1877–1920: The Rise of Industrialization and the Progressive Era 11
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), what did the Supreme Court uphold?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)"; Tennessee standard US.03
In the Coal Creek War, which began in East Tennessee in 1891, what were free miners fighting against?Tennessee Encyclopedia (Tennessee Historical Society), "Convict Lease Wars"; Tennessee standard US.11
The Pendleton Act of 1883 followed the killing of President James A. Garfield by a disappointed job seeker. How did it change federal hiring?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Pendleton Act (1883)"; Tennessee standard US.04
Under the Homestead Act of 1862, what could a settler claim after five years of living on the land?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Homestead Act (1862)"; Tennessee standard US.01
What did the 16th Amendment (1913) give Congress the right to do?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Federal Income Tax (1913)"; Tennessee standard US.15
What did the 17th Amendment (1913) change?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)"; Tennessee standard US.15
What did the Dawes Act of 1887 do to reservation land?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Dawes Act (1887)"; Tennessee standard US.02
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1877–1920: The Rise of Industrialization and the Progressive Era, continued
What was the purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)"; Tennessee standard US.12
Which group did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 bar from immigrating, and for how long?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)"; Tennessee standard US.07
Which industry became the first to come under federal regulation, through the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Interstate Commerce Act (1887)"; Tennessee standard US.04
Why is Tennessee called the "Perfect 36" in the history of woman suffrage?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920)"; Tennessee standard US.18
1890–1929: Imperialism and World War I and the 1920s 13
Alvin C. York of Tennessee received the Medal of Honor for what action in the Meuse-Argonne on October 8, 1918?Tennessee Encyclopedia (Tennessee Historical Society), "Alvin Cullom York"; Tennessee standard US.25
The Grand Ole Opry began in 1925 as a Saturday night "barn dance" on Nashville radio station WSM. Which kind of music is it tied to?Tennessee Encyclopedia (Tennessee Historical Society), "Grand Ole Opry"; Tennessee standard US.30
In messages to Congress in 1904 and 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt expanded the Monroe Doctrine. What did his corollary claim?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1905)"; Tennessee standard US.21
The last of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points called for a "general association of nations." What became of that idea in the United States?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "The League of Nations, 1920"; Tennessee standard US.27
On what did the Immigration Act of 1924 base its limits on immigration?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act)"; Tennessee standard US.35
What did Germany propose to Mexico in the Zimmermann Telegram of 1917?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Zimmermann Telegram (1917)"; Tennessee standard US.24
What happened in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, that made war with Spain likely?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "The Spanish-American War, 1898"; Tennessee standard US.21
What was John T. Scopes on trial for in Dayton, Tennessee, in July 1925?Tennessee Encyclopedia (Tennessee Historical Society), "The Scopes Trial"; Tennessee standard US.36
What was President Taft's "dollar diplomacy"?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "Dollar Diplomacy, 1909–1913"; Tennessee standard US.22
Which amendment ended national Prohibition in 1933?National Archives, "The Constitution: Amendments 11-27", Amendments XVIII and XXI; Tennessee standard US.37
Which German step, announced for February 1, 1917, helped lead President Wilson to ask Congress for war?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Germany (1917)"; Tennessee standard US.24
Which lands did Spain turn over to the United States in the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "The Spanish-American War, 1898"; Tennessee standard US.21
Which movement of people, from about the 1910s to the 1970s, is known as the Great Migration?National Archives, African American Heritage, "The Great Migration (1910-1970)"; Tennessee standard US.28
1929–1941: The Great Depression and the New Deal, and World War II 14
Cordell Hull of Tennessee, secretary of state under Franklin Roosevelt, received the 1945 Nobel Peace Prize for his part in creating what?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Biographies of the Secretaries of State, "Cordell Hull (1871–1955)"; Tennessee standard US.58
In January 1941 President Roosevelt named "four freedoms": freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and which other?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "President Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Message (Four Freedoms) to Congress (1941)"; Tennessee standard US.46
In the 1920s many people bought stock "on margin." What does that mean?Federal Reserve History, "Stock Market Crash of 1929"; Tennessee standard US.39
What caused the Dust Bowl of the 1930s?National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, "The Dust Bowl"; Tennessee standard US.40
What did President Franklin Roosevelt's "court-packing" plan of 1937 propose?Federal Judicial Center, History of the Federal Judiciary, "FDR's Court-Packing Plan"; Tennessee standard US.44
What did President Roosevelt's Executive Order 8802 of June 1941 do?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Executive Order 8802: Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry (1941)"; Tennessee standard US.53
What did the "Bonus Army" that camped in Washington in 1932 want?National Park Service, "Bonus Expeditionary Forces March on Washington"; Tennessee standard US.42
What did the Lend-Lease Act of March 1941 let the United States do?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Lend-Lease Act (1941)"; Tennessee standard US.46
What did the Social Security Act of 1935 set up?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Social Security Act (1935)"; Tennessee standard US.43
What followed from Executive Order 9066, issued in February 1942?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Executive Order 9066: Resulting in Japanese-American Incarceration (1942)"; Tennessee standard US.54
What took place on June 6, 1944, known as D-Day?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "General Eisenhower's Order of the Day (1944)"; Tennessee standard US.50
What was the task of the Manhattan Project plants at Oak Ridge, Tennessee?National Park Service, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, "Oak Ridge, TN"; Tennessee standard US.56
What was the Tennessee Valley Authority, created in 1933, set up to do?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)"; Tennessee standard US.43
Which law of 1930 raised tariffs in all sectors of the American economy?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "Protectionism in the Interwar Period"; Tennessee standard US.39
1947–1991: Cold War and A Nation in Transition 12
How did the United States and Britain answer the Soviet blockade of Berlin that began in June 1948?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "The Berlin Airlift, 1948–1949"; Tennessee standard US.60
In March 1947 President Truman asked Congress for $400 million in aid for which two countries?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Truman Doctrine (1947)"; Tennessee standard US.60
What did President Kennedy order on October 22, 1962, after Soviet missiles were found in Cuba?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962"; Tennessee standard US.65
What did the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, signed by President Eisenhower, pay for?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)"; Tennessee standard US.73
What did the members of NATO agree to when the alliance was created in 1949?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1949"; Tennessee standard US.59
What did the Senate do about Senator Joseph McCarthy on December 2, 1954?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954)"; Tennessee standard US.61
What did the Tonkin Gulf Resolution of August 1964 give President Johnson?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)"; Tennessee standard US.66
What was "Vietnamization" under President Nixon?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "Ending the Vietnam War, 1969–1973"; Tennessee standard US.66
What was Sputnik, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "Sputnik, 1957"; Tennessee standard US.64
What was the Marshall Plan?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Marshall Plan (1948)"; Tennessee standard US.60
Where did the Korean War break out on June 25, 1950?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State (1953)"; Tennessee standard US.62
Which singer began recording for Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Memphis in the summer of 1954?Tennessee Encyclopedia (Tennessee Historical Society), "Sun Records"; Tennessee standard US.76
1950s–Present: Civil Rights Movement and the Modern United States 10
The Camp David Accords of 1978, signed with President Carter, led to a peace treaty between which two countries?Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Milestones, "Camp David Accords and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process"; Tennessee standard US.88
How did President Eisenhower enforce the integration of Central High School in Little Rock in September 1957?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School (1957)"; Tennessee standard US.80
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education. What did it hold?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Brown v. Board of Education (1954)"; Tennessee standard US.78
Signed on August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act outlawed which requirement that many southern states had set for voting?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Voting Rights Act (1965)"; Tennessee standard US.81
What came of the Nashville sit-ins of 1960?Tennessee Encyclopedia (Tennessee Historical Society), "Sit-ins, Nashville"; Tennessee standard US.80
What did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Nixon in July 1974?U.S. Senate, "Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities" (the Watergate Committee); Tennessee standard US.86
What happened at Clinton High School in Anderson County, Tennessee, in the fall of 1956?Tennessee Encyclopedia (Tennessee Historical Society), "Clinton Desegregation Crisis"; Tennessee standard US.80
Which Great Society program, signed into law in 1965, is health insurance for the elderly?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Medicare and Medicaid Act (1965)"; Tennessee standard US.83
Which of these did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 make illegal?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Civil Rights Act (1964)"; Tennessee standard US.81
Why was Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis in April 1968, when he was assassinated?National Archives, Educator Resources, "Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers"; Tennessee standard US.80
How this list was compiled: Outline: the TCAP Assessment Blueprint, Social Studies, United States History and Geography (June 2026), Tennessee Department of Education, https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/education/blueprints/EOC_USH_Blueprint.pdf, and the TCAP U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment Overview (July 2026), https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/education/testing/overviews/USH_EOC_Assessment_Overview.pdf, both linked from Blueprints, https://www.tn.gov/education/districts/lea-operations/assessment/tcap-blueprints.html, and read 2026-10-09. Each question names the standard it practices in the Tennessee Academic Standards for Social Studies, United States History and Geography: Post-Reconstruction to the Present (US.01 to US.95), https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/education/standards/ss/Social_Studies_Standards.pdf, read 2026-10-09. Facts: the Milestone Documents pages of the National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/list, with its pages on the amendments, the Great Migration and the Memphis sanitation strike; the Milestones pages and the biography of Cordell Hull of the State Department's Office of the Historian; the Tennessee Encyclopedia of the Tennessee Historical Society; Federal Reserve History; the Federal Judicial Center; the National Park Service; the U.S. Senate; and the National Drought Mitigation Center of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Each question names its own page, and every page was read 2026-10-09. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the state's public standards and the public pages named on each question. Nothing is copied or reworded from a TCAP test, an item release, a practice test of the state or another practice test. Short quotations are from public documents and the named pages.
How it works
Unofficial practice for Tennessee's U.S. History and Geography end-of-course (EOC) test, part of TCAP, which many still call TNReady. Each question was written for this page from the state's standards. Not affiliated with the Tennessee Department of Education.
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What the Tennessee U.S. History EOC covers
The course runs from the end of Reconstruction to the present, in five reporting categories. Two carry the most items, 18 to 26 percent each: imperialism, World War I and the 1920s; and the Depression, the New Deal and World War II. Industrialization and the Progressive Era, and the Cold War years, carry 14 to 22 percent each. Civil rights and the modern United States carry 10 to 18 percent.
Tennessee in the questions
Twelve questions practice the Tennessee connections the standards mark: the Coal Creek War, the Perfect 36, Alvin York, the Scopes Trial, the Opry, the TVA, Oak Ridge, Cordell Hull, Sun Records, Clinton High School, the Nashville sit-ins and Memphis in 1968.
Exam mode asks 60 questions in 90 minutes, the item count and time of the real test: a minute and a half for each.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Tennessee U.S. History EOC?
60 items in two subparts of 30, with 45 minutes for each subpart: 90 minutes in all. The count includes field test items; 47 to 52 items count toward the score.
Is there a TNReady U.S. History practice test?
This page is unofficial practice for that test. TCAP is the name on the state's blueprints today, and TNReady still stands in the addresses of its testing pages. The box under the questions links to the state's own social studies page.
What is on the TN U.S. History EOC?
Tennessee standards US.01 to US.95: industrialization, the Progressive Era, imperialism, World War I, the 1920s, the Depression and New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, civil rights and the modern United States, with Tennessee connections throughout.
Are all the questions on the Tennessee U.S. History EOC multiple choice?
No. The state's overview lists multiple choice items worth one point, and multiple select and technology enhanced items worth two points with partial credit. Every question on this page is multiple choice.
Who has to take the U.S. History EOC in Tennessee?
Students enrolled in a course with an end-of-course test take it in the semester they complete the course work. Students in a substituting course, such as Advanced Placement or dual enrollment, are not required to take it.