EOG Review Questions

what is Amendment 19?

• Slavery
• Freedom of Speech
• Women's Rights 
• Prohibition

When did slavery end?

• 1767
• 1990
• 1868
• 1865

what is the first Amendment called?

• Freedom of Speech
• Right to Bare Arms
• Quartering Troops
• Prohibition

Which situation was a result of expanded automobile production and highway construction in the 1950s?  

• a reduced need for manual laborers in agricultural areas
• a mass migration of rural African Americans in the North to southern cities
• increased migration from urban to suburban areas
• the growth of sharecropping practices in the upper South

How was the Harlem Renaissance a turning point for U.S. society?

• It allowed African American artists to escape the effects of the Great Depression
• It helped African Americans find artistic careers in southern cities
• It gave exposure to African American writings, art, music, acting, and dance
• It offered preferential treatment to African American stage actors

"By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed levels of production." According to Dr. King, how did the United States benefit from the labor movement raising the living standard?

• With fewer economic demands, women could spend time at home raising their families
• Equal opportunity increased social mobility, which helped to end segregation in the South
• More people had money to spend, and the resulting demand generated economic growth
• A strengthened US could face the challenges of new global markets

Which explains the growth of labor unions in the United States during the Industrial Revolution?

• The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
• Workers sought to improve their pay and working conditions
• Business leaders encouraged workers to organize unions to enhance productivity
• The federal government supported collective bargaining rights of railroad workers

"We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place." How did the decision in Brown v. Board of Education change the role of government in public education?

• It prevented the U.S. Congress from making laws that affected public education
• It limited the power of state governments to create separate educational systems for males and females
• It overturned arbitrary limits and restrictions imposed on education by state and local governments  
• It gave local boards of education the right to censor school related activities

How did Social Darwinism affect the social class structure of the late 1800s?

• It allowed the wealthy to defend the gap between the rich and poor
• It allowed most immigrants to achieve the American Dream
• It supported an increase in government "trust busting"
• It supported government welfare programs for the needy

From 1865 to 1900, how did the growth of industry affect American society?

• The United States experienced the disappearance of the traditional  Population centers shifted from the Northeast to the South
• The percentage of Americans living in urban areas increased
• Restrictions on immigration created a more homogeneous culture