Transcript Review ppt- EOC visuals

US History
End of Course Assessment Review
Interpreting Visual Information
Paul Hershaw, Dr. Phillips High School
Which President’s impeachment trial used this ticket?
A. Andrew Johnson
B. William McKinley
C. William Howard Taft
D. Martin Van Buren
What was the result of the impeachment trial for the President?
A. He was found guilty
B. He was found not guilty
C. He resigned before he could be impeached
D. He was assassinated during his impeachment
A
B
Which of the events listed below is pictured above?
A. slaves being given their orders for the day by their owner
B. an early performance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
C. an early civil rights demonstration in the North
D. a white teacher in a Freedmen’s Bureau school after the Civil War
D
In which time period was this cartoon was
probably first published?
A. in the Roaring Twenties
B. during the Reconstruction Era
C. during the Great Depression
D. during the 1960s civil rights
movement
B
What did the artist, Thomas Nast, mean
this cartoon to imply?
A. support for the work of the KKK
B. African Americans were inferior
C. an attack the treatment of African
Americans after the Civil War
D. defending the enslavement of blacks
C
Which president began the work of
building the canal pictured on the map?
A. Warren G. Harding
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. William McKinley
D. Theodore Roosevelt
D
How did the US obtained permission to
build the canal ?
A. by encouraging the people of
Panama to declare their
independence from Columbia
B. by paying $20 million to the French
company that first tried to build
the canal
C. by bribing the President of
Columbia
D. by fighting a war with Mexico
A
Which American foreign policy does this map illustrate?
A. Monroe Doctrine
B. Fourteen Points
C. Roosevelt Corollary
D. Truman Doctrine
C
Which conclusion is supported by the chart?
A. Germany was the best prepared nation at the beginning of World War I
B. the British relied more on their army than their navy when the war began
C. The United States had over 200,000 troops in 1914
D. France was completely unprepared for World War I
A
Based on the map, what was the Central Powers biggest disadvantage in World War I?
A. a lack of access to the sea for their navies
B. they had to fight the war on two fronts at the same time
B
C. that their enemies, the Allies, badly outnumbered them
D. Sweden blocked their access to the sea
This photograph was most
likely taken during which
war?
A. Spanish- American War
B. World War I
C. World War II
D. Korean War
B
Which new weapon caused
soldiers to adopt this type of
warfare?
A. machine gun
B. tanks
C. poison gas
D. airplanes
A
According to the chart , which
nation was the main target of
the Central Powers submarine
blockade?
A. France
B. the United States
C. Britain
D. Ireland
C
What movement of African Americans
did The Great Migration diagramed
here refer to?
A. moving from the South to cities
in the North
B. moving from northern cities to
farms in the South
C. planned protest marches during
the civil rights movement
D. trips made by Freedom Riders
A
What was the most important cause
of the Great Migration by African
Americans?
A. avoiding discrimination
B. fleeing from slavery
C. better schools for their children
D. the search for better jobs
D
What was the purpose of the convoy system diagramed below ?
A. to cross the Atlantic with supplies in less time
B. to combat the threat of German U-boats
C. to help British and American ships work together
D. to allow ships more freedom to maneuver
B
According to the map, where did the
influenza epidemic first appear in the
United States?
A. Southeast
B. mid-West
C. Northeast
D. West Coast
C
During which decade were no African Americans elected to Congress?
A. 1910s
B. 1920s
C. 1940s
D. 1950s
A
What is the most likely reason African Americans elected to Congress decreased after Reconstruction ?
A. African Americans left the South in large numbers
B. southern states passed Jim Crow laws
C. most states were controlled by members of the Ku Klux Klan
B
D. African Americans were told to wait for more important issues
Which American inventor is pictured
here?
A. Eli Whitney
B. Alexander Graham Bell
C. Samuel Morse
D. Thomas Edison
D
During which period was this political
cartoon was most likely first published?
A. the Progressive Era
B. Reconstruction
C. the Great Depression
D. the Roaring Twenties
A
What does this cartoon attack?
A. the Vanderbilt Railroad trust
B. the Carnegie Steel trust
C. the Morgan banking trust
D. the Standard Oil trust
D
The cartoon implies that one company
A. is ruining the environment
B. has caused an economic recession
C. controls much of the country
D. Will drag the nation into a war
C
What would be the best way to use this
photograph ?
A. to support a book on the industrial
growth in the U.S.
B. as evidence of the growth of
American labor unions
C. to illustrate an article on child
labor in the U.S.
D. to accompany a book about the life
of immigrants in America
C
Between 1870 and 1910, immigration to the
United States changed in which of the following
ways?
A. fewer immigrants came from northern and
western Europe and more came from
southern and Eastern Europe
B. fewer immigrants came from southern and
eastern Europe and more came from
northern and western Europe
C. the number of total immigrants coming to
America declined sharply
D. the number of immigrants from Asia
increased drastically
A
The drop in Asian immigrants after 1850 can best
be explained by
A. the Spanish-American War and America
taking possession of the Philippine Islands
B. the division of China into spheres of
influence by western powers
C. the Chinese exclusion Act and the
Gentlemen’s Agreement with Japan
D. an outbreak of the bubonic plague in Asia
C
These newly arrived immigrants to the United States are most likely
being processed by the immigration center at
A. Ellis island
B. Angel Island
B
C. Devil’s Island
D. Alcatraz Island
This photograph of New York City in 1901 helps explain why it was the first
American city to
A. invest in building a subway system
A
B. create one way streets in business districts
C. require horse-drawn wagon drivers to buy a license
D. forbid the construction of new buildings over five stories high
Who is this American author?
A. Jack London
B. Stephen Crane
C. Upton Sinclair
D. Mark Twain
D
What is he is best known for writing?
A. adventure stories set in the far north in
places such as Alaska and the Yukon
gold rush
B. humorous stories and tales of the
American South before the Civil War
C. his novel about a young man fighting in
the Civil War
D. a novel about immigrant laborers in
Chicago meat packing plants
B
What would be the best way to explain the change in literacy rates following the Civil War?
A. the government of every state passed laws to require children to attend state-funded public
schools
B. the immigrants of this time period usually arrived with a formal education and able to speak
English, unlike earlier immigrants
C. uneducated Americans tended to die at younger ages than those who went to school
D. the US Department of Education began to require national testing of all students
A
These two photographs show Native Americans before and after they were sent to a government sponsored
school. What does it demonstrates about the government’s policies for Native Americans?
A. They were designed to help them preserve their native cultures and traditions.
B. The government wanted to assimilate them, and help them become like the majority of Americans.
C. The policies sought to make Native Americans more willing to live on reservations.
D. Government officials saw the schools as a way to punish Native Americans.
B
The last great battle of
the native American
Wars was the Battle of
the
A. Red River in Texas
B. Little Big Horn
C. Sand Creek
Massacre
D. Wounded Knee
D
What does the map
show about Native
Americans in 1890?
A. They were wiped
out in a massive
genocide
B. They were
confined to
scattered
reservations
C. Most were trying
to escape to
Canada
D. Every state had at
least one
reservation
B
The two companies which competed in building the first transcontinental railroad met each other at
A. Humboklt, Nevada
B. Cheyenne, Wyoming
C. Promontory, Utah
C
D. the Sierra Nevada Mountains
To where did all of the cattle trails of the Old West move cattle from Texas ?
A. to cities on a railroad line
B. to cities located on a river
C. to cities across the Rock Mountains
D. to cities east of the Mississippi River
A
Pioneers on the Great Plains often
built their first homes like the one
pictured here, called a ‘sodie.’ What
was the most important reason the
pioneers built these types of
homes?
A. sod houses were naturally
insulated against heat and
cold
B. sod houses would not burn in
a prairie fire
C. trees were very rare on the
grasslands of the Great Plains
D. it was a building style they
learned from the Native
Americans
C
Who does this famous caricature by
Thomas Nast represent?
A. William Howard Taft
B. William “Boss” Tweed
C. J.P. Morgan
D. William Jennings Bryan
B
In the late 19th century, what group was
this man was the leader of?
A. the Tammany Hall political
machine
B. the banking trust in the U.S.
C. the Republican Party
D . the Know Nothing Party
A
Based on the history you have learned
and the cartoon, what was Nast
probably implying about this man?
A. he was a nativist leader
B. he was a business genius
C. he was a skilled politician
D. he was greedy and corrupt
D
This woman is urging her fellow women to use
the right they gained from the work of which
group below?
A. temperance movement
B. union organizers
C. suffragettes
D. abolitionists
C
Based on the history we have learned, this
photograph must have been taken shortly
after the passage of which amendment?
A. 15th Amendment
B. 19th Amendment
C. 21st Amendment
D. 26th Amendment
B
What does the parade in this photograph most probably represent?
A. a jazz funeral in New Orleans
B. part of the 1920 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
C. an anti-lynching protest march arranged by the NAACP
D. support for Marcus Garvey’s Back to Africa movement
C
Who is the President shown here?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Grover Cleveland
C. Herbert Hoover
D. William Howard Taft
A
The cartoon refers to this president’s
efforts as an opponent of which of the
following?
A. wasteful government spending
B. damage to the environment
C. business monopolies and trusts
D. yellow journalism
C
Who is the person portrayed in this political
cartoon?
A. Winston Churchill
B. Adolf Hitler
C. Benito Mussolini
D. Joseph Stalin
D
What action does the cartoonist seem to believe
France and Sweden might take?
A. declare war on each other
B. decide to become communist
C. become part of the Soviet Union
D. form an alliance
B
The two animals depicted in this cartoon
represent the United States and what other
nation?
A. Vietnam
B. the Soviet Union
C. Red China
D. North Korea
B
The cartoon is meant to show the growing
tension between the two countries. When did
this tension begin?
A. before World War II during the Great
Depression
B. after the collapse of communism in the
Soviet Union
C. during the Cold War after World War II
D. at the end of the Vietnam War
C
What is the most likely time period this editorial cartoon
might have referred to?
A. during the Great Depression of the 1930s
B. during the Roaring Twenties after the end of World
War I
C. during the civil rights period of desegregation in the
1960s
D. during the baby boom of the late 1940s and early
1950s
D
What does this political cartoon implies about President
Johnson?
A. He cut support for social programs to fund the
military
B. He was planning to begin a war in the near future
C. He was afraid to stand up to military leaders and
weapons manufacturers
D. He had no control over the federal budget
A
About the time of which war was this cartoon was most
likely published ?
A. the Vietnam War
B. World War II
C. World War I
D. the War on Terror
A
Who is the man in this photograph?
A. Booker T. Washington
B. Malcolm X
C. Martin Luther King, Jr.
D. Marcus Garvey
C
What is the most likely reason he is sitting in a jail cell ?
A. He was representing a prisoner in his court case
B. He had been convicted of a felony
C. He was arrested for leading a civil rights
demonstration
D. He wanted to make the public aware of the terrible
conditions in America’s jails
C
Who is the woman in this photograph?
A. Susan B. Anthony
B. Marian Anderson
C. Coretta Scott King
D. Rosa Parks
D
Why she was arrested ?
A. for refusing to give up her seat on
a city bus
B. for singing on the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial without a permit
C. for attempting to vote
D. for leading a protest march
A
What does this photograph from 1961 show?
A. the building a wall on the border between Mexico
and the United States
B. how prisoners in southern jails were used as slave
labor
C. the construction of the Soviet Union’s first nuclear
reactor
D. the building of the Berlin Wall
D
This construction project an important symbol of which
of the following?
A. the iron curtain and the Cold War
B. how minorities were mistreated in the American
South
C. the Cold War and the nuclear arms race
D. illegal immigration into the United States
A
What is the most likely
purpose of this graphic
visual ?
A. to point out the
expense of the nuclear
arms race
B. to encourage Americans
to build more nuclear
weapons and missiles
C. to show the dangers of
global disaster due to
the nuclear arms race
D.to compare the nuclear
weapons stockpiles of
the US and the Soviet
Union
C
Which American President is depicted here as riding off into the sunset?
A. President Carter
B. President Reagan
C. President Nixon
D. President Clinton
B
This photograph shows the result of the bomb attack against the Federal Office Building in Oklahoma
City in 1995. What was this attack an example of?
A. the terrorist tactics of al Qaeda under Osama Ben Laden
B. how greatly Americans were hated by the Taliban
D
C. the effects of the war on terror on American soldiers
D. domestic terrorism by a member of a American right-wing group
The increase in trade shown in this document was the result of
A. the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
B. the Contract With America
C. the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
D. the housing bubble that lead to the Great Recession
A
The destruction seen in this photo is from
New York City on September 11, 2001. It
was caused by which of the following?
A. the war in Afghanistan
B. a terrorist attack by foreigners
C. domestic terrorism
D. race riots between blacks and whites
B
What group claimed responsibility for this
tragedy?
A. the Taliban
B. Al Qaeda
C. the Branch Davidians
D. the Black Panthers
B
Active Military Personnel Deployments
Which conclusion below is supported by the graph above?
A. since 2003, the number of Americans serving in Iraq has decreased by 200,000
B. since 2003 the number of Americans serving in Afghanistan have decreased by 100,000
C. In 2011 more than 300,000 Americans were serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan
D. the war in Iraq has been less violent than the war in Afghanistan
A
What does this political cartoon seems to imply about President George W. Bush?
A. He accomplished a great deal as President
B. He will be respected by future Americans
C
C. He failed to realize his shortcomings as President
D. He deliberately mislead the American people
Which of the following statements is most
probably true about the creator of this political
cartoon ?
A. He opposed gun control laws
B. He supported gun control laws
C. He represented the National Rifle Association
(NRA)
D. He believed more citizens with guns could
decrease violent deaths in the US
B
Who is the woman in this photo ?
A. Michelle Obama
B. Sarah Palin
C. Barbara Bush
D. Tina Fey
B
What was her role in the 2012 Presidential election?
A. She was the Republican nominee for Vice President
B. She was the wife of John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate
C. She was a candidate for President in the Republican primary
D. She was the Tea Party’s nominee for Vice President
A
Figure 2. Percent of public school instructional
rooms with Internet access: 1994-2002
This graph shows the percentage of Americans who used the internet on a regular basis
between 1994 and 2002. According to the chart the greatest increase in internet usage in a
single year was between
A. 1996 and 1997
B. 2001 and 2002
C. 1998 and 1999
D
D. 1997 and 1998
What did this editorial cartoon of President Obama most probably intend to imply ?
A. the President enjoys feeling above other people because he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and
controls drone strikes against America’s enemies.
B. it is an ironic contradiction that the President who was given the Nobel Peace Prize uses drones to
violently attack people who are believed to be terrorists.
C. President Obama is confused and cannot balance the many jobs that are part of being President.
D. the President has no control over what happens during his presidency
B
What does this editorial cartoon of President Obama seem to imply?
A. The President is being kept from accomplishing much because of the recession in the United States.
B. The President has pulled the US economy out of its recession.
C. The President is being made stronger because of his efforts to move the economy forward.
D. The US economy will never improve regardless of who is President
A