US History EOC Review

Match the following

• Act passed to build highways to enable faster mobilization in case of nuclear attack

• Social Security Act (1935)

• passed by FDR; provided income for people over 65, disabled persons, and workman's compensation

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• prohibited sale of weapons to nations at war in an effort to prevent US from entering WWII

• Interstate Highway Act 1956

• Prohibited segregation in public places like hotels, restaurants, and theatres

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Stopped literacy test to vote; led to an increase in African American voters

• Neutrality Act

What conclusion can be drawn from this photograph?

• Some states required citizens to own property before they would be allowed to vote

• African Americans have enjoyed the right to vote throughout U.S. History

• Some Southern states sought to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote

• This image would not be possible if not for the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments.

What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

• African-Americas could play sports
• Segregation of public schools became legal
• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• MLK led the March on Washington

One of the effects of mass media was that it helped to ________ the nation.

• divide

• unify

• correlate

• subdivide

Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

• Battle of Antietam

• Siege of Vickburg

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle of Gettysburg

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

• Sit-in

• Boycotts

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

Group of British colonies established mainly for AGRICULTURE

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

This was the most popular forms of entertainment and media during

the 1920’s and 30s.

• Television

• Newspapers

• Radio

• Movies

War fought between the US and Great Britain that resulted in the

US being recognized as a major world power

• War of 1812

• Civil War

• Spanish American War

• WWI

He was an inventor and a US diplomat who helped to convinced

France to assist the 13 colonies during the American Revolution

• Thomas Edison

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Herbert Hoover