2015 EOC Practice Test

Which of these factors contributed most to the Dust Bowl?

• Flash flooding and intense deforestation
• Prolonged drought and poor farming practices
• High winds and railroad construction
• Severe heat and rapid suburban development

The passage of the pieces of legislation in this list resulted in —

• the regulation of cabinet-level agencies
• federal guarantees of income
• limitations on government expenditures
• the creation of programs to alleviate poverty

This photograph best illustrates the need in 1943 to —

• maintain the country’s military and industrial production levels
• increase the regulatory power of the War Production Board
• outlaw closed-shop and collective-bargaining practices by labor unions
• increase federal funding for the Manhattan Project

Why did gasoline prices spike during the 1970s and early 1980s?

• A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil.
• Congress imposed new regulations on foreign energy companies.
• Conflicts in the Middle East disrupted the distribution of oil.
• Congress introduced new legislation to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles.

Which of the following best replaces the question mark in this list of information about Puerto Rico?

• Became a U.S. state during the Reconstruction era
• Was ceded to the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War
• Signed an annexation treaty with the United States after World War I
• Was promised U.S. military protection as part of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Navajo soldiers made an important contribution to the Allied war effort during World War II by —

• designing radar technology for submarines
• flying bombing missions into enemy territory
• encoding military communications for secure transmission
• providing intelligence on enemy positions

Which factor links all of these modern innovations?

• They are all products initially created for use in the U.S. communications industry.
• They each include material that was first grown on U.S. experimental farms in the late nineteenth century.
• They each include technology that was originally developed for use in the U.S. space exploration program.
• They are all special tools first created for U.S. transportation workers in the early twentieth century.

Which agency name belongs on the blank line?

• U.S. Geological Survey
• National Park Service
• Bureau of Reclamation
• U.S. Border Patrol

The rights of citizens under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution were violated by the U.S. government when it authorized the establishment of —

• internment camps for Japanese Americans
• the Office of War Mobilization
• nuclear test sites in Nevada
• the Office of Price Administration

How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?

• Machines needed to be repaired less frequently.
• Products could be manufactured on an assembly line.
• Businesses needed to hire skilled workers.
• Factories could extend working hours.