US History EOC Practice (Spring 23)

1. What was an immediate effect of the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825?

• Prices increased for food products along the Atlantic Coast.
• Farmers could more easily ship grain to eastern markets.
• A territorial conflict began with Canada over the Great Lakes.
• Railroads were forced to reduce their shipping rates.

2. The Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses are most closely associated with

• abuses by absolute monarchs
• establishment of religious toleration
• steps toward colonial self-government
• adoption of universal suffrage

3. One way in which the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941, and the attacks of September 11, 2001, are similar is that both led to

• increasing isolation
• the creation of a military draft
• the impeachment of the president
• major changes in United States foreign policy

4. The main reason the Articles of Confederation were replaced as the basis of the United States government was that they

• lacked provision for a national congress
• declared that political protests were unconstitutional
• placed too many restrictions on the activities of state governments
• failed to give the central government enough power to govern effectively

5. A major reason that President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed adding Justices to the Supreme Court in 1937 was to

• make the Court processes more democratic
• end corruption and favoritism in handling cases
• influence Court decisions related to New Deal programs
• ensure the appointment of members of minority groups

6. The Great Compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention resulted in the

• formation of the Supreme Court
• creation of a bicameral legislature
• development of a two-party system
• ban on the importation of enslaved Africans

7. Which issue is most closely associated with these headlines?

• status of slavery in new states
• negotiation of the Oregon Treaty
• expansion of land for reservations
• influence of political parties on economic development

8. A goal that was established at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was achieved in 1920 by the

• creation of a free public education system
• passage of legislation to end child labor
• adoption of national woman’s suffrage
• ratification of an amendment requiring national Prohibition

9. The Monroe Doctrine (1823) established the United States foreign policy that

• provided foreign aid to developing nations
• opposed the creation of new colonies in Latin America
• led directly to the Civil War
• encouraged expansion into East Asia

10. Alexander Hamilton’s proposal to create a national bank and Thomas Jefferson’s proposal to purchase the Louisiana Territory were criticized because both actions would

• place too much power in the hands of Congress
• violate protections in the Bill of Rights
• increase foreign influence in the United States
• require a loose interpretation of the Constitution