Florida U.S. History EOC case studies
Florida U.S. History EOC · Put your knowledge to work in context.
History End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment is a statewide, computer-based, criterion-referenced test that measures the Florida academic standards for the U.S. History course, as outlined in the course description. The Florida U.S. History EOC case studies are 5 cases and about 4,187 words.
1The Freedmen's Bureau Office Before the Troops Leave
October 1866, a Mississippi district. You are the assistant superintendent of a Freedmen's Bureau office responsible for roughly 900 freedpeople across four counties.
859 words, about 4 min2The Factory Fire Commission and the Limits of One Investigation
A state factory investigating commission is reviewing a garment-factory fire. The record before you: 146 workers died, most on the eighth and ninth floors; the single stairway door was locked to prevent 'unauthorized exits'; 240 workers were on the upper floors when the fire began; the only fire escape collapsed under about 20 people; and the owner had been cited twice in three years for blocked exits, paying fines of $25 each time.
624 words, about 3 min3The County Agent's Cotton Figures and the Agricultural Adjustment Act
Spring 1935, a cotton county in Georgia. Your county agent's annual report shows that 42 large landowners signed Agricultural Adjustment Act contracts cutting cotton acreage by about 30 percent and together received roughly $11,000 in benefit payments.
850 words, about 4 min4Three Documents and One Budget Line, March 1950
You staff a Senate appropriations subcommittee. The Soviet Union detonated an atomic device in August 1949, and China's civil war ended with a communist victory in October 1949.
900 words, about 5 min5The Registrar's Window and the New Voting Rights Act
August 1965, a county in the Black Belt of Alabama. A census count puts about 15,000 Black residents in the county, of whom roughly 8,200 are of voting age.
954 words, about 5 min