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U.S. History EOC review: Part 1
U.S. History EOC review: Part 1
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U.S. History review for New Mexico EOC exam #ushisotry #eoc
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The group whose lives were most dramatically altered by the industrial revolution were. . .
southerners
small merchants and shopkeepers
African Americans
Women
2
The first major product of the oil industry was. . .
heating oil
natural gas
kerosene
gasoline
3
America's Cold War strategy was framed around policy of. . .
containment
rollback
detente
appeasement
4
In the decades after the Civil War, college education for women. . .
resulted women suffrage
became much more common
was confined to women's colleges
became more difficult to obtain
5
The two immigrant ethnic groups who were most harshly treated in the mid to late 1800s were
Spanish and Portuguese
Japanese and Filipinos
Irish and Chinese
Germans and Italians
6
The public library movement across America in the late 1800s was financially aided by. . .
Horatio Alger
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
7
The red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by. . .
urban immigrants resistance to prohibition
the wartime migration of rural blacks to northern cities
public anger over the teaching of evolution
public fear that labor troubles were sparked by communists
8
All of the following became possessions of the U.S. with the Treaty of Paris (1898) EXCEPT
Guam
Puerto Rico
the Philippine Islands
Hawaii
9
The Populist party was a direct successor to the. . .
Whig party
Silver Miners' Coalition
Farmers' Alliance
Republican party
10
American armed forced in Vietnam were composed largely of. . .
volunteer soldiers in their 20s
professional career soldiers
African Americans
the least privileged young Americans
11
Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was inspired by the publication of. . .
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
Theodore Dreiser's The Titan
Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives
Henry Lloyd's Wealth Against Commonwealth
12
The 1963 March on Washington led by MLK, provided critical support for. . .
the War on Poverty
jobs and Medicare
the Democratic party
the Civil Rights bill to prohibit segregation
13
The Supreme Court ruled in
Roe v. Wade
state laws prohibiting abortions were unconstitutional
violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
violated a women's right to privacy in her own person
because they violated the 1st Amendment
14
A Century of Dishonor
, chronicling the dismal history of Indian-white relations was written by
Chief Joseph
Joseph F. Glidden
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Helen Hunt Jackson
15
The Dawes-Severalty Act was designed to promote Indian. . .
prosperity
assimilation
annihilation
culture
16
Settlement Houses, like Hull House, engaged in all of the following activities EXCEPT. . .
evangelical religious instruction
child care
instruction in English
lobbying for social reform
17
President Kennedy's alleged assassin was. . .
Medgar Evers
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
Jack Ruby
18
The post WWI Ku Klux Klan advocated all of the following EXCEPT. . .
anti-Semitism
prohibition
immigration restrictions
anti-Catholicism
19
With the outbreak of WWI in 1915, the great majority of Americans. . .
supported the Central Powers
favored entering the war in support of the Allies
want to form a military alliances of neutral nations
hoped to stay out of the war
20
The Cuban missile crises resulted in all of the following EXCEPT. . .
an ambitious program of military expansion by the Soviets
withdrawal of U.S. missiles in Turkey
U.S. agreement to abandon the base at Guantanamo
a U.S. promise not to invade Cuba
21
The most controversial aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was. . .
self-determinations for all European nations
permanent alliance with France
the reparations Germany would have to pay
the League of Nations
22
Brown v. Board of Education
overturned which previous Supreme Court Decision?
Morgan v. Virginia
Norris v. Alabama
Plessy v. Ferguson
Painter v. Sweatt
23
Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the GI Bill?
helped veterans get loans for homes or businesses
helped veterans gain an education
benefits were only available for three months after service
helped expand the nation's economy
24
Since 1945, the population in the U.S. has grown most rapidly in the. . .
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
Sunbelt
Northeast
25
The economic mood in the United States just prior to the 1929 stock market crash was. . .
fearful
confident and optimistic
anxious
pessimistic
26
In contrast to the Old Right, many New Right activists of the 1980s were most concerned about
cultural and social issues
foreign policy
the environment
laissez-faire economics
27
J.D. Rockefeller used all of the following tactics to dominate of the oil industry EXCEPT
acquired control of 95% of the oil refineries in the country
using federal agents to break his competitors
using high-pressure sales methods
extorting rebates from railroads
28
Richard Nixon's Vietnam policy included all of the following EXCEPT. . .
creating a draft lottery and reducing draft calls
massive bombing campaigns in Vietnam
increased American troop commitments
extension of the war to Cambodia
29
Wilson's ultimate goal at the Paris Peace conference after WWI was to. . .
force Germany to pay reparations for the war
establish the League of Nations
blame no one for starting the war
stop the spread of communism
30
The purpose of the battleship
Maine's
visit to Cuba was. . .
provoke war with Spain
stop rioting by the Cuban rebels
off a way for Cuban rebels to escape to Florida
protect and evacuate American citizens from Cuba
31
Blacks who violated the Jim Crow laws, or other elements of the South's racial code, were often
shunned from both white and black churches
lynched by Southern whites
criminally prosecuted in federal courts
ostracized by their community
32
President Truman's Marshall Plan called for. . .
substantial financial assistance to rebuild Western Europe
military supplies for Britain and France
economic aid to Japan
military aid to Eastern Europe
33
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplished all of the following EXCEPT. . .
prohibiting discrimination based on gender
requiring affirmative action against discrimination
banning racial discrimination in public facilities
banning sexual as well as racial discrimination
34
The Pendleton Act required people applying for many federal government jobs to. . .
present a written recommendation from a congressman
agree not to take a job in a related private business
take a competitive examination
submit a resume listing their experiences and references
35
The two industries that the transcontinental railroads MOST significantly expanded were. . .
mining and agriculture
banking and finance
shipping and fishing
textiles and fishing
36
FDR's New Deal programs were organized around the "Three Rs:" Relief, Recovery, and. . .
republicanism
return to normalcy
righteousness
reform
37
The Agricultural Adjustment Act proposed to solve the farm problem by. . .
reducing agricultural production
increasing agricultural production in high demand
subsidizing American farm exports overseas
helping farmers to pay their mortgages
38
The cross-channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was known as. . .
VE-day
D-day
Operation Nightingale
Operation Normandy
39
Which of the following American passenger liners was sunk by German submarines in WWI?
Lusitania
Sussex
Titanic
Arabic
40
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Populist Party platform in 1892?
Government ownership of the railroads
The adoption of the initiative petition and the referendum
Free and unlimited coinage of silver
Government guarantees of parity prices for farmers
41
The main reason Chinese immigrated to the U.S. from the 1850s until 1882 was. . .
work on the transcontinental railroad
replace the newly freed slaves in factories
work in the fisheries
buy their own farms
42
JFK launched what attack on Cuba, in order to overthrow the communist government?
Bay of Pigs invasion
Cuban missile crisis
Operation Overlord
D-day
43
One of the most significant contributions of Native Americans to WWII war effort was. . .
as espionage agents
as farmers supplying food for the war
as industrial factory workers
as code talkers
44
The 1925 Scopes Trail was centered around teaching what issue in public schools?
evolution
separation of church and state
sex education
slavery
45
Alfred T. Mahan argued that what was necessary for world domination?
Control of the sea
A canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Free trade
A large standing army
46
The tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following the Battle of. . .
the Coral Sea
Midway
Bataan
Guadalcanal
47
The immediate crisis prompting the announcement of the Truman Doctrine was a communists threat
in mainland China
in Czechoslovakia
in Iran
in Greece and Turkey
48
The legal codes that established the system of segregation were know as. . .
Discriminatory laws
Segregation acts
Jim Crow laws
Black acts
49
Senator Joseph McCarthy first rose to national prominence by. . .
demanding that the U.S. do more to combat communists in Asia
claiming to have a list of communists in the government
claiming that communists were influencing Hollywood
claiming General Marshall was a communist
50
By the late 1960s, Black Power advocates in the North focused their attentions primarily on
housing
economic demands
voting rights
school integration