USH EOC Review 1

In the United States Constitution there is a basic concept of?

• Gender Equality

• Economic Parity

• Equality of Condition

• Equality under the Law

· Bay of Pigs, Fulgencio Batista, Mariel Boat Lift, economic boycott. All of these terms deal with U.S. involvement in what country's affairs?

• Cuba

• Nicarauga

• Mexico

• Spain

How did World War I impact women in the United States?

• Women received equal pay for equal work

• Women were prohibited from working as Red Cross volunteers

• Women worked jobs that had been exclusively held by men

• Women no longer held traditional jobs as nurses and teaching

Which of these was an effect of the rapid industrialization of the United States in the last half of the 19th century?

• more people became craftsmen and artisans

• more people moved to rural areas in search of work

• fewer women and children were used in industrial jobs

• the economy was increasingly controlled by big businesses

In the late-1800s, immigrants from ___ faced discrimination, especially on the west coast. The United States government even prevented them from immigrating into the country.

• Ireland

• Mexico

• China

• Germany

The "Muckraker" journalists would have been likely to cover all of the following subjects EXCEPT

• national conservation

• mistreatment of laborers

• waste in the armed forces

• urban political machines

Lexington and Concord were the first battles in what war?

• War of 1812

• American Revolution

• French & Indian War

• World War I

What was the result of the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Black Codes were ruled as unConstitutional

• It placed Native Americans onto reservations

• Separate but equal laws were allowed to continue

• Children of all races could attend the same schools

Which event occurred at the "March on Washington"?

• Congress outlawed segregation in public places

• Martin Luther King Jr's " I have a dream speech"

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference was created

• Martin Luther King Jr was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

The "Camp David Accords" was orchestrated by the Carter Administration in order to attempt to

• bring an end to the Cold War

• end Apartheid in South Africa

• end hostility between Israel and Egypt

• Open a trade relationship with the USSR.