8th grade review

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal
• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
• gave black men the right to vote
• gave former slaves land to begin farms

The period after the Civil War when the southern states were brought back into the United States and newly-freed slaves found their place in society is known as the

• Destruction

• Reconstruction

• Reworked

• Rewind

Which of these were ways the Reconstruction amendments helped former slaves?

• ending slavery

• giving citizenship to all born in the US

• protecting their right to vote

• giving them all land to live on

Which government agency helped freed slaves after the Civil War?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Freedmen's Bureau

• US Army

• Confederacy

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 

• Nativists
• Political bosses
• Miners
• Labor leaders

During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-

• Educated professionals
• skilled workers
• Factory/sweatshop workers
• Scientists

Which idea summarizes the Gilded Age?

• Many Americans moved west to farm

• Native Americans were placed on Reservations

• The discovery of Gold increased western migration

• Industrialists used their wealth to influence politics

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

• Progressives

• Muckrakers

• Sensationalists

• Investigative reporters

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

• Civil War Era

• Industrialization Era

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction Era

A major reason the U.S. entered WWI was to

• maintain freedom of the seas
• stop impressment of U.S. sailors
• protect U.S. cities from foreign attacks
• counter a German invasion of Latin America