FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT US HIST

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT US HIST

EOC REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -163 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: (1962) Supreme Court decision that made prayer led by school officials illegal.

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Engel v. Vitale Question 2: created the Hull House to help the inner-city poor. Provided health care, and education to those in need.

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Jane Addams Question 3: founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) believed that African-Americans should fight for equality and demand respect.

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W.E.B. DuBois Question 4: political movement for the common people. The government should own the railroads. Bimetallism, workers should have an 8 hour workday and better benefits. William Jennings Bryan - Cross of Gold Speech

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Populism

Question 5: The Census of 1890 announced the official end of the American Frontier (Frederick Jackson Turner)

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Turner's Frontier Thesis Question 6: (1966) Supreme Court decision - a suspect must be made aware of his or her rights when arrested. "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law..."

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Miranda v. Arizona Question 7: "Day of Infamy" December 7, 1941. Over 1,100 men died aboard the USS Arizona.

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Pearl Harbor Question 8: feelings of hostility for immigrants. It favored people or products that were American.

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Nativism Question 9: elected President in one of the closest elections in history (2000). He defeated Al Gore (D) in the Electoral College, but lost the popular vote. The state of Florida played a critical role in deciding the outcome. The Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore brought the 36 day fight for Florida's 25 Electoral votes to an end. He won the Electoral College 271 to 266.

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George W. Bush Question 10: period of time after WW II until the early 1960s, millions of babies were born in the United States.

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baby boom Question 11: created by the New Deal to establish confidence in the nation's banks. The government would provide insurance for up to $5,000 FDIC

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Question 12: What happened during the Sacco and Vanzetti trail and why did they did not receive a fair trial?

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They were blamed for robbing a shop, and they were immigrants.Question 13: What was the major incident that basically turned Americans from feeling neutral about WW1 and joining the allies?

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The sinking of the Lusitania Question 14: he was a wealthy banker - purchased Carnegie Steel and created U.S. Steel.

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J.P. Morgan Question 15: phrase coined by Mark Twain, describes time period between 1865-1900, extravagant wealth (top 5% held 86% of the nations wealth) terrible poverty existed underneath the surface.

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Gilded Age

Question 16: gave congress the power to tax people's incomes

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Sixteenth Amendment Question 17: Communist leader of Cuba who led a successful revolution in 1959. He declared Cuba would become a Communist state. (90 miles from Florida)

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Fidel Castro Question 18: the United States policy designed to keep Communism from spreading after WW II.

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Containment

Question 19: Inventor of Model T automobile and mass production/assembly line

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Henry Ford Question 20: young men from 18 to 25 were employed to build parks, playgrounds, clear trails, build dams, and plant trees. The site where Powell High School sits was a camp for this agency during the Great Depression.

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CCC or Civilian Conservation Corps also known as Roosevelt's "tree army" Question 21: an 1894 railway workers' strike for higher wages that was broken by federal troops, in which President Grover Cleveland issued an injunction. weakened the labor movement

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Pullman Strike Question 22: Flowering of Africa American art/achievement (Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, etc)

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 23: How did westward expansion affect Native Americans?

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Railroad tracks took over their land and killed the buffalo supply Question 24: (1855-1926) Leader of the American Railway Union and supporter of the Pullman strike; he was the Socialist Party candidate for president ?ve times.

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Eugene V. Debs Question 25: The plan to put a man into space (United States). John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth.

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Mercury