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WorksheetsSection One EOC Practice Test
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 45mins
What was one major factor in creation of the Dust Bowl?
Financial Security
Widespread Drought
Political Mismanagement
Good Farming Practices
In 1862, Congress passed the Pacific Railway Act authorizing the Central Pacific Railroad to build a railroad eastward from the Pacific Ocean. The legislation established the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and subsequently gave it authority to build westward from Omaha, Nebraska. Congress extended loans to each company to accomplish the task. What was one result of the transcontinental railroad?
Repeal of the Missouri Compromise
Use of and discrimination against Chinese labor
The growth of sectionalism in the West
Migration of rural workers to East Coast cities
What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
It allowed for voting rights to all settlers.
It transferred ownership of the colony to the Puritans.
It provided for an even distribution of food among the colonists.
It established a foundation of self-government.
What resulted from the outrage caused by the publication of Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle?
The book was banned from libraries.
There was a backlash against labor union organizers.
There were further restrictions placed on civil liberties.
The federal government began oversight of the meat-packing industry.
President Grover Cleveland stated, "Corporations, which should be carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people's masters." Cleveland was referring to the growth of
Labor Unions
Urban Centers
The Textile Industry
Monopolies and Trusts
Against the wisdom of George Washington, political parties emerged with the 1796 elections. The Federalists, who supported the policies of Alexander Hamilton, were opposed to the Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. What was one philosophical difference between the Federalists and the Republicans?
The disagreement over whether the president would serve for life.
A strong central government versus strong state governments.
The ability of the Federalists to lead the country in war.
The importance of creating a system of checks and balances in government.
World War II posters, like the one above, were used to
Convince the public to protest the war.
Rally home front efforts to support the war.
Encourage Congress to declare war against Germany.
Require local banks to help finance the war.
The 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie prohibited whites from moving onto land set aside for the Lakota peoples, including a large tract of land known as the Black Hills. How did the 1874 discovery of gold in the Black Hills by white miners affect westward expansion?
It prompted protection of Native American land.
It stopped further mining by whites in the Black Hills.
It increased western white settlement and population.
It prevented further violence against Native Americans.
During World War II the federal government forced the relocation of thousands of Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Italian Americans into internment camps. Which statement BEST describes WWII internment camps?
Places where individuals willingly stayed for the course of the war.
Restrictions without cause on the civil liberties of individuals.
A way to protect the businesses and homes of immigrants.
Places where people were free to come and go as they pleased.
Which statement describes the Battle of Yorktown?
It allowed American and French forces to trap Cornwallis and 8,000 British troops.
It created a new alliance between Great Britain and Spain.
It was a significant British defeat over the Continentals.
It was a surprise attack by British troops over cold and starving Continentals.
What was the goal of the Declaration of Sentiments?
Reform of public schools
Labor union membership
Abolition
Voting rights for women
Why is Thomas Paine given credit for saving the independence movement?
He led the Continental Army to victory at the Battle of Trenton.
His work, Common Sense inspired colonists to fight for independence.
He wrote the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution.
He served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
Which of the following events completes the above diagram?
Cold War
Korean War
Spanish-American War
World War I
What was the foremost reason for the War of 1812?
The quest for westward expansion beyond the Mississippi River.
The establishment of a representative government in America.
The French fur trade in Canada and in western United States.
The British policy of search and seizure of American ships.
What was the outcome of the Mexican-American War?
Texas became a separate nation.
Mexico gained its independence from Spain.
The United States annexed 500,000 square miles of territory.
Americans began moving past the Louisiana Territory.
The political and social turmoil of 1968 included the assassination of which civil rights leader?
A. Philip Randolph
Lyndon B. Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mohandas Gandhi
The Articles of Confederation established a weak federal government with limited powers invested in Congress. The closing of the Mississippi River to trade by Spain in 1784 was of particular concern because the Articles of Confederation did not give Congress the power...
To strike treaty agreements with foreign countries
To act without complete agreement
To send ambassadors to other countries
To raise an army
These civil rights efforts had the support of both the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and
The federal government
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
State legislatures throughout the South
City officials in Alabama and Mississippi
The Great Awakening refers to
A belief in the importance of Great Britain to the colonies.
A religious revival occurring during the 1730s and 1740s.
A committee that supported the Enlightenment, especially John Locke.
A driving force in the formation of a representative government.
The United States Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned which principle upheld in the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) decision?
Freedom of speech
Separate but equal
Clear and present danger
Right to petition the government
Earth Day, proposed by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, was first elected on April 22, 1970. Today students across the country celebrate Earth Day by planting trees, cleaning roadsides, building rain gardens, and other environmental activities. What response did the federal government have to environmental movement?
It reduced funding for environmental projects.
It built a series of dams to divert water from the Colorado River.
It created a federal agency (EPA) to address environmental problems.
It eliminated all recycling programs.
Which of the following progressive reforms allows voters to accept or reject legislative proposals?
Recall
Initiative
Referendum
Seventeenth Amendment
What was the effect of the Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) decision?
It unified the North in its support of slavery.
It prompted federal support of states' rights.
It incited further sectionalism in the country.
It resulted in other slaves petitioning the court for freedom.
Though captured from their villages, and forced to endure the horrific Middle Passage, Africans arrived at America's shores embracing their traditions and cultures. What happened to African cultures after Africans were sold into slavery?
They were outlawed by the federal government.
They were expressed in the customs of enslaved Africans.
They never became a part of plantation life.
They were abandoned once Africans were enslaved.
Why did Congress pass the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?
To end corporations as a form of business.
To prevent big business from creating monopolies.
To limit the amount of competition among small businesses.
To restrict the ability of Congress to control interstate commerce.
According to Enlightenment thinking, the role of government is to
Have absolute rule over people
Protect the natural rights of citizens
Protect the monarchy against rebellion
Decide if natural rights applied to the people
The Compromise of 1850 included a series of five separate bills passed by Congress to address the needs of a growing nation. What did the Compromise of 1850 direct?
California entering the Union as a free state.
Slavery outlawed in the District of Columbia,
A weak Fugitive Slave Law.
No slavery in the New Mexico Territory.
Use the information below to answer the question:
⋅ The Jazz Age
⋅ The Flapper
⋅ The growth of Hollywood
The characteristics noted in the box refer to
An economic growth and prosperity in the 1920s
Pre-World War I economic difficulties
Post-World War II economic growth
Economic difficulties experienced during the early 1930s
As the American colonies grew and prospered increased mercantilism became a main goal of the British government. To that end, they participated in establishing trans-Atlantic trade routes. What purpose did mercantilism have for the British?
To lesson the tension between European nations, particularly with Spain.
To cooperate with the French government in mutually beneficial trade with the American colonies.
To increase the power of the British government through control of the Atlantic trade.
To establish a system of fair economic policy to allow the colonies to become independent.
All of the following were leaders in abolitionism EXCEPT
Frederick Douglass
The Grimke sisters
John C. Calhoun
William Lloyd Garrison
President Thomas Jefferson looked to expand the country westward. The above statement by Jefferson in 1803 shows...
Worry over the cultural needs of Native Americans
Little concern about potential conflict
Understanding of the Native American culture
How differing points of view play a role in conflicts over territory
The above photo taken in 1923 shows a worker in a Ford assembly plant. What was the impact of the Ford assembly line?
The assembly line proved to be an unsuccessful factory system.
The assembly line spurred legislation friendly to labor unions.
The assembly line revolutionized American manufacturing.
The assembly line helped to integrate the defense industry.
Use the following quote to answer the question:
"It is up to us in the north to provide aid and support to those who are actually bearing the brunt of the fight for equality down south. America has its iron curtain too."
--Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was a talented athlete who overcame taunts and abuse to become the first African American to play professional baseball. What problem was Robinson addressing in the above quote?
American foreign policy
Trade restrictions
Segregation
Political parties
What is the point of view of the cartoonist concerning the accusations by Senator Joseph McCarthy of Communist infiltrators in the United States in 1952?
The job of discovering all Communists who had infiltrated the United States was almost finished.
Little more could be done to find all the Communists functioning in the United States government.
Senator McCarthy had placed himself in a very difficult position by making so many unfounded statements.
It was high time the United States took action to discover how many Communists had infiltrated the government.
Which document only symbolically freed Southern slaves, but created a moral focus for the Civil War?
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Gettysburg Address
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Fugitive Slave Law
President Nixon believed that the way to reduce Cold War tensions was to balance international power. To that end, Nixon began establishing foreign relations with Communist countries, to particular with Communist China. In 1972, Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty or SALT.
What does the above information describe?
Detente
The arms race
Cold War rhetoric
Shuttle diplomacy
⋅ Growth of suburbs was encouraged by the construction of highways.
⋅ Technological advances were created by new industries.
⋅ The average standard of living increased by more than 40%.
⋅ The baby boom created a demand for new products and contributed to economic growth.
⋅ Medical advances, such as polio vaccine, improved childhood health.
⋅ The growth of households increased consumerism of such products as washing machines, televisions, and the family car.
What conclusion can be made from the above information?
There were indicators of a looming Cold War.
They support the need for civil rights legislation.
They show the flight of industry from America's cities.
They show the 1950s as a time of economic prosperity.
What was the importance of interchangeable parts during the Industrial Revolution of the early 19th century?
They allowed for the mass production and reduced the price of producing American goods.
They brought fame to the international inventor Eli Whitney.
They were first used in production of the cotton gin.
They revolutionized the cotton gin.
What was one of the purposes behind passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
To establish federal voting rights.
To eliminate the segregation of public schools.
To outlaw discrimination based on race.
To create a database on immigration.
What can be said about George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?
He had amazing resolve and kept his troops inspired even after the loss of New York.
He lacked the leadership skills needed during difficult times.
He was not able to convince his men to stay through the winter at Valley Forge.
He did not believe a professional army was needed to fight the British.
Which factor was instrumental in prolonging the Cold War from the years of the Truman presidency until the fall of the Soviet government in 1991?
The arms race
The Marshall Plan
The Lend-Lease Act
The Berlin Blockade
What reaction did the colonists have to the Townshend Acts?
They passed the Intolerable Acts.
They declared their independence.
They boycotted British goods.
They staged the Boston Tea Party.
How did inventions such as Thomas Edison's phonograph and electric light change American life?
They inspired such inventions as the John Deere plow.
They affected American leisure activities and industry.
They resulted in an expanded railroad network.
They encouraged the building of canals.
⋅ The Erie Canal was completed in 1825.
⋅ It links the Hudson River with Lake Erie.
⋅ It included 83 locks with a rise of 568 feet and 18 aqueducts designed to carry the canal over ravines and rivers.
⋅ Between 1836 and 1862, it was enlarged to support boats 70 feet wide and 7 feet deep.
⋅ It was enlarged again between 1903 and 1918 to accommodate large barges carrying very heavy loads.
Based on the information in the box, what was the purpose of the Erie Canal?
To accommodate the recreational needs of easterners.
To facilitate the growth of the United States.
To enhance the environment along Lake Erie.
To impede trade throughout the region.
Which BEST describes the 1980s economic policy called Reaganomics?
Reduce taxes, reduce social programs, deregulate businesses.
Expand business opportunities, expand social programs.
Eliminate foreign aid, raise taxes on corporations.
Reduce social programs, raise taxes on businesses, expand Medicare.
