Questions for EOC Review Packet
Please answer the following questions using your EOC review packet. The questions are
arranged by important themes in United States history.
Power of the Federal Government
1. What was the biggest problem facing the new government and how was it
addressed?
2. Describe the restriction of civil liberties during wartime (including possible laws
passed) throughout U. S. history. Look at Section I, XIV, XVIII, and consider the
Japanese during World War Two.
3. Describe how each of the following Presidents expanded the powers of the
Presidency:
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Andrew Jackson
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court Cases
Explain why each of the following court cases was significant:
 Marbury v. Madison

McCulloch v. Maryland

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Plessy v. Ferguson
Economy of the United States
1. When was the national banking system created, and what plan was it part of?
2. Who vetoed the charter of the Second National Bank, and why?
3. Name two inventions that helped increase industrialization in the Gilded Age.
4. During the Gilded Age, the following ideas were popular. Describe these ideas:
 Laissez-faire

Social Darwinism
Native Americans
In at least five sentences, describe the treatment of Native Americans over time, using
sections IV and XII. List any laws that affected them.
Immigration
1. What is nativism? At what points in history has it increased?
2. What laws have been passed regarding immigration, and what did they do? Use
sections XII, XIV, XV to answer this question.
Women
1. Why were women particularly involved in reform movements?
2. When did women receive the right to vote?
3. How did women contribute to the major wars in U.S. history? What impact did
that have on their position in society?
African-Americans
1. What laws or court cases have been passed that affected the lives of AfricanAmericans in the United States?
2. What organization, created during Reconstruction, was meant to help former
slaves?
3. Describe life under Jim Crow laws.
4. Contrast the beliefs of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois. Give at least
one way they are similar, and then at least two differences.
5. How did African-Americans contribute during the major wars? What impact did
that have on their position in society?
Sectionalism—Prelude to the Civil War
Write a paragraph (at least five sentences) using the following vocabulary words,
describing the growing sectionalism before the Civil War: John C. Calhoun, Compromise
of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Mexican-American War, and Missouri Compromise.
Turning Points
The following events could be considered “turning points” in history. Write a sentence
for each, explaining how they changed the United States. Write another sentence
describing what things stayed the same during that time.
1. Election of 1800
2. Louisiana Purchase
3. Andrew Jackson’s presidency
4. Homestead Act
5. Reconstruction
6. The Roaring 20s
Reform
1. Complete the chart below:
Antebellum Reform (before
the Civil War)
What led to the growth of
reform movements?
What types of reform were
achieved?
Progressive Reform
2. What were the two sides of the abolition movement?
3. At what time in history did labor unions become more powerful?
Foreign Policy
1. Put the following events or ideas in chronological order:
a. War of 1812
b. Civil War
c. Spanish-American War
d. World War II
e. Manifest Destiny
f. Roosevelt Corollary
g. Mexican-American War
h. Monroe Doctrine
i. Isolationism
j. Imperialism
k. World War I
l. Cold War
2. Give an explanation for each of the above events on a separate sheet of paper.
3. What was the impact of the Civil War?
4. What were the effects of WWII on the home front?
5. List what you believe are the three most important events where we tried to stop
the spread of communism during the Cold War and explain why those events are
important.