EOC Quiz on US History

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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine called for

  1. investing in the economic development of Latin America

  2. pledging to help Japan & Russia negotiate a peace settlement

  3. Stopping countries from purchasing land in the West

  4. Intervening in Latin American countries when necessary


Correct Option: D

The original purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was to

  1. prevent another world war

  2. limit pollution and the exploitation of natural resources

  3. create free trade between all nations

  4. provide a defense pact against possible Soviet aggression


Correct Option: D

Which event led directly to South Carolina's secession from the United States?

  1. the firing upon Ft. Sumter in Charleston

  2. the cession of North Carolina from the Union

  3. the victory of Abraham Lincoln in the Election of 1860

  4. the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run


Correct Option: C

Which manufactured item caused a major shift in Americans' living patterns in the 1910s?

  1. jet airliner

  2. Model T Ford

  3. Panasonic radio

  4. passenger elevator


Correct Option: B

Which statement BEST describes Lincoln's views of the Reconstruction following the Civil War?

  1. "With malice towards none, with charity for all."

  2. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

  3. "The South began the war, and they should be punished"

  4. "Punishment must be completed, before the south can reunite"


Correct Option: A

Which New Deal programs would have had an impact on rural electrification during the 1930s?

  1. The Social Security Act (SSA)

  2. The National Recovery Act (NRA)

  3. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

  4. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)


Correct Option: D

It is argued that the US is a "melting pot" of cultures. Which is the best explanation of this?

  1. Our US culture is a combination of many cultures

  2. European cultures take precedence over other cultures

  3. Undesirable traits have been “melted” out

  4. Each group is unique from the rest


Correct Option: A

Which of these BEST describes the goal of the "Freedom Riders" during the Civil Rights Movement

  1. to allow blacks to become taxi drivers

  2. to integrate public transportation in Alabama

  3. to eliminate racial restrictions in air travel

  4. protest Rosa Parks' arrest


Correct Option: B

This image is of the situation in the Midwest during the early 20th Century, known as

  1. Dry farming

  2. Dust Bowl

  3. Deforestation

  4. Mountaintop Removal


Correct Option: B

As a result of the Nuremberg Trials from 1945-1949

  1. Jews in Germany had fewer rights than non-Jewish citizens

  2. German citizens were forced to take responsibility for WWII

  3. The last genocide in world history took place

  4. The world learned of the crimes committed by the Nazis


Correct Option: D

Which of these best describes the term "flapper" in U.S. history?

  1. women who worked in factories during World War II

  2. women who campaigned for the abolition of slavery

  3. women who wore the new bathing suits to American beaches

  4. women who listened to jazz, wore short hair & skirts, danced


Correct Option: D

At the beginning of both WWI and WWII, the initial policy of the United States was to

  1. remain neutral

  2. create naval blockades

  3. provide military assistance

  4. end ties with the warring countries


Correct Option: A

What impact did U.S. governmental polices have on business and industry during the late 1800s?

  1. The U.S. government regulated industry for the public good

  2. US Government had little/no influence on business & industry

  3. Tried to limit and regulate industrial and business growth.

  4. Tried to control public & private utilities & transportation


Correct Option: B

Shays' Rebellion highlighted the weaknesses inherent to the Articles of Confederation, such as

  1. Expansion

  2. Slavery

  3. Industrialization

  4. Taxation


Correct Option: D

The period immediately after the War of 1812 was known as

  1. Jacksonian Democracy

  2. Jeffersonian Democracy

  3. Era of Good Feelings

  4. The Gilded Age


Correct Option: C

The Populist Party was chiefly composed of

  1. working men in northern factories

  2. the business leaders of the industrial East

  3. farmers and those in the agricultural sector

  4. those who wanted to see America expand through imperialism


Correct Option: C

Who was the main founder of the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, in 1889?

  1. Jane Addams

  2. Ellen Robie

  3. Susan B. Anthony

  4. Abigail Adams


Correct Option: A

Which of these was a reason the American colonies were fighting a war for independence in 1776?

  1. restrictions on colonial trade

  2. restrictions on slave ownership in the colonies

  3. failure to protect the colonists from attacks by the French

  4. failure to protect the colonists from attacks by the Spanish


Correct Option: A

Which statement BEST explains the point of the Monroe Doctrine by President Monroe?

  1. The United States will declare war on Spain

  2. Mexico will soon be part of the United States

  3. The United States would be defeated in a war with Spain

  4. Latin America should not be retaken by European countries


Correct Option: D

The Bay of Pigs resulted in which of these?

  1. the Soviet Union installed nuclear missiles in Cuba

  2. U.S. forces withdrew from all Latin American countries

  3. the UN demanded immediate Soviet withdrawal from Cuba

  4. Protests that demanded the US withdraw from Cuba


Correct Option: A

During Reconstruction, the Black Codes

  1. protected the rights & liberties of freed slaves

  2. forced Congress to do the bidding of Confederate politicians

  3. were enacted toprevent racial discrimination in the South

  4. were laws passed in the south to limit black citizens rights


Correct Option: D

The League of Nations

  1. was supported by President Wilson, but rejected by Senate

  2. was created to stop the spread of communism following WWII

  3. established prior to WWI but incapable of preventing the war

  4. Popular in US, but rejected by Wilson


Correct Option: A

Which of these was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

  1. the Stock Market Crash of October, 1929

  2. an increase in federal taxes and social programs

  3. excessive stock speculation and "buying on margin"

  4. the growing gap between the rich and the working class


Correct Option: B

The poster is an attempt to encourage women to

  1. demand their right to vote

  2. enlist in the U.S. armed forces

  3. participate in the anti-war movement

  4. get involved in the effort to win World War II


Correct Option: D

What event meant that the US had "Won" the space race?

  1. Landing on the Moon in 1969

  2. Creation of Nasa

  3. The launch of Sputnik I

  4. John Glen's voyage


Correct Option: A

Martin Luther King's Policy of non-violent civil disobedience is most similar to whom?

  1. Malcolm X

  2. Ghandi

  3. The Buddha

  4. The Dali Lama


Correct Option: B

Lincoln's primary goal in the Civil War was to

  1. Abolish Slavery

  2. Punish the Confederacy

  3. Preserve/Restore the Union

  4. Expand US Territory


Correct Option: C

Reconstruction ended when a deal was reached to name who president at the 1876 Election?

  1. Ulysses S. Grant

  2. Andrew Johnson

  3. Grover Cleveland

  4. Rutherford B. Hayes


Correct Option: D

Which of these colonies were established for the Quakers?

  1. Georgia

  2. Pennsylvania

  3. New York

  4. Massachusetts


Correct Option: B

Which of these colonies were established for economic profit?

  1. Virginia

  2. Rhode Island

  3. Pennsylvania

  4. Maryland


Correct Option: A

How did John Brown contribute to the abolitionist movement?

  1. John Brown fought for the Union

  2. John Brown fought for the Confederacy

  3. He had anit-slavery raids in Kansas and at Harper's Ferry

  4. He worked on the underground railroad


Correct Option: C

In what century was the Jamestown colony founded?

  1. 15th Century

  2. 16th Century

  3. 17th Century

  4. 18th Century


Correct Option: C

Which of these statements BEST describes a result of the "Iran-Contra Affair"?

  1. It resulted in impeachment proceedings against the President

  2. Hostages held at the American embassy in Tehran were freed

  3. Congress determined the process was illegal

  4. Money was used in covert ops against the Soviet Union


Correct Option: C

The Splendid Little War is a name given to the Spanish-American War, which took place in:

  1. 1877

  2. 1898

  3. 1914

  4. 1919


Correct Option: B

This created California as a free state, and gave popular sovereignty to Utah & New Mexico

  1. Wilmot Proviso

  2. Compromise of 1850

  3. Missouri Compromise

  4. Kansas-Nebraska Act


Correct Option: B

Which event surrounding World War I had the GREATEST impact on Americans?

  1. the sinking of the Lusitania

  2. Germany's boycott of imported goods

  3. the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  4. Germany attacking Belgium


Correct Option: A

Which of these countries would have been "behind the Iron Curtain" during the Cold War?

  1. France

  2. Spain

  3. Poland

  4. Italy


Correct Option: C

The book The Jungle was written by Upton Sinclair in 1906. What issue did this book deal with?

  1. inner-city crime

  2. meatpacking industry

  3. protectionist tariffs

  4. exploration and imperialism


Correct Option: B

How did the Marshall Plan benefit the United States economically?

  1. Unemployment rates increased in urban areas

  2. America was forced to borrow money to pay debts

  3. The inflation rate increased and spending decreased

  4. European nations could buy from American farms and factories


Correct Option: D

Immigrants share their cultural traditions with the larger community through

  1. ethnic celebrations

  2. classes at school

  3. cultural diversity

  4. university lectures


Correct Option: A

Which statement BEST describes the policy of "brinkmanship" supported by John Foster Dulles

  1. Diplomacy & disarmament are encouraged to avoid nuclear war

  2. Gaining allies & agreements are encouraged to avoid war

  3. Threats & aggression actions used against opponents

  4. Create treaties preventing nuclear war


Correct Option: C

19th Amendment (1920) would have had the BIGGEST impact on the life of which of these people?

  1. Abraham Lincoln

  2. Sojourner Truth

  3. Eleanor Roosevelt

  4. Woodrow Wilson


Correct Option: C

General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was important to the Union war effort because

  1. it placed the Mississippi River under Union control

  2. it convinced Britain to stop supporting the Confederacy

  3. Southern railroad lines were destroyed, delaying supplies

  4. Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender


Correct Option: C

Following WWII, events in what country threatened to start a war between the US and the USSR?

  1. Japan

  2. Germany

  3. Cambodia

  4. Israel


Correct Option: B

One of the central reasons for the military success of the US in the American Revolution was

  1. a well armed and well trained military force

  2. financial and military assistance from France

  3. substantial industrial production of armaments

  4. its navy was vastly superior than that of Britain


Correct Option: B

Which of these was a result of American involvement in World War II?

  1. the start of the Populist Era

  2. the end of U.S. military draft

  3. the start the League of Nations

  4. the end of the Great Depression


Correct Option: D

Yellow Journalism of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer swayed popular support of

  1. Spanish American War

  2. Andrew Johnson Impeachment

  3. Progressive Era Reforms

  4. Monopolies of Morgan & Rockefeller


Correct Option: A

An advantage of the South that aided its military strength in the early part of the Civil War?

  1. superior industrial capability

  2. better military leadership

  3. vast food production capability

  4. an extensive transportation network


Correct Option: B

1945 conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin met to discuss plans to govern postwar Germany

  1. Yalta

  2. Postdam

  3. Atlantic Charter

  4. the Teheran Conference


Correct Option: A

Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party by

  1. enacting a new set of taxes known as the Townshend Acts

  2. enacting a series of measures known as the Intolerable Acts

  3. "tarring and feathering" the colonial leaders of Boston

  4. Arresting suspected participants and sending them to Africa


Correct Option: B

William Randolph Hearst & other Spanish-American war era newspaper writers could be known as a

  1. Muckrakers

  2. Yellow Journalist

  3. A member of the Lost Generation

  4. Moral Diplomat


Correct Option: B

Which statement is TRUE regarding US actions toward Japan in the months before Pearl Harbor

  1. Oil & steel embargo of Japan

  2. Bombings of Japanese territory

  3. Diplomacy between US and Japanese officals

  4. Cash and Carry Policy for Britain and the USSR


Correct Option: A

In which conflict was containment successful?

  1. Vietnam War

  2. Cuban Missile Crisis

  3. Bay of Pigs Invasion

  4. Korean War


Correct Option: D

By creating monopolies and establishing trusts, industrial leaders of the late 1800s

  1. caused the Panic of 1893

  2. secured passage of the Sixteenth Amendment

  3. were able to accumulate vast amounts of wealth

  4. secured the election of McKinley as president in 1897


Correct Option: C

Created in 1944, this provided educational assistance and business/home loans for military vets

  1. Bonus Bill

  2. G.I. Bill

  3. Lend-Lease Act

  4. Executive Order 9066


Correct Option: B

Which of these was a major philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

  1. support for states' rights and slavery

  2. a belief in the natural rights of citizens

  3. the need for a federal system of government

  4. a belief in the benefits of a laissez-faire economy


Correct Option: B

Which of these is the best example of “mass media”?

  1. radio

  2. rally for a political candidate

  3. sending an email to a Congressional representative

  4. receiving an email from a Congressional representative


Correct Option: A

Minuteman Project that monitors the US Mexico border, represents a growing social trend toward

  1. Anarchism

  2. Nativism

  3. Socialism

  4. Conservatism


Correct Option: B

Which of these was an outcome of the "Army-McCarthy Hearings" in early 1954?

  1. McCarthy was court martialed for treason

  2. The Army continued to send troops to Asia

  3. Army was found to have violated international law in Korea

  4. McCarthy's accusations of gov communists were discredited


Correct Option: D

Which action of President Taft angered the progressives in his party?

  1. signing the Payne-Aldrich Tariff

  2. trustbusting

  3. dismissing James Sherman as his Vice President

  4. appointing Gifford Pinchot as Secretary of Interior


Correct Option: A

This Cabinet department of the Federal government was established in November, 2002

  1. USA PATRIOT

  2. Office of Strategic Influence

  3. Total Information Awareness program

  4. United States Department of Homeland Security


Correct Option: D

A major goal of the Progressive movement was to

  1. establish a flat rate income tax

  2. encourage ties between government and business

  3. create a national bank for the United States

  4. increase democracy in US government


Correct Option: D

Which region of the US led the nation's industrial and financial resources in the early 1800's

  1. North (North East)

  2. South

  3. East

  4. West


Correct Option: A

Which of these policies was Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party associated with?

  1. Populism

  2. Progressivism

  3. Laissez Faire

  4. Liberalism


Correct Option: B

One reason the Depression of 1929 was so severe in the United States was

  1. US industry had failed to modernize and expand following WWI

  2. FDR said the government shouldn't interfere in the economy.

  3. American economy was based on industry, & people lost jobs

  4. Depression did not impact Europe


Correct Option: C

Greenhouse gases from the combustion of fossil fuels play a major role in

  1. Depleting natural resources

  2. Destroying animal habitats

  3. potential global warming and climate change

  4. Causing natural disasters


Correct Option: C

Charles Lindbergh was the 1st person to:

  1. Fly an airplane

  2. Fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean without stopping

  3. Patent an airplane

  4. Successfully fly to the South Pole


Correct Option: B

Which of these is LEAST associated with the 1920s?

  1. Football

  2. Speakeasies

  3. Flappers

  4. Jazz


Correct Option: A

The 14th Amendment assures rights to which group

  1. Native Americans

  2. Women

  3. African Americans

  4. Children


Correct Option: C

Which group would have been most likely to take the Oregon Trail?

  1. Migrating Native Americans

  2. Americans trying to settle on the West Coast

  3. People riding the transcontinental railroad

  4. Escaped slaves trying to flee to the North


Correct Option: B
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