USH EOC review - Cases, Laws, Amendments

What congressional committee was created to investigate allegations of communist activity in the U.S. during the early years of the Cold War?

• HUAC

• EO 9066

• War Powers Act

• Senate Ethics

Which founding document outlined important American principles and split the 13 colonies from Britain?

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Emancipation Proclamation

Which 1896 Supreme Court Case legalized the concept of separate but equal?

• Brown v Board

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Texas v Hernandez

• Tinker v DesMoines

Which 1954 Supreme Court Case declared that segregation based on race violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

• Texas v Hernandez

• Tinker v DesMoines

Which founding document outlines the form of the American government?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Emancipation Proclamation

Which 1969 Supreme Court Case established that students’ right to free speech is protected by the First Amendment?

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

• Texas v Hernandez

• Tinker v DesMoines

What collection of state and local laws created a society segregated by race in the American South between 1877 and 1954?

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Jim Crow

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Scopes Trial

Which 1882 federal law banned Chinese immigrants from entering the U.S. for ten years and placed new requirements on Chinese who were already residing in the U.S.?

• EO 9066

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Immigration Act of 1929

Which 1964 act prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in public accommodation and federally funded programs?

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

• Texas v Hernandez

• Tinker v DesMoines

Which 1890 federal law banned businesses from working together or merging to form monopolies in order to manipulate prices in a particular market?

• Meat Inspection Act

• Pendleton Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Homestead Act