REVIEW - American History EOC/AIR Test

Question 1

The belief that if one country in an area fell to communism, its neighbors would follow.

Accepted Answer

The Domino Theory

Question 2

A fee people had to pay before they could vote.

Accepted Answer

Poll Tax

Question 3

FUN QUESTION: NFL team which drafted Ezekiel Elliot.

Accepted Answer

Dallas Cowboys

Question 4

FUN QUESTION: Famous pop star and singer of "Kiss" and "Purple Rain".

Accepted Answer

Prince

Question 5

A legal form of protest used to bring change. An example would be a boycott or a sit-in.

Accepted Answer

Civil Disobedience

Question 6

Which of the following areas was gained by the United States through the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

The Philippines, Puerto Rico

Question 7

Listened to psychedelic music used drugs and embraced the sexual revolution in the 60s.

Accepted Answer

A Hippie

Question 8

These laws allowed for the segregation of blacks whites, and other minorities.

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow Laws

Question 9

Betty Friedan's book, The Feminine Mystique, supported a woman's traditional role in the home above all other choices.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.

Accepted Answer

19th Amendment

Question 11

Which of the following men was an oil tycoon?

Accepted Answer

John D. Rockefeller

Question 12

The Treaty of Versailles.....

Accepted Answer

Punished Germany, Began the League of Nations

Question 13

FUN QUESTION: Hero of the Metal Gear series of video games.

Accepted Answer

Solid Snake

Question 14

A campaign designed to root out communism in the United States in the late 1940s and early 50s

Accepted Answer

McCarthyism

Question 15

A test to see if you could read before you'd be allowed to vote

Accepted Answer

Literacy Test

Question 16

In this type of economy, the government makes all of the decisions.

Accepted Answer

A Communist Economy, A Command Economy

Question 17

Which of the following were reasons for the formation of unions?

Accepted Answer

Low Pay, Child Labor, Long hours

Question 18

In June 1948, the Soviets set up a blockade around the former German capital of ________.

Accepted Answer

Berlin

Question 19

FUN QUESTION: Who is Peter Griffin's daughter?

Accepted Answer

Meg

Question 20

What Supreme Court case overturned Jim Crow laws and the earlier case Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896?

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education, 1954

Question 21

In this type of economy, businesses are privately owned by companies and individuals.

Accepted Answer

A Capitalist Economy, A Market Economy

Question 22

The _______________ sets the interest rate and manages the nations money supply

Accepted Answer

The Federal Reserve

Question 23

Terrorist group responsible for the attacks on 9/11.

Accepted Answer

Al Qaeda

Question 24

Which U.S. President received much of the blame for the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 25

Which project was responsible for the creation of the atom bomb?

Accepted Answer

The Manhattan Project, The OSRD

Question 26

During the 1950s, whites from the middle class moved from the cities to where?

Accepted Answer

Suburban Areas

Question 27

This was what the large increase in the birthrate following WWII was known as.....

Accepted Answer

The Baby Boom

Question 28

This amendment gives the right to freedom of the press, religion, petition, assembly, speech.

Accepted Answer

1st Amendment

Question 29

This man was known for his I have a dream speech and was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 30

What two countries "fought" the Cold War after WWII?

Accepted Answer

USA and USSR

Question 31

Period where the sale, manufacture, or transport of alcoholic drinks was illegal

Accepted Answer

Prohibition

Question 32

FUN QUESTION: Insulted Taylor Swift at the MTV VMAs.

Accepted Answer

Kanye

Question 33

Which amendment to the Constitution requires a warrant before search and seizure?

Accepted Answer

4th

Question 34

A tax placed on imports to protect domestic product. Like taxing Honda so GM can sell more cars

Accepted Answer

Tariff

Question 35

King of Rock and Roll; known for such songs as Hound Dog, All Shook Up, and Burning Love

Accepted Answer

Elvis Presley

Question 36

Muckrakers investigated corruption in business and government. Which muckraker investigated meat-packing?

Accepted Answer

Upton Sinclair

Question 37

Nation of Islam leader was known for advocating violent resistance to the oppression of whites.

Accepted Answer

Malcolm X

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