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US History OST Review
Morgan Dorsky
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# 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

# 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

# 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

# 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

# 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

# 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

# 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

# 8

Multiple Choice

Persecutions over the spread of communism after WWII became known as

  • McCarthyism
  • Progressivism
  • Marshall Plan
  • Counterculture movement

# 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

# 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

# 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"

# 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.

# 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

# 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.

# 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

# 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

# 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.

# 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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