5th Grade Social Studies Weekly Building Peace

Which amendment abolished slavery forever in the United States?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment gave citizenship for all formerly enslaved people?

• 15th

• 13th

• 14th

Which amendment gave voting rights to all newly emancipated citizens?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

What did Andrew Johnson lead the nation to do when he was president?

• punish the rebels

• reconstructed the South

• educated all African Americans

The U.S. Constitution provides a way to investigate misdoings by members of government. What is this called?

• criminal investigation

• committee hearings

• impeachment

Where must all articles of impeachment begin?

• the excutive branch

• the House of Representatives

• the Senate

• the Supreme Court

What majority of the Senate must agree to convict and remove a person from public office?

• one-half of all members

• two-thirds of all members

• all members of one political party

What is the term when someone lives and farms a plot of land and pays the rent with a part of the harvest?

• harvest homes

• sharecropping

• farm rent

The Transcontinentinal Railroad created

• a way to travel across the country

• jobs for every immigrant

• was a major reason for emmigration

The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 was a symbol of ____________.

• engineering

• union

• wealth and prosperity