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USH: EOC Review Part I
USH: EOC Review Part I
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A comprehensive #ushistory #STAAR review.
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1
What form of civil disobedience was immediate outcome Rosa Parks arrest?
Boycott
Lobbying
Rioting
Amending the Constitution
2
What was the name of journalists who wrote about the ills of society?
yellow journalists
Muckrackers
suffragists
abolitionists
3
One factor that promoted industrialization in the US in the late 19th century was the...
Mass Production of automobiles
Expansion of the railroads
Development of the airplane
Widespread use of steam boats
4
Which group was most affected by the decisions in Delgado v. Bastrop ISD & Hernandez v. Texas?
African Americans
Mexican Americans
Homeless Americans
Women in the military
5
What effect did the Teapot Dome Scandal, Watergate & Clinton's impeachment have on the public?
Damaged popular trust in the federal govenrment
Led citizens to demand limit to Presidential power
Demanded term limits for presidents
Brought about increased regulation of Government spending
6
Historian & naval officer who promoted the idea that powerful countries needed strong navies?
William Westmoreland
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Chester Nimitz
Henry Cabot Lodge
7
Protests like this led to the which government action?
Title IX
Plessy V. Ferguson
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1957
8
Initiative, referendum, and recall were efforts to expanded democracy in which era?
The Progressive Era
World War II
Contemporary America
The Jazz Age
9
The Harlem Renaissance was a period of accomplishment for which minority group?
African Americans
Pacific Islanders
Native Americans
Southern Europeans
10
What president selected Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female Supreme Court justice?
Johnson
Obama
Reagan
Nixon
11
The policy of remaining distance from the affairs of other nations is referred to as...
Monroe Doctrine
imperialism
Roosevelt Corollary
isolationism
12
What has been one effect of legal and illegal immigration on demographic patterns in the US?
Women in American society now outnumber men
The size of the US population has decreased
The total population has increased at a rapid pace
The average age of Americans is older than before
13
Which legislation was passed over the objections of the Southern Democrats about segregation?
19th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Equal Rights Amendment
14th Amendment
14
Which administration passed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
Obama
Reagan
Clinton
Ford
15
Why was the decision of the TX Supreme Court in Edgewood ISD v. Kirby of special importance?
It repealed Brown v BoE in Texas
It eliminated segregation in San Antonio public schools
It brought additional funds to schools in poor districts
It encouraged math & science class in Texas schools
16
The political cartoon above refers to opposition to FDR's--
building the Hoover Damn
entrance into WWII
Lend-Lease Act
court packing plan
17
Which of the following was an important effect on the US econ because of the OPEC oil embargo?
mounting federal deficits
trade imbalances with China
collapse of the Stock Market
the onset of stagflation
18
What was significant about the 2008 election?
4th in history someone won electoral but not popular vote
Sarah Palin could see Russia from her house
there was a recount in Florida
the people elected Obama as the first minority president
19
What was the intent of the government in creating the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977?
Move funding from low-income to wealthy neighborhoods
Sought to rebuild infrastructure projects
Penalties for states who fail to invest in low-income areas
Required banks to open credit in poor, minority communities
20
Which of the following is associated as the primary reason for the Stock Market Crash?
stagflation
horizontal integration
vertical integration
speculation
21
Which statement supports the claim that Reagan was instrumental in ending the Cold War?
Reagan proposed a new anti-missile defense system
Gorbachev introduced internal changes in the Soviet Union
Reagan hoped to reduce the number of nuclear warheads
Reagan decreased federal regulation on many industries
22
Allied strategy during WWII that eventually put Japan in the defensive position?
island hopping
appeasement
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
23
Which statement describes a positive impact of the Beat Generation?
brought sheet music halls to people's homes
decorated the walls of building with murals
encouraged independent thinking in age of conformity
expressed a new pride in African-American heritage
24
Following the 9/11 attacks which bill was passed in an effort to track down & stop terrorists?
The Pentagon Papers
The Patriot Act
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
The Alien and Sedition Acts
25
Which constitutional amendment lead to the rise of organized crime in the 1920's?
18th Amendment
2nd Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
26
What was the significance of the Camp David Accords?
The Panama Canal Zone was returned to Panama
Egypt recognized and signed a peace treaty with Israel
Stopped the spread of communism in Afghanistan
The Shah of Iran was overthrown
27
Jane Addams most contributed to Progressivism by-
supporting the emerging philosophy of Social Darwinism
spreading the settlement house mvmnt by founding Hull House
forming the Woman's Temperance Christian Union
promoting social reform on American Indian reservations
28
What does the cartoonist tell us about the US response to Soviet aggression after WWII?
Europe was slipping into chaos and revolution
The Marshall Plan failed to stop Soviet expansion in WEurope
The Marshall Plan provided aid to help rebuild economies
Europeans were not going to use the Marshall Plan
29
What era is described: immigration, urbanization, industrialization & assimilation?
Gilded Age
The Depression Era
Post War America
Contemporary America
30
Name of the first all African American Air Force unit who flew combat missions during WWII?
The Manhattan Project
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code talkers
The Flying Tigers