Part2 US History EOC Review Test

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Part2 US History EOC Review Test
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Questão 1

Questão
Base your answers to question on the cartoon on the left and on your knowledge of social studies. What is the main idea of this cartoon from the Reconstruction Era?
Responda
  • Southern society was oppressed by Radical Republican policies.
  • Military force was necessary to stop Southern secession.
  • United States soldiers forced women in the South to work in factories.
  • Sharecropping was an economic burden for women after the Civil War.

Questão 2

Questão
Base your answers to question on the cartoon on the left and on your knowledge of social studies. Which congressional action led to the Southern viewpoint expressed in this cartoon?
Responda
  • passage of the Homestead Act
  • strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Laws
  • military occupation of the former Confederate States
  • ending the Freedmen’s Bureau

Questão 3

Questão
Which statement best explains why Reconstruction ended?
Responda
  • Reconstruction policies were no longer needed when the Southern states rejoined the Union
  • African Americans prospered financially.
  • Reconstruction was intended to be a short term event that would end in 10 years.
  • Enforcement of Reconstruction Acts decreased because of political compromise.

Questão 4

Questão
What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the South after the Civil War?
Responda
  • It kept formerly enslaved persons economically dependent.
  • It brought investment capital to the South.
  • It encouraged Northerners to migrate south.
  • It provided for a fairer distribution of farm profits.

Questão 5

Questão
Following the Civil War, many Southern states enacted Black Codes to
Responda
  • provide free farmland for African Americans
  • guarantee equal civil rights for African Americans
  • restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons
  • support the creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau

Questão 6

Questão
What was a major result of the Civil War?
Responda
  • States now had the right to secede from the Union.
  • Congress passed an amendment to provide for the direct election of senators.
  • The power of the central government was strengthened.
  • The judiciary became the dominant branch of the federal government.

Questão 7

Questão
Constitutional amendments adopted during Reconstruction were intended to
Responda
  • provide legal and political rights for African Americans
  • end property and religious qualifications for voting
  • correct problems with the Electoral College system
  • limit the number of terms of the president

Questão 8

Questão
The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the
Responda
  • Compromise of 1850
  • Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
  • creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865
  • ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865

Questão 9

Questão
In the mid-1800s, the growth of the populations of California and the western territories was mainly a result of the
Responda
  • discovery of gold and silver
  • opening of the Panama Canal
  • migration of freedmen after the Civil War
  • secession of the Southern states

Questão 10

Questão
The Homestead Act of 1862 helped the development of the West by
Responda
  • providing free land to settlers
  • granting land for construction of transcontinental railroads
  • allowing slavery to spread to the territories
  • placing Native American Indians on reservations

Questão 11

Questão
In the late 19th century, the federal government aided the growth of transcontinental railroads by
Responda
  • legalizing rate rebates for large shippers
  • providing free land for laying railroad tracks
  • requiring standard-gauge tracks on all interstate lines
  • forcing small lines to consolidate into large systems

Questão 12

Questão
In an effort to resolve conflicts with the frontier settlers in the 1870s, the federal government forced Native American Indians to
Responda
  • move west of the Mississippi River
  • live on reservations with definite boundaries
  • relocate to urban industrial centers
  • help build the transcontinental railroad

Questão 13

Questão
Passage of the Dawes Act of 1887 affected Native American Indians by
Responda
  • supporting their cultural traditions
  • attempting to assimilate them into mainstream American culture
  • forcing their removal from areas east of the Mississippi River
  • starting a series of Indian wars on the Great Plains

Questão 14

Questão
What was a major effect of the Agricultural Revolution in the United States during the late 1800s?
Responda
  • Unemployed factory workers could find jobs in agriculture.
  • Food supplies were increased to feed urban dwellers.
  • The size of farms decreased.
  • United States farm exports decreased.

Questão 15

Questão
The changes in American agriculture during the late 1800s led farmers to
Responda
  • grow fewer cash crops for export
  • request an end to agricultural tariffs
  • demand a reduced role for government in agriculture
  • become more dependent on banks and railroads

Questão 16

Questão
A goal of the Granger and Populist movements was to
Responda
  • expand rights for African Americans
  • help western farmers fight unjust economic practices
  • provide support for the banking industry
  • enable big business to expand without government interference

Questão 17

Questão
In the late 1800s, the Granger movement tried to improve conditions for farmers by
Responda
  • lowering the rate of inflation
  • strengthening the gold standard
  • forcing railroads to lower their rates
  • making labor unions stronger

Questão 18

Questão
The success of the Populist Party of the 1890s can best be measured by which development?
Responda
  • The party replaced one of the two major parties.
  • The party gained support among business leaders.
  • Two of the party’s candidates were elected to the presidency.
  • Several of the party’s proposed reforms were made into laws.

Questão 19

Questão
During the late 1800s, many farmers supported the idea that free and unlimited coinage of silver would
Responda
  • end farm subsidies
  • help farmers to repay their loans
  • lead to lower prices for consumer goods
  • decrease prices for farmland

Questão 20

Questão
Base your answer to the question on the cartoon to the left and on your knowledge of social studies. This cartoon from the 1896 presidential election campaign attacked William Jennings Bryan’s proposal for
Responda
  • free coinage of silver
  • lower tariffs on farm goods
  • strengthening the gold standard
  • government regulation of the railroads

Questão 21

Questão
What major trend related to population occurred during the industrialization boom of the late 1800s?
Responda
  • Immigration decreased.
  • Suburbanization decreased.
  • Urbanization increased.
  • Migration to rural areas increased.

Questão 22

Questão
In the last half of the 1800s, which development led to the other three?
Responda
  • expansion of the middle class
  • growth of industrialization
  • formation of trusts
  • creation of labor unions

Questão 23

Questão
Which major population shift in the late 1800s occurred as a result of industrialization?
Responda
  • northerners to the Sun Belt
  • rural residents to urban areas
  • working class people from the cities to the suburbs
  • African Americans from the North to the South

Questão 24

Questão
Why did the United States follow a policy of open immigration during much of the 1800s?
Responda
  • Many United States citizens wanted to live abroad.
  • The United States had a shortage of labor.
  • Prosperous conditions in Europe resulted in fewer immigrants coming to the United States.
  • Immigrants provided United States industry with investment capital.

Questão 25

Questão
The “new immigrants” to the United States between 1890 and 1915 came primarily from
Responda
  • southern and eastern Europe
  • northern and western Europe
  • East Asia
  • Latin America

Questão 26

Questão
Which action by the federal government during the late 1800s is an example of nativism? (5.01)
Responda
  • passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act
  • creation of tribal reservations in the East
  • grants of financial aid to western farmers
  • support for the construction of transcontinental Railroads

Questão 27

Questão
The growth of big business in the late 1800s resulted in
Responda
  • a reduction in child labor
  • the elimination of the middle class
  • the widening of the economic gap between rich and poor
  • a shift in transportation investment from railroads to canals

Questão 28

Questão
During the late 1800s, business leaders formed trusts mainly to
Responda
  • reduce prices
  • eliminate competition
  • improve worker productivity
  • establish overseas factories

Questão 29

Questão
Base your answer to question on the cartoon on the left and on your knowledge of social studies. Which economic concept is best illustrated by the cartoon?
Responda
  • supply and demand
  • mercantilism
  • monopoly
  • trade

Questão 30

Questão
Base your answer to questions 67 and 68 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies. What is the main idea of this cartoon?
Responda
  • The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.
  • The best way to develop major industries was to form proprietorships.
  • Government regulations were strangling the Standard Oil Company.
  • Foreign competition in the oil industry was hurting American companies.

Questão 31

Questão
Base your answers to the question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies. “. . . This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of Wealth: First, to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and after doing so to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer, and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community— . . .” — Andrew Carnegie, “Wealth,” North American Review, June 1889 According to this passage, the responsibility of the wealthy is to
Responda
  • invest in future industry to increase wealth
  • share their excess wealth with the community
  • maintain a lifestyle consistent with their wealth
  • influence government to assist all people

Questão 32

Questão
Base your answers to the question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies. “. . . This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of Wealth: First, to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and after doing so to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer, and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community— . . .” — Andrew Carnegie, “Wealth,” North American Review, June 1889 Andrew Carnegie carried out the ideas expressed in this statement by
Responda
  • funding numerous libraries and educational institutions
  • serving many years in the federal government
  • investing his fortune in several new industries
  • promoting programs to benefit the wealthy

Questão 33

Questão
Business leaders John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, and Cornelius Vanderbilt were referred to as robber barons primarily because they
Responda
  • bought titles of nobility from foreign governments
  • were ruthless in dealing with competitors
  • stole money from state and local governments
  • gained all of their wealth by illegal means

Questão 34

Questão
During the late 1800s, the defenders of Social Darwinism would most likely have supported
Responda
  • labor unions
  • progressive income taxes
  • laissez-faire capitalism
  • environmental conservation

Questão 35

Questão
What was the main benefit that labor unions of the late 19th century gained for their members?
Responda
  • job security
  • improved wages and hours
  • paid vacations
  • health insurance

Questão 36

Questão
During the late 1800s, what was the main reason labor unions had difficulty achieving gains for workers?
Responda
  • Communists had taken control of the major unions.
  • The government supported business efforts to limit the powers of unions.
  • Most unions had been organized by big business.
  • Most workers were satisfied with working conditions.

Questão 37

Questão
Base your answers to the question on the cartoon on the left and on your knowledge of social studies. What is the main idea of this cartoon from the 1800s?
Responda
  • Labor is gaining power over big business.
  • Most Americans support the labor movement.
  • Business has advantages over labor.
  • Government should support the expansion of railroads.

Questão 38

Questão
The American Federation of Labor responded to the situation shown in the cartoon by
Responda
  • organizing skilled workers into unions
  • encouraging open immigration
  • forming worker-owned businesses
  • creating a single union of workers and farmers

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