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US History EOC Review

Total questions: 114

Worksheet time: 2hrs 54mins

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.
How did the growing use of the automobile in the 1920s and the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 affect the United States? 
a)
Resurgence in travel by railroads
b)
Immigration was increasing
c)
Inner Cities were expanding
d)
Suburbs were growing
3.
The division between Eastern Europe and Western Europe was called the ____________ by Winston Churchill.
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Berlin Wall
c)
European Union
d)
38th Parallel 
4.
Which event marked the beginning of the space race with the Soviet Union?
a)
Creation of the space shuttle program
b)
Launch of Sputnik
c)
U-2 spy plan incident
d)
Berlin Airlift
5.
Television shows, advertising, and the methods of mass media suggested that women should fulfill what roles during the 1950s?
a)
Wife, Mother, and Worker
b)
Wife and Mother
c)
Wife and Career Woman
d)
Single Career Woman
6.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non communist nations?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Open Skies
7.
How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?
a)
They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
b)
They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
c)
They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
d)
They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.
8.
What important entertainment industry influenced Americans the most in the 1950's and 1960's?
a)
Internet
b)
Newspapers
c)
Movies
d)
Television
9.
Images like this one refer to what theory about the spread of Communism?
a)
The Mar$hall Plan
b)
The Domino Theory
c)
Proxy Wars
d)
Flexible Response
10.
How did the Soviet Union respond to the formation of NATO?
a)
started the Cold War
b)
created the Warsaw Pact
c)
ended the Cold War
d)
launched Sputnik
11.
What organization, created by WEB Dubois, advocated for rights for blacks and other minorities?
a)
NAACP
b)
NCAA
c)
NATO
d)
NAFTA
12.
Which amendment guarantees equal protection under the law?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
13.
Which Supreme Court case integrated public schools?
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Brown v Board of Education
c)
Schenk v US
d)
Korematsu v US
14.
This president sent federal troops to Arkansas to integrate the schools in Little Rock
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Kennedy
15.
What event is being described in the picture which used non-violent activist actions? 
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott 
c)
Greensboro Sit-ins
d)
March on Washington 
16.
What court case stated, "We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherintly unequal."
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson 
b)
Brown v. Board of Education 
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines 
d)
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
17.
How did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech impact the civil rights movement?
a)
It called for violent resistance, resulting in riots across the country.
b)
It inspired many people, giving strength and momentum to the movement.
c)
It was largely ignored by the movement, though regarded as a superbly written speech.
d)
It was considered controversial and fragmented the movement into small groups.
18.
This NAACP lawyer used the 14th Amendment to work to integrate public schools
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Antonin Scalia
d)
Sarah O'Connor
19.
Appealing to many African Americans' anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power, ______ predicted a militant approach to civil rights. 
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Medgar Evans
d)
Fannie Lou Hamer
20.
These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High
a)
Elite Eight
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
Arkansas Seven
d)
Final Four
21.
Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
John F. Kennedy
22.
Name the only President that resigned.
a)
Nixon
b)
JFK
c)
LBJ
d)
Carter
23.
Name the scandal that forced that President to resign.
a)
Watergate
b)
Tapioca
c)
Jim Jones
24.
Name the first female U.S. Supreme court justice
a)
Anita Hill
b)
Sandra Day O'Connor
c)
Elena Kagen
d)
Sonya Sotomayor
25.
period of large population growth after WWII
a)
Baby Boom
b)
Watergate 
c)
NAFTA
d)
Iran-Contra Scandal 
26.
Which law pushed to break up the monopolies and ensure competition?
a)
Pendleton Act
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
27.
Journalists who exposed corruption and problems in society are called--
a)
Gump Mushers
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Scalawags
d)
Dirt Diggers
28.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
29.
The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to--
a)
promote cultural assimilation of Native Americans.
b)
turn Native American reservations into corporate farmlands.
c)
end warfare between Native Americans the U.S. military.
d)
promote Native American investment in private industry.
30.
Which of the following is a strategy used by unions to force employers to meet labor demands?
a)
Injunctions 
b)
Lock outs 
c)
Scabs 
d)
Strikes 
31.
What weather condition led to extreme dust storms in the Midwest region also nicknamed the "Dust Bowl"? 
a)
flooding
b)
tornados 
c)
drought
d)
earthquakes
32.
What was the purpose of FDR's fireside chats?
a)
He wanted to attack the critics of the New Deal
b)
He used them to criticize President Hoover's handling of the Great Depression
c)
He explained the ideas behind his New Deal programs and encouraged Americans
d)
none of the above
33.
World War 2 helped America come out of _________________ by providing jobs for people. 
a)
The Cold War
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
The Great Depression
34.
People from this Native American tribe were used as "code talkers" during WW2--
a)
the Chippewa
b)
the Apache
c)
the Navajo
d)
the Seminole
35.
Which battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
a)
Battle of Singapore
b)
Battle of the Coral Sea
c)
Battle of Guadalcanal
d)
Battle of Midway
36.
The island hopping strategy was used in which theater of World War 2?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Europe
d)
North Africa 
37.
Who were the first African-American fighter pilots? 
a)
Tuskegee Boys
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Birmingham Airmen
d)
Tuskegee Tough Guys 
38.
What innovation did Henry Ford use to boost the automotive industry?
a)
Interchangeable Parts
b)
The Assembly Line
c)
The Seaplane
d)
Washing Machine
39.
_______________ were young women who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting.
a)
Expatriates
b)
Jazzers
c)
Flappers
d)
Scats
40.
The Harlem Renaissance was
a)
Celebration of African American Culture
b)
Spark of increased industrial jobs
c)
Creation of controversial policies
d)
Creation of the Department of Interior
41.
What type of music became a new trend during this time in the 1920s?
a)
Jazz
b)
Hip-hop
c)
Country
d)
Blues
42.
A fear of communism that swept the United States following World War I.
a)
Red Scare
b)
Prohibition
c)
Quota
d)
Blue Scare
43.
What was the name of the British steamship that the Germans torpedoed which killed 100 US citizens?
a)
Lusitania
b)
Prince William
c)
King George
d)
Queen Anne
44.
Who was the American President during WWI? 
a)
George Washington
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Teddy 
45.
What did Germany send to Mexico that offered to help them win land back from the United States if Mexico would start a war with the US?
a)
The Zimmerman Telegram
b)
The Outlandish Letter
c)
The Surprising Phone Call
46.
What was the main reason the U.S. decided to enter the war on the Allied side?
a)
Germany's unrestricted submarine attacks
b)
Germany's attempt to get Mexico involved in the war
c)
Germany's sinking of the Lusitania
47.
What was the name of Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy that stated that the U.S. would use military power to protect the country and our interests in Latin America?
a)
Moral Diplomacy
b)
Dollar Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
none of the above
48.
What was the name of William H. Taft's foreign policy approach that encouraged companies to build railroads, post offices, and government buildings in countries they wanted to do business with?
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Moral Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
none of the above
49.
Underground locations that sold alcohol were known as....
a)
speakeasies 
b)
taverns
c)
rum runners
d)
flappers
50.
The greatest escalation of troops in Vietnam took place under which President?
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Richard Nixon
51.
Promise by President Harding following World War I to restore prewar prosperity to American.
a)
Rugged Individualism
b)
Return to Normalcy
c)
New Deal
d)
New Frontier
52.
Depression Era shantytowns that were sarcastically named after President blamed.
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Roosevelt Rooms
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Buchanhans Barrios
53.
African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
a)
WEB DuBios
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
54.
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
55.
After the US entered World War II, the following people were placed in internment camps because of "military necessity."
a)
Mexican-Americans
b)
Japanese-Americans
c)
African-Americans
d)
German-Americans
56.
I had a monopoly on the steel industry. I am ______________
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Andrew Carnegie
57.
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
58.
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
59.

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

60.

Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, New Jersey

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

WesternColonies

61.

Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

62.

What was the most important part of the economy in the Southern colonies?

a)

Cash Crops

b)

Rum

c)

Lumber

d)

Shipping

63.

This document provided law and order to the Plymouth colony

a)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Declaration of Independence

64.

The representative government of Virginia

a)

House of Commons

b)

House of Lords

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

House of Representatives

65.

Which group settled in Massachusetts?

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Quakers

d)

Separatists

66.

The Boston Tea Party describes the colonial protest against what?

a)

Tax on Tea

b)

Tax on printed materials

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

French & Indian War

67.

What was created as a way for colonists to plan action against the British laws they felt were unfair?

a)

House of Burgesses

b)

Continental Congress

c)

House of Commons

d)

Senate

68.

The colonists that supported independence were called

a)

Patriots

b)

loyalists

c)

confederates

d)

Union

69.

The colonists who remained loyal to Britain were called

a)

Patriots

b)

loyalists

c)

confederates

d)

Union

70.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Samuel Adams

71.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Samuel Adams

72.

Which Supreme Court decision in the late 1800s established the legal basis for Jim Crow laws?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Northern Securities v. United States

73.

What did "flappers" represent in American society during the 1920s?

a)

changing roles for women

b)

growing influence of fundamentalism

c)

rising support for prohibition

d)

growing support for racism

74.

Why did support for the Ku Klux Klan grow during the early 1920s?

a)

surge in immigration from eastern and southern Europe

b)

large number of German refugees from World War I

c)

population growth among African Americans

d)

the enforcement of prohibition

75.

Those who support the Constitution are called

a)

Federalists

b)

Republicans

c)

Anti-federalists

d)

Democrats

76.

America’s first constitution

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Hammurabi’s Code

77.

Protects individual liberties

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Gettysburg Address

78.

The system that allows each branch to balance the power of the other 2 branches

a)

Federalism

b)

Democracy

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Popular sovereignty

79.

The system of shared power between the federal and state governments

a)

Democracy

b)

Federalism

c)

Popular sovereignty

d)

Checks and Balances

80.

Man made waterways

a)

rivers

b)

canals

c)

steamships

d)

stagecoaches

81.

The theory that America is destined to expand to the Pacific coast

a)

Destiny’s Child

b)

American Spread

c)

Expansionism

d)

Manifest Destiny

82.

Which tribe was forced to march west on the Trail of Tears?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Seminole

c)

Sauk

d)

Apache

83.

Which reform movement was most closely aligned with women’s right?

a)

Temperance

b)

Special Needs

c)

Abolition

d)

Education

84.

Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Angelina Grimke

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

85.

Which battle of the Civil War was a turning point?

a)

Shiloh

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Fredericksburg

86.
What is another name for British soldiers?
a)
Redcoats
b)
Patriots
c)
Minutemen
d)
Continental Soldiers
87.
"No ________ without representation"
a)
voting
b)
taxation
c)
rights
d)
liberty poles
88.
Who were the Minutemen?
a)
Patriots who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
b)
British soldiers who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
c)
Sons of Liberty who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
d)
Hessians who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
89.
Who won the American Revolution?
a)
The British
b)
The American Colonists
90.
This was a tax on all printed materials in the 13 Colonies.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Townshend Act
91.
What was this poster's meaning?
a)
The Colonies needed to be united
b)
Serpents can grow back together
c)
Colonies need to be independent
d)
Ben Franklin didn't know why he made this
92.
This event broke tensions between the colonist and the British troops where shots were fired. Crispus Attucks was the first to be killed.
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Bloody Valentine
93.
This battle where the American Colonist won and was called "The shot heard 'round the world". 
a)
Battle of Saratoga
b)
Battle of Yorktown
c)
Lexington and Concord
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
94.
What amendment has the right to bear arms?
a)
2nd Amendment
b)
3rd Amendment
c)
4th Amendment
d)
5th Amendment
95.
What amendment provides people with the right to No excessive bail and No cruel or Unusual Punishment?
a)
7th Amendment
b)
8th Amendment
c)
9th Amendment
d)
10th Amendment
96.
How many colonies/states were there when the United States became an independent country?
a)
13
b)
19
c)
43
97.
What is the significance of the year 1787?
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
U.S. Constitution
c)
Jamestown
d)
Mayflower Compact
98.
Which branch of government is responsible for interpreting laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Legislative
99.
Which branch of government is responsible for creating laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Legislative
100.
Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Legislative
101.
What amendment protects freedom of speech?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
102.

What is Judicial Review?

a)

The courts can review laws and declare them unconstitutional

b)

Judges have a review system for some court cases

c)

The courts have the ability to reverse a decision

103.
What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?
a)
Snakes
b)
Mountain lions
c)
Bison
d)
Locusts
104.
What were Boom Towns?
a)
Towns that were developed when gold and silver was found in a particular place. 
b)
Towns that were abandoned after the gold and silver mines were depleted.
c)
Towns where dynamite was found
d)
Towns where loud sounds were often heard.
105.
This is loyalty to your region, rather than the whole country.
a)
tariff
b)
federalism
c)
states' rights
d)
sectionalism
106.

Abolitionists wanted to

a)

end slavery

b)

continue slavery

c)

stop the sale of alcohol

d)

produce alcohol

107.

The Southern states called themselves

a)

the North

b)

the Union

c)

the Confederacy

d)

Freedom Fighters

108.

The President of the Union was

a)

George Washington

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Abraham Lincoln

109.
The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --
a)
allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
b)
broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
c)
enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
d)
gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River
110.
The Seventeenth Amendment allowed....
a)
Americans to vote the way they want to in all elections
b)
women the right to vote
c)
Americans to vote for president
d)
Americans to vote directly for US senators instead of having state legislatures vote for them
111.

One big effect of the 18th amendment was

a)

bootlegging

b)

women could vote

c)

Americans turned to religion

d)

women wore pants

112.

FDR's programs to end the Great Depression were called

a)

A Square Deal

b)

No Deal

c)

The New Deal

d)

A New Hope

113.

Which of the following is an example of nativism?

a)

Discrimination against women

b)

Discrimination against immigrants

c)

Discrimination against the poor

d)

Discrimination against the youth

114.

Antisemitism is a hatred towards

a)

Jewish people

b)

immigrant groups

c)

women

d)

People of color

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