USH EOC Review| 152 Questions| With Complete Solutions

Abolitionistist correct answer: An individual opposed to slavery Affirmative action correct answer: Various governmental policies that address discrimination against women and minority groups Adams-Onis Treaty correct answer: Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and Luis de Onis, in which Spain ceded Florida and Oregon country to the United States in exchange for sovereignty over Texas Al-Quada correct answer: International terrorist organization held responsible for the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States; led by Osama Bin Laden Allies correct answer: World War II alliance between Great Britain, the United States, France, China, the Soviet Union, and several other European countries in an effort to defeat the Axis powers Anarchist correct answer: A person who believes in the theory or doctrine that all forms of government are oppressive and undesirable and that they should be abolished Anarchy correct answer: Total lack of law and order Annexed correct answer: The addition of adjacent land to increase a governed area Appomattox Court House correct answer: Location of surrender of the army of Northern Virginia to the Union Army on April 10, 1865, ending the civil war Armistice correct answer: Temporary stop in fighting; truce Articles of confederation correct answer: Initial constitution adopted by the Second Continental Congress to establish a "loose league" of individual states; replaced in 1787 by the United States Constitution Axis powers correct answer: Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan against the Allied nations in World War II Battles of Lexington and Concord correct answer: Early skirmishes between colonists and British troops, sparking the American Revolution Battle of Saratoga correct answer: American victory during the America Revolution that convinced France to lend aid 1777 Battle of Yorktown correct answer: Definitive victory of the