriculture.

• The need to process large amounts of cattle made meatpacking a major industry.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best completes the diagram?

• Texas ranchers drive herds of cattle to Abilene, Kansas, for shipment to Chicago.

• The Texas Panhandle is divided up into farms.

• The Plains Indians prevent ranchers from sending their cattle to Northern markets.

• States in the Northeast develop their own cattle ranches.

Multiple Choice

What recent development in the United States demonstrates a renewed interest in space exploration?

• The creation of the Space Force of the Armed Forces

• The Apollo 11 lunar landing

• The Great North American Eclipse

• The creation of the National Defense in Education Act

Multiple Choice

1994 Trade agreement between U.S, Canada,., and Mexico creating a special economic free trade zone with fewer restrictions and tariffs

• NAFTA

• GATT

• WTO

• Say No to Drugs

Multiple Choice

NAFTA stands for

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North American Free Trade Agreement

• World Trade Organization

• North American Alliances

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Resulted in consumer spending, growth of the middle class, and led to interstate highway system ​

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Popularity of African American artists, gospel music, jazz, influenced the civil rights movement ​

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Resulted in prosperity after WWII, baby boom, and increased demand for housing ​

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Government paid for education of military veterans ​

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One of the key policies supported by Calvin Coolidge during his presidency was

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Increasing federal taxes

Supporting small businesses

Lowering taxes and supporting big businesses

Enacting social change

Drag and Drop

During his presidency, Warren G. Harding favored

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economic policy.

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Increased regulation on businesses

Reduced taxes and increased tariffs

Increased taxes and reduced tariffs

No changes to taxes or tariffs

Multiple Choice

(2016)Why did the “Return to Normalcy” agenda of U.S. presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920 election?

• The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries.

• There were significant shortages of military supplies.

• There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods.

• The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues.

Multiple Choice

This table shows the number of civilians employed by the U.S. government each year from 1915 to 1918.

Based on this table, how did World War I affect the U.S. economy?

• It led to decreased spending in order to conserve resources during the war effort.

• It led to decreased pressure on private companies to supply the war effort.

• It increased the economic opportunities available for U.S. citizens.

• It increased the number of immigrants searching for U.S. jobs.

Multiple Choice

This excerpt is from a speech given by a presidential candidate in the 1920s.

The world needs to be reminded that all human ills are not curable by legislation, and that quantity of statutory enactment and excess of government offer no substitute for quality of citizenship.

The problems of maintained civilization are not to be solved by a transfer of responsibility from citizenship to government.

—Senator Warren G. Harding, May 14, 1920

Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of U.S. history, how did Harding affect the economic development of the United States when he became president?

• By raising taxes on the wealthy

• By adopting laissez-faire business policies

• By reducing trade barriers for imported goods

• By expanding regulations on corporations

Multiple Choice

Which sentence completes this cause-and-effect diagram?

• The government reduces its use of propaganda.

• The level of industrial production increases.

• The government reduces its use of rationing programs.

• The unemployment rate increases.

Multiple Choice

Why did Muhammad Ali speak out against the Vietnam War and racial injustice?

• To gain popularity

• To promote his boxing career

• To fight for what he believed was right

• To support the U.S. government

Multiple Choice

What did Muhammad Ali become known as during the late 1960s and early 1970s?

• A fashion icon

• An anti-war and civil rights hero

• A movie star

• A political leader

Multiple Choice

Which of the following typically rises during a recession?

• Unemployment

• Average income

• Production

• Stock prices

Multiple Choice

A ______ is when a debtor is unable to meet the legal obligation of debt repayment.

• repayment
• liquidation
• default
• forbearance

Multiple Choice

What happened across the nation as these home loan investments started to fail?

• People started investing more in the stock market.

• People wrote to their congressmen to demand they make better bank rules.

• People were getting kicked out of their homes, housing prices went down, the stock market was crashing and businesses started losing money across the US.

• People started writing letters to their banks letting them know they were immoral for giving out loans to people who couldn't afford them.

Multiple Choice

What started happening to the banks who actually loaned the money to the people to buy the houses they couldn’t afford?

• The bank executives were all facing jail time for tricking people into getting home loans they couldn't afford.

• The banks started failing because they told their customers they didn't have to make the payments because they knew they couldn't afford them.

• The banks were making a lot of money on selling all the homes they repossessed.

• The banks started failing because so many people were not making their loan payments and the whole economy started falling apart.

Multiple Choice

Why did the US Government feel they could not allow these big banks to go bankrupt?

• They were 'too big to fail'. The whole US economy depended on big banks being able to provide loans for businesses and citizens.

• The banks provided lots of jobs for Americans.

• The bank executives had donated millions to the campaigns of many congressmen and women.

• They were a part of America's history from the 1800s and they felt they should continue to be America's banks.

Labelling

What does this cartoon represent?

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The Ku Klux Klan

Farmers after the Civil War

African Americans after Civil War

Multiple Choice

An organization formed after the

Civil War that promotes hatred, discrimination, racial and ethnic intolerance toward minority groups

• Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Multiple Choice

How did the actions of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction impact African American communities?

• They provided protection and support.

• They created a sense of security.

• They instilled fear and suppressed African American political participation.

• They promoted economic opportunities.