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WorksheetsUS History EOC 3
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?
a)
the expansions of slavery into new territories
b)
the sale of federal lands to slave owners
c)
the right of Northerners to own slaves
d)
the return of slaves who had escaped from the South
2.
Presidential scandal that occurred when a member of Harding's Ohio Gang leased oil rich government land in Wyoming
a)
Teapot Dome Scandal
b)
Court-Packing Scandal
c)
Iran-Hostage Crisis
d)
Gulf War
3.
FDR's attempt to gain more control over the Federal government by adding additional judges to the Supreme Court (to gain support for New Deal Leg.)
a)
Teapot Dome Scandal
b)
Watergate
c)
Court-Packing Scandal
d)
Manhattan Project
4.
Allied effort to supply West Berlin with supplies after it was cut off from the West by the USSR
a)
Berlin Wall
b)
Berlin Airlift
c)
Battle for Britian
d)
NAFTA
5.
Depression Era shantytowns that were sarcastically named after President blamed.
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Roosevelt Rooms
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Buchanhans Barrios
6.
1st successful peace treaty between Israel and Middle Eastern Country, negotiated under the watchful eye of Pres. Jimmy Carter.
a)
Camp David Accords
b)
Atlantic Charter
c)
Treaty of Versailes
d)
Treaty of Paris
7.
International governing body that was founded after WWI, failed because the United States did not join.
a)
United Nations
b)
League of Nations
c)
NATO
d)
Warsaw Pact
8.
Super duper secret project to develop the Atomic Bomb, lead by Einstein and Oppenheimer.
a)
Project X
b)
Project Runway
c)
Manhattan Project
d)
The Projects
9.
The richest man in the history of the world, built his wealth by horizontally integrating his oil company.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
JP Morgan
c)
Henry Ford
d)
John D. Rockefeller
10.
The assassination of which leader was the spark that started WWI?
a)
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
b)
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
c)
King George V of England
d)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
11.
What were the causes of World War I? (hint: MAIN)
a)
alliances, socialism,communism, realism
b)
imperialism, capitalism, mercantilism, fascism
c)
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
d)
communism, nazism, racism, militarism
12.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
13.
What did the Iron Curtain divide?
a)
North and South Korea
b)
Soviet Union and China
c)
Eastern and Western Europe
d)
America and Europe
14.
Broad tax cuts, and financial deregulation, which would promote economic expansion, are examples of what policy's objective:
a)
Reaganomics
b)
Trade Imbalance
c)
Iran-Contra Affair
d)
Heritage Foundation
15.
How did the Zimmerman telegram influence U.S. entry into World War I?
a)
It announced the czar's overthrow in Russia.
b)
It revealed a proposed military alliance between Mexico and Germany.
c)
It contained orders for German U-boats to destroy British passenger ships.
d)
It described Romania's plan to abandon neutrality.
16.
The belief that it was the United States' destiny to expand west and conquer territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean
a)
Mexican-American War
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Black Exodus
d)
Cross of Gold Speech
17.
1st permanent English Colony in North America founded by the Virginia Company was called?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Plymouth
c)
Salem
d)
Massachusetts
18.
What event resulted in landowners switching from indentured servants to a slave system of labor?
a)
Salem Witch Trials
b)
Bacon's Rebellion
c)
King Philip's War
d)
Nat Turner's Rebellion
19.
What was the Virginia Company’s legislative assembly called?
a)
Congress
b)
House of Kuna
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Parliament
20.
What developed as a result of the differences that developed between the followers of Alexander Hamilton (Federalists) and Thomas Jefferson (Republicans) and have remained a part of American politics ever since?
a)
political parties
b)
federalism
c)
democracy
d)
rebellion
21.
What is the name of the group that spoke out against the passing of the Constitution unless it consisted of a Bill of Rights?
a)
anti-federalists
b)
vikings
c)
federalists
d)
political parties
22.
The 1st major cash crop of Virginia that was introduced by John Rolfe?
a)
indigo
b)
tobacco
c)
rice
d)
cotton
23.
What was the name of the early bloody conflict between the colonists in the New England colonies and the Native Americans involving Chief Metacom?
a)
King Philip's War
b)
French & Indian War
c)
American Revolutionary War
d)
Powhatan's Revenge
24.
What is the main reason why colonists came and settled in the New England colonies?
a)
to find gold & riches
b)
to claim Indian land
c)
to escape religious persecution
d)
to fight in King Philip's War
25.
The brutal sea voyage that carried thousands of African American slaves to the Americas was called the _______?
a)
triangular trade
b)
middle passage
c)
middle trade voyage
d)
passage through pain
26.
He was a founding father, scientist, philosopher, inventor, and a great example of social mobility and individualism during colonial times.
a)
Ms. Nored
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Ben Franklin
27.
What is the economic theory where countries tried to acquire as much gold, silver, and colonies as possible to obtain resources and wealth?
a)
triangular trade
b)
mercantilism
c)
middle theory
d)
gold theory
28.
Both the _________ and the Enlightenment movements caused a general questioning of authority on the part of the colonists both religiously and scientifically during the Colonial Period.
a)
Great Awakening
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Temperance Movement
d)
Federalist
29.
What event was the result of a long rivalry between the British and the French, due to the competition for land in North America?
a)
Revolutionary War
b)
French and Indian War
c)
Intolerable Battle
d)
Civil War
30.
What law did Britain pass to attempt to stop the colonists from expanding west of the Appalachian mountains after the French and Indian War?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Intolerable Laws
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
Treaty of Paris 1783
31.
These acts forced the port of Boston to close as punishment for the Boston Tea Party and forced colonists to house British soldiers. The colonists called these the __________ Acts.
a)
Stamp Acts
b)
Common Laws
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
Boston Enforcement Code
32.
The Committees of Correspondence were set up to organize and communicate issues between the colonists. This group eventually led to the formation of the _____________.
a)
Second Continental Congress
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Great Awakening
d)
First Continental Congress
33.
What was the name of the pamphlet where Thomas Paine called for the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain?
a)
Sense of Independence
b)
Common Sense
c)
Common Knowledge
d)
Duh!
34.
From what document does the following excerpt came from: “all men are created equal…endowed by their creator with the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?”
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
The Constitution
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Common Sense
35.
Who was the English philosopher who wrote about “natural rights” that influenced many of America’s Founding Fathers?
a)
John Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
John Locke
d)
Mrs. Kuna
36.
What name was given to the agreement among delegates to the Constitutional Convention that settled the dispute of representation in Congress by stating the lower house would be based on population and the upper house would be equal representation regardless of a states size?
a)
Great Agreement
b)
Committee of Representations
c)
Great Compromise
d)
3/5th Compromise
37.
What idea, first proposed by the philosopher Montesquieu, divides the authority to govern between different branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial?
a)
checks and balances
b)
separation of powers
c)
federalism
d)
limited government
38.
What do we call the process that makes sure that one branch does not abuse its powers by giving the other two branches ways of containing it?
a)
checks and balances
b)
limited government
c)
political parties
d)
federalist papers
39.
What was the name of our first written constitution as a free nation whose weaknesses included no national unity, no difference in representation by population, and the government could not collect taxes?
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Common Sense
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
The Constitution of the United States
40.
What event was where debt-ridden farmers tried to seize a federal arsenal and fight against the government and convinced Americans that a stronger national government was needed?
a)
Whiskey Rebellion
b)
Shay's Rebellion
c)
Bacon's Rebellion
d)
Rebellion of Vikings
41.
The first ten amendments added to the Constitution in 1791, which are intended to protect individual and state rights, are called the __?__.
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Federalist Papers
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
Freedom of Speech
42.
Individuals who wanted to make slavery illegal in the United States were called _?_.
a)
Nationalists
b)
Sovereignties
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Reconstructionists
43.
What was the name of the meeting organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in 1848 with the main purpose being to discuss issues of women’s rights, especially women’s suffrage?
a)
Convention for Women's Rights
b)
Seneca Falls Convention
c)
Seneca Abolitionists
d)
Temperance Movement
44.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Missouri is brought in as a slave state and __________ is brought as a free state keeping the balance of power in the Senate.
a)
California
b)
Maine
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Georgia
45.
Which war took place because the U.S wanted both California and New Mexico and provoked a war in order to obtain it?
a)
American Revolution
b)
Civil War
c)
Mexican-American War
d)
World War I
46.
Under this law California was admitted into the U.S. as a free state; popular sovereignty would be used to determine slavery in the Western territories; and a stronger fugitive slave law was established in the North.
a)
Wilmot Proviso
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
Habeas Corpus
47.
After World War II, the United States implemented what was known as the Marshall Plan. The purpose of this plan was to
a)
supply West Berlin with much-needed supplies, despite the Soviets decision to block access to the city
b)
provide European nations with the money they needed to rebuild after WWII, in order to prevent the spread of Communist ideas
c)
prevent Communists from taking over countries in Southeast Asia
d)
provide returning US soldiers with jobs, homes, and educational opportunities as they returned from the war
48.
The GI Bill had which of the following effects?
a)
it expanded the CIA during the Cold War
b)
it created the Green Berets
c)
it provided education and job training for WWII veterans
d)
it forced young men to register for the draft
49.
What was the significance of Levittown?
a)
it showed the need for a working GI Bill
b)
it sparked the growth of the American suburbs
c)
it was the center of American industry
d)
it was the site of the Apollo 11 launch
50.
The purpose of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society was to
a)
root out Communism in the federal government
b)
slow down the pace of civil rights in the South
c)
end poverty in the United States
d)
win support for the Vietnam War
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