US History EOC Practice Exam - Part 3

What was a goal of Progressive Era reforms such as recall, referendum, and the direct primary?

• supporting third-party candidates

• increasing citizens’ control of their government

• establishing term limits for congressmen

• reducing campaign spending

One major goal of President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (1918) was to

• collect war reparations for the United States

• maintain United States naval superiority

• punish the nations that started World War I

• create a League of Nations to prevent future wars

During the 1920s, the US government advocated the deportation of

• communist and anarchist immigrants

• men who avoided the draft in World W

• citizens who criticized the government

• wartime workers from Latin America

Which statement is accurate about the information contained in the map?

• Before 1920, many states allowed women some voting privileges.

• Before 1920, southern states allowed women full voting rights.

• Western states lagged behind other states in granting women voting rights.

• Suffrage was not sought by American women until 1920.

During the 1920s, the Scopes trial and the dispute over Prohibition showed the clash between

• rich people and poor people

• traditional values and modernism

• business owners and labor unions

• the national government and state governments

Which economic condition of the 1920s was a major cause of the Great Depression?

• Farm prices rose dramatically.

• Industry overproduced consumer goods.

• Banks were reluctant to lend money

• Demand increased faster than supply.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal reflected his belief that during a depression the federal government should

• assume ownership of failed corporations

• return to laissez-faire capitalistic principles

• take a leadership role in economic recovery

• help farmers instead of industrial workers

Base your answer to question 8 on the photograph below and on your knowledge of social studies:

The conditions shown in this 1936 photograph were caused mainly by

• periods of widespread flooding

• deforestation and overgrazing

• global warming

• drought and poor farming techniques

Base your answer to question 9 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

"There is a policy open to this nation that will lead to success—a policy that leaves us free to follow our own way of life, and to develop our own civilization. It is not a new and untried idea. It was advocated by Washington. It was incorporated in the Monroe Doctrine. . . ." — Charles Lindbergh, April 23, 1941

In this 1941 passage, Charles Lindbergh is supporting the idea that the United States should

• isolate itself from the war

• decrease its military spending

• commit to the defense of East Asia

• enter the war on the side of the democratic nations

The primary goal of this World War II poster was to convince the American public to

• register for the draft

• provide financial support for the war

• support the internment of Italian Americans

• defeat congressmen who voted to go to war