American History OST Practice Test

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• Give reasons and evidence.
• Which term means prejudice and discrimination on the basis of race?
• Measures to address environmental issues such as pesticides, pollution, waste disposal, conservation and global warming are collectively known as what?
• Which of the following is a potential social consequence of globalization?
• What term is an association of workers united to protect and improve working conditions?
• Allows the federal government to collect income tax?
• The Rust Belt refers to which area of the United States?
• An analysis or restatement of primary sources written after the events by people not present.
• The conflict in Vietnam from 1954 to 1975 involved U.S. intervention to prevent a communist victory. What is this war called?
• Which organization type is most closely associated with operating across multiple countries?
• A residential district located on the outskirts of a city is called what?
• Which organization, created after World War I, aimed to preserve peace but later faced criticisms?
• Which term describes the widespread economic downturn during the 1930s?
• What is the term for the right to vote?
• Provides an interpretation of the past by telling the reader the manner in which historical evidence is significant in some larger context.
• What term means the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country?
• Which set of essays was written to oppose the proposed U.S. Constitution?
• What is the term for the quality of being believable or trustworthy?
• What term describes the growth of cities and the migration of people into them?
• What term describes government bonds sold to civilians to raise funds for the war effort?
• An official statement of a complaint over something believed to be wrong or unfair.
• Which conflict began over Cuban independence in 1898, involving the United States and Spain?
• The period in the 1920s when African American achievements in art, music, and literature flourished is called the
• Which term refers to the reorganization and rebuilding after the Civil War?
• Which policy allowed Britain and France to buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them themselves?
• What policy was aimed at resisting further expansion of communism around the world?
• Which organization is primarily associated with Native American rights and improving education and employment opportunities?
• Which 1941 event led the United States to enter World War II?
• The Sun Belt describes which group of states?
• Which term describes a preference, opinion or attitude that favors one way of thinking over another?
• What term describes the shift to factory-based, machine-driven production?
• Which secret society organized after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence?
• After the North Korean invasion in 1950, the United States secured UN support to defend South Korea. Which conflict does this describe?
• What U.S. program provided economic aid to European countries to help rebuild after World War II?
• Which term describes the concept that government derives its authority from the people?
• What term describes a source that presents events as they were first described by witnesses involved in the event?
• What term refers to a generalized belief about a group of people?
• What term means the quality of being believable or trustworthy?
• Which document served as the original constitution drafted by the Continental Congress in 1777, creating a weak central government?
• Which set of essays was written to explain and defend the proposed U.S. Constitution?
• Writers/journalists who exposed social problems?
• Which amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages?
• What is the term for a generalized belief about a group of people?
• The term for residential areas surrounding a city is?
• Rights that belong to every human being from birth.
• Which policy represented a shift from cash-and-carry to providing arms on a lending basis?
• Which civil rights organization was founded in 1960 to coordinate and publicize sit-ins?
• Which organization coordinated sit-ins as part of the civil rights movement?
• The Sunbelt region experienced rapid population growth largely due to opportunities in which sectors?
• Which term best matches the concept of social reformers who exposed problems in society?
• Globalization's impact on labor markets includes which of the following?
• Which document provided a plan for the Northwest Territory to admit new states on equal footing?
• Which term refers to movement of people within a country?
• Which is the supreme law of the United States that describes the structure, functions, and powers of government?
• Which term refers to a policy or agreement aimed at reducing tensions and limiting weapons between the United States and the Soviet Union?
• Which term best describes the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale?
• Which term captures the rapid sharing of information around the world through computers and mobile devices?
• Which term describes the growth of cities and the migration of people into them?
• Which term is used to describe a stance of staying out of foreign wars even when tensions exist abroad?
• Which amendment established alcohol prohibition in the United States?
• Which term describes the spread of cultural elements across borders?
• Which term refers to the practice of segregation by law?
• Which organization led by Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for civil rights through nonviolent means starting in the late 1950s?
• Which treaty helped set the stage for postwar penalties on Germany after World War I?
• Which region in the southern and southwestern United States experienced growth due to defense and high-tech industries?
• Which term denotes the process of adding territory to a country's land?
• The civil rights organization founded in 1957 by Martin Luther King Jr. to fight segregation using nonviolent means is?
• What 1928 agreement sought to renounce war as an instrument of national policy?
• Which factor is least likely to promote globalization?
• Which treaty ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany?
• The movement of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North in the 20th century is known as what?
• What term means a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers?
• Which movement, often associated with the age of reason, spread the idea that reason and science could improve society?
• What term describes campaigns to collect scrap metal and other materials for war production?
• Which term describes a social effort to protect the environment from human-caused changes?
• Which belief holds that one culture is more enlightened, advanced, civilized, or intelligent than another?
• Which period of Harlem culture is described as thriving in the 1920s?
• What term describes the United States policy of avoiding involvement in other countries' affairs and wars?
• Globalization is commonly associated with which of the following trends?
• A preoccupation with purchasing material goods is known as?
• What term refers to low-interest loans to the government purchased by civilians during wartime?
• Which term best describes the policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries?
• Which term describes the movement of African Americans toward northern cities in the early 20th century?
• Which war is associated with U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia to halt the spread of communism, lasting from 1954 to 1975?
• Debts owed for purchasing consumable goods are called what?
• Which social movement is geared toward protecting the natural environment?
• Which document outlined shared goals for the postwar world agreed between the United States and Britain?
• Which term describes a form of business owned by many investors who hold shares?
• What term describes backyard gardens grown to support the war effort during World War II?
• Which women's rights organization was founded in 1966 to bring women into full participation and equality in American society?
• Which term describes the protection of a nation's borders and territories against invasion or control by foreign powers?
• Which policy involved relocating Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War II?
• The historically high birthrate years in the United States from 1946 to 1964 are known as the?
• Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
• Which treaty or talks were aimed at limiting the number of nuclear warheads and missiles between the US and the Soviet Union?
• What policy involved removing Japanese Americans from the West Coast and placing them in camps during World War II?
• Records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or people involved in the event.
• The spread of technology and information facilitated by globalization is most closely tied to which development?
• What is the name of the military alliance formed to counter Soviet expansion after World War II?
• Which term refers to the period of intense fear of communist influence within American society during the early Cold War?
• One who believes in social change?
• What term denotes the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit?
• Which policy involves extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force?
• What term refers to a restatement of primary sources, written after the events by people not present?
• Which American base was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941?
• Which economic change is commonly linked to globalization?
• Which event involved a conflict between the United States and Spain over Cuban independence?
• What document outlined the Allied goals for fighting World War II and shaping the postwar world?
• Businesses that are owned by many investors who buy shares of stock.
• What factor is widely considered a primary driver of globalization?
• What term describes permanent movement within a country?
• Which program provided work relief through public works projects during the New Deal era?
• Which term describes workers joining to improve wages and conditions?
• Which amendment ended Prohibition by repealing the 18th Amendment?
• Which Supreme Court case established the constitutionality of 'separate but equal'?
• Outsourcing is a practice often associated with globalization because it involves:
• Established direct election of senators by the people of each state?
• Which term describes the decades-long geopolitical standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union?
• Which document established a plan for settling the Northwest Territory with eventual self-government and statehood?
• Which institution is primarily involved in setting global trade rules?
• When government leaders abuse their power to make money and gain power?
• Which amendment changed how U.S. senators are elected?
• Which organization was founded in 1968 to improve conditions on reservations, protect land rights and improve opportunities in education and employment for Native Americans?
• What term refers to a law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military?
• Which organization was formed to support migrant workers and improve labor conditions?
• Which term describes state laws in the South that legalized segregation?
• Which term denotes the belief that a culture is superior to others?
• What was the primary purpose of the 19th Amendment?
• Which organization, formed in 1909, was dedicated to promoting civil rights for African Americans, including legal challenges?
• What is the term for the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war?
• The organization founded in 1909 to promote civil rights for African Americans is called?
• Which labor organization formed in 1962 by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to improve conditions of migrant workers?
• Which term prohibits states from denying women the right to vote?
• Which 1941 act authorized lending arms to Britain?
• Which collection of writings argued in favor of ratifying the Constitution?
• Which international organization formed after World War I to promote peace among nations?
• What term describes the agreement in which people give power to a government in exchange for its protections?
• Which wartime policy established fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military?
• Which term describes the 1920s era of economic growth and social change?
• Movement of people within the given boundaries of a country?
• Which term refers to the movement of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North in the early 20th century?
• The postwar demographic trend described by a sustained surge in births from 1946 to 1964 is called what?
• Which region includes southern and western states with a warm climate year-round and relatively low taxes?
• Which concept describes the protection of a country from external threats and maintaining sovereignty?
• Which agreement involved trading destroyers for bases in British possessions?
• The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
• What term describes the practice of accusing people of subversion without credible evidence, associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy?
• The term for the interdependence of economies through cross-border trade and investment is?
• Which term describes the mass relocation of African Americans to northern cities for work?
• Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages?
• Which phrase denotes the cross-border exchange of goods and services?
• Which term refers to the increased flow of information across continents through technologies such as the personal computer, Internet, and mobile phone?
• Which policy best describes avoiding foreign entanglements and alliances?
• Used by historians to support a thesis; generated from artifacts, documents, eyewitness accounts, historical sites, photographs and other sources.
• Which economic and political system features one-party rule and state ownership of property?
• Which movement in the 1920s celebrated African American achievements in art, music, and literature?
• Globalization can influence consumer choices by providing:
• Which policy guided U.S. strategy to stop the spread of communism by diplomatic, economic, and military means?
• Which concept refers to Reagan's missile-defense system popularly known as Star Wars?
• The transformation from producing goods by hand to having them made by a machine.
• Which term describes prejudice and discriminatory attitudes based on race?
• Which legislation reversed the immigration quotas put in place during the 1920s?
• Which movement describes the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North in the twentieth century?
• The New Deal program that provided work relief through public works projects was the
• The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash of 1929 and lasting through the 1930s is known as the
• What agreement swapped destroyers for naval base rights with Britain?
• What term denotes the exchange of goods and services among nations?
• Which laws were enacted by Congress to keep the United States out of involvement in a European conflict?
• What term refers to the focus on suppressing perceived communist influence in media, education, and labor unions during the early Cold War?
• Which agreement established free trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico?
• Which era is described as a period of prosperity and changing morals in the 1920s?
• Globalization's impact on the environment is best described as:
• The era of the 1920s known for a cultural flourishing in African American arts is called the
• Which phrase describes a policy with the goal of keeping a country safe from attack or harm?
• The rights of full citizenship and equality under the law are called?
• The Rust Belt is associated with a decline in heavy industry in which part of the United States?
• Which term describes an interpretation of past events that places evidence within a larger context?