WorksheetsEOC practice
Total questions: 105
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
A credible source is a source of information that is:
unbiased
supported by evidence
written by a professional author
posted on social media
A website with an overload of advertisements is often a sign of a credible source.
True
False
When we say that a website is a credible source we mean:
the source is unbelievable and fantastic
it is unreliable and false
the source is appropriate for a business report
it is believable and trustworthy
Which of these is a thesis statement?
Which of these makes a clear thesis statement?
The idea that government’s power comes from the people.
Divine Right
Popular Sovereignty
Social Contract
Natural Rights
Rights that cannot be taken from the people.
Unalienable Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Social Contract
Natural Rights
The idea that people give up some of their power and rights to the government, and government is supposed to maintain order.
Unalienable Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Social Contract
Natural Rights
The idea that all people are born equal and entitled to the same basic rights
Unalienable Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Social Contract
Natural Rights
Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Paine
John Adams
Which of these were "grievances" the colonists had with the British Government?
They were taxed without representation in Parliament
The British Government required colonists to house troops against their will
Not allowing the colonists to trade with other countries (Mercantilism)
Suspending the right to a trial by jury
Suspending Colonial Legislatures
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 said that people within the territory had all of the following rights EXCEPT...
To own slaves
Religious freedom
Right to a trial by a jury
To have a say in the government (if you were a free white landowning male)
Which of the following did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 set land aside for in every township?
Police stations
A fort
City Halls
Schools
The lasting impact of the Northwest ordinance of 1787 was...
that slavery would be made illegal forever after in the U.S.
that the U.S. was unable to compromise.
that we would be dragged into another war.
that it provided instructions on how the U.S. should add new states to the U.S. in the future.
How many colonies were there in total?
12
14
13
11
What event proved that the Articles of Confederation were weak?
Boston Massacre
The Revolutionary War
Shay's Rebellion
The Boston Tea Party
The freedom to bear arms is what amendment?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
An Anti Federalist believed...
There should be a weak central government
There should be a powerful central government
A federalist....
Wanted a strong Executive Branch- Executive Branch has more authority than the other branches of government.
Supported the idea of Checks and Balances
An anti-federalist
Supported checks and balances, separation of powers
Wanted the executive branch to have ultimate power
Who would represent the Executive Branch?
The President
Congress
Supreme Court
Who would represent the Legislative Branch?
President
Congress
Supreme Court
Who represented the Judicial Branch?
President
Congress
Supreme Court
The photos demonstrate which new Industrial Revolution concept?
Monopoly
Assemble Line
Horizontal Integration
Cars were the #1 built item
The deaths and fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, led to which of the following?
Child rights laws
Laws against harmful chemicals
Safety codes for buildings
Standards for health and medicine
What new invention will allow us to build skyscrapers and suspension bridges?
Iron
The hammer
Steel
A-bomb
The opportunity for individuals to gain partial ownership through investing benefits accompany in what way?
Increased child labor
Increased government investment
Decreased production
Increased opportunity to expand production
An economic practice where the government does NOT try to control the economy.
Gospel of Wealth
laissez faire
Social Darwinism
horizontal integration
the control of an entire or most of an industry by one company
laissez faire
capitalism
monopoly
patent
In which industry did Andrew Carnegie earn his fortune?
steel
railroad
gold
oil
Which industry did Rockefeller dominate?
oil
steel
communication
railroad
What was the first Immigration Law in the United States?
Italian Exclusion Act of 1882
Irish Exclusion Act of 1882
Japanese Exclusion Act of 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?
They settled in warmer climates
They settled near water
They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
They settled where immigrant officials sent them
Which Americans would have been most in favor of immigration?
Factory workers
Factory owners
Railroad workers
Southerners
Immigration to rural areas continued to rise while many farmers moved to cities.
By 1900, more Americans were working in factories than on farms for the first time in history.
Despite the availability of factory jobs, the vast majority of Americans chose to remain on farms at the turn of the century.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, America's economy was becoming increasingly industrial.
Jim Crow laws
Segregated blacks and whites
Killed minorities
Resulted in slavery
Were ended after the Civil War
This was the Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in America
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
Garrett v. NFL
The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson said that whites and blacks could be segregated if accommodations were
Hot and Cold
Even and uneven
Separate but equal
Fair and equal
Between 1848 and 1920, suffragists protested for women to have the right to vote.
Which amendment guaranteed women this right in the United States?
16th
17th
18th
19th
The Jungle exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry.
Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the conditions?
Jacob Riis
Lewis Hines
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact the US?
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
____________?____________
A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed.
What is the most likely title for this?
Industrialization
Progressive Era
Reconstruction
Prohibition
US entered war to gain control of Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines in this war...
Rico War
Spanish American War
War on terrorism
Island war
What is domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
Imperialism
Industrialization
What was the name of President Wilson's plan for peace?
Zimmerman Telegram
Sussex Pledge
Treaty of Versailles
Fourteen Points
What country had to admit guilt for WWI according to the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Italy
What was the name of the peace-keeping organization proposed by Wilson?
Fourteen Points
League of Nations
United Nations
Sussex Pledge
"War gardens" were...
gardens people plants during food rationing
places where war was fought
the land between trenches
forests
Identify all of the policies below which were taken by the United States prior to WWII to maintain an isolationist policy.
the Neutrality Acts prohibited American from traveling on ships of nations at war.
Quarantine Speech in which Roosevelt encouraged peaceful countries to isolate aggressive nations like Japan.
Destroyers for Bases agreement in which the U.S. exchanged 50 naval destroyers for rights on lands Britain had previously possessed
Lend-Lease Act Roosevelt agreed to sell, lease, or lend war materials to any country he believed was important to the defense of the U.S.
glorifies the nation or race above individual rights
fascism
democracy
communism
totalitarianism
France & Britain's response to Germany's expansion
appeasement
isolationist
interventionist
declaration of war
reason why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
US stopped selling oil to Japan
US stopped buying oil from Japan
Japan wanted to conquer the US
Japan wanted to spread communism
During the Cold War, the United States adopted the ___________________ in order to stop the spread of communism around the world.
Domino Theory
Expansionist Policy
Containment Policy
Marshall Plan
The United States intervened in Korea and Vietnam to stop the spread of:
Facism
Democracy
Socialism
Communism
Who fought to make Vietnam a Communist country independent from French rule?
Hirohito
Kim Il Sung
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
What is being described? Ho Chi Minh wanted country under communist rule, Mins soliders used guerilla warfare, many Americans protested the war, American troops withrew and the south surrendered.
Korean War
First Indochina War
WW2
Vietnam War
_________.
During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?
Truman Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
What is one thing that Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Philip Vera Cruz all shared?
They were all once farm workers
They were all leaders fighting for rights of farm workers
They were all Mexican-American
They were all college-educated activists
Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.
Baby Boom
Baby Gap
GI Bill
Transistor
_____________ rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the ruling of unsegregated public places.
Freedom Rides
National Organization for Women
United Farm Workers
Counterculture
The interconnection of the world today is often referred to as
Nationalism
Communism
Globalization
Isolationism
What countries are a part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
United States
Mexico
Germany
Canada
Cities often spread out over surrounding areas. This is called
Urban Sprawl
Rural Decline
Urban Decline
Rural Sprawl
Sending goods to another country to sell.
import
export
