AH EOC Review Part 1

1. Which movement directly influenced the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence?

• Loyalism

• Protestantism

• the Enlightenment

• the Great Awakening

2. What was the result of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• They set up a system for selling land to settlers and how the territory could become a full-fledged state.

• They designated the Northwest Territory as land controlled by Native Americans.

• They allowed courts to take land from settlers who failed to pay taxes.

• They created an independent government for the Northwest Territory.

3. Why did the Antifederalists propose a Bill of Rights?

• to increase the size of Congress

• to establish checks and balances in Congress

• to strengthen the power of the central government

• to prevent abuses of power by the national government

4. Federalists and Anti-Federalists debated issues and concerns related to the proposed Constitution. Select all answers that were beliefs for the Federalists side.

• The rights of citizens should be listed in the Constitution.

• The use of a standing army threatens the liberty of citizens.

• The protection of national interests requires a standing army.

• The rights of citizens are inherent and do not need to be defined.

• The national government holds too much power compared to individual states.

5. Which of the following statements best describes the list of items in the table above?

• The Federalist Papers were added to the US Constitution to limit the power of the federal government.

• The Northwest Ordinance was added to the US Constitution to lay a foundation for admitting additional states to the Union.

• The Declaration of Independence was added to the US Constitution as a reminder of why & how the US was founded.

• The Bill of Rights was added to the US Constitution to establish a clear and definite list of rights the government cannot infringe upon.

6. Which governmental problem faced by the Articles of Confederation was later corrected by a provision in the U.S. Constitution?

• appointing members of the President’s Cabinet

• the use of judicial review

• creation of a federal Supreme Court

• placing limits on the President’s time in office to two terms

7. Which conclusion can best be drawn from these newspaper headlines?

• Construction of a railroad to Alaska was a major policy goal.

• Anti-imperialist Americans played a major role in influencing Congress.

• Respect for cultures in the Pacific motivated much of U.S. foreign policy.

• American expansion in the Pacific helped make the nation a global power.

8. After World War I, senators who opposed American participation in the League of Nations argued that U.S. membership in the organization would

• limit the power of the president.

• make trade with nonmember nations more difficult.

• force the country to end traditional military alliances.

• involve the nation in future world conflicts.

9. What was the effect of the end of World War I on race relations in industrial northern cities?

• Racial tensions increased and eventually erupted into violence and rioting.

• Cities built segregated factories and housing complexes to ease racial tensions.

• Returning soldiers enlisted the help of African American workers to start new businesses and develop new products.

• There was a huge boom in construction of factories and homes to accommodate workers of all races in the growing economy.

10. During the 1920s, the United States experienced unparalleled prosperity and economic growth. Identify two reasons for this economic prosperity from the choices in the top row of the chart and identify two changes that were created by this prosperity from the choices in the bottom row of chart below.