5th Grade Social Studies Midterm

What occurred during Wartime Reconstruction? 

• President Lincoln developed a plan to readmit the Southern states to the Union

• President Johnson divided the Southern states into military districts

• President Lincoln freed the enslaved people in the Emancipation Proclamation

• President Johnson reinstated Southern governments to their pre-war forms

Why was the Thirteenth Amendment considered necessary?

• because Black men in the South were often not allowed to vote

• because white supremacist groups were threatening Black Southerners

• in order to keep Southern states from passing laws allowing slavery

• in order to ensure that all formerly enslaved people were US citizens

Why does a country use a protective tariff?

• to tax imports

• to tax exports

• to allow all products to sell

• to tax products made in the country

What were the Western States interested in before the Civil War?

• agriculture

• slavery

• communications

• transportation

What is one reason why people moved westward to live on the frontier?

• because the eastern colonies became overpopulated

• because they sought religious freedom

• because the Indigenous People promised them land

• because the government paid them to do so

Why didn’t the American Indians try to keep people from settling on their lands? Select two options.

• They wanted the settlers to build railroads on the land.

• They hoped to benefit from the settlers by establishing trade networks.

• They had already planned to move further west themselves. 

• They believed that land could not be owned and the settlers had the same right to be there as they did.

What did the American Indians call the journey to Oklahoma Territory after they were forced to leave their land?

• The Great Migration

• Trail of Tears

• The New Beginning

• Trail of Hope

Agriculture is a(n):

• trade

• transportation

• communication

• industry

What was the frontier of the New England colonies?

• settlements along the Pacific Ocean

• settlements along the Atlantic Ocean

• settlements along the Mississippi River

• settlements along the Great Lakes

What was one of the first things that the New Englanders built in their communities?

• hospital

• church

• library

• school