US HISTORY EOCT REVIEW
TEAM TRIVIA
 Franklin
Roosevelt opposed
these pieces of legislation passed
by Congress because he believed
that with US assistance that the
Allies could beat Nazi Germany.
The
Neutrality Acts
Act
passed by Congress
that officially set rules and
guidelines for how newly
acquired territories would
eventually become states.
Northwest
Ordinance
The
Pure Food and Drug
Act was passed by
Congress in response to
the publication of what
novel?
Upton
Sinclair’s “The Jungle”
This
document was the
United States’ first attempt
at government.
Unfortunately this
document gave too much
power to the states.
Articles
of Confederation
This
president issued
Executive Order 9981
that officially
desegregated the United
States military.
Harry Truman
What
was the name of
Woodrow Wilson’s postWWI peace plan that
included the League of
Nations?
Fourteen
Points
The
Proclamation of
1763 forbade colonial
settlement west of
which natural boundary?
Appalachian
Mountains
The Wilmont
Proviso was a
proposed law that stated
that territory acquired after
which war would be closed
off to slavery?
Mexican War
Which
statement in
1823 “ordered”
European powers to stay
out of the Western
Hemisphere?
Monroe
Doctrine
 The
Freedman’s Bureau
assisted former slaves after
the Civil War. What Atlanta
college was founded by the
Freedman’s Bureau to give
former slaves access to higher
education?
Morehouse
College
 The Voting
Rights Act of 1965
ensured that African
Americans in the South were
guaranteed the right to vote
given to them in which
amendment?
th
15 Amendment
The
modern environmentalist
movement (including the
creation of the EPA) was
inspired by the publication of
what book?
 Rachel
Carson’s “Silent Spring”
 Immigrants
from which Asian
country were prohibited in
the 19th century from coming
to the United States because
many felt they took away job
opportunities from Americans.
China
 What
period in US History
saw the implementation of the
Quota Act in an effort to
restrict immigration from
Eastern and Southern Europe?
The
Red Scare
 What
event caused President
Eisenhower to pass legislation
pushing for more emphasis on
math and science in American
public schools?
Soviet
launch of Sputnik I
 Which
president was hesitant
to purchase the Louisiana
Territory from France because
he thought it might be
unconstitutional for a
president to do so?
Thomas
Jefferson
Lincoln’s
suspension of
what Constitutional
right was an attempt to
preserve the Union?
Habeus
corpus
American
colonists began
to protest British taxation
heavily after the passage of
which act that placed taxes
on anything made of paper?
Stamp Act
Which
part of the New
Deal ensured that the
elderly and unemployed had
access to income in times
of need?
Social
Security
The
Sherman Anti-Trust
Act was passed by
Congress to reduce the
power of what types of
businesses?
Monopolies
or trusts
Which
amendments to the
Constitution protect the
rights of individuals and
states from a powerful
central government?
The
Bill of Rights
What
was the name given to
the United States’ attempt to
rebuild many parts of Europe
after World War II?
The
Marshall Plan
Which
part of Johnson’s
Great Society included
health insurance for
elderly citizens?
Medicare
 Which
addition to the
Monroe Doctrine prohibited
Europe from coming over to
the Western hemisphere to
collect debts owed to them?
The
Roosevelt Corollary
Score
Recap
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FINAL BONUS QUESTION

If you answer correct you get 10 points.

If you answer incorrect you lose 10
points.

You may choose to not answer at no
penalty.
 Which
agreement allowed for
partial membership in to the
Puritan church to curb the
dwindling membership of the
Puritan church in the 1600s?
The
half-way covenant