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US History OST Review

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Question 1

Multiple Choice

Historians evaluate credibility of sources based on which of the following?

  • Ease of availability of the source
  • Race and gender of the source's author
  • Accuracy and internal consistency of the source
  • Payment made by the publisher to the author

Question 2

Multiple Choice

Which source would be most credible for information about daily life of factory workers in the 1880s?

  • Collection of letters written by a farmer
  • Journal written by an employee at a factory
  • Novel written to encourage factory regulation
  • Pamphlet written by a group opposing unions

Question 3

Multiple Choice

What perspective held by Hispanic-American farmers led to the United Farm Workers?

  • Workers wanted to become owners
  • Small family farms needed assistance from the government
  • Farm workers organized in order to bargain with owners
  • Large farms could be made more efficient with technology

Question 4

Multiple Choice

Before 1950, most US immigrants came from Europe. What changed in the 1965 Immigration Act?

  • Set large quotas to encourage European immigration
  • Enforced a complete ban on immigration from China
  • Imposed stricter quotas on immigration from every country
  • Allowed more immigrants from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Question 5

Multiple Choice

Who was in charge of investigating communist activities during the 2nd Red Scare (1940s-1950s)?

  • Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
  • Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
  • House Un-American Activities Committee

Question 6

Multiple Choice

Which event was a result of domestic policy changes after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

  • US bombed Berlin in retaliation
  • US government forced Japanese Americans to internment camps
  • Congress passed an act that allowed Britain to buy weapons
  • New Deal agencies prepared the country for war

Question 7

Multiple Choice

Which reason explains why the US Senate refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles after WWI?

  • Treaty would forgive Germany
  • Treaty would let League of Nations assemble its own army
  • Treaty would force US to surrender territorial gains
  • Treaty would drag US into foreign issues with League of Nations

Question 8

Multiple Choice

Persecutions over the spread of communism after WWII became known as

  • McCarthyism
  • Progressivism
  • Marshall Plan
  • Counterculture movement

Question 9

Multiple Choice

How did US national security policy change at the end of the Cold War?

  • US withdrew from NATO
  • US reduced defense spending
  • US initiated containment policies
  • US eliminated its nuclear program

Question 10

Multiple Choice

Which social change was encouraged by the movement for prohibition in the US?

  • Outlawing of alcohol in the US
  • Integration of public facilities in the US
  • Limitations on foreign immigration to the US
  • Establishment of civil rights for minorities in the US

Question 11

Multiple Choice

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence describes the Enlightenment idea of natural rights?

  • "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with . . . Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
  • "He has dissolved Representative Houses for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people."
  • "we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations . . ."
  • "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it"

Question 12

Multiple Choice

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, how did industrialization affect U.S. agriculture?

  • It delayed the transportation of crops to market.
  • It decreased opportunities to grow a variety of crops.
  • It reduced the amount of labor needed to grow crops.
  • It decreased the amount of land available for cultivation.

Question 13

Multiple Choice

Which situation contributed to the growth of labor organizations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

  • Passage of federal laws that supported workers' rights
  • Laws restricting immigration and naturalization
  • Poor working conditions and low wages in many industries
  • Economic recession leading to high unemployment rates

Question 14

Multiple Choice

What was the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

  • Restrictions on business monopolies were repealed.
  • Women were denied the right to vote in national elections.
  • Policies of 'separate but equal' were upheld.
  • Native Americans were moved onto reservations.

Question 15

Multiple Choice

Which group relocated from the South to the North in the largest numbers during the Great Migration?

  • Asian Americans
  • Native Americans
  • African Americans
  • Mexican Americans

Question 16

Multiple Choice

What foreign policy did the United States follow in the period immediately following World War I?

  • Limiting its involvement in international affairs
  • Containing the spread of communism in Europe and Asia
  • Competing with European countries to build an overseas empire
  • Taking a leading role in international peacekeeping efforts of the League of Nations

Question 17

Multiple Choice

What was one effect of the New Deal?

  • Thousands of government workers lost their jobs.
  • The powers of the president became significantly weaker.
  • The role of the federal government in Americans’ lives expanded.
  • Roosevelt became a one-term president when he lost the 1936 election.

Question 18

Multiple Choice

The attack on Pearl Harbor caused changes in American domestic policies. Which event was a consequence of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

  • The US bombed Berlin in retaliation, causing Germany to declare war.
  • The US government forced Japanese Americans to relocate to internment camps.
  • Congress passed the Neutrality Act of 1939, & permitted Britain to buy U. S. weapons.
  • The Roosevelt administration created New Deal agencies to prepare the country for war.
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