US History EOC Review: Benchmarks 1-7

Question 1

Who reported that there was gold on Black Hill?

Accepted Answer

Custer

Question 2

Why were the Fourteen Points created?

Accepted Answer

a strategy to stop future wars

Question 3

Who was Philip Sheridan?

Accepted Answer

army veteran

Question 4

Fill in the blank: William McKinley was our ____ president.

Accepted Answer

25th

Question 5

What was made to loan money to Germany during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Dawes Plan

Question 6

What advocacy group was founded in 1968?

Accepted Answer

American Indian Movement

Question 7

Who was the senator of California prior to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Henry Clay

Question 8

What was the biggest killer from 1918-1919?

Accepted Answer

influenza

Question 9

*Who built and fixed houses in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

William Levitt

Question 10

What is affirmative action?

Accepted Answer

policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group

Question 11

During Reconstruction, who was the Ku Klux Klan against?

Accepted Answer

black men, black women

Question 12

Who was not involved in the Four Power Treaty?

Accepted Answer

Canada

Question 13

Populism gave more power to which group of people?

Accepted Answer

common man

Question 14

Who was a leader of the Rough Riders?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 15

What did the 14th amendment do?

Accepted Answer

gave freed slaves citizenship

Question 16

What was the group called that went against African Americans, Jews, & Roman Catholics?

Accepted Answer

KKK

Question 17

What speech did William Jennings Bryan give in teh election of senators in 1896?

Accepted Answer

Cross of Gold

Question 18

What did the US use to overcome the threat of German u-boats?

Accepted Answer

groups of guarded ships

Question 19

The return of soldiers to their civilian lives was known as.....?

Accepted Answer

demobilization

Question 20

What became a "status symbol" in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Automobile

Question 21

Who were the Allies during WWI?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy

Question 22

What was the cause for the increase of nativism?

Accepted Answer

influx of immigrants

Question 23

Which was not a cause of hard times for farmers in the 1890s?

Accepted Answer

dust bowl

Question 24

What act limited the number of immigrants?

Accepted Answer

Quota Act

Question 25

What was the maximum number of immigrants that could enter the US with the Quota Act?

Accepted Answer

350,000

Question 26

What were the 4 main factors that led Europe into WWI?

Accepted Answer

nationalism, imperialism, militarism, alliance system

Question 27

What holiday is now celebrated instead of Armistice Day?

Accepted Answer

Veteran's Day

Question 28

Where was Dred Scott born?

Accepted Answer

Missouri

Question 29

What was the other name for the Patrons of Husbandry?

Accepted Answer

Grange

Question 30

Who demanded an expansion of slavery?

Accepted Answer

John Calhoun

Question 31

In the Camp Gordon Plan, how were people separated?

Accepted Answer

by language

Question 32

What state did William Jennings Bryan represent in Congress?

Accepted Answer

Nebraska

Question 33

Native people of which state earn the nickname "crackers?"

Accepted Answer

Florida

Question 34

What Act protected American businesses from foreign competition?

Accepted Answer

Fordney-McCumber Act

Question 35

What type of people supported Reconstruction plans?

Accepted Answer

Scalawags

Question 36

Which of the following were effects of the radio?

Accepted Answer

advertising increased, suffered from TV competition, focused on news, weather, and music, number of stations increased

Question 37

What did the Freedmen's Bureau provide?

Accepted Answer

shoes, clothing, food, all of the above

Question 38

What famous man assisted in the founding of the American Anti-Imperialist League?

Accepted Answer

Mark Twain

Question 39

What company offeres similar products in many locations?

Accepted Answer

franchise

Question 40

What was the purpose of the Roosevelt Corollary?

Accepted Answer

tell European countries to stay out of North & South America

Question 41

What was the purpose of the Platt Amendment?

Accepted Answer

allow US to maintain bases in Cuba & intervene in affairs

Question 42

Which term below means reaching large audiences through various means of communication?

Accepted Answer

Mass Media

Question 43

Describe what German u-boats were used for.

Accepted Answer

to get around British blockade

Question 44

Where was President Warren G. Harding from?

Accepted Answer

Ohio

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