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U.S. History EOC practice test

Total questions: 107

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Union states were located in the _____ and the Confederate states were located in the _____.

a)

North

South

b)

South

North

c)

North

East

d)

West

East

2.

How did Lincoln abolish slavery in ALL states?

a)

He ordered them free

b)

Congress passed the 13th Amendment

c)

He used the Declaration of Independence. "All Men are Created Equal"

d)

He did nothing

3.

This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had no rights.

a)
Dred Scott v Sandford
b)
McCulloch v Maryland
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Worcester v Georgia
4.
What is the name for people who wanted to put an end to slavery?
a)
Underground Railroaders 
b)
Suffragists
c)
Bushwackers
d)
Abolitionists
5.

Who was the 16th President of the United States, a Republican, served during the Civil War?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Lee

6.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

It freed the slaves in the United States.

b)

It changed the Constitution.

c)

It freed the slaves in the Confederacy.

d)

It saved the Union.

7.
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
a)
rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
b)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
c)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
d)
unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
8.
The 14th Amendment granted...
a)
freedom of speech
b)
citizenship and equal protection
c)
the right to vote
d)
the right to a speedy and fair trial
9.
Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?
a)
limit African Americans rights
b)
expand Confederate rights
c)
give women voting rights
d)
jail Carpetbaggers
10.
Carpetbaggers were...
a)
Newly freed slaves
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
Confederate Soldiers
d)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
11.
Scalawags were...
a)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
former Confederate Leaders
d)
African Americans
12.
Jim Crow Laws passed after Reconstruction took away African American Voting Rights using...
a)
Voter Registration Laws
b)
Political Gerrymandering
c)
Voter Identification Laws
d)
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
13.

Reconstruction came to end when

a)

President Johnson was impeached.

b)

federal troops were removed from the South.

c)

the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified.

d)

the Freedmen’s Bureau was dismantled.

14.

The Freedmen’s Bureau succeeded in

a)

electing African Americans to southern state governments.

b)

keeping ex-Confederate supporters out of office.

c)

redistributing formerly white-owned land to black southerners.

d)

providing clothing, medical care, food, and education to many freed people.

15.

A major failure of Reconstruction was that

a)

racist attitudes continued in the North and South.

b)

the South’s cotton production never recovered.

c)

war debts remained unpaid.

d)

no African Americans were voted into Congress.

16.
Congress added California as a free state and passed the Fugitive Slave Laws?
a)
Bleeding Kansas
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Compromise of 1850
17.
The term means that people in the state would VOTE to make decisions about being a free state or a slave state.
a)
independent choice
b)
popular sovereignty
c)
popular election
18.

The Bessemer process was crucial in the development of

a)

airplanes.

b)

skyscrapers.

c)

the telegraph system.

d)

refrigerated railroad cars.

19.

Which of the following was an illegal action under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

a)

organizing a widespread labor strike

b)

hiring laborers for long hours and low wages

c)

selling shares of a business with little financial security

d)

creating a large business that aims to eliminate market competition

20.

What can you infer from the fact that 1 in 5 children worked in a factory in the late 1800s?

a)

Women were no longer required to work long hours.

b)

Immigrants were no longer a crucial part of the workforce.

c)

New industries were created to promote the skills of young laborers.

d)

Children who worked often received little education.

21.

The men standing on a dock facing the man coming onshore represent

a)

nativists.

b)

immigrants.

c)

business interests.

d)

immigrant officials.

22.

The Knights of Labor was formed with the goal of

a)

broad social reform for laborers.

b)

helping immigrant workers find jobs.

c)

raising money to overthrow large factories.

d)

promoting capitalism among skilled workers.

23.

How did the U.S. government encourage American industry in the late nineteenth century?

a)

by enforcing the 14th amendment

b)

by enacting protective tariffs

c)

by subsidizing the steel industry

d)

by passing laws to protect workers

24.

How did the Haymarket Riot hurt the labor movement?

a)

Key labor leaders were injured in the riot.

b)

Many Americans came to believe that union members were violent anarchists.

c)

Union members became afraid to strike following the violence.

d)

the fires started in the riot destroyed much of Chicago's industrial base.

25.

Which of the following would be considered pull factors?

a)

economic opportunities

b)

famine

c)

desire for freedom

d)

reuniting with families

26.

Which of the following are push factors for immigrants coming to the United States?

a)

violence

b)

job opportunities

c)

religious persecution

d)

religious freedom

27.

This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes...

a)

The American Indian Citizenship Act

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

The Dawes Act

d)

The Meat Inspection Act

28.

This invention was completed in Promontory Point, Utah in 1869 and united the East and West coasts of the United States.

a)

The Transcontinental Railroad

b)

The Steamboat

c)

The Stagecoach

d)

The Aeroplane

29.

What precious metal was found in California in 1848, and in Klondike(Alaska) in 1896?

a)

Platinum

b)

Coal

c)

Silver

d)

Gold

30.

How did the arrival of settlers change the Great Plains?

a)

Shift from hunting to farming

b)

Increase of the white settlers in the West

c)

Expansion of railroads and the rise of new towns

d)

All of the Above

31.

Assimilation is the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of another group or nation.

a)

True

b)

False

32.
Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes
a)
Nativist
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Machines
d)
Robber Barons
33.
During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-
a)
Educated professionals
b)
skilled workers
c)
Factory/sweatshop workers
d)
Scientists
34.
Which group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?
a)
social darwinist
b)
political bosses
c)
nativist
d)
political machines
35.

Many immigrants found work as-

a)

unskilled labor in factories

b)

farmers on the Great Plains

c)

skilled craftsmen

d)

Educators

36.

What is one positive about the laissez-faire politics?

a)

Immigrants were exploited by political machines

b)

Entrepreneurs started businesses without government interference

c)

American workers formed labor unions

d)

Many immigrants lived in tenements

37.

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

a)

Political Corruption

b)

Laissez Faire

c)

Monopoly

d)

Social Darwinism

38.

What does this political cartoon best represent?

a)

Public opposition to the League of Nations

b)

German Imperial Fleet discussing a blockade of Mexico

c)

The Zimmerman Telegram

d)

Talks of Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare

39.

Below is a list of reasons for the United States entering World War I. What would be the third reason?

  • German attempts to have Mexico invade the United States
  • Acts of sabotage
  • ??????????
a)

Sunken American battleships

b)

Destroyed American skyscrapers

c)

Exploded nuclear weapons

d)

Unrestricted submarine warfare

40.

In 1919, after communist revolutionaries known as Bolsheviks overthrew the czar in Russia, established the Soviet Union, and called for a worldwide revolution to destroy capitalism, people in the United States began to fear communists. This fear of international communism was called __________________.

a)

Socialism

b)

The Red Scare

c)

The Immigrant Scare

d)

The Isolationism Movement

41.

How did the creation of alliances contribute to the start of World War 1?

a)

The web of alliances began a chain reaction

b)

They threatened countries in the Western Hemisphere

c)

They allowed Japanese aggression in Korea.

d)

They didn't include Germany or France as members

42.

Many German citizens turned against their leaders for signing the Treaty of Versailles because the treaty-

a)

Forced Germans to restore the former Kaiser

b)

Divided Germany into Communist and non-Communist zones

c)

required all German-speaking Europeans to return to Germany

d)

Forced Germany to pay large reparations or money, to the Allies

43.
The Sedition Amendment of 1918 prevented people from:
a)
avoiding the draft
b)
traveling the ocean
c)
criticizing the war
d)
Germany entering the United States.
44.
The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because they
a)
allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority.
b)
forced the repeal of the First Amendment.
c)
promoted biased ideas designed to sway people's thinking.
d)
forced restaurant owners to offer "liberty sandwiches" rather than "hamburgers."
45.
An arms race is...
a)
Controlling another country
b)
Making the military stronger
c)
Pride for your country
d)
Competing to build more weapons
46.
Which of these is a type of fighting used in World War One?
a)
Trench Warfare
b)
Atomic Bomb
c)
Guerilla Warfare
d)
No-Man's Land
47.
On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank
a)
the Maine
b)
The Titanic
c)
The Lusitania
d)
The Queen Mary
48.
According to Woodrow Wilson, the purpose of the League of Nations was
a)
to remove threat of future wars.
b)
to prevent nuclear proliferation.
c)
to help the US gain more territories.
d)
to help promote prohibition in other countries.
49.
Which best reflects the U.S. position at the start of WWI?
a)
Neutral
b)
Neutral, but maintained the right to trade with nations at war
c)
With the Allied powers
d)
With the Central powers
50.

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by --

a)

internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb

b)

bank failure, the New Deal, and bread lines

c)

installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers

d)

brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

51.

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the --

a)

increased use of credit by U.S. consumers

b)

development of new forms of popular entertainment

c)

decline of public support for Progressive reforms

d)

conflict between modernism and traditionalism

52.

Which of the following was a major contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to U.S. culture?

a)

It led to the increased popularity of vaudeville stage performers.

b)

It brought the most significant beat poets together.

c)

It establish jazz as a prominent musical form.

d)

It focused attention on the antiwar literary genre.

53.
Which trial saw the conflict between Modernism and Traditionalism?
a)
Sacco and Vanzetti 
b)
Scopes Trial
c)
Schenck vUnited States
d)
Korematsu v. United States
54.

This amendment gave women the right to vote.

a)

15th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

55.

Prohibition was made by what amendment

a)

21st amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

18th amendment

d)

23rd amendment

56.

What amendment reversed prohibition?

a)

13th amendment

b)

21st amendment

c)

18th amendment

d)

17th amendment

57.
What is the KKK?
a)
A group for children to play educational games.
b)
A political party founded by Abraham Lincoln  
c)
An organization focused on white supremacy 
d)
An organization focused on Black supremacy
58.

What was the Great Depression?

a)

A period of economic success and an improving economy

b)

The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

c)

A period of time that witnessed American involvement in violent foreign wars

d)

A hotly contested presidential election

59.

What caused many farmers to foreclose on their farms in the 1930s?

a)

Growing too few crops

b)

Overproduction of crops and costs of machines

c)

Expensive land and not enough workers

d)

The Wall Street Crash

60.

What forced banks to close during the Great Depression?

a)

Huge amounts of inflation

b)

War in Europe

c)

Investors unable to pay loans and bank runs

d)

Not enough people invested in the Stock Market

61.

Why did the stock market collapse in 1929?

a)

Only wealthy Americans invested in the stock market

b)

Investors inflated prices, and then sold shares very cheap, losing money

c)

Investors refused to invest in the stock market

d)

Investors bought shares cheap, and then sold stocks at a high price

62.

Which TWO answers best describe Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency during the Great Depression?

a)

Very active hands-on gov't with business

b)

Mostly hands-off gov't with business

c)

Created many New Deal Programs

d)

Created a tariff that hurt American economy

63.

What was Roosevelt's New Deal?

a)

A series of government-funded bail outs

b)

A series of federally funded public works programs

c)

A hands-off approach to business and the economy

d)

A series of voluntary business recovery acts

64.

Which event prompted the United States to enter World War II?

a)

The German annexation of Austria

b)

The Soviet occupation of Germany

c)

The landing of Allied soldiers on Normandy Beach

d)

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

65.

What was one direct effect of WWII activities like those promoted by this poster?

a)

changes in the traditional roles of women

b)

the establishment of women's suffrage

c)

combat training for women

d)

the election of women political leaders

66.

What is one thing America did to help the Allies before we declared war?

a)

Lend Lease and Cash and carry act

b)

never helped our allies

c)

we just focused on our economy

67.

Germany, Japan, and Italy were all members of what side during World War II?

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Central Powers

68.

Britain and France both gave into Hitler's request to occupy the Rhineland and Sudetenland in order to avoid an outbreak of war. This policy is known as _________.

a)

Appeasement

b)

Non-aggression

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Luftwaffe

69.

The US declared a position of neutrality in World War II but indirectly participated by providing weapons and ammunition to Great Britain and other allies through a program called:

a)

Lend-Lease

b)

Appeasement

c)

Non-aggression

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

70.

Which of the following was a primary cause of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?

a)

direct, armed conflict between the two nations

b)

the founding of the United Nations

c)

a deep reduction in military expenditures

d)

a competition for political influence over other countries

71.

When the United States sent military aid to African governments to help them resist communism, it was continuing a foreign policy first asserted in the

a)

Potsdam Agreement.

b)

Teheran Conference.

c)

Marshall Plan.

d)

Truman Doctrine.

72.

Which of these was a cause of the Korean War?

a)

NATO air and naval forces blocked ships sailing to North Korea.

b)

United Nations inattention allowed guerrillas to infiltrate South Korea.

c)

North Korean forces, with Soviet approval, invaded South Korea.

d)

Widespread anti-colonial riots forced the Korean government to begin the war.

73.

What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift, between the years 1948 and 1949?

a)

To bring necessary supplies to assist the Communists after World War II.

b)

It was designed to help citizens in France to resist Communism.

c)

Moving Allied soldiers to help fight the Nazis during World War II.

d)

To supply the citizens of West Berlin while the Soviet blockade continued.

74.

U.S. intervention in Vietnam came as a result of the Cold War policy of

a)

détente

b)

appeasement

c)

containment

d)

brinkmanship

75.

Which of these events was the closest the United States and the Soviet Union actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

b)

Gulf of Tonkin, 1964

c)

Bay of Pigs, 1961

d)

Suez Crisis, 1956

76.

What caused the Baby Boom, Interstate Highways, the growth of the Middle Class, and the rise of Suburbs.

a)

An increase in immigration

b)

A decrease in trade

c)

1950S economic prosperity

d)

A reduction (decrease) in peacetime spending

77.

What was an effect of Rock and Roll on the United States?

a)

It increased the importance of appearances on TV

b)

It created an anti-Communist movement

c)

It was widely accepted by the US population across age gaps as true music

d)

It created a generational divide between children and their parents

78.
A marked increase in the birthrate, especially in the US following WWII
a)
Baby Boom
b)
Summit
c)
Perjury
d)
Arms Race
79.

Known as the King of Rock and Roll

a)

Billy Graham

b)

Buddy Holly

c)

Elvis Presley

d)

Chuck Berry

80.

Why did many American cities begin to decline after World War II?

a)

Middle class white families moved to suburbs

b)

There was an increase in taxes

c)

They weren't being rebuilt from damage incurred during war

d)

There was a decrease in segregated public housing

81.
With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ____ became an American way of life.
a)
consumerism
b)
social conformity
c)
planned obsolescence
d)
a 40-hour work week
82.

What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

a)

Guzman V. School

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Miranda V. Arizona

d)

Plessy V. Ferguson

83.

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

a)

Dolores Huerta

b)

Malcom X

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Ceaser Chavez

84.

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

a)

WAC

b)

HUAC

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

85.

What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?

a)

Southern Peace Corps

b)

NAACP

c)

SNCC

d)

Black Panthers

86.

During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Little Rock Nine

c)

Atomic Bombs

d)

Flying Tigers

87.

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

a)

March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Mass Support Demonstrations

d)

Little Rock Nine

88.

What group/individuals sought to improve the treatment of migrant workers through boycotts and strikes?

a)

SNCC, Martin Luther King

b)

Black Panthers, Newton

c)

United Farm Workers Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

d)

Immigration Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

89.

What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment?

a)

Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities

b)

Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities

90.

The ruling of this court case ensured that people were informed of their due process rights when arrested-

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Guzman v. STAAR

91.

This program created by Lyndon Johnson introduced programs like Head Start, HUD, Medicare, Food Stamps to reduce poverty and improve everyone’s quality of life-

a)

HUAC

b)

Great Society

c)

New Deal

d)

NAACP

92.

Kennedy's most obvious foreign policy disaster....

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

93.
What building was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?
a)
The Capitol Building
b)
The White House
c)
Republican Headquarters
d)
Democratic Headquarters
94.
True or False:
Nixon was impeached from presedency. 
a)
True
b)
False
95.
Which word means, "easing/lessening of tension?"
a)
Inflation
b)
Detente
c)
Stagflation
d)
Constipation 
96.
What is the legacy of the Vietnam War for the U.S.?
a)
It was the longest and least successful war in American history
b)
It was long and hard, but did contain communism
c)
our soldiers were welcomed home as heroes
d)
The Soviets slowed their efforts to spread communism
97.
After the U.S. got out of Vietnam in 1973, what happened to the country two years later?
a)
The South Vietnamese won thanks to Nixon's bombing of Cambodia
b)
The country remained divided at the 17th parallel and still remains divided today
c)
The North Vietnamese won and made the entire country communist
d)
The U.S. re-entered the war and helped the South Vietnamese defeat the north
98.

Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

99.

A diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for over a year.

a)

Iranian Revolution

b)

Iran Hostage Crisis

c)

Camp David Accords

d)

Iraq Hostage Crisis

100.
Idea to fix stagflation with massive tax cuts
a)
REAGANOMICS
b)
PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH
c)
BIG STICK DIPLOMACY
d)
INFLATION
101.
Selling weapons to Iran to free hostages and using the money to fund war in Central America
a)
Iran-Contra Affair
b)
Watergate Affair
c)
Reagonomics
d)
Camp David Accords
102.
This space shuttle exploded on January 26, 1987 and President Reagan addressed the nation.
a)
Challenger
b)
Columbia
c)
Atlantis 
d)
Discovery
103.

Which of these programs did Reagan NOT cut funding to

a)

School Lunches

b)

Medicaid

c)

Welfare

d)

Military

104.
President Bush and the United Nations sent in troops in January 1991, their goal was the restore peace in Kuwait. What was the name of this conflict, which lasted six weeks?
a)
World War II
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Persian Gulf War
d)
This means war
105.
The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country fell?
a)
China
b)
Kuwait
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Cuba
106.
Who won the presidential election of 1992?
a)
George Bush
b)
Al Gore
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Ronald Reagan
107.
What happened to Clinton after he lied under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky?
a)
He was fired
b)
He resigned
c)
He was impeached
d)
He was promoted