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