US History EOC Review Florida

The Missouri Compromise was an attempt to ______________ between Slave & Free States.

• maintain balance

• change the US Congress

• add slavery to western lands

• add Maine as a state

One of primary reasons for population shift out West was the abundance of.....

• ocean front property

• cheap land

• forests

• ranches

Which of the following is not considered an "Intolerable Act"?

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act 

• Stamp Act

• Slave Act

Which of the following did not write the "Federalist Papers"?

• Hamilton

• Maddison

• Jay

• Jefferson

What happened in American schools after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

• States could continue segregation as long as facilities were separate but equal

• Individuals of different races voluntarily stopped all forms of school segregation.

• The federal government ordered that states desegregate classes.

• Desegregation was ordered for only high schools.

Which is a requirement for a person to become a naturalized U.S. citizen?

• passing a U.S. history and government exam

• working in the U.S. for at least five years

• being born to American parents

• serving in the U.S. military

How does rule of law affect U.S. government officials and institutions?

• It holds government officials and institutions accountable to the law

• It requires government officials and institutions to create new laws.

• It prevents government officials and institutions from making their work public.

• It ensures government officials and institutions are exempt from laws

Which characteristic serves as a long-term protection against tyranny and is a foundation of liberty in the United States?

• The commerce clause

• The elastic clause

• The right to a trial

• The rule of law

The passage below is from the Declaration of Independence (1776).

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Which earlier thinker influence the reasoning of this passage?

• John Locke

• King George III

• George Washington

• Baron Montesquieu

What most attracted the Founding Fathers to Montesquieu's views on the separation of powers?

• It could help prevent the central government from becoming tyrannical and oppressive.

• It could protect the rights of the nobility from the actions of the king.

• It could preserve the privileges of the monarch and nobles from popular attack.

• It could lower judicial power to a level of equality with legislative and executive power.