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WorksheetsEOC Review Test #1
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 2hrs 3mins
Why did Congress pass laws protecting Civil Rights during Reconstruction?
To reserve the Dred Scott decision
To abolish Black Codes in the South
To Punish former Confederate soldiers
To help former slaves migrate to the North
Why did United States business interest favor overseas expansion in the late 1800s?
To establish a commonwealth of colonies
To establish military bases around the world
To acquire new markets and sources of raw materials
To spread democratic ideals to other areas of the world
Which statement accurately describes the difference between Lincoln's and Radical Republican's plan for Reconstruction?
Lincoln's plan consisted of many complicated steps, the Radicals plan was much simpler
Lincoln's plan sought to punish the South for the Civil War, the Radicals plan was aimed at rehabilitation
Lincoln's plan called for the quick return of Southern states to the Union, the Radicals plan sought to delay their return
Lincoln's plan called for the abolition of slavery through the South, the Radicals plan would have allowed slavery to continue
Use the quotes to answer the question.
These quotes represent two ides in which important conflict in American history?
the conflict over how much independence states should have in the federal system
the conflict over what level of representation small states should have in the federal legislature
the conflict over an amendment to the Constitution that would allow slavery in the territories
the conflict over whether or not to forcibly remove Native Americans from their lands in the West
One result of the French & Indian War (1754-1763) was that dominance in North America was achieved by
Russia
Great Britain
France
Spain
What was one way that the development of the colonies responded to the fact that Florida was a Spanish colony?
A colonial navy patrolled the coast of Georgia
Georgia was founded as a base for the British army
Georgia was a buffer zone between the British and Spanish
The British attacked Florida and took possession of St. Augustine
Use the information below to answer the question:
I. Montgomery bus boycott 1955-1956
II. Martin Lither King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech, 1963
III. Passage of the Civil Rights Act, 1964
IV. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, 1954
Which lists these four events in the correct chronological order?
IV, III, II, I
IV, I, II, III
II, IV, III, I
I, IV, III, II
When Theodore Roosevelt said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick,” he was trying to gain support for
imposing harsh laws to reduce crime
supporting woman suffrage to expand civil rights
building a powerful navy to aid U.S. diplomacy
using the national forests to stimulate building projects
Demands for the calling of a Constitutional Convention in 1787 reflected the growing belief that the
small and large states should be political equals
rights of businesses were not being protected
national government needed to be strengthened
state governments had too little power
When southern states’ representatives were contributing to drafting the Constitution, they tended to argue that
church and state should be seperated
slave trade should be abolished
slaves should e counted in the census
territories should be open to slave-holding
Based on this advice to the nation by President Washington, delivered upon his retirement, which of the following statements BEST reflects his principal concerns for the future of the United States?
Truly patriotic citizens should vote in local elections.
Citizens should be wary of sectionalism in the United States
The future of the United States depends upon its economic strength.
A responsible citizen cannot accept at face value the views of any politician.
The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 served to restrict
the right to bear arms and the right to a jury trial
the right of women to vote and hold office
freedom of speech and freedom of the press
freedom of unreasonable search and seizure
The nullification confrontation of 1832- 1833 between President Andrew Jackson and South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun concerned
Jackson's attempts to abolish slavery in the South
Calhoun's claim that a state has the power to ignore federal laws
the constitutionality of the second Bank of the U.S.
whether slavery would be allowed in western territories
This quotation refers to
the Louisiana Purchase
gains from the Black Hawk War
the loss of British forts in the West
the annexation of Texas
How did the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 impact New York City?
New York City ceased to be a major point of European immigration
New York City became a major economical & financial center
New York City lost financial and political influence to the city of Albany
New York City gained control of western agricultural production
In his Farwell Address, President George Washington warned future Americans about the problems that could result from
immigration quotas on foreign nations
passing high protective tariffs to control foreign powers
becoming allied with foreign powers
expanding westward into lands claimed by others
On May 10, 1969 in Promontory, Utah the East and West became connected by the completion of
a telegraph line reaching from New York to San Francisco
the Transcontinental Railroad
the Oregon Trail system
the stations that served the Pony Express
The core membership of the Populist Party in the late 1890s consisted of
factory workers
farmers
immigrants
socialists
Why was the Fourteenth Amendment NOT successfully implemented in Southern states during the Reconstruction Era?
Southern states refused to acknowledge the amendment because of its provisions.
Most Southern legislatures had been disbanded by the United States military
A majority of Southern states elected to remain outside the Union following the war.
Southern states were allowed to make their own decisions about segregation legislation.
What was one effect of the Wagner Act (1935)?
The number of factory workers declined dramatically between 1935 and 1945.
Employers were prohibited from interfering in workers’ efforts to unionize
Laborers shifted their support from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party
Laborers in companies with more than 50 employees were prohibited from striking
What was one result of the work of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s?
restoration of a natural environment
construction of nuclear power plants
generation of affordable electricity for rural areas
improvements in systems of communication
In his first inaugural address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was warning the American people NOT to be discouraged by the effects of
Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
Japanese expansion in the Pacific
the Great Depression
Prohibiton
During the 1990s, the economies of Canada, Mexico, and the United States became more integrated when all three nations agreed to
lower trade barriers
create a common currency
pool their tax revenues
standardize wages and price
Why did President Kennedy approve the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles supported by the Central Intelligence Agency in 1961?
Castro had formed an anti-United States alliance with Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Castro had developed close economic and political ties to the Soviet Union.
Castro had cut off all Cuban trade with the United States
Castro had released political prisoners into the United States, many of whom were criminals.
Which of these MOST accurately describes a result of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” programs?
Federal anti-poverty programs were enacted for the first time in history
Less tax money was spent on social programs.
Federal spending was increased for education, housing, and health care.
The federal government gave up many state and local government functions.
This cartoon reflects foreign policy ideas commonly held by Americans during
the Spanish-American War
World War I
World War II
the Korean War
The principal message of the cartoon is that the Standard Oil Company
used its size to lower the prices of its products
protected the nation from foreign competition
used its economic power to influence government decisions
employed violence to gain an unfair advantage for its workers
Which heading best completes the partial outline below?
Rise of American Imperialism
Causes of World War I
Enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine
Trade Expansion in East Asia
Based on the map, which region of the United States demonstrated the most support for complete voting rights for women before 1919?
New England
West
South
Midwest
One reason Jacob Riis published many photographs similar to this was to
disprove claims of yellow journalists
encourage government assistance for poor farmers
promote the use of child labor
increase public concern over tenement conditions
From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.
Large monopolies
small private business
political machines
labor unions
What does this image say is the controlling factor of decisions by political machines?
resources
influence
power
money
All of the following are examples of nonviolent demonstration against racial segregation in the United States in the 1960s EXCEPT
freedom riders
Montgomery bus boycott
lunch counter sit-ins
the integration of "Ole Mis"
What action did President Dwight Eisenhower take when Governor Orval Faubus refused to allow AfricanAmerican students to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?
He sent the U.S. Army to Little Rock to enforce the law
He moved the African-American students to Memphis, Tennessee.
He led a regional meeting of governors to find a solution to the problem.
He forced Orval Faubus to resign as governor of Arkansas.
Which of the following events is a direct cause of the involvement of the United States in the Persian Gulf War?
Iran threatened to launch missiles toward Israel, an ally of the United States.
Iraq invaded Kuwait, an ally of the United States
Saudi Arabia and Iraq threatened to cut off oil to the United States
Syria and Iraq invaded Iran, a member of the United Nations
President Theodore Roosevelt stated that the people deserved a “Square Deal” from their government. What did he mean by that?
Business groups should be allowed to function unregulated by government.
Government regulators should determine fair profit margins.
Business groups should be restricted from unfair business practices by government.
Government regulators should determine wages for workers or commodity prices for consumers
In what way did the traditional role of many women change during World War II?
They won leadership roles in Congress.
They accepted high-level management positions in war industries.
They were assigned to combat positions in the armed forces.
They took jobs in support of the war effort
How did the US respond when the Soviet Union blockaded the city of Berlin in 1949?
Berlin Airlift
Economic sanctions
Threatened to invade the city
Built the Berlin Wall
The case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) overturned what previous case that established "separate but equal"?
Dred Scott vs Sanford
Roe vs Wade
Plessy vs Ferguson
Marbury vs Madison
Which two issues led to protests and riots in many American cities during the 1960s?
space exploration and environmental pollution
the Vietnam War and racial injustice
inadequate health care and women’s liberation
gasoline shortages and illegal immigration
The terms brinkmanship, peaceful coexistence, and détente are most closely associated with
periodic border disputes between Canada and the United States
problems the United States experienced with Germany prior to its reunification
techniques used by terrorists to intimidate United States citizens
Cold War relations between the United States and the Soviet Union
Which development has resulted from the creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the 1990s?
growth in membership of labor unions in the United States
greater global economic interdependence
fewer industries leaving the United States
more protective tariffs between the member nations
Which United States foreign policy action best illustrates the concept of containment?
adopting the Truman Doctrine in 1947
ratifying the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963
returning control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1978
granting diplomatic recognition to the People’s Republic of China in 1979
The outcome of the events illustrated in the cartoon resulted in the
expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia
resignation of President Richard Nixon
growing support for environmental protection legislation
visit to Communist China by President Richard Nixon
Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, the Republican Party has generally tried to deal with economic problems by supporting
lower taxes and reduced government spending
the elimination of free trade and the freemarket system
deficit spending and decreased military spending
increased social spending and strict regulation of the stock market
According to the cartoonist, one important result of the election of President Barack Obama in 2008 was that
public facilities in the South were finally integrated
the executive branch of government gained power over the legislative branch
a racial barrier in government had been broken
racial discrimination was legally eliminated in the United States
led to
_____________________
led to
New catholic churches were built and urban areas were expanded
Which sentence best fills in the blank
A general vote on a question brought to electors
Referendum
Recall
Initiative
Bill
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Angel Island
AFL
NAACP
NWO
Added to Monroe Doctrine - US could interfere in Latin American Affairs
Big Stick Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary
Fourteen Points
Dollar Diplomacy
What is being represented in this map?
Oregon Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Northwest Territory Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
What event is best represented in thi smap?
The Civil War
The Revolutionary War
The French & Indian War
The Spanish American War
What event is being depicted in this map?
The Trans-Atlantic Trade
The Triangle Trade
The Transcontinental Trade
The Pan-American Trade
What group of people would more than likely live in the northern most and lightest colored region?
Quakers
Anglicans
Puritans
Catholics
What war is being depicted in this map?
The American Revolution
The War of 1812
The Civil War
The Spanish American War
What event is being depicted in this map?
An compromise made between the small states and large states as it pertains to representation in congress.
A compromise made between native Americans and the US Government as it pertained to new settlements in the wes
A compromise made between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists as it pertains to a strong central government in the West
.A compromise made between slave states and free states as it pertains to the expansion of slavery to the west.
Which event depicted on this map was created by the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hildalgo?
The Louisiana Purchase 1803
The Mexican Cession 1848
Texas Annexation 1845
Oregon Treaty 1846
Based on this map...what event essentially completed our Manifest Destiny as a nation?
Mexican Cession 1848
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Gadsden Purchase 1853
Which statement best explains the domestic effect of World War II illustrated by this 1942 poster?
Contributing to the war effort often required women to drive truck routes.
Conserving essential war commodities required individual sacrifices
Purchasing government bonds became more important than purchasing consumer goods
Growing victory gardens allowed women to exchange ration stamps for fuel
How did the development of radar assist in the defeat of the Axis powers during World War II?
by locating enemy aircraft before an attack on military bases
by hiding the tactical movements of infantry units
by helping Allied aircraft in destroying enemy tanks
by allowing ships to coordinate attacks on Allied military bases
Which event made Oak Ridge significant to the war effort in the 1940s?
development of the Manhattan Project
establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority
internment of Japanese Americans
expansion of the U.S. national park system
"But the most interesting — although horrible — sight that I encountered during the trip was a visit to a German internment camp. . . . The things I saw beggar [were beyond] description. . . . The visual evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty... were so overpowering as to leave me a bit sick....I made the visit deliberately, in order to be in position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to ‘propaganda.’ — General Dwight D. Eisenhower, letter to General George C. Marshall, 1945 "
Based on the source, why did General Eisenhower choose to witness the Nazi concentration camps?
to guarantee free expression in Germany
to prevent anti-Semitism in the United States
to ensure the Nuremberg Trials were held in Germany
to preserve accurate accounts of the Holocaust
Which statement completes the diagram?
Communist forms of government would be banned in Germany.
The United States would control the terms of German surrender.
The Soviet Union would free German prisoners of war
Free elections would be held in territories liberated from Germany.
A major result of the ideals set forth in the Atlantic Charter led to
the rebuilding of the United Kingdom.
the establishment of an Israeli nation.
the formation of the Warsaw Pact.
the organization of the United Nations.
Read the list and answer the question.
• France
• The United Kingdom
• The United States
• Italy
• Belgium
After World War II, these countries joined together to create
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
the European Union.
the Warsaw Pact.
the Atlantic Charter.
Which statement was included in the Declaration of Sentiments written at Seneca Falls in 1848?
“. . . We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; . . .”
“. . . I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
What was one result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?
Sectional tension increased.
The slave trade was abolished.
Northern states were more willing to compromise.
Southern states immediately seceded from the Union.
Which situation was a direct result of the Civil War?
emergence of the United States as a world power
rapid growth of industry in the North
elimination of all Jim Crow laws
end of the sharecropping system
Which heading best completes the partial outline below?
I. _________________________________
A. Protective tariffs
B. Railroad subsidies
C. Use of troops to end strikes
The New South
Government Support of Big Business
Technology of the Industrial Revolution
Use of Collective Bargaining
One way the “new immigrants” of the late 1800s differed from the “old immigrants” of the early 1800s was that the “new immigrants”
were generally better educated
settled on Midwestern farms
came from southern and eastern Europe
adopted American culture more quicklu
The description of Massachusetts Bay as a "City Upon a Hill" is related to the Puritan idea that the colony should be
Located in a healthy site
Located in an easily defendable site
A refuge for all religious dissenters
A model for the world as both holy and prosperous
Which of the following colonies was NOT founded on the premise of creating a haven for a specific group to practice its religious beliefs
Massachussetts
Georgia
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Which of the following statements is the BEST description of mercantilism?
The belief that the colonies should become less dependent on Great Britain for finished products
The theory that gold and silver should be used instead of paper currency
The use of colonies as a source of raw materials, which then manufactured into finished goods
The colonies began selling finished products to other colonial powers
The Mayflower Compact served to establish
Religious freedom throughout the colonies
The possibility of self-government
Trade agreements with England and France
A covenant between Separatists and non-Separatists
This 47 page pamphlet authored by Thomas Pain argued that the distance between Britain and America made proper governance impossible, and suggested that war was necessary and inevitable
Two Treatises of Government
Spirit of Laws
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Most anti-Federalist changed from opponents to supporters of the Constitution after they were promised
a bill of rights
term limits on the office of the president
good relations with Native Americans
a bicameral legislature
A Native American living in the Ohio River valley region would have which of the following views about the Proclamation of 1763 that forbade colonists from entering the region?
they would agree because they didn't want to see Europeans in the area
they would be angry because they could not sell their land to the colonies
they would ignore the law, since the English government could not regulate Native Americans
they would agree, since the settler wanted to start a war with the French
When the U.S. Government needed 10,000 rifles for the army, Eli Whitney applied for the contract. He took several guns, dismantled them, put the pieces in a box, and shook it. He then randomly selected pieces he needed, assembled one rifle, and fired it. What did this demonstrate
interchangeable parts
assembly line production
mass production techniques
the factory system
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” - from The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois (1903)
What social problem did W.E.B. DuBois describe in the quote?
the push for women's voting rights
the poor working conditions of immigrants
the struggles associated with Jim Crow segregation
the campaign to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol
Which of these BEST describes why more men became part of the temperance movement in the United States in the 1830s?
Men believed that alcohol negatively affected their jobs
Men believed that alcohol negatively affected their home lives
Women became less involved in the movement, allowing more to be involved
Men did not want to appear weaker than the women involved in the movement
This Japanese sneak attack occurred on December 7 1941 at what US Naval Base in Hawaii causing the US to officially enter World War II?
Midway
D-Day
Battle of Berlin
Pearl Harbor
Which is the tern used to describe the US shift into Wartime Production in response to World War II?
War Mobilization
War Specialization
War Readiness
Wartime
This is the word used to describe war time emphasis on doing without certain things or not using too much of some resources so that those resources could be sent to the troops in Europe and the Pacific.
Carefulness
Specialization
Mobilitzation
Rationing
This invasion of German occupied France in 1944 allowed Allied forces to begin a stead push towards Germany to end World War II.
Appamattox
Bunker Hill
D-Day
The Battle of Midway
