EOC review questions USH

During the 1800s, how did the expansion of the population of the United States affect the lives of the American Indians?  (USHC 2.1)

• Indians sought to form alliances with other minority groups.
• Indians chose to adopt the culture of the settlers.
• Indians moved to urban areas in large numbers.
• Indians were forced to move westward.

To which region did the majority of immigrants travel in the first half of the 1800s? (USHC 2.4)

• the South
• the North
• the far West
• the Southwest

This cartoon comments on tactics used to

• secure the southern border of California

• protect shipping lanes in the Great Lakes

• create a defensive alliance with France

• obtain control of the Panama Canal Zone

In this excerpt, Justice Harlan is warning against —

• a civil service based on patronage rather than merit

• allowing powerful monopolies to dominate interstate commerce

• a lack of federal funding for essential transportation systems

• allowing labor unions to interfere with production goals

As part of the Nixon administration’s policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military

• trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from U.S. troops

• shared military technology with North Vietnam

• installed a puppet government in South Vietnam

• imposed martial law in North Vietnam

What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?

• To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens

• To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstate transportation

• To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

• To persuade states to abandon discriminatory voter-registration procedures

Which demographic change in the United States is most associated with this transformation?

• Increased property values in rural areas

• Increased life expectancy in urban areas

• Increased birth rates in rural areas

• Increased migration to urban areas

What was one impact of this ruling?

• Impeachment procedures were redefined

• Due process guidelines were reexamined.

• Full faith and credit was reaffirmed.

• State laws were deemed supreme over federal laws.

The event reported in this dispatch led directly to

• the implementation of sanctions against Japan

• U.S. entry into World War II

• the establishment of the Truman Doctrine

• U.S. annexation of Hawaii

How did the creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation change the nature of banking in the United States?

• The government began to guarantee bank deposits.

• Depositors could transfer investments without penalties.

• Depositors were guaranteed minimum interest rates on savings accounts.

• The government required taxpayers to open savings accounts.