United States Review Game

During the first three decades of the twentieth century, what was the main reason

many African Americans left the South?

• The Homestead Act made free land available in the West

• More factory jobs were available in the North

• Many white landowners refused to accept them as sharecroppers

• Racial discrimination did not occur in states outside the South

State % High School Graduate Rank

Montana 92.8% 1

Minnesota 92.4% 2

New Hampshire 92.3% 3

Wyoming 92.3% 3

Alaska 92.1% 5

Vermont 91.8% 6

North Dakota 91.7% 7

Maine 91.6% 8

Iowa 915% 9

Utah 91.2% 10

Which U.S. region is not represented at the top of high school graduation rates in the

chart above?

• The Northeast

• The West

• The South

• The Midwest

The ________ Mountains stretch some 3,000 miles from British Columbia and Alberta

in Canada through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and down to New Mexico in

the U.S.

• Rocky

• Sierra Nevada

• Mackenzie

• Appalachian

"America began relying much more heavily on cheaper foreign products, and the

industrial centers of the American heartland started shutting down. By the 1980s,

industrial jobs in these areas had been reduced by roughly 50%."

What U.S. migration is described in the quote above?

• The Great Migration

• Urbanization

• Rust Belt to Sun Belt

• Westward Expansion

What is the greatest value of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway system?

• It allows materials to be transported to and from cities and towns

• It provides a source of water for many cities and towns

• It gives residents nearby recreational opportunities

• It uncovered major deposits of natural resources

What landform first proved to be a major obstacle during Westward Expansion?

• the Appalachian Mountains

• the Great Lakes

• The Piedmont

• the Rocky Mountains

What caused large numbers of people to move to the Manufacturing Belt in the late

1800s?

• increased number of immigrants

• The Industrial Revolution

• the invention of dry farming

Rank State Age

41 Georgia 77.2

42 South Carolina 77.0

43 District of Columbia 76.5

44 Tennessee 76.3

45 Kentucky 76.0

46 Arkansas 76.0

47 Oklahoma 75.9

48 Louisiana 75.7

49 Alabama 75.4

50 West Virginia 75.4

51 Mississippi 75.0

What might be a reason for the low life expectancy in the Southern states listed in the

table above?

• Low levels of education

• High rates of obesity

• High rates of poverty

• all of the above