WorksheetsUS EOC Review 2
Total questions: 108
Worksheet time: 3620secs
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was America's position on World War I when it began?
a)
Containment
b)
Isolation/Neutrality
c)
Allied
d)
Central
2.
What did the Germans promise America after killing more than 100 Americans who were on board the British ship, the Lusitania?
a)
write a letter apologizing for their actions
b)
attack America
c)
abandon unrestricted submarine warfare
d)
They would only attack only with notice
3.
What was the name for the movement of African Americans to norther cities?
a)
The Great Migration
b)
The Exodus
c)
The African American Movement
d)
The Civil Rights Movement
4.
What was the name of the WWI law which made it illegal to speak out against the government or the war effort?
a)
The 18th Amendment
b)
Anti-Terror Act
c)
Silent Act
d)
Espionage Act
5.
What socialist labor leader was convicted of violating the Espionage Act?
a)
Upton Sinclaire
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Eugene V. Debs
d)
Rosa Parks
6.
What was the 18th Amendment?
a)
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors."
b)
women have the right to vote
c)
separate but equal
d)
the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on the account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
7.
What was the 19th Amendment?
a)
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors."
b)
women have the right to vote
c)
separate but equal
d)
the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on the account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
8.
What was the name for Wilson's ideas that he felt were the keys to avoiding the future wars?
a)
Wilson's 14 points
b)
Wilson's 10 points
c)
League of Nations
d)
United Nations
9.
What was the name for the international peacekeeping organization that Wilson Proposed? I was created by America never joined it.
a)
Wilson's 14 points
b)
League of Nations
c)
United Nations
d)
NATO
10.
What is the name for the political ideology where a single party government is ruled by a dictator and all property is owned by the government?
a)
Fascism
b)
Socialism
c)
Communism
d)
Capitalism
11.
What country turned to communism in 1919 and what did the fear of communism cause in America?
a)
Germany and the Black Scare
b)
Italy, Green Bandit
c)
Britain, Red Scare
d)
Russia, Red Scare
12.
What were two popular forms of entertainment in the 1920's?
a)
Phones and Electricity
b)
Radio and Movies
c)
Telegraph and Radio
d)
Televison and Movies
13.
What was the original American art form of music that became popular in the 1920s?
a)
Rap
b)
Pop
c)
Country
d)
Jazz
14.
What was the name for the African American culture creativity movement that was celebrated in the 1920s?
a)
Harlem Renaissance
b)
Tin Pan Alley
c)
The Great Migration
d)
Jazz
15.
Who was the greatest trumpet player and one of the biggest stars of the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Usher
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Keith Urban
16.
What method did Henry Ford use to produce the Model T car? It made affordable for the common people.
a)
specialization
b)
factory workers union
c)
assembly line
d)
Mass Production
17.
What two new methods of buying goods encouraged consumers to buy more than they could actually afford in the 1920's?
a)
debit cards and installment plans
b)
buying on the margin and credit
c)
installment plans and credit
d)
debit cards and buying on the margin
18.
What is the term for buying stocks with credit?
a)
buying on margin
b)
installment plan
c)
credit
d)
peny stocks
19.
What is the name for the severe economic recession of the 1930's in which business profits, tax revenues, and personal incomes greatly declined?
a)
The Great Migration
b)
The Great Depression
c)
The Great Exodus
d)
The Great Night
20.
What was a Hooverville?
a)
President Hoover's Home
b)
A subdivision in D.C.
c)
President Hoover's Camp for Boys
d)
Homeless and Unemployed Camps
21.
What was the name for FDR's program to help the country recover from the Depression?
a)
The New America
b)
The New Deal
c)
The New Awakening
d)
The New USA
22.
What was the New Deal program which built dams, power plants and parks and created hundreds of jobs for unemployment workers?
a)
CCC
b)
CWA
c)
PWA
d)
TVA
23.
What was the Second New Deal?
a)
Programs President Hoover created to fix the depression
b)
Programs FDR instituted after his original New Deal failed to completely fix.
c)
Programs Eleanor Roosevelt created to go along with FDR's New Deal
d)
Programs that President Truman created for the Depression
24.
Name the law which established collective bargaining rights for workers and prohibited unfair labor practices.
a)
Miranda Act
b)
Wagner Act
c)
Civil Rights Act
d)
Voting Act
25.
Name the law which provided for retiree insurance, unemployment compensation and aid for the disabled.
a)
Medicare
b)
Medicade
c)
Social Security
d)
Unemployment
26.
Who was the critic of Franklin Roosevelt's who proposed a home, food, clothes, and an education for every American?
a)
Joseph McCarthy
b)
Joseph Kennedy
c)
Huey Long
d)
Shirley Temple Black
27.
What was the name for the laws that sought to keep America out of WWII by making it illegal to sell arms to or make loans to nations at war?
a)
Neutrality Act
b)
Court-Packing Bill
c)
Wagner Act
d)
Social Security Act
28.
How did America respond to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, HI?
a)
Declared War on Japan
b)
Declared War On Soviet Union
c)
Declare War on Germany and Japan
d)
Declare War on Germany
29.
Where were Japanese-Americans forced to live during WWII?
a)
Interment Camps
b)
Refugee Camps
c)
Boy Scout Camp
d)
Concentration Camps
30.
What were some of the ways Americans conserved resources during WWII?
a)
wartime conservation
b)
rationing
c)
nation wide drives
d)
all of these
31.
What is the name for the act which allowed America to lend military equipment to any nation whose defense was vital to our defense?
a)
Mabury - Madison
b)
Lend-Lease
c)
Supply-Demand
d)
None of these
32.
What battle is regarded as the most important naval engagement in the Pacific? It was a huge morale boost for America. The Japanese Navy never recovered from its defeat.
a)
Battle of Iwo Jima
b)
Battle of the Buldge
c)
Battle of Stalingrad
d)
Battle of Midway
33.
What is the name for the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France? from there, American and British forces began to push the Germans westward.
a)
Operation Woodall
b)
Battle of Midway
c)
D-Day
d)
Battle of Stalingard
34.
What was the final battle in Europe which resulted in the surrender of Germany?
a)
Battle of Stalingrad
b)
D-Day
c)
The Fall of Belin
d)
Battle of Midway
35.
How did America avoid having to invade Japan?
a)
Dropped the atomic bomb
b)
Island Hopping
c)
D-Day
d)
Rapid bombing
36.
What was the Manhattan Project?
a)
A plan to rebuild New York City
b)
The creation of the atomic bomb
c)
The creation of the hydrogen bomb
d)
A Plan to rebuild Hawaii
37.
What was the name for the money given to democratic European countries for the purpose of stopping the spread of communism?
a)
Domino
b)
COMECON
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Warsaw Plan
38.
What was the name for the American alliance created with western European countries for the purpose of stopping the spread of communism?
a)
North Atlantice Treaty Organization
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
United Nations
d)
League of Nations
39.
What was the name for the U.S. foreign policy of stopping the spread of communism?
a)
Truman Doctrin
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
Monroe Doctrin
d)
Treaty of Versilles
40.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
a)
United States would supply any nation with economic and military aid to prevent its falling under the Soviet sphere of influence.
b)
United States would supply any nation with economic help to prevent its falling under the Soviet sphere of influence.
c)
Give military aid to prevent the fall to capitalism
d)
Give economic aid to prevent the fall to capitalism
41.
Why did the U.S. send troops to South Korea?
a)
When China invaded North Korea
b)
When the Soviet Union invaded South Korea
c)
When North Korea invaded South Korea
d)
When South Korea invaded North Korea
42.
What was the name of the 1950's Red Scare led by a Senator who said that communists had infiltrated the government and the Army? Many rights were violated as people were falsely accused.
a)
Hitlerism
b)
Communism
c)
Stalinism
d)
McCarthyism
43.
What was the name for the failed Cuban exiles invasion of Cuba tp overthrow Castro? It was backed by the U.S. and planned by the CIA.
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Bay of Hogs
d)
McCarthy Plan
44.
What was the name for the showdown when the Soviets attempted to build missiles in Cuba?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Bay of Hogs
d)
McCarthy Plan
45.
Who did the U.S. Support in Vietnam?
a)
Vietcong
b)
North Vietnam
c)
South Vietnam
d)
Vietnam
46.
What event made many Americans question whether we could win the war in Vietnam?
a)
D-Day
b)
Stalingrad
c)
Tet Offensive
d)
Operation Iraqi Freedom
47.
What was the purpose of the Interstate Highway Act?
a)
"Connect Every City in America"
b)
easy to mobilize troops
c)
give jobs to those that needed one
d)
all of these
48.
How did the Soviet launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, affect America?
a)
We lost the Cold War
b)
America didn't care because we had already put a moneky in space
c)
America had Fallen Behind
d)
We could care less
49.
What did Harry Truman do to further civil rights?
a)
He encouraged separate but equal
b)
integrated the military
c)
passed the equal rights amendment
d)
integrated the schools
50.
What is the name for President Johnson's program to give all Americans a better standard of living and greater economic opportunities regardless of their background? Medicare (healthcare for the poor) was part of
a)
Return to Normalcy
b)
The Great Migration
c)
The New Deal
d)
the Great Society
51.
Police violently beat antiwar protesters on live TV outside this meeting
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Assassination of MLK, Jr.
c)
Assassination of Robert Kennedy
d)
Democratic National Convention
52.
Caused riots in over 100 cities but resulted in the passage of Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prevented discrimination in housing
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Assassination of MLK, Jr.
c)
Assassination of Robert Kennedy
d)
Democratic National Convention
53.
What was/is the purpose of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
a)
To carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship
b)
To speed up changes mandated by Brown v. Board of Education
c)
The bring peace to the world
d)
Militancy and violence; “black power” and African American pride
54.
SNCC's (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) original goal was change through nonviolence. What was their later philosophy?
a)
To carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship
b)
To speed up changes mandated by Brown v. Board of Education
c)
The bring peace to the world
d)
Militancy and violence; “black power” and African American pride
55.
What were some of the methods used to protest the war in Vietnam?
a)
sit-ins
b)
marches
c)
demonstrations
d)
all of these
56.
What were the goals of the National Organization of Women?
a)
equality in employment, political and social equality, and the passage of the equal rights amendment.
b)
equality in employment, political and social equality
c)
equality in employment
d)
political and social equality
57.
What was the name of Rachel Carson's 1962 book that exposed dangers to the environment and helped to create the environmental movement?
a)
Silent Auction
b)
The Jungle
c)
Silent Spring
d)
Environmental Movement
58.
Name the government organization set up to set limits on pollution, conduct environmental research, and assist in the cleanup of polluted sites.
a)
NRA
b)
NOW
c)
EPA
d)
GPA
59.
Why did Nixon resign from Presidency?
a)
Watergate scandal, which centered on his administration’s attempt to cover up a burglary of the offices of the Democratic Party
b)
He lied under oath
c)
He was too old
d)
He was impeached instead
60.
Who pardoned Nixon and succeeded him in the Presidency?
a)
President Regean
b)
President Bush
c)
President Ford
d)
President Clinton
61.
What was the name for the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel and negotiated by President Carter in 1978?
a)
Iranian revolution
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of Versilles
d)
Camp David Accords
62.
What did Iranian Revolutionaries do when President Carter let their former Shah enter America for medical treatment?
a)
Took over the American embassy for 444 days
b)
Sent him a thank you letter
c)
took over the Iranian Embassy in America
d)
Attacked America
63.
What conservative economic policy included budget cuts, tax cuts, and increased defense spending in the 1980's?
a)
Nixoneconomics
b)
Reaganomics
c)
The New Deal
d)
Medicare Act
64.
What happened to the Soviet Union when Reagan was President?
a)
Fall of the Soviet Union
b)
There were riots in the streets
c)
Germany invaded
d)
America invaded
65.
What was the name for scandal where Reagan officials sold weapons to Iran and then used the profits to fund a rebellion in Nicaragua?
a)
Afghan-Contra Scandal
b)
Iraqi-Contra Scandal
c)
Iran-Contra Scandal
d)
America-Contra Scandal
66.
What was unusual about 2000 Presidential Election (Gore v. Bush)?
a)
Bush lost the Electoral college
b)
Bush won the electoral college
c)
No one voted
d)
There was a recall in the state of Gerogia
67.
What cabinet department was created during the Bush administration?
a)
Department of Homeland Security
b)
Department of Health
c)
Department of Education
d)
Department of Agricultural
68.
What were the affects on Japanese Americans during WWII?
a)
forced into internment camps for the duration of the war
b)
forced to sell or leave behind all belongings
c)
feared to be spies, although none were ever convicted
d)
All of the above
69.
What was the name of the secret project at Los Alamos, NM where the 1st atomic bomb was created?
a)
Manhattan Project
b)
Midway Confrence
c)
Secret Service Commission
d)
None of the above
70.
What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific theater (gained control of islands)-allowed the US to overcome geographic difficulties in resupplying troops?
a)
D-Day
b)
VJ-Day
c)
Battle of Midway
d)
Fall of Berlin
71.
What amended the Neutrality Act by allowing the US to lend military equipment and supplies to allied nations?
a)
Lend-Lease Act
b)
Cash and Carry
c)
Manhattan Project
d)
Wagner Act
72.
What established collective bargaining rights for workers and prohibited unfair labor practices such as intimidating workers, attempting to keep them from organizing unions, and firing union members?
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Wagner Act
c)
Sedition Act
d)
None of the Above
73.
What was the New Deal agency that was formed to insure peoples' bank accounts and protect from future bank failure
a)
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
b)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
c)
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
d)
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
74.
What lead to the governments pursuit of suspected communists and socialists?
a)
Red Scare
b)
Emergency Quota Act
c)
Espionage and Sedition Acts
d)
Social Darwinism
75.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote and showed the countries gratitude for women's economic contributions during the war?
a)
17th
b)
18th
c)
19th
d)
201th
76.
What lead to the Great Migration of African Americans to the north during WWI?
a)
newly created jobs in northern and western cities
b)
lack of farmland in the south
c)
looking for education oppurtunities
d)
None of the above
77.
Which amendment banned the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
78.
What events lead to the Filipino-American War?
a)
US trying to help the Philippines gain independence from Spain
b)
US deciding the colonize the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
c)
War between Spain and America over the Phillipines
d)
None of the Above
79.
What was the peace plan proposed by President Woodrow Wilson, which included a League of Nations?
a)
Fourteen Points
b)
Treaty of Versallies
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Wilson's Plan of Action
80.
Supreme Court ruling declared slaves were not citizens and were considered property
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Treaty of New Echota
c)
Treaty of Indian Springs
d)
Dred Scott
81.
Elected president in 1860, issued Emancipation Proclamation; assassinated after the Civil War
a)
Abraham Baldwin
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Alexander Stephens
d)
Tex Albertson
82.
Union General; led a military campaign to capture Atlanta; also led the March to the Sea
a)
William T Sherman
b)
Ulysses S Grant
c)
Robert E Lee
d)
Pierce Williams
83.
White supremacist organization created to intimidate and prevent blacks from gaining equality
a)
Populist
b)
Klu Klux Klan
c)
Progressives
d)
Tories
84.
Freed slaves and poor whites who worked on plantations in exchange for land, housing, food
a)
Sharecroppers
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
scalawags
d)
populist
85.
What became Jamestown's "gold"?
a)
gold
b)
tobaccco
c)
water
d)
tomatoes
86.
What rule did John Smith make that saved the settlement?
a)
If you do not work, you do not eat.
b)
Treat others as you want to be treated.
c)
If you find gold, you get to keep it.
d)
You cannot have a raccoon as a pet.
87.
Which group are the New England colonies?
a)
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
b)
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
Deleware
New York
New Jersey
Deleware
New York
New Jersey
d)
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
88.
Which group are the Middle colonies?
a)
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachuttes
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachuttes
b)
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
d)
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington
89.
Which group are the Southern colonies?
a)
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachuttes
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachuttes
b)
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
d)
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
90.
Which colonies have large plantations?
a)
Middle
b)
Southern
c)
New England
d)
Northeast
91.
Roger Williams founded which colony?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Connecticut
c)
Rhode Island
d)
New Hampshire
92.
Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?
a)
They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great Britain
b)
They wanted freedom to practice their own religion
c)
They wanted to start plantations and earn money
d)
They wanted to learn from the Native Americans
93.
What agreement did the pilgrims sign on their way to North America?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Mayflower Compact
d)
The Girl Scouts' Oath
94.
The Jamestown settlers found a way to make a profit for their investors by growing and harvesting
a)
maize
b)
cotton
c)
tobacco
d)
wheat
95.
The trade route that delivered slaves to the Americas was called?
a)
The Triangular Trade
b)
The Atlantic Trade
c)
The Square Trade
d)
The Pacific Trade
96.
James Oglethorpe founded what colony for debtors?
a)
Georgia
b)
Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
97.
Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania?
a)
William Penn
b)
Peter Stuyvesant
c)
King Charles II
d)
Tamanend
98.
What agreement did the pilgrims sign on their way to North America?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Mayflower Compact
d)
The Girl Scouts' Oath
99.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
100.
Who was the Union general in the West that gained the only victories for the Union?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
William Tecumseh Sherman
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
101.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
102.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
103.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
104.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
105.
Does the Emancipation Proclamation makes the institution of slavery illegal?
a)
Yes
b)
No
106.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
107.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
108.
What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
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