EOC Review 2

What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

• A. to ensure the spread of manufacturing across the frontier

• B. to remove import taxes for goods shipped from one state to another

• C. to protect American agriculture and industry from foreign competition

• D. to prevent railroads from charging farmers and merchants high shipping rates

What does the term impeach mean?

• To remove from office
• To fire
• To bring charges against
• To elect

Who is the Commander in Chief (leader, final say) of U.S. armed forces?

• Congress
• The President
• The Supreme Court
• The Governor

What era in the United States started in 1929 and ended in 1939 with the outbreak of WWII?

• Roaring 20s

• Great Depression

• Gilded Age

• Civil Rights Movement

What event occurred from 1914-1918?

• WWI

• WWII

• Cold War

• Spanish-American War

What event occurred from 1939-1945?

• WWI

• WWII

• Cold War

• Great Depression

Why is 1941 a significant date in U.S. history?

• It is the year the U.S. intervened in World War I.

• It is the year that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor which led to U.S. entry in WWII.

• It is the year that the stock market crashed as a result of overspeculation.

• It was the start of the Space Race.

In what year was the first minority elected president of the U.S.?

• 1898

• 1991

• 1968

• 2008

In what year did Al Qaeda attack the World Trade Center which resulted American intervention on the war against terror?

• 1968

• 1991

• 2001

• 2008

Flappers, Credit, Prohibition Era, Consumerism

• 1940s

• 1950s

• 1920s

• 1960s