US History EOC Review 2024

Question 1

One effect of widespread suburbanization in the United States during the 1920s was

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increased reliance on the automobile

Question 2

Voters wishing to determine the reliability of candidate’s campaign advertisement pay attention to

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how well the candidate has supported their position with facts

Question 3

How has technology of the late 20th century contributed to the exchange of cultural practices?

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They increased opportunities to exchange ideas and tech.

Question 4

How did the Treaty of Versailles establish conditions that led to the outbreak of World War II?

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It imposed harsh reparations payments on Germany.

Question 5

Amendment that banned alcohol.

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18th

Question 6

The United States is an example of a(n)

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country

Question 7

What 19thc factor contributed to migration of large numbers of people from Europe to the US?

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Industrialization in the United States attracted laborers.

Question 8

Amendment that allowed the govt to impose income taxes

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16th

Question 9

Why was the formation of labor unions an effect of U.S. industrialization in the late 1800s?

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Unions organized workers to protest unsafe work conditions.

Question 10

The Declaration of Independence used all of the following except:

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Montesquieu's idea of separation of powers.

Question 11

Groups that have fought (or are fighting) for civil rights

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women, LGBTQ.., African Americans, Hispanic Americans

Question 12

The overall size and power of the federal government has ____ since the Neal Deal in the 1930s

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increased

Question 13

The countries of communist E. Europe after WWII were a single region based on

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economic and political characteristics.

Question 14

Examples of progressive reforms

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antitrust laws, intitiative, referendum, recall, 16th-19th amendments, muckrakers exposed the ills of society

Question 15

One objective of American imperialism of the late 19th century was to

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gain colonies to keep up with European nations' competition.

Question 16

In a command economy, the question of what goods to produce is primarily determined by

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government plans

Question 17

Minority students in public schools were given equal educational opportunities as a result of

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the decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

Question 18

Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are limited by

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laws against slander and libel

Question 19

This time period in Europe had a major influence on the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution

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Enlightenment

Question 20

Freedoms of speech, religion, press and assembly are in the

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1st Amendment.

Question 21

I am going to try my hardest on this test.

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yes

Question 22

In order to decide which writers’ opinions are most credible, a reader should look for

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writers who express conclusions with consistent info.

Question 23

The assignment of conscientious objectors to noncombatant service was an attempt by the govt to

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balance individual rights and the common good.

Question 24

Which source of information about candidates for public office probably would be free of bias?

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a reprint of the complete text of the last candidate debate

Question 25

How did the U.S. Constitution change as a result of the ratification of the 19th Amendment?

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The right of suffrage was extended to women.

Question 26

In determining what to produce, how do market economies respond to high consumer demand?

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Private companies increase production of the product.

Question 27

This founding document sets how states enter the union and banned slavery in the NW territory.

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Northwest Ordinance

Question 28

Which statement supports a thesis that crime can be reduced by providing bicycles to police?

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Other towns with bicycle police have reduced crime rates.

Question 29

From the 1960s - 1980s, people fled from Cuba to the United States. The reasons for this were

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economic concerns.

Question 30

Which of these is likely to be found in a nation ruled by a dictatorship?

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secret police

Question 31

All of the following are reasons for the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s EXCEPT

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Iraq and Iran invading the Soviet Union.

Question 32

Examples of how we mobilized (prepared) for WWII

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victory gardens, women went to work in factories, factories shifted to wartime production, scrap drives

Question 33

women suffrage

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19th am

Question 34

The Articles of Confederation were weak for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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it was a military dictatorship

Question 35

This amendment allowed for the direct election of senators

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17

Question 36

Why did many African Americans leave the rural South in the 1900s?

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economic reasons (jobs in northern cities), to escape sharecropping, to escape racism and discrimination

Question 37

Which is the most credible primary source about conditions in Nazi camps during the Holocaust?

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an account of camp life by a survivor of a concentration camp

Question 38

Government controls all major industries in this type of economy.

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command

Question 39

What was a decisive factor in the decision to go to war in the Spanish-American War?

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the protection of U.S. commerce and trade

Question 40

The burning of draft cards by those against the Vietnam War is an ex. of civil disobedience because

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it violated a law that the protesters considered to be unjust.

Question 41

One consequence of 19th Century discrimination was that many Native Americans were

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displaced from their homelands.

Question 42

Jim Crow laws, which were passed in Southern states following Reconstruction, were intended to

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institute racial segregation.

Question 43

One way in which the Harlem Renaissance was significant was that it

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contributed to the recognition of African-American culture.

Question 44

Government needs to keep their "hands off" the economy.

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laissez faire economy

Question 45

Which factor helped lead to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?

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differing intentions for rebuilding of Europe after WWII.

Question 46

The need for laws to regulate working conditions and set a minimum age for child labor was due

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to industrialists using child labor to keep costs down.

Question 47

What is one way a country could change from a command economy to a market economy?

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industries owned by the govt become privately owned

Question 48

Which source of information about a candidate for the school board would likely be biased?

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A letter to a newspaper from a supporter of the candidate.

Question 49

What was the perspective of women who founded National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966?

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Women wanted equal pay and opportunities for advancement.

Question 50

Schenck v. U.S. case illustrates how individual rights can be balanced against

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the security of the nation in at time of war

Question 51

What was the effect of passage of Jim Crow laws in the United States in the late 19th century?

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Racial segregation was required by law in southern states.

US History EOC Review 2024

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US History EOC Review 2024

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