WorksheetsSocial Studies Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
a)
to help the economy
b)
to protect individual freedoms
c)
to strengthen the government
d)
to determine government leaders
2.
What would MOST LIKELY increase a store’s sales of a product?
a)
reducing the store’s hours
b)
reducing the store’s employees
c)
lowering
the price of the product
d)
limiting advertising of the product
3.
What was the MAIN cause of the Civil War?
a)
disagreements
about taxes
b)
disagreements
about foreign policy
c)
disagreements about slavery and states’ rights
d)
disagreements
about immigration and settlement
4.
What was the first conflict of the Civil War?
a)
the
Atlanta Campaign
b)
the
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
the
Battle of Fort Sumter
d)
the
Raid on Harper’s Ferry
5.
What is the BEST title for this list?
• Poll taxes • Literacy tests • Separate schools • Separate restrooms • Segregated restaurants
• Poll taxes • Literacy tests • Separate schools • Separate restrooms • Segregated restaurants
a)
Practices
of Slavery
b)
Causes
of the Civil War
c)
Examples
of Jim Crow Laws
d)
Effects of the Freedmen’s Bureau
6.
Which phrase BEST describes the actions of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
a)
helping slaves escape from plantations
b)
helping
former slaves exercise their new rights
c)
helping Union soldiers return home and find work
d)
helping Confederate soldiers move North and find work
7.
Which of these describes a function of private business?
a)
collecting
taxes for the government
b)
producing
goods and services for the public
c)
providing
loans and checking accounts to the public
d)
controlling
the price of goods bought by consumers
8.
What was the MAIN reason the Northeast became an industrial center during the late 1800s?
a)
It
had a mild climate.
b)
It
had rich soil for farming.
c)
It
had good public education.
d)
It had good access to waterways
9.
What did the 1914 opening of the Panama Canal accomplish?
a)
It
brought about an end to World War I.
b)
It
divided North America from South America.
c)
It created a new route for trade between nations.
d)
It
marked the beginning of a new period of industrialization.
10.
What did the 15th and 19th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution change?
a)
They
added the District of Columbia to the Electoral College.
b)
They ended the practice of slavery.
c)
They
helped the due process rights of citizens.
d)
They
expanded voting rights.
11.
Franklin Roosevelt said "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.
”What was one way President Franklin D. Roosevelt worked to accomplish this promise?
”What was one way President Franklin D. Roosevelt worked to accomplish this promise?
a)
by
asking Congress to end poll taxes
b)
by
authorizing food rationing during World War II
c)
by
establishing the Works Progress Administration
d)
by
freezing wages after the U.S. stock market crash
12.
The U.S. government had a food rationing program during World War II. This was an example of which economic concept?
a)
specialization
b)
opportunity
cost
c)
supply
and demand
d)
voluntary
exchange
13.
Which event led to changing roles for women as shown in the poster?
a)
involvement
in World War II
b)
the
beginning of the Cold War
c)
the
formation of the United Nations
d)
establishment
of the Works Progress Administration
14.
Whose action initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Rosa
Parks
b)
John
F. Kennedy
c)
Thurgood
Marshall
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr
15.
Which of these led to U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf War?
a)
the
war on terrorism
b)
the reaction to the 9/11 attacks
c)
the
collapse of the Soviet Union
d)
the invasion of a neighboring country by Iraq
16.
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
a)
Robert
E. Lee
b)
Jefferson
Davis
c)
Ulysses
S. Grant
d)
Abraham
Lincoln
17.
How does the 17th Amendment help maintain a representative democracy?
a)
by
allowing only elected officials to choose the senators
b)
by
preventing senators from voting more than once on each law
c)
by
having the public choose their senators by voting for them in elections
d)
by
keeping the number of senators equal to the number of representatives
18.
Who wrote a book that told about the harsh treatment of slaves?
a)
Harriett Tubman
b)
Sojournal Truth
c)
Harriett Beecher Stowe
d)
Sarah Grimkee
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