WorksheetsEOC REVIEW 1
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 43mins
What was invented by Edwin Drake, and
made production of oil faster and
more efficient?
Gas Station
Oil Drill
Wind turbines
Oil Manufacturing Sites
What was invented by George Westinghouse; enabled electricity to travel long distances. Brought light to rural areas.
Direct current (electricity)
telegram
Alternating current (electricity)
cell phone towers
The _________________ was invented by Alexander Graham
Bell. Allowed for easier communication around the country.
telephone
Zimmerman telegram
cell phone
car
What connected the country to and allowed for trade throughout the nation
Intercontinental Railroad
Pacific / Southern Railway
Transcontinental Railroad
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a period when African Americans
left the US in large numbers to settle in Nigeria
used civil disobedience to fight segregation in the armed forces
migrated to the West in search of land and jobs
created noteworthy works of art and literacture
The migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the
efforts of the Civil Rights Movement
availability of new factory jobs
success of military desegregation
impact of affirmative action programs
W.E.B. DuBois believed that African Americans should attempt to gain equality in the United States by
demanding full and immediate participation in American society
setting up a separate nation within the United States
taking over leadership if all political parties
entering vocational training programs in separate schools
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that
all western territories should be open to slavery
states may not secede from the Union
slaves are property and may not be taken from their owners
racial segregation was constitutional
Political Machines promised to protect immigrants' jobs in return for
military service
physical security
votes
cash payments
The intent of United States immigration laws of the 1920s was to
encourage cultural diversity
restore an open-door policy toward immigration
restrict immigration through the use of quotas
increase economic opportunities for recent immigrants
Which of the following laws was passed in large part due to Nativism?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
During the 1920s, controversies over the Scopes Trial, national prohibition, and the behavior of flappers were all signs of disagreements over
the benefits of new technology
the return to normalcy
causes of the Great Depression
traditional values and changing lifestyles
During World War II, posters of Rosie the Riveter were used to
promote women's suffrage
recruit women into wartime industries
support higher education for women
encourage women to serve in the armed forces
Which early 1900s reformer opened Hull House as a settlement house?
Jane Addams
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Susan B. Anthony
Which of the following people might have been labeled a "flapper"?
a finance capitalist of the early 20th century
an immigrant drafted into the Union army
a progressive woman of the 1920s
a politician speaking out against US involvement in World War I
The Progressive Era devised strategies to address what issue in the United States in the early 1900s?
Slavery laws in the United States.
Voting restrictions of African-Americans in the United States.
The movement of Native Americans to western territories.
Problems caused by industrial capitalism.
The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution provided:
Immediate voting rights to all immigrants.
An end to child labor during the period of industrialization.
Laws restricting the consumption of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
Suffrage rights to women.
Which of the following contributed to the development of the United States as a world power?
Revolutionary War and the 19th Amendment.
Overseas expansion, World War I, and the Spanish-American War.
The 13th Amendment and The Cold War.
Operation Desert Storm, September 11th, and The Cold War.
At the start of the 1920s, speakeasies and organized crime emerged due to which of the following?
The Red Scare.
Prohibition.
The Harlem Renaissance.
The Great Migration.
Following World War I, the United States adopted which of the following policies with regards to foreign affairs?
Expansionist.
Fascist.
Isolationist.
Imperialist.
The Neutrality Acts of the 1930s were established in response to:
The growing number of discriminatory groups in the United States.
Large periods of immigration at the start of the 20th Century.
Growing tensions in Europe following World War I.
American interest in Cuba following the Spanish-American War.
At the start of The Cold War, the United States organized what policy towards communist expansion in the world?
Isolationist.
Imperialist.
Containment.
Interventionist.
The Marshall Plan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were designed to:
End the movement of illegal weapons.
Lower starvation rates in third world countries.
Stop the spread of communism.
Provide suffrage rights to all citizens.
The Gentleman’s Agreement between President Theodore Roosevelt and Japan resulted in a decrease of which of these?
Japanese immigration to the US
Japanese troops stationed in Manchuria
tariffs between Japan and the US
U.S. and Japanese fleets in the Pacific Ocean
The excerpt below comes from a speech given by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917: “The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them.”
What was the purpose of this speech?
to justify the acquisition of overseas territory
to persuade the Senate to ratify the Treaty of Versailles
to convince Congress to declare war on Germany
to reassure the public of his commitment to U.S. neutrality.
Which entrepreneur had a significant impact on the cosmetics industry?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Madame C.J. Walker
Emily Dickinson
Sojourner Truth
Which of the following was the main reason that the federal government created a method for Native Americans to become U.S. citizens?
to reduce the amount of money spent supporting Native Americans
to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society
to undermine the legal basis of the treaties made with Native American tribes
to guarantee that Native Americans enjoyed constitutionally protected civil rights
This time period in U.S History consisted of the struggle to end racism in the United States.
Civil Rights Era
Civil War Era
Progressive Era
Reconstruction Era
Which of the following was a goal of the Dawes Act of 1877?
Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle
Lure Native Americans to migrate to the frontier
Entice Native Americans to move to urban areas
Give Native Americans jobs in the federal bureaucracy
This made the production of steel more efficient and affordable.
Combustion Engine
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Bessemer Process
The invention of the by Henry Ford allowed manufacturing production to be more efficient allowing for different factories to produce more profits.
Car
Assembly Line
Bessemer Process
Combustible Engine
Which statement describes the role played by the U.S. journalists during the Spanish-American war?
Journalists exaggerated events to build support for the war, giving the president and Congress little chance to resolve the conflict diplomatically.
Journalists ignored the signs of impending war until it was too late to inform the public of the government’s intentions to declare war on Spain.
Journalists focused on bad news rather than good news in order to criticize the decisions made by the president and military leaders
Journalists provided frequent reports of the fighting, allowing the public to follow a foreign war closely for the first time.
What was the main purpose of this poster?
to encourage young men to enlist in the army
to demonstrate the reason for entering the war
to generate financial support for the war effort
to create public distrust of Germans
Passage of which of these represented a shift from the foreign policy that dominated American politics between the two world wars?
the Wagner Act
the Espionage Act
the Lend-Lease Act
the Taft-Hartley Act
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented attempts by the United States to deal with the
national debt
spread of communism
president's political opposition
arms race
President John F. Kennedy supported the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba as an effort to
remove a communist dictator from power
stop the flow of illegal drugs to the United States
support Fidel Castro’s efforts for reform
rescue hostages held by Cuban freedom fighters
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Truman Doctrine were attempts to carry out a United States foreign policy of
brinksmanship
detente
nonalignment
containment
What was a major outcome of the Korean War (1950-1953)?
Korea continued to be a divided nation
North Korea became an ally of the US
South Korea became a communist nation
control of Korea was turned over to the United Nations
Based on the map, which statement can best be concluded about Native Americans in the late 1800s?
They were given back their land previously taken from them.
They were forced to give up some of their land as settlers moved west.
They were required to absorb into society by moving away from reservations.
They were encouraged to combine their territories into one centralized reservation.
When a group of people is forced to give up their culture to take on a new culture this is called
assimilation
industrialized capitalism
laissez-faire
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
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
Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida Tarbell are all associated with what American literary movement?
Muckrakers
Romanticism
Harlem Renaissance
Blogging
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
Who did the United States defeat in a late-nineteenth century war that was fought in Cuba and the Philippines?
Japan
France
England
Spain
