Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century, 1860–1910 20
The 1900 census found about 2 million children at work in mills, mines, fields, factories and stores. What did that report help set off?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Keating-Owen Child Labor Act (1916)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.3.8
A student researching Reconstruction reads the text of the Wade-Davis Bill and a chapter about the bill in a recent textbook. Which is a primary source, and why?Library of Congress, "Getting Started with Primary Sources"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.1.1
After the Civil War, railroads gave rebates to large shippers and charged more where they had no competition. Why did these practices hurt farmers in particular?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Interstate Commerce Act (1887)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.3.1
At the start of the Civil War, before the Emancipation Proclamation, what was the North fighting for?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Emancipation Proclamation (1863)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.2.1
Before 1913, state legislatures chose U.S. senators, and in some states special interests or political machines gained control of the legislature. Which change answered that problem?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.3.12
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Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century, 1860–1910, continued
How did Congress respond in 1887 to decades of public demand that railroad operations be regulated?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Interstate Commerce Act (1887)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.3.1
How did the Homestead Act of 1862 speed the settlement of the West?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Homestead Act (1862)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.3.1
How did the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 support the building of a transcontinental railroad?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Pacific Railway Act (1862)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.3.4
In 1863 President Lincoln proposed that a Confederate state could form a new government after 10 percent of its male population took a loyalty oath. How did several Republicans in Congress respond?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Wade-Davis Bill (1864)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.2.3
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 let the settlers of two new territories decide whether slavery would be legal there. Why did the act deepen the conflict between North and South?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.2.1
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Why was the 13th Amendment still needed to end slavery in the nation?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.2.1
Thomas Edison's 1880 patent improved the electric lamp; it did not invent it. Why was it still a turning point?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Light Bulb (1880)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.3.5
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.3.7
What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.2.5
What did the Supreme Court state in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.2.1
What was the aim of the Dawes Act of 1887?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Dawes Act (1887)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.2.7
What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.3.2
Which list matches the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, in that order?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.2.4
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 soon began to threaten the peace between North and South?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Compromise of 1850 (1850)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.2.1
Which two protections did the 14th Amendment apply to the state governments?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.2.4
Global Military, Political, and Economic Challenges, 1890–1940 20
A student studying the home front in World War I finds a 1918 poster urging citizens to buy war bonds. How should the poster be used as evidence?Library of Congress, "Getting Started with Primary Sources"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.1.1
An agreement signed in Paris in 1928 was "one of many international efforts to prevent another World War." What did the nations that signed it agree to do?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "The Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.5
How did the Immigration Act of 1924 limit immigration to the United States?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.10
How did the Roosevelt Corollary of 1904 and 1905 expand the Monroe Doctrine?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1905)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.4.1
In February 1898 the press published a private letter in which Spain's ambassador called President McKinley weak. What effect did publication of the de Lôme letter have?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "De Lôme Letter (1898)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.4.3
In the 1920s the United States kept tariffs high. What was one unintended result of the Fordney-McCumber tariff?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "Protectionism in the Interwar Period"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.3
In the stock market boom of the 1920s, what did buying on margin allow ordinary people to do?Federal Reserve History, "Stock Market Crash of 1929"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.11
President Wilson first proposed the League of Nations. What became of American membership?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "The League of Nations, 1920"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.4.10
Under the Dawes Plan of 1924, what would happen to the reparations Germany owed after World War I?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "The Dawes Plan, the Young Plan, German Reparations, and Inter-allied War Debts"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.3
What did the 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, guarantee?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.7
What did the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, also called the Wagner Act, do?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "National Labor Relations Act (1935)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.11
What did the Open Door notes of 1899 and 1900 seek in China?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "Secretary of State John Hay and the Open Door in China, 1899-1900"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.4.1
What did the peace treaty that ended the Spanish-American War of 1898 require of Spain?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "The Spanish-American War, 1898"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.4.3
What did the Zimmermann Telegram of 1917 propose?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Zimmermann Telegram (1917)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.4.5
What was the Great Migration?National Archives, African American Heritage, "The Great Migration (1910-1970)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.10
What was the immediate cause of the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "Wilson's Fourteen Points, 1918"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.4.5
What were President Wilson's Fourteen Points of January 1918?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points (1918)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.4.10
Which New Deal law of 1935 set up old-age benefits for workers and unemployment insurance?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Social Security Act (1935)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.11
Why did President Franklin Roosevelt order a national bank holiday in March 1933?Federal Reserve History, "Bank Holiday of 1933"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.11
Why did the world's largest naval powers meet in Washington, D.C., in 1921 and 1922?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "The Washington Naval Conference, 1921-1922"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.5.5
The United States and the Defense of the International Peace, 1940–present 20
A student compares a 1965 newspaper report on the Voting Rights Act with a history of the act written fifty years later. What can the later history offer that the newspaper report cannot?Library of Congress, "Getting Started with Primary Sources"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.1.1
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) held that state-sanctioned segregation of public schools violated the 14th Amendment. Which earlier principle did the ruling overrule?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Brown v. Board of Education (1954)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.8
During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Arab members of OPEC imposed an oil embargo against the United States. What followed?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "Oil Embargo, 1973-1974"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.12
How did the armistice of July 27, 1953, leave Korea?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State (1953)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.6.12
How did the federal government reorganize after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001?U.S. Department of Homeland Security, "Creation of the Department of Homeland Security"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.15
How did the G.I. Bill of 1944 help World War II veterans?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Servicemen's Readjustment Act (1944)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.1
How did the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 change American immigration policy?U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives, "Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.16
In March 1947 President Truman asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic aid. Which two countries was it for?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Truman Doctrine (1947)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.6.10
Two Supreme Court decisions of the 1960s widened the rights of the accused. What did Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) and Miranda v. Arizona (1966) hold?Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, "Supreme Court Landmarks"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.8
What did the Camp David Accords of September 1978 lead to?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "Camp David Accords and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.11
What did the Lend-Lease Act of March 1941 allow the United States to do?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Lend-Lease Act (1941)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.6.2
What did the Tonkin Gulf Resolution of August 1964 give President Lyndon Johnson?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.6.14
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Voting Rights Act (1965)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.6
What resulted from Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt in February 1942?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Executive Order 9066: Resulting in Japanese-American Incarceration (1942)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.6.4
What took place at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Official Program for the March on Washington (1963)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.6
What was one long-term effect of the interstate highway system authorized in 1956?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.1
Which two programs did President Lyndon Johnson sign into law on July 30, 1965?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Medicare and Medicaid Act (1965)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.13
Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 remembered as a turning point of the Cold War?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.7.4
Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) created in 1949?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1949"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.6.10
Why was the United Nations established after World War II?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "United Nations Charter (1945)"; Florida benchmark SS.912.A.6.9
How this list was compiled: Outline: the Florida Department of Education's Test Design Summary and Blueprint, State Academic Standards for Social Studies (U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment, updated October 18, 2023), https://www.fldoe.org/file/5662/SocialStudies-TDS.pdf; its U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment Test Item Specifications, https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5662/urlt/0077550-fl09sp_us_history.pdf; and its 2026-27 Science and Social Studies End-of-Course Assessments Fact Sheet (August 2026), https://www.fldoe.org/file/5662/2627SciSSEOCFactSheet.pdf; all linked from the department's End-of-Course Assessments page, https://www.fldoe.org/accountability/assessments/k-12-student-assessment/end-of-course-eoc-assessments/, and read 2026-10-07. Facts: the Milestone Documents pages of the National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/list, and its page on the Great Migration; the Milestones pages of the State Department's Office of the Historian, https://history.state.gov/milestones; Federal Reserve History; the Supreme Court Landmarks page of the U.S. Courts; the history pages of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Department of Homeland Security; and the Library of Congress's definition of a primary source. Each question names its own source, and every page was read 2026-10-07. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the state's public benchmarks and the public pages named on each question. Nothing is copied or reworded from a U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment, a released test, a sample item of the state or another practice test.
How it works
Unofficial practice for Florida's U.S. History EOC, which many students look up as the American history EOC. Each question was written for this page from the state's benchmarks. Not affiliated with the Florida Department of Education.
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What the U.S. History EOC covers
Three reporting categories of nearly equal weight. The first, 1860 to 1910, runs from the Civil War through Reconstruction, the West, industry and immigration. The second, 1890 to 1940, takes in imperialism, World War I, the 1920s, the Depression and the New Deal. The third, 1940 to the present, covers World War II, the Cold War, civil rights and recent decades.
Where each answer comes from
Under every answer is its Florida benchmark and the public page the fact was read on: usually a National Archives milestone document, for foreign policy the State Department's Office of the Historian, for the 1929 crash and the bank holiday Federal Reserve History. Three questions practice telling primary from secondary sources, a skill listed in every category.
Florida's specifications favor broad causes and consequences over small details. For each law, case or treaty, know what it changed.
Many real items come with a document, map, chart or cartoon. Practice saying what a source shows before you read the choices.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the U.S. History EOC in Florida?
Between 50 and 56, by the state's test design summary. That range includes field test items, and it can shift because the test adapts to each student. Every item is multiple choice.
How long is the US History EOC?
Students get 160 minutes in a single session, with a short break at the 80-minute mark. Anyone still working at the end may continue for up to a typical school day.
What is a passing score on the U.S. History EOC?
It is 397. Florida reports scores from 325 to 475 in five achievement levels and treats the lowest Level 3 score as passing. A percent right on this page cannot be converted to that scale.
Does the U.S. History EOC count toward your grade?
Yes. Florida's assessment guide says a student in a course with a statewide EOC must take it and that the result counts as 30 percent of the course grade. A passing score also counts toward the Scholar diploma designation.
Is the American history EOC the same as the U.S. History EOC?
In Florida, yes. The state's name is the U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment, first given in 2013.