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US History—EOCT Review
Read the quotation below and answer the following question.
“The unity of government, which constitutes you one
people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a
main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the
support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad;
of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty,
which you so highly prize.”
President George Washington
Farewell Address, 1796
1. According to the quote above, President Washington wanted US citizens
to be aware of (US 5)
a. the need to have strong allies
b. the danger of letting any one man serve too long as president
c. how important it is that citizens see themselves as one nation
d. how important it is to have a government in which powers are
divided
2. For what purpose did the United States want to build the Panama
Canal? (US 14)
a. It would make it easier for manufacturers in New York to reach
western markets.
b. It would allow eastern US cities to trade more easily with Europe.
c. It would make it easier for US troops to reach Cuba to fight the
Spanish.
d. It would allow US ships to travel back-and-forth between the
Atlantic and Pacific more easily
3. How would a congressman from Georgia MOST LIKELY have voted
regarding the Wilmot Proviso? (US 8)
a. He would have opposed it
b. He would have supported it
c. He would have abstained from voting for fear of causing
controversy
d. It he were from Atlanta he would have supported it, but if he were
from a rural area he would have opposed it
4. Which region would have featured the most diversity during the late
1600s and 1700s? (US 1)
a. South Carolina
b. Georgia
c. New York
d. Virginia
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5. From late 1995 until spring 1996, certain departments and services of
the federal government shut down because there was no approved
federal budget. The reason there was no budget was predominantly due
to the (US 25)
a. fact that taxes were too low
b. debt of the Reagan years
c. president and Congress’ irresponsibility and overspending
d. executive and legislative branches’ inability to compromise on
government spending
Use the timeline below to answer question 6.
A
Stock
Market
Crash
Lend-Lease
Act
1930 Election
FDR introduces
New Deal
B
C
D-Day
Midway
D
F
E
FDR’s
death
atomic
bomb
6. Where on the timeline above would you place Franklin Roosevelt’s courtpacking scheme, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and V-J Day, in that
order? (US 18)
a. B, C, F
b. A, B, E
c. B, D, E
d. A, E, F
Read the quote below and answer the following question.
“A long habit of thinking a thing wrong viges it a superficial
appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable
outcry in defense of custom….Everything that is right or
natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the
weeping voice of nature cries, ‘tis time to part’…
Thomas Paine
Common Sense, 1776
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7. According to the quote above, Paine believed that (US 3)
a. tradition is more valuable than what is superficial
b. Americans should embrace independence as their natural right
c. just because colonists might long for independence, that doesn’t
make it right
d. colonists should revolt against the king, even though they may
have no natural right to do so
8. What do laws like the Espionage and Sedition Acts of the early 20th
century and the Patriot Act tell us about US citizens? (US 25)
a. Many people are willing to sacrifice some freedoms in exchange for
security in times of national crisis
b. Most people do not cherish the freedoms they have during times of
crisis
c. Politicians often act in ways that go against what the majority of
the people want during times of war
d. Many of them are unwilling to sacrifice their civil liberties,
regardless of the consequences
9. The United States wanted to win the space race because it (US 21)
a. wanted to start a colony on the moon to deal with the earth’s
overpopulation
b. wanted to start a colony on the moon that US citizens could
relocate to in the event of a nuclear war
c. feared that the USSR would use its space technology to develop
nuclear weapons capable of destroying the US
d. hoped to fulfill Kennedy’s dream of developing a satellite shield
capable of destroying Soviet missiles
10.Which was MOST directly impacted by the Cold War? (US 22)
a. the construction of Levittowns
b. citizens’ reaction to Roe v. Wade
c. Congress’ decision to pass the GI Bill
d. the government’s response to the civil rights movement
11.Which is an example of tensions caused by “sectionalism”? (US 8)
a. nativists in New York attacking immigrants from Europe
b. disputes between northerners and southerners over slavery
c. southerners disagreeing over whether or not to secede from the
Union
d. western frontiersmen fighting over land
12.The search for gold, religious faith, and the desire for land were all
(US 12)
a. major causes of the Civil War
b. reasons for conflict with Spain
c. reasons why settlers moved west
d. causes of the Nullification Crisis
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Use the table below to answer question number 13.
1790 Census
New England
Mid Atlantic States
South
White Population
Black Population
Percentage of Total Population
% Free/% Slave
992,424
16,987
98.3%
77.2%/22.8%
908,195
50,437
94.7%
27.7%/72.3%
1,178,344
673,462
63.6%
4.5%/95.3%
13.Which state MOST LIKELY relied on a plantation system based economy
in the late 1700s? (US 2)
a. South Carolina
b. Pennsylvania
c. Mississippi
d. Delaware
14.Which FAILS to accurately describe FDR? (US 18)
a. He was accused of being a Socialist
b. He is the only president in history to serve more than 2 terms
c. He effectively connected with US citizens and inspired confidence
during a difficult time
d. He was an isolationist who desperately wanted to stay out of the
war; only Pearl Harbor made him reconsider his position
15.A radical African American college student in the late 1960s who believed
that blacks should use whatever means necessary to claim their civil
rights would have MOST LIKELY been a member of (US 24)
a. the NAACP
b. the SNCC
c. the SCLC
d. the AFL
16.Computers and cellular phones have had an affect on US culture similar
to that originally had by the
a. creation of the atomic bomb
b. Emancipation Proclamation
c. invention of railroads and television
d. development of schools and industries
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17. A Midwestern farmer in 1931 would have been MOST fearful of
a. Hitler’s rise to power in Germany
b. the chance of a nuclear war
c. rising farm prices
d. the Dust Bowl
18.As a first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt can best be
described as (US 18)
a. traditional
b. distant and arrogant
c. socially active and controversial
d. overwhelmed and uncomfortable
19.Someone who believed in Manifest Destiny felt strongly that (US 7)
a. it was the duty of white citizens to expand westward
b. James K. Polk should not be president
c. Indian Removal was an unjust policy
d. slavery was ordained by God
20.Why did President Kennedy authorize US naval ships to surround the
island nation of Cuba in 1962 to prevent Soviet ships from reaching that
country? (US 20)
a. Kennedy was responding to Khrushchev’s decision to build the
Berlin Wall
b. The Soviets were placing nuclear missiles in Cuba and Kennedy
was determined to stop the process
c. The US had imposed economic sanctions on Cuba and did not
want any other nations trading with them
d. The Soviets were shipping goods to Cuba that were then being
shipped illegally to the United States
21.Which person would have MOST LIKELY voted for Ronald Reagan in
1980? (US 25)
a. a midwestern businessman wanting lower corporate taxes
b. a citizen who shared the same ideas about government as Lyndon
Johnson
c. a political activist who wanted to see the government do more to
fund social programs
d. someone who believed that the nation should spend less on the
military in order to have more money for welfare
22.Which leader MOST concerned President John F. Kennedy? (US 20)
a. Winston Churchill
b. Mao Tse-tung
c. Ho Chi Minh
d. Fidel Castro
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Use the following timeline to do question number 23.
Roe v. Wade
(1973)
NOW is founded
(1966)
Feminine Mystique
(1963)
ERA Passes Congress
(1972)
23.The above timeline could BEST be labeled the (US 24)
a. Rise of Conservatism
b. Women’s Movement
c. Civil Rights Movement
d. Evolution of the Supreme Court
“We fled England that we might worship
God according to the truth of the
Scriptures. We came to a new world in
order to escape persecution. What right
have our church leaders now to impose
their beliefs and their own form of
persecution upon us, their brethren. If
we cannot find freedom in
Massachusetts, perhaps we must
establish a freer, more godly, society.”
24.Which historical figure could have MOST LIKELY made the statement
above? (US 1)
a. John Winthrop
b. Nathaniel Bacon
c. Roger Williams
d. Thomas Jefferson
25.Which was a Dutch colony before it was taken by the British in 1664?
(US 1)
a. New York
b. Delaware
c. Maryland
d. New Hampshire
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Use the timeline below to answer question number 26.
Tet
Offensive
Democratic
National
Convention
Martin Luther King Jr
is assassinated
President of the US
announces he will not
seek re-election
Robert Kennedy is
assassinated
26. The above timeline depicts (US 23)
a. the Cold War
b. the year 1968
c. events that occurred at the height of the civil rights movement
d. events that occurred during the presidency of Richard Nixon
Read the quote below and answer the following question.
“It must be built! Now that the US is
responsible for territories on both
sides of the Americas, our ships must
be able to travel quickly from ocean to
ocean. By aiding the rebels against the
Columbians, our nation betters its
chances of acquiring the land needed
for this necessary construction.”
Public official, 1906
27.The above quote is referring to the (US 14)
a. transcontinental railroad
b. Roosevelt Corollary
c. Panama Canal
d. Erie Canal
Chicago 7
arrested
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28.Progressives tended to favor (US 13)
a. integration
b. government regulation
c. laissez-faire economics
d. conservative ideas about government
29.Chinese immigrants played a major role in the (US 11)
a. opening of Ellis Island
b. organized labor movement
c. rapid growth of northern cities
d. construction of western railroads
Read the quote below and answer the following question.
“He totally transformed the
economies of two regions, but in
entirely different ways. How could
one man have taken one region of
the nation down a path of
increased reliance on factory
workers, while at the same time
making the South a region totally
dependent on slaves.”
US Economist in the mid-1800s
30.Who is the above quote MOST LIKELY referring to? (US 7)
a. George Washington Carver
b. W.E.B. DuBois
c. Eli Whitley
d. Henry Ford
31.Which presidents would have DISAGREED the most concerning the role
of government? (US 24)
a. Ronald Reagan and Lyndon Johnson
b. Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan
c. Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson
d. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton
32.The purpose of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” was to (US 23)
a. slow down the pace of civil rights in the South
b. root out communism in the federal government
c. win support for the war in Vietnam
d. end poverty in the United States
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C
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D
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A
4
C
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D
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A
7
B
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A
9
C
10
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B
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B
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A
14
D
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B
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C
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D
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C
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A
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B
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A
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B
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C
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B
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B
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C
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D
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