SECOND SEMESTER

EOCT Question of the Day

Write the question and the correct answer.

Thursday, Jan. 3

Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?A.George WashingtonB.Thomas JeffersonC.James MadisonD.John Adams

Friday, Jan. 4

Which US President introduced the Spoils System to American government?A.WashingtonB.JeffersonC.JacksonD.PolkE.Lincoln

Monday Jan. 7

Which US President was elected despite not appearing on the ballots of almost half the states?A. WashingtonB. JeffersonC. JacksonD. PolkE. Lincoln

Tuesday Jan. 8

What is it called when a group refuses to buy products from a particular company or organization in order to make a point or gain a concession?

Wednesday, Jan. 09The rush among European Powers to establish colonies in the Americas can BEST be described asA)an attempt to create regional cooperation and

unityB)an extension of military and economic rivalriesC)a desire to learn about other culturesD)an effort to spread Christianity around the

world

Thursday, Jan. 10

One result of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was that dominance in North America was achieved by

A)RussiaB)Great BritainC)FranceD)Spain

Friday, Jan. 11

Attempts to escape religious persecution were key factors in the original settlement of which American colonies?

A)South Carolina and GeorgiaB)Virginia and New YorkC)Pennsylvania and MarylandD)North Carolina and New Jersey

Monday Jan. 14

The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 served to restrict

A)The right to bear arms and the right to a jury trial

B)The right of women to vote and to hold officeC)Freedom of speech and freedom of the pressD)Freedom from unreasonable search and

seizure

Tuesday Jan. 15

Use the information below to answer the question.

“I hold that in the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as well as intellectual, are brought together, the reaction now existing in the slave holding states between two is, instead of an evil, a good – a positive good” – 1837

Who expressed these ideas?A)Frederick DouglasB)Robert E. LeeC)John C. CalhounD)Stephen Douglas

Wednesday Jan. 16

Which of these statements expresses an official U.S. government policy of 1850s

A)Alcohol consumption is dangerous and should be abolished.B)Immigration should be unrestricted and universal.C)Labor Unions are immoral and should be prohibited.D)The nation has a right and a duty to expand to the Pacific Coast.

Thursday, Jan. 17

Use this quote to answer the question.“The growth of a large business is merely the

survival of the fittest” – John D. Rockefeller

The point of view expressed in this quotation is an example of:

A)ProgressivismB)Social DarwinismC)CommunismD)Anarchism

Friday Jan. 18

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia occurred in which century?

A)Seventeenth CenturyB)Eighteenth CenturyC)Nineteenth CenturyD)Twentieth Century

Tuesday, Jan. 22

Which of the following was one of the original thirteen colonies?

A)Rhode IslandB)VermontC)KentuckyD)Florida

Wednesday, 1/23Most anti-Federalists changed from

opponents to supporters of the Constitution after they were promised

A)a bill of rightsB)Term limits on the office of the PresidentC)Good relations with Native AmericansD)A bicameral legislature

Thursday 1/24

Which of the following statements BEST explains the dramatic increase in African Americans in colonial America between 1730 and 1750?

A)The number of industrial opportunities in New England colonies decreased.

B)The number of industrial opportunities in the Southern colonies increased.

C)Slaves were emancipated throughout the middle colonies.

D)Plantation agriculture expanded in the Southern colonies.

Friday, 1/25

What was one way that the development of the colonies responded to the fact that Florida was a Spanish colony?

A)a colonial navy patrolled the coast of GeorgiaB)Georgia was founded as a base for the British

ArmyC)Georgia was a buffer zone between the

British and SpanishD)The British attacked Florida and took

possession of St. Augustine.

Monday 1/28

Demands for the calling of a Constitutional Convention in 1787 reflected the growing belief that the

A)Small and large states should be political equals.

B)Rights of businesses were not being protected.C)National government needed to be

strengthened.D)State governments had too little power.

Tuesday 1/29

Which of the following was a belief held by John Brown (1800-1859)

A)Individual states should decide whether to permit slavery.

B)Abolitionists should work for a gradual change.

C)The South should work to diversify its economic base.

D)Slavery should be abolished by violent means, if necessary.

Wednesday, 1/30

Because of the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765, many colonists began to believe that

A)They should only abide by laws enacted by their own representatives.

B)They should appeal to the French for help against the British Government.

C)Native Americans should follow the same laws as the colonists

D)The British government was attempting to improve government services.

Thursday, 1/31

How did the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 impact New York City?

A)New York City ceased to be a major point of European Immigration.

B)New York City became a major economical and financial center.

C)New York City lost financial and political influence to the city of Albany

D)New York City gained control of western agricultural production.

Friday, 2/1

When southern states’ representatives were contributing to drafting the Constitution, they tended to agree that

A)Church and state should be separatedB)Slave trade should be abolishedC)Slaves should be counted in the censusD)Territories should be open in to slave-

holding.

Monday, 2/4

Which word BEST describes the agricultural system used during Reconstruction that allowed white landowners to benefit from the labor of former slaves without paying wages?

A)freeholdB)indentureC)plantationD)sharecropping

Tuesday, 2/5The Supreme Court decided in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that

segregated accommodations were constitutionally allowable as long as they were equal. So the doctrine of “separate but equal” was established. Why did many people object to that ruling?

A)People wanted a chance to live their own lives in their separate communities without the interference of the government.

B)People thought that it was unnecessary to make such a ruling. If people did not like their situation, they must improve it themselves.

C)People believed there were some instances where segregation was not important. They believed they should be able to decide case by case.

D)People know that the reality of the situation was based upon inequality. If institutions were separate, they could not be equal.

Wednesday, 2/6

The voyage that brought Africans to the West Indies and later to North America was known as

A)Trail of TearsB)The Middle PassageC)ImperialismD)The West Passage

Thursday, 2/7

This person led 21 black and white men in a raid on Harper’s Ferry?

A)Eli WhitneyB)Dred ScottC)John BrownD)Horace Pippin

Friday, 2/8

Who was Crispus Attucks?

A)An African-American man killed during the Boston Massacre

B)A British soldier who fired the first shot, causing the Boston Massacre

C)An African-American killed during the Boston Tea Party.

D)An African-American executed for being a runaway slave.

Monday, 2/11

Which Amendment states that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been convicted, shall exist within the US”?

A)13thB)15thC)17thD)18th

Tuesday, 2/12

This was founded in 1867 by a slave and two ministers to educate men in the fields of ministry and education.

A)Agnes Scott CollegeB)The University of GeorgiaC)Morehouse College (originally Augusta

Institute)D)Spelman College

Wednesday, 2/13

A former slave who traveled the U.S. giving speeches on behalf of equality for African Americans, women, Native Americans, and immigrants. Also had an anti-slavery newspaper.

A)Frederick DouglassB)John C. CalhounC)Harriet Beecher StoweD)Thaddeus Stevens

Thursday, 2/14

This African-American preacher believed his mission on earth was to free his people from slavery; he led a slave rebellion on four Virginia plantations.

A)Nat King ColeB)Nat TurnerC)Rutherford B. HayesD)Henry M. Turner

Tuesday, 2/19

An African American scientist, botanist, educator and inventor, known for his work with peanuts.

A)Booker T. WashingtonB)Jimmy CarterC)Harriet TubmanD)George Washington Carver

Wednesday, 2/20

What does NAACP stand for?

Thursday 2/21

This person was the first African American to receive a degree from Harvard. He was also a sociologist who helped establish the NAACP.

A)W.E.B. DuBoisB)Eugene V. DebsC)Upton SinclairD)A. Philip Randolph

Friday, 2/22

This African-American woman was born into slavery but became a teacher, early civil rights activist and a critic of lynching.

A)Jane AddamsB)Ida B. Wells C)Susan B. AnthonyD)Ida M. Tarbell

Monday 2/25

This African American played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

A)Louis ArmstrongB)Hank AaronC)Babe RuthD)Jackie Robinson

Tuesday, 2/26

This African-American was the best known poet of the Harlem Renaissance

A)Langston HughesB)Edward “Duke” EllingtonC)Maya AngelouD)F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wednesday, 2/27

This literary and artistic movement celebrated African-American culture during the 1920s.

A)The Civil Rights MovementB)The Jazz MovementC)The Harlem RenaissanceD)The New York Renaissance

Thursday, 2/28

One major compromise of the Constitutional Convention settled the difference between large states and small states over the issue of

A)Representation in CongressB)Taxation C)Territorial ExpansionD)Civil Liberties

Friday, 3/1

Which trail was taken MOST often by people whose goal was to start communities.

A)Old Spanish TrailB)California TrailC)Santa Fe TrailD)Oregon Trail

Monday, 3/4

When Theodore Roosevelt said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”, he was trying to gain support for

A)Imposing harsh laws to reduce crimeB)supporting women’s suffrage to expand civil rightsC)Building a powerful navy to aid United States diplomacyD)Using the national forests to stimulate building projects

Tuesday 3/5

What was one effect of the Wagner Act (1935).

A)The number of factory workers declined dramatically between 1935 and 1945.

B)Employers were prohibited from interfering in workers efforts to unionize.

C)Laborers shifted their support from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

D)Laborers in companies with more than 50 employees were prohibited from striking.

Wednesday 3/6

Charles A. Lindbergh piloted the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris in the first successful solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. What was the greatest immediate impact of Lindbergh’s accomplishment?

A)It made air travel safe and inexpensiveB)It helped to improve diplomatic relations with

France.C)It sparked public interest and boosted the aviation

industry.D)It encouraged American travel abroad and an

appreciation for European culture.

Thursday 3/7

Which statement is MOST true about many African Americans during World War I.

A)They protected discrimination in the U.S. Army

B)They left the rural South for jobs in the NorthC)They purchased large numbers of farms in

the MidwestD)They left the United States for Liberia and

Sierra Leone

Tuesday 3/12

“You have secured to us the free navigation of the Mississippi. You have procured an immense and fertile country: and all these great blessings are obtained without bloodshed.”

This quotation refers to

A)The Louisiana PurchaseB)Gaines from the Black Hawk WarC)The loss of British forts in the WestD)The annexation of Texas

Wednesday 3/13

Which of the following BEST describes Abraham Lincoln’s public position on slavery by 1860?

A)He opposed the expansion of slavery but not its existence.

B)He opposed both the expansion and the existence of slavery.

C)He supported popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery.

D)He believed slavery should be allowed to expand.

Thursday 3/14

On May 10, 1869, in Promontory, Utah, the East and the West became connected by the completion of

A)A telegraph line reaching from New York to San Francisco

B)The Transcontinental Railroad.C)The Oregon Trail System.D)The stations that served the Pony Express.

Friday 3/15

Which of the following contributed MOST to the forced removal of Native Americans from the Great Plains from 1867 to 1890.

A)The desire to establish military postsB)The building of new canalsC)The westward shift of the frontierD)The desire for more land to grow cotton.

Monday 3/18

When the U.S. government needed 10,000 rifles for the army, Eli Whitney applied for the contract. He took several guns, dismantled them, put the pieces in a box, and shook it. He then randomly selected the pieces he needed, assembled one rifle, and fired it. What did he demonstrate?

A)Interchangeable partsB)Assembly line productionC)Mass production techniquesD)The factory system

Tuesday 3/19

By 1863, MOST military planners knew that the South could not continue to fight indefinitely because

A)Increasing number of Southern citizens no longer supported the Confederate causeB)The Southern industrial base was too weak to support the expense of waging war.C)Large numbers of former slaves were joining the Union army.D)The Southern leadership was too inexperienced to fight against northern armies and navies.

Wednesday 3/20

Which of the following helps to explain the reason for American expansionism in the mid-1800s and the early 1900s?

A)The U.S. sought new markets for agricultural and industrial products.

B)The U.S. wanted to establish colonies in Asia, Africa, and Australia.

C)U.S. foreign policy rejected the theory of “Social Darwinism”

D)The U.S. military wanted to establish overseas bases and recruit from those locations.

Thursday 3/21

The core membership of the Populist Party in the 1890s consisted of

A)Factory workersB)FarmersC)ImmigrantsD)Socialists

Friday 3/22

The Confederate defeat at Vicksburg was important because it

A)Ended the last major Confederate invasion of the North.

B)Resulted in the Confederacy being split in half along the Mississippi River

C)Caused Jefferson Davis to resign as President of the Confederacy

D)Forced Robert E. Lee to leave Virginia and take command in the West.

Monday 3/25

Why was the Fourteenth Amendment NOT successfully implemented in Southern States during the Reconstruction Era?

A)Southern states refused to acknowledge the amendment because of its provisionsB)Most Southern legislatures had been disbanded by the U.S. militaryC)A majority of Southern states elected to remain outside of the Union following the war.D)Southern states were allowed to make their own decisions about segregation legislation.

Tuesday 3/26

In the late 1880s, railroads were charging high prices to ship and store agricultural produce. When other political efforts failed to reduce freight charges, farmers began to demand that the U.S. government produce more silver money. Why did the farmers want the mining of more silver money?

A)They anticipated monetary deflation, which would make money more valuable.B)They hoped to ruin the railroad barons who they felt were greedy and unfair toward farmers.C)They expected monetary inflation, which would give them better prices for their crops.D)They wanted to create political problems for other sectors of the economy.

Wednesday 3/27

The U.S. gained control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal by

A)Negotiating an agreement with Columbia.B)Invading Columbia and taking the land.C)Implementing the Open Door Policy.D)Encouraging and supporting Panamanian

Independence.

Monday 4/1

In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan and nativist movements such as the Immigration Restriction League shared the belief that:

A)The United States must adopt a socialist form of government.B)The United States should conquer more overseas territories.C)White Americans should establish a separate republic.D)White Americans were racially superior to other groups.

Tuesday 4/2

Which of the following actions would have been supported by Northern manufacturers and opposed by Southern planters?

A)Allowing slavery to expand to MissouriB)Imposing a tariff upon finished goodsC)Making improvements to the port of New OrleansD)Making improvements to the cotton gin.

Wednesday 4/3

A Native American living in the Ohio River Valley region would have had which of following views about Proclamation of 1763 that forbade colonists from entering the region?

A)They would agree because they didn’t want to see Europeans in the area.

B)They would be angry because they could not sell their lands to the colonists.

C)They would ignore the law, since the English government could not regulate Native Americans

D)They would agree, since the settlers wanted to start a war with the French.

Thursday 4/4

Which of the following Constitutional Amendments MOST directly addresses the issue of limiting the authority of the Federal government?

A)Amendment 7 – Trial by Jury in Civil CasesB)Amendment 10 – Powers of the States and

PeopleC)Amendment 14 – Civil RightsD)Amendment 21 – Repeal of Prohibition.

Friday 4/5

Which was one result of the work of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s?

A)Restoration of a natural environmentB)Construction of nuclear power plantsC)Generation of affordable electricity for rural

areasD)Improvement in systems of communication

Monday 4/15

Over the last 100 years, the United States has experienced significant improvements in transportation and technology. As a result, urban centers of today differ from those of the 1880s in that modern cities

A)Are less likely to suffer from environmental pollutionB)Can be located farther from supplies of food and fresh waterC)Are more attractive to newly arrived immigrantsD)Can be reliant on one primary product or service for income.

Tuesday 4/16

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson restated the ideas expressed in the Two Treatises on Government by British philosopher

A)Sir Isaac NewtonB)Thomas HobbesC)John LockeD)David Hume

Wednesday, 4/17

The new Republican Party of the 1850s drew much of its northern base from

A)Antislavery or “conscience” WhigsB)Immigrants from eastern citiesC)Remnants of the Federalist PartyD)Eastern land speculators

Thursday, 4/18

The nullification confrontation of 1832-1833 between President Andrew Jackson and South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun concerned

A)Jackson’s attempts to abolish slavery in the South

B)Calhoun’s claim that a state has the power to ignore federal laws

C)The constitutionality of the second Bank of the United States

D)Whether slavery would be allowed in western territories.

Friday, 4/19

Use the information below to answer the question that follows:July 21, 1861 – First Battle of ManassasJune 26 – July 2, 1862 – Seven Days’ BattlesAugust 30, 1862 – Second Battle of Manassas

Confederate victories in these battles are BEST explained by Confederate superiority in:

A)Industrial outputB)Naval powerC)Numbers of soldiersD)Military leadership

Monday, 4/22

By the early 1900s, U.S. government interest in developing an economic relationship with the Chinese empire was part of an overall plan to

A)Become an imperialist powerB)Spread democracy throughout AsiaC)Establish a regional peacekeeping effortD)Limit the levels of Asian immigration

Tuesday, 4/23

“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds… to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.” – March 4, 1865

This selection expresses Lincoln’s hope for restoration of

A)Civil LibertiesB)National unityC)Racial equalityD)Religious freedom

Wednesday, 4/24

The American Federation of Labor (AFL), led by Samuel Gompers, proposed that the union should negotiate for all workers. This idea is called

A)Affiliated servicingB)Unified negotiatingC)Collective bargainingD)Joint contracting

Thursday, 4/25

Use the quote to answer the question.

“Let me assert [declare] my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 4, 1933

In his first inaugural address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was warning the American people NOT to be discouraged by the effects of

a) Adolph Hitler’s rise to power in Germanyb) Japanese expansion in the Pacificc) The Great Depressiond)Prohibition

Friday, 4/26

Use the quotes below to answer the question“The slave-holding states will no longer have the power of self-government, or self-protection, and the federal government will become their enemy…” – South Carolina Legislature, Declaration of the Causes of Secession, 1860.

“The Union is older than any of these states, and, in fact, it created them as states.” – Abraham Lincoln, 1861

These quotes represent two sides in which important conflict in American History?

A)The conflict over how much independence states should have in the federal system.B)The conflict over what level of representation small states should have in the federal legislature.C)The conflict over an amendment to the Constitution that would allow slavery in the territories.D)The conflict over whether or not to forcibly remove Native Americans from their lands in the West.

Monday, 4/29

“A treaty and agreement betwixt the commissioners for the United Colonies of New England on the one part and…[the] Sagamores of the Narraganset and the Niantic Indians on the other part made and concluded at Boston in the Massachusetts the xxviith of the sixth month 1645.”

This passage suggests that Sagamores were

A)Tribal LeadersB)Formal treatiesC)Rival clansD)Wooded areas

Tuesday, 4/30

What was the status of Texas immediately prior to statehood?

A)United States TerritoryB)Spanish colonyC)Independent RepublicD)Part of Mexico

Wednesday, 5/1

The United States entered WWI in April 1917. Less than a month later, Congress passed the Selective Service Act of May 1917. So many people were required so quickly because the United States previously had

A)Adopted a policy of unilateral disarmamentB)Established an unpaid militia after the Spanish-

American WarC)Maintained a very small peacetime military.D)Posted most of its military as advisors in

Europe.

Thursday, 5/2

The purpose of the Nuremberg war crime trials after WWII was to

a)Punish German leaders for crimes against humanity

b)Raise money to repair wartime destructionc)Stop secret cooperation between Nazis and

Communistsd)Prevent another world war in twenty years.

Friday, 5/3

The development of suburban areas in the United States during the 1950s can be attributed mostly to

A)Decreasing cost of building materialsB)Increasing supply of skilled laborC)Decreasing development of rural areasD)Increasing development of the national highway system

Monday, 5/6

In President Kennedy’s inaugural address he included the section, “To our sister republics south of the border, we offer a special pledge…a new alliance for progress…Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this Hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.”

What previous American president’s policy was President Kennedy using for support for his position?

A)President Monroe’s Monroe DoctrineB)President McKinley’s Open Door PolicyC)President Theodore Roosevelt’s Square DealD)President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms

Tuesday, 5/7

U.S. involvement in the Korean War was part of its policy of

A)ContainmentB)IsolationismC)Big Stick DiplomacyD)Mutual Assured Destruction

Wednesday, 5/8

What was one major result of the “space race” that occurred during the 1950s and 1960s

a)Successful landing of Soviet astronauts on the moon.

b)Improvement of satellite communicationsc)Development of nuclear weapons in spaced)Creation of a model for international

cooperation.

Thursday, 5/9

“The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far we have already formed engagements and let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.”

In this Farwell Address, President George Washington warned future Americans about the problems that could result from

A)Immigration quotas for foreign nationsB)Passing high protective tariffs to control foreign importsC)Becoming allied with foreign powersD)Expanding westward into lands claimed by others

Friday, 5/10

Why did President Kennedy approve the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles supported by the Central Intelligence Agency in 1961?

A)Castro had formed an anti-United States alliance with Venezuela and Nicaragua

B)Castro had declared close economic and political ties to the Soviet Union

C)Castro had cut off all Cuban trade with the United States

D)Castro had released political prisoners into the United States, many of whom were criminals.