US History EOC Quiz

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What foreign policy has been a consistent feature of U.S. Pres. Truman through Pres. G.W.Bush?

  1. support for the state of Israel

  2. opposition to dictators in Iraq

  3. friendly relations with mainland China

  4. strained relations with France and Germany


Correct Option: A

Which statement best explains the changes in economic inequality from 1980 to 2000?

  1. The number of active union members increased.

  2. The number of two-income households increased.

  3. The number of high-wage manufacturing jobs decreased.

  4. The number part-time and temporary workers decreased.


Correct Option: C

What was a common criticism of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

  1. Made the S. Vietnamese more vulnerable to commie aggression

  2. It encouraged the use of guerrilla warfare in Vietnam.

  3. It allowed the U.S. executive branch too much power.

  4. It reduced the freedom of the American press.


Correct Option: C

How did Martin Luther King Jr.'s strategy  differ from that of Black Power advocates?

  1. King worked with white leaders.

  2. King opposed the war in Vietnam.

  3. King organized marches and public demonstrations.

  4. King supported voting rights for African Americans.


Correct Option: A

How did the status of American women change in the decade following World War II?

  1. They got factory jobs created by new consumer demand.

  2. They started to earn salaries equal to men's salaries.

  3. They returned to the home as men returned from overseas.

  4. They earned college degrees for the first time.


Correct Option: C

In the aftermath of the Holocaust, what new action did the United States take to aid Jews?

  1. It created shelter programs.

  2. It recognized Israel as a state.

  3. It helped locate lost relatives.

  4. It provided monetary compensation.


Correct Option: B

How did the United States' goal in World War II differ from its goal in World War I?

  1. The United States fought to end the war quickly.

  2. The United States fought for unconditional surrender.

  3. The United States fought to bring about a lasting peace.

  4. The United States fought to preserve freedom and democracy.


Correct Option: B

What was a major effect of World War II on the U.S. home front?

  1. limited access to public transportation

  2. shutdown of car production

  3. price controls on goods

  4. rationing of necessities


Correct Option: D

Why did President FDR refrain from intervening in Europe during the rise of totalitarianism?

  1. A lot of Americans didn't support U.S. involvement in Europe

  2. FDR didn't believe the U.S. military could beat the Germans.

  3. Leaders-Britain/France didn't want the U.S. in Euro affairs

  4. FDR was afraid a war would further damage the U.S. economy.


Correct Option: A

Why did many urban industrial workers support the New Deal?

  1. It nationalized city utilities.

  2. It legalized collective bargaining.

  3. It eased regulations on businesses.

  4. It actively supported political machines.


Correct Option: B

What did women's suffrage and Prohibition have in common?

  1. both were motivated by anti-communist sentiments

  2. both were successful conservative Christian crusades

  3. both were state laws before becoming constitutional amend.

  4. both enacted as laws by Cong, then shot down by the Sup. Ct.


Correct Option: C

Which contributed most to the Great Migration of African Americans to the North?

  1. decreasing numbers of agricultural jobs in the South

  2. improved transportation systems in the North

  3. overcrowded conditions in southern cities

  4. labor shortages in northern cities 


Correct Option: D

What tactic did President Theodore Roosevelt use to get the Panama Canal built?

  1. He supported a rebellion against the Colombian government

  2. He forced the Colombian government to sign a treaty in 1903.

  3. He leased the canal zone from an international company

  4. He seized Panama from Spain after the Spanish American War


Correct Option: A

How did the results of the Spanish American War affect the expansion of the United States?

  1. The war ended U.S. expansion because of the large costs

  2. The war allowed the U.S. to acquire the Texas territory

  3. The war led to increased U.S. expansion into South America

  4. The war gave the U.S. territories in the South Pacific


Correct Option: D

What event is the best example of the use of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

  1. U.S. intervening in the Dominican Republic to collect debts

  2. the U.S. forcing Japan to open trade with American merchants

  3. the U.S. imposing tariffs on produce imported from Panama

  4. the U.S. creating spheres of influence on mainland China


Correct Option: A

Why would these women participate in such a demonstration?

  1. They believed food producers sought profit > consumer safety

  2. Wanted to promote vegetarianism as a more healthy lifestyle

  3. They wanted to draw attention to the problems of homemakers.

  4. They believed food-packing workers were unfairly paid.


Correct Option: A

Why did immigrants support political machines?

  1. to have more educational opportunities

  2. to reform city governments

  3. to get better public housing

  4. to gain employment 


Correct Option: D

What's a result of Democrats regaining power in the south and oppressing A-A after 1877?

  1. African Americans became farm workers in the North.

  2. Thousands of A-A families migrated to the Midwest. 

  3. The Colonization movement settled A-A in Liberia

  4. Southern A-A refused to serve in the U.S. military


Correct Option: B

What accounted for the trend shown in this graph?

  1. a decrease in productivity after World War I

  2. an increase in state minimum working ages

  3. an increase in skilled laborers from immigration

  4. a decrease in children's charitable organizations


Correct Option: B

Which American political party is best represented by the diagram? 

  1. Populist Party

  2. Republican Party

  3. Progressive Party

  4. Know-Nothing Party


Correct Option: A

How did the fed. gov't use tariffs in the 1800s to help the U.S. grow into an industrial power?

  1. to tax U.S. industry as a source of federal income

  2. convince other nations to buy newly available U.S. products

  3. support U.S. businesses that import the newest technologies

  4. to discourage U.S. consumers from buying foreign products


Correct Option: D

How did the Freedmen's Bureau assist freed slaves in the South after the Civil War?

  1. It helped them start small businesses.

  2. It gave them each forty acres of land.

  3. It set up a sharecropping system for them.

  4. It created educational opportunities for them.


Correct Option: D

What was one significant economic reason why the South remained poor after Reconstruction?

  1. the physical damage to the South from the Civil War.

  2. the shortage of labor as freemen went to northern factories

  3. high taxes imposed on the south as punishment for secession

  4. $$ printed by the Confederacy,led to inflation in the South


Correct Option: A

What was one immediate effect of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?

  1. It ended the Civil War.

  2. It created confusion in the South.

  3. It abolished slavery in all states of the Union.

  4. It led European countries to ally with the South.


Correct Option: B

What did the South gain from both the Compromise of the 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

  1. an enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law 

  2. a provision to honor the Mason-Dixon line

  3. gradual elimination of slavery in the territories added

  4. use of popular sovereignty about slavery in the territories


Correct Option: D

Which factor most encouraged the trend shown in the graph?

  1. an increase of paid cotton workers in the South

  2. the growth of industrial production in the South

  3. the rise of textile manufacturing in England and the U.S.

  4. increase in the # of railroads that crossed the continent 


Correct Option: C

During the 1800s, what was frequently cited as a justification for U.S. expansionist policies?

  1. the Bill of Rights

  2. social contract

  3. Manifest Destiny

  4. Gospel of Wealth


Correct Option: C

Which characteristic is most commonly associated with the westward expansion of the U.S.?

  1. industrialism

  2. mercantilism

  3. individualism

  4. reformism


Correct Option: C

What was one important outcome of McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819)?

  1. the principle of no taxation without representation

  2. the establishment of a federal government

  3. the strengthening of judicial review

  4. the creation of a national bank


Correct Option: C

Which aspect of economic policy did Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton agree upon?

  1. The U.S. government should pass a protective tariff.

  2. The U.S. gov't should use liquor taxes to raise revenue.

  3. The U.S.gov't should pay off war debt to foreign countries.

  4. The U.S.gov't should insure deposits in the Bank of the U.S.


Correct Option: C

What was an important argument that the Federalists made in support of a new constitution?

  1. It would weaken slavery.

  2. It would protect states' rights

  3. It would strengthen the economy.

  4. It would protect the rights of the individual.


Correct Option: C

Which newspaper headline best illustrates the ineffectiveness of the Articles of Confederation?

  1. Whiskey Rebellion Begins in Western Pennsylvania

  2. New York Imposes Tariff on Connecticut Goods

  3. Supreme Court Denied Power of Judicial Review

  4. Land Ordinance of 1785 Issued by Congress


Correct Option: B

Which important U.S. document was influenced by the French in 1776?

  1. the Bill of Rights

  2. the U.S.Constitution

  3. the Articles of Confederation

  4. the Declaration of Independence


Correct Option: D

What was the American colonists' primary objection to the taxes imposed by the Stamp Act?

  1. It was the 1st time the British tried to control them.

  2. It set the rate so high that it harmed the colonial economy.

  3. It had not been approved by colonial representatives.

  4. It interfered with merchants' right to free trade.


Correct Option: C

Which colonial region had the most religious diversity during the 1700's?

  1. New England colonies

  2. Southern colonies

  3. Middle (Mid-Atlantic) colonies

  4. Backcountry


Correct Option: C
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