US History EOC Practice Exam #1

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. _________________________________

A. Protective tariffs

B. Railroad subsidies

C. Use of troops to end strikes

• The New South

• Government Support of Big Business

• Technology of the Industrial Revolution

• Use of Collective Bargaining

In the late 1800s, major industrialists formed trusts as a way to

• secure government loans

• negotiate more effectively with labor unions

• influence lawmakers to lower taxes

• limit competition

One way the “new immigrants” of the late 1800s differed from the “old immigrants” of the early 1800s was that the “new immigrants”

• were generally better educated

• settled on Midwestern farms

• came from southern and eastern Europe

• adopted American culture more quickly

During the late 19th century, labor union members generally believed that immigrants would

• help workers achieve higher wages

• provide necessary skills for the labor force

• create a threat to their job security

• refuse to become United States citizens

Which action by the federal government would Progressive reformers be most likely to support?

• regulating business practices to protect consumers and workers

• ending federal regulation of the banking system

• passing high tariffs to protect domestic industries from foreign competition

• authorizing tax breaks for large corporations

What was the major reason that African Americans migrated to northern cities during and after World War I?

• A surplus of cotton led to widespread farm foreclosures in the South.

• Discrimination had been eliminated in the North

• Political opportunities had expanded in the South.

• Industrial jobs were available in the North

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

. . . It has been impossible in so short a space to review the entire menace of the internal revolution in this country as I know it, but this may serve to arouse the American citizen to its reality, its danger, and the great need of united effort to stamp it out, under our feet, if needs be. It is being done. The Department of Justice will pursue the attack of these “Reds” upon the Government of the United States with vigilance, and no alien, advocating the overthrow of existing law and order in this country, shall escape arrest and prompt deportation. . . .

Based on this passage, in 1920 the Attorney General of the United States advocated the deportation of

• communist and anarchist immigrants

• men who avoided the draft in World War I

• citizens who criticized the government

• wartime workers from Latin America

The alleged danger during the Red Scare of the 1920's contributed to the

• elimination of the military draft

• ratification of the Treaty of Versailles

• changing of United States immigration policy

• failure of the American Federation of Labor