Social Studies Games

The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act address which of these fundamental questions?

• Should the U.S. expand westward?

• Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

• Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

• Should states be able to secede from the Union?

Answer explanation

All 3 of these acts by congress deal with the issue of slavery in new states.

How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• By creating a segregated public education system

• By shutting down all remaining offices of Freedmen’s Bureau

• By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

• By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers and sharecroppers

Answer explanation

The Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed the right to vote to all African American males. During Reconstruction, President Andrew Johnson did not require southern states coming back into the Union to protect the rights of African Americans, so they were able to impose requirements that would prohibit African Americans from voting.

Which phrase best represents the U.S. principle of republicanism?

• The creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people

• The establishment of courts to interpret laws and government actions

• The division of power between a federal government and state governments

• The power of a court to declare a law unconstitutional

Answer explanation

U.S. republicanism includes the creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people.

Which action is one part of the official path to U.S. citizenship through the naturalization process?

• Attending college in the United States

• Being employed in the United States

• Passing a U.S. civics exam

• Working for the U.S. government

Answer explanation

Besides other necessary documents, passing the U.S. citizenship test (civics exam) is part of the path to becoming a naturalized citizen of the U.S.

An economic system in which custom decides what people do, make, buy, and sell.

• Command Economy

• Traditional Economy

• Representative Gov.

• All of the Above

Seperation of Powers: A division of power among the branches; a gov. that has 3 distinct branches: legislative, executive, & judicial.

• True

• False

The Mexican ranchos had Native Americans working the land in exchange for food and shelter

• True

• False

Route to western lands

• Oregon Trail

• Sam Houston

• ranchos

• Californios

Commander of Texan forces

• vigilantes

• Sam Houston

• ranchos

• Californios

Mexicans living in California

• vigilantes

• ranchos

• Californios