US History: Semester 1 (EOC)

SS.912.A.3.12 What was a major purpose of the Progressive Movement (1900-1917)?

• to stimulate the economy
• to support government control of factory production
• to encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe
• to correct economic and social abuses of industrial society

SS.912.A.2.1 Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?

• Northerners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain.
• The Dred Scott decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law.
• Southern states wanted a free hand in suppressing local slave revolts.
• Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.

SS.912.A.2.7 What was the impact of westward expansion on the Native American population during the late 1800s?

• Most Native Americans were forced to move to Canada.
• Most Native Americans were assimilated into U.S. society.
• Most Native Americans were relocated to lands west of the Mississippi River.
• Most Native Americans were able to negotiate to keep their land.

SS.912.A.3.2 Skill (Graph): Which of the following is the MOST accurate statement about the information on the graph?

• The number of patents awarded remained steady between 1880 and 1883.

• Overall, the number of patents awarded declined between 1875 and 1885.

• Between 1880 and 1885, the number of patents awarded nearly doubled.

• The number of patents awarded first topped 15,000 in 1877.

SS.912.A.2.7 How did the Dawes Act change the lives of Native Americans?

• It migrated Native Americans into cities.
• It attempted to assimilate Native Americans.
• It increased the Native Americans' capacity to hunt and gather.
• It increased Native American prosperity.

SS.912.A.3.7 Why did the wave of immigrants that arrived in the late 1800s encounter more resistance than earlier immigrants?

• a. The new immigrants were physically and culturally different.
• b. The new immigrants had similar religious backgrounds.
• c. The new immigrants supported temperance.
• d. The new immigrants had a greater variety of job skills.

SS.912.A.4.1 Skill (Cartoon): Which term BEST describes this political cartoon?

• The New Deal

• The Panama Canal

• The Rough Riders

• The Roosevelt Corollary

SS.912.A.3.2 During the Progressive Era, what was a major accomplishment of the muckrakers?

• Influencing regulation of the meatpacking industry
• securing passage of women's suffrage
• increasing tariffs on imported manufactured goods
• Encouraging sharecroppers to form a union

SS.912.A.4.1 Which policy did supporters of imperialism use to defend the belief that the US should intervene in Latin America?

• The Northwest Ordinance
• The Monroe Doctrine
• Manifest Destiny
• New Deal

SS.912.A.2.6 How did the Black Codes affect Southern society after the Civil War?

• by encouraging African Americans to own land
• by protecting African Americans from debt peonage
• by providing educational opportunities for African Americans
• by formalizing discrimination against African Americans