U.S History EOC Exam

Which of the following BEST describes the political loyalties of African Americans after the Great Depression?

African Americans switched loyalties from the Republicans to the Democrats.

What effect did new technology, increased mechanization, and mass production have on the US?

Businesses produced more and at more affordable prices, helping the US to become a "consumer society."

Someone who buys stock for less that what it is worth, then borrows the difference in the hopes of making money is said to be doing what?

Buying on margin.

The term "baby boomer" refers to which of the following?

Children born in the years immediately following World War II.

What did Wilson hope to see flourish as a result of "missionary diplomacy?

Democracy in the Western Hemisphere.

These are excerpts from two speeches given by proponents of African American rights:

Equal Rights

Which of the following policies would MOST LIKELY be favored by a conservative?

Fewer welfare programs and less government regulation.

Why did the United States hesitate to become involved in World War II after Hitler invaded Poland?

Isolationism was widespread in the United States, and citizens did not want war.

Society in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s is BEST described by whcih of the following statements?

It was made up largely of a growing middle class.

Evolution and "higher criticism" played an important role in what?

The debate that existed between new ideas and traditional beliefs.

On which of the following points would W.E.B. DuBois likely DISAGREE with Booker T. Washington?

What occupations African Americans should pursue in US society.

Which of the following statements BEST describes the Korean War? It was a...

conflict fought between the Chinese aided communist forces of North Korea and the UN/US aided forces of South Korea.

In which of the following ways did the Spanish-American War help transform the United States in terms of international affairs? It...

established the US as a world power and left the US in possession of territories in both the Pacific and the Atlantic.

What was the Holocaust and how was it related to Israel? It was the...

mass murder of millions of Jews carried out by Hitler's regime and its horror contributed to the United Nations sanctioning the founding of the Jewish state of Israel.