WorksheetsUSH EOC Review 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 31mins
In the United States Constitution there is a basic concept of?
Gender Equality
Economic Parity
Equality of Condition
Equality under the Law
· Bay of Pigs, Fulgencio Batista, Mariel Boat Lift, economic boycott. All of these terms deal with U.S. involvement in what country's affairs?
Cuba
Nicarauga
Mexico
Spain
How did World War I impact women in the United States?
Women received equal pay for equal work
Women were prohibited from working as Red Cross volunteers
Women worked jobs that had been exclusively held by men
Women no longer held traditional jobs as nurses and teaching
Which of these was an effect of the rapid industrialization of the United States in the last half of the 19th century?
more people became craftsmen and artisans
more people moved to rural areas in search of work
fewer women and children were used in industrial jobs
the economy was increasingly controlled by big buisinesses
In the late-1800s, immigrants from ___ faced discrimination, especially on the west coast. The United States government even prevented them from immigrating into the country.
Ireland
Mexico
China
Germany
The "Muckraker" journalists would have been likely to cover all of the following subjects EXCEPT
national conservation
mistreatment of laborers
waste in the armed forces
urban political machines
Lexington and Concord were the first battles in what war?
War of 1812
American Revolution
French & Indian War
World War I
What was the result of the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Black Codes were ruled as unConstitutional
It placed Native Americans onto reservations
Separate but equal laws were allowed to continue
Children of all races could attend the same schools
Which event occurred at the "March on Washington"?
Congress outlawed segregation in public places
Martin Luther King Jr's " I have a dream speech"
Southern Christian Leadership Conference was created
Martin Luther King Jr was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
The "Camp David Accords" was orchestrated by the Carter Administration in order to attempt to
bring an end to the Cold War
end Apartheid in South Africa
end hostility between Israel and Egypt
Open a trade relationship with the USSR.
During Reconstruction, the Black Codes
protected Constitutional rights of freed slaves
forced Congress to allow ex Confederate leaders to run for President
gave freed slaves forty acres and a mule
were laws passed by Southern states to keep African Americans in a system of virtual slavery
The efficiency and productiveness of many large cotton plantations found in the south during the first half of the 19th century made most plantation owners economically dependent on
slave labor
hired field hands
captured Native Americans
wage earning white workers
Which statement BEST describes this photograph?
Importance of transportation in the US
Integration should take place immediately
Segregation is Constitutionally supported
people protesting during the Civil Rights Era
Drafted by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt in 194, Detailed the goals of the Allied powers concerning the war and the post-war world.
Europe First
The Atlantic Charter
Operation Overlord
Teheran Conference
The “flapper” style that emerged among women in the 1920s, characterized by short skirts and bobbed hair, demonstrated the
changing perceptions of Women
emphasis on formal behavior
effects of the Great Depression
popularity of European styles
Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida Tarbell are all associated with what American literary movement?
Muckrakers
Romanticism
Harlem Renaissance
Blogging
Following the stock market crash in 1929, President Hoover was criticized for
declaring a bank holiday and ordering banks to close
waiting for the economy to come out of the Great Depression
Starting many new programs without Congress' approval
increasing the spending on the American military
The Espionage Act (1917) and Sedition Act (1918) were both
unsuccessful attempts to stop the war protests
declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
limitations on the freedom of speech and freedom of the press
vetoed by the president
· Haymarket Square Riot
· Samuel Gompers
· Terrance Powderly
· A.F. of L.
All of these were people and terms associated with
World War I
The early labor movement
The New Deal
Abolitionists
Which Jonathan Edwards sermon was very influential and emphasized fundamental teachings of the Bible and Great Awakening beliefs?
"common sense"
"sinners in the hands of an angry God"
"fire and brimestone in Colonial America"
"justice of God and the damnation of sinners"
During the Antebellum period, drastic economic, social, and cultural differences began to emerge between different regions of the United States. Which region are these facts describing?
-Towns and cities centered around a community church
-Diverse populations, immigrants attracted by industrial jobs
-Supported a national bank and high tariffs
North
South
West
Canada
How did U.S. participation in World War I impact U.S. foreign policy in the decade immediately after the war?
US joined the League of Nations
US strengthened its alliance with Latin America
US used its military to acquire new territories
US became isolationists in its diplomatic policies
The United States entered World War II in December of 1941 because of attacks on
Lusitania
California
Poland
Pearl Harbor
In the era after World War I and before the Great Depression, American suburbs began to grow rapidly because of
increased use of airplanes
invention of electric light bulb
mass production of automobiles
greater availability of information
After the 2001 terrorist attacks, President Bush was concerned that Americans might turn their anger against which minority group?
Muslim Americans
African Americans
Japanese Americans
Buddhist Americans
This photograph shows U.S. residents at an internment camp during World War II. Many of these people had been residents of what state?
New York
California
Florida
Texas
Which of these is an accurate description of the outcome of the "Army-McCarthy Hearings" in early 1954?
McCarthy's accusations of communist infiltration were discredited
McCarthy was court martialed for treason
The Army was found guilty of violating international law
The Army was found not guilty of violating international law
Which group was MOST concerned with helping improve the dangerous working conditions in early-20th century industry?
Populists
Radical Republicans
Progressives
Robber Barrons
Which preacher from Massachusetts is known for being a leader during the First Great Awakening?
Nathaniel Bacon
Jonathan Edwards
Frederick Douglass
John Smith
Which of these BEST represents the "Big Stick" in Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick" diplomacy?
US Army
Monroe Doctrine
US Airforce
US Navy
As part of the "Great Migration," more African Americans sought better job opportunities by
moving to Chicago
immigrating from Africa
moving to rural towns
relocating to Canada
The "Middle Passage" referred to
creation of the Panama Canal
transportation of slaves from Africa to the Americas
Lewis and Clarks expedition into the Louisiana Territory
The Underground Railroad in Tennessee
Which of these BEST describes the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education?
Separate but equal facilities are unconstitutional
Kansas schools can segregate
Desegregated the US Army
it reaffirmed Plessy v Ferguson ruling of separate but equal
What act set the tone for the westward expansion of the United States of America by establishing that new states would be formed and admitted to the United States, instead of allowing existing states to expand their territory?
Compromise 1850
NorthWest Ordinance
Missouri Compromise
Mexican Cession
Who was the last President in office during the Progressive Era?
William Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
James Monroe
The first Africans to be brought to British North America landed in which colony in the early 1600s?
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Massachusetts
Who did the United States defeat in a late-nineteenth century war that was fought in Cuba and the Philippines?
Japan
France
England
Spain
The United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because
The British navy sank an American warship
British companies refused to pay war debts
British claimed California
British navy repeatedly seized American merchant ships
Which statement BEST describes the Tuskegee Airmen (pictured here)?
1st American pilots in the US Air Force
1st integrated unit in the US Army
1st African American unit in the Navy
1st African American pilots in the US Air Force
The Election of 1980 resulted in the election of
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Booker T. Washington arrived in Alabama in 1881 to serve as the first superintendent of a "normal school for the education of colored teachers." The school was named
Stillman College
Taladega Collage
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama State University
In addition to Puerto Rico, which territories were acquired by the United States as part of the peace treaty that ended the Spanish-American War?
Cuba & Guam
Hawaii & Alaska
Cuba & Philipines
Texas & New Mexico
Which treaty ended the United States' war with Mexico in 1848?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty of the Alamo
Treaty of Versailles
President Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 for
Adultery
Tax evasion
Perjury
Embezzelment
The Declaration of Independence and the "Social Contract Theory" both arose from which philosophical movement?
Industrialization
Enlightenment
Imperialism
Nationalism
· Menlo Park, New Jersey
· businessman and self-promoter
· phonograph
· light bulb
All of these are associated with
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Thomas Paine
WEB Dubois
The United States financed its efforts in World War II by
printing more money
borrowing money from Allied Powers
increasing taxes and selling war bonds
increasing tariffs on imported goods
Which of these BEST describes the advice George Washington gave Americans about relationships with foreign powers in his Farewell Address?
America should ally itself with 1 foreign nation permanently
America should form temporary alliances only in extreme circumstances
America should form alliances with as many foreign nations as possible
America should never join an alliance with any nation.
During George Washington's presidency, what was the major reason for conflict between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton?
Washington's decision to not get involved in the French Revolution
The annexation of Texas into the Union
The distribution of power between judicial branch and legislative branch
Jefferson's strict interpretation of the Constitution
The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was created to
redistribute indian lands from public to private ownership of the land
give ex slaves the land of their former masters
prevent the spread of Communism in Latin America
restrict immigration into California
