Social Studies NE-Test

Why were labor unions so important (multiple answers)

• They made work places safer

• They gave better pay to the workers.

• They let you work fewer hours so you can see your families.

• They shut down business because they asked for too much.

How did women get the right to be treated as equals?

• They threatened a civil war if they didn't get the right to vote.

• They held a convention in Seneca Falls that led to the 19th amendment for women to vote.

• The men felt sorry for the women and gave the vote to them out of pity.

• Women got the Unions to fight for them in the Government.

Why was the Iroquois Confederation important?-Multiple Answers

• The United States founding fathers used the Iroquois Confederation to help make the Government.

• It opened up trade routes to other countries.

• It allowed the tribes to unite and fight against a larger enemy, like the Europeans.

• It had a system of checks and balances that kept each tribe from getting too much power.

Which of these IS NOT a reason why the 13 colonies wanted to separate from England?

• Britain forced them to pay taxes on a war the British fought against France.

• The 13 Colonies were becoming too friendly with their next door neighbors, the French, and Britain wanted them to stop.

• The Colonies didn’t get any chance to vote in a British Government.

• The Boston Massacre made things even more unfriendly between the Colonies and Britain.

True/False: Many immigrants came to America to find work is the ONLY reason why they came over.

• True

• False-They also came over because they were fleeing from wars, and trying to get a better life..

• False-They also came over to steal secrets and inventions to take back to their home countries.

• False-Nobody really knows why immigrants come over.

What was the preferred method of transportation for large amounts of goods back in the Revolutionary War?

• Horseback

• Waterways (rivers and lakes)

• Trains

• Automobiles

Who suffered the most in Sweatshops?

• Adult Men.

• African Americans

• Children

• Women

The Northeast fought very hard to make slavery illegal in America (True/False)

• True

• False-They didn't care one way or the other because they didn't need slaves anyway.

• False-They wanted slavery to be in every state. That way there wouldn't be any Civil War.

• False-We don't have any records to show what they were thinking. So we really can't say for sure.

Which of the answers below are examples of mineral resources in the North East Region? -Multiple Answers

• Coal

• Granite

• Marble

• Magma

Which of these IS NOT a water resource in the Northeast Region?

• Lobsters and Crabs

• Rivers and Lakes

• Atlantic Ocean

• Limestone Caves