EOC Review #2

Which of these was a major philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• support for states' rights and slavery

• a belief in the natural rights of citizens

• the need for a federal system of government

• a belief in the benefits of a laissez-faire economy

The Wilmot Proviso (1846) attempted to forever ban slavery in territories that were won as a result of

• the Civil War.

• the Mexican-American War.

• the Louisiana Purchase.

• the Spanish-American War.

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle impacted the passage of the

• Twentieth Amendment.

• Eighteenth Amendment.

• Nineteenth Amendment.

• Meat Inspection Act in 1906.

The U.S. President at the time of the stock market crash in 1929 was

• Herbert Hoover.

• Woodrow Wilson.

• William McKinley

• Calvin Coolidge.

What took place at Promontory, Utah in 1869?

• massacre of Lakota Sioux

• massacre of Cheyenne Indians

• completion of Transcontinental Railroad

• largest silver strike in American history

Which event surrounding World War I had the GREATEST impact on Americans?

• Germany attacking Belgium

• the sinking of the

  Lusitania

• Germany's boycott of imported goods

• the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Which early religious movement played a key role in developing democratic thought and individual freedom-- ideas which helped usher in the American Revolution?

• Restorationism

• Manifest Destiny

• the First Great Awakening

• the Era of Good Feelings

Which of these played a role in the decision of the Second Continental Congress to declare independence from Great Britain?

• the end of the Intolerable Acts

• colonial victories at Saratoga and New York

• George III's rejection of the Olive Branch Petition

• George Washington's acceptance as head of the Army

The Transcontinental Railroads that opened up the West had a devastating effect on

• cattle ranchers.

• Native Americans.

• merchants on the West coast who relied on trade across the Pacific for their livelihood.

• U.S. soldiers who had just fought in the Civil War and were now transferred to the West to keep the peace.

Who would have been MOST LIKELY to support and help poor women in major urban areas?

• Jane Addams

• Sarah Winnemucca

• Helen Hunt Jackson

• Harriet Beecher Stowe