U.S History EOC Review 2

This headline from the front pages of a New York newspaper in 1898 are examples of which concept?

• Aggressive journalism

• Foreign espionage

• investigative reporting

• yellow journalism

Which event represents a breakdown of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II?

• The Soviet Union joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• The United States and the Soviet Union sponsoring the Marshall Plan

• The Soviet Union imposing the Berlin Blockade

• The United States and Soviet Union joining the United Nations

What was the MAIN reason tanks were introduced during World War I?

• To locate and remove land mines from the battlefield

• To transport military supplies to the front lines

• To overcome trench defenses and end stalemates

• To monitor enemy troop movements

How did President Franklin Roosevelt respond to U.S. Supreme Court decisions overturning New Deal legislation in the 1930s?

• by proposing to fire any justice who opposed his legislation

• by proposing to reduce the size of the court to seven justices

• by proposing to give the executive branch veto power over the decisions of justices

• by proposing to appoint an additional justice for every justice over seventy years of age

Which World War II action occurred under the leadership of General Douglas MacArthur?

• the liberation of the Philippines

• the invasion into North Africa

• the victory at Normandy

• the occupation of Berlin

Why did President Franklin Roosevelt create the Fair Employment Practices Committee during World War II?

• to ensure that government contractors paid adequate wages for women

• to ensure that government contractors avoided racial discrimination in hiring

• to ensure that government contractors provided a safe working environment

• to ensure that government contractors avoided excessive overtime for workers

Which issue divided people on the two sides of the peninsula divided by the 38th parallel?

• They had different ethnic heritages and religious beliefs

• They belonged to opposing alliances during World War II

• They had different economic systems and political beliefs

• They belonged to opposing factions within the United Nations

At the height of the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, HUAC’s influence soared and contributed to a climate of domestic fear stoked by its sensational and often unsubstantiated investigations. —“The Permanent Standing House Committee on Un-American Activities,”

The committee mentioned in this statement was investigating suspected members of the

• Communist Party

• Navajo Talkers

• Flying Tigers

• Civilian Conservation Corps

What was the primary goal of the 2009 Affordable Care Act?

• To eliminate state medical programs

• To expand access to health insurance

• To nationalize medical care for the elderly

• To ease restrictions on healthcare providers

In 1895 the Department of Street Cleaning in New York City created a permanent group of sanitation workers known as the White Wings. This image shows the White Wings at work in 1896.

Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

• Immigration quotas

• The passage of labor laws

• Increased urban population

• Decreased regulation of urban rail systems