EOC PRACTICE TEST 2

What groups's activities reflected a pattern of intolerance toward immigrants in the United States during the 20th century?

• Ku Klux Klan
• United Farm Workers
• American Indian Movement
• National Organization for women

A student is researching popular culture in the United States.  She has found a book on the subject and will need to determine whether it is a credible source.  Which piece of information should she evaluate to determine the source's credibility?

• the age of the author
• the length of the book
• the author's qualifications
• the city in which the book was published

Here is a passage from a famous document:  "Such state shall be admitted into the US on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever..."
Which founding document is this from?

• Articles of Confederation
• Anti-Federalist Papers
• Northwest Ordinance
• US Constitution

The attack on Pearl Harbor caused changes in American domestic policies.  Which event was a consequence of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• The US bombed Berlin in retaliation, causing Germany to enter WW 2
• Congress passed the Neutrality Act of 1939 which permitted Britain to buy US weapons
• the US government forced Japanese Americans to relocate to internment camps
• The Roosevelt administration created New Deal agencies to help prepare the nation for war

From 1910 to 1930, approximately 1.6 million migrants left rural areas in Southern states and moved to Northern cities. This population shift was known as the Great Migration. Which group relocated to the North in the greatest numbers during this time?

• Asian Americans

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• Mexican Americans

Following World War 2, the US experienced an era of unprecedented prosperity and economic growth.  Which factor contributed to this post war prosperity?

• increased barriers to international trade
• development of a nationwide network of railroads
• new government regulations imposed on large corportations
• increased consumer demand for goods and services

After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson played a role in shaping the Treaty of Versailles.  Despite Wilson's efforts, the US Senate refused to ratify the treaty. Which concern led the US Senate to reject the Treaty of Versailles?

• the treaty would draw the US into foreign entanglements through the League of Nations
• the treaty would force the US to surrender the territorial gains it made during World War I
• the treaty would allow the League of Nations to develop its own powerful standing army
• the treaty would be too forgiving on Germany following its defeat in the war.

"The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America".Which problem of the Articles of Confederation was this provision of the Constitution designed to address?

• Unresolved disputes among states
• Outstanding Revolutionary War Debt
• Continued British military presence on US Soil
• Lack of centralized authority within the Federal government

The US was concerned about the spread of Communism throughout most of the 20th century.  Following WW I, suspected communists were persecuted as a part of the "Red Scare"  A similar pattern of persecution resurfaced after WW 2.  what was this development known as?

• McCarthyism
• Progressivism
• the Marshall Plan
• the domino theory

How did US national policy change at the end of the Cold War?

• the US withdrew from NATO
• the US reduced defense spending
• the US initiated containment policies
• the US eliminated its nuclear weapons program