EOC Review Part 1

1.  The ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence helped —

• A.  motivate European rulers to establish new colonies
• A.  inspire people in other countries to question the authority of their government
• A.  encourage new settlers in South America to assimilate native populations
• A.  persuade religious leaders in other countries to stop the persecution of non-Christians

in 1971, President Richard Nixon claimed executive privilege to prevent newspapers from publishing classified documents. He argued that release of the Pentagon papers, which detailed U.S. involvement in Vietnam, threatened national security. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the newspapers.
Which of the following provided a legal basis for this Supreme Court decision?

• The 13th Amendment
• The decision in Brown v. Board of Education
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• The 1st amendment

The issue addressed by this poster is primarily associated with the-

• Progressive Era
• Great Depression
• Roaring Twenties
• Cold War

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by-

• Internment Camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb
• bank failures, the New Deal and bread lines
• Installment plans, Prohibition, flappers
• Brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the United States during the 1930s?

• A sharp increase in the power given to the state government
• An extended period of economic depression
• The adoption of an interventionist foreign policy
• The formation of a national Civil Rights movement

During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for-

• the growth of big business
• involvement in foreign wars
• the acquisition of foreign territories
• increased temperance regulations

What of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik I

• The U.S. began a period of technology sharing with the Soviet Union
• The U.S. government founded a federal agency dedicated to space exploration
• The Soviet Union was unable to collect images of the United States from Space
• The Soviet government collapsed because of economic competition 

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to-

• Promote cultural assimilation of American Indians
• Turn American Indians reservations into corporate farmland
• End warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military
• Promote American Indian investment in private industry

What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century?

• The rapid influx of immigrants made it difficult for the local governments to provide basic services
• Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level
• The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth
• Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city

Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States?

• Social and economic class divisions began to disappear
• Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations
• Union membership increased as workers sought better par and conditions
• Factory owners introduced wage-equality policies for women in the workplace