WorksheetsSocial Studies
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
It is called for three branches,bicameral legislature,strong central government, an proportional representation.
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Virginia Plan
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
Quartering Act of 1765
2.
Started due to labor shortages in Virginia, resulting in the first slaves being brought to the southern colonies.
a)
Loyalist
b)
Bernardo de Galvez
c)
Transatlantic Slave Trade (triangular trade)
d)
Patriot
3.
First African American double spy whose information helped defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown.
a)
James Armistead
b)
Crispus Attucks
c)
King George III
d)
Haym Salomon
4.
A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Britain, France, Russia, and Italy (which entered in 1915), and the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
a)
Civil War
b)
WWl
c)
Antebellum
d)
Proxy War
5.
Irish and Chinese immigrants and Black and Mexican workers. It contributed to new settlements, growth of towns and cities and the growth of business. People and goods could move quickly across the US from east to west.
a)
Free enterprise system
b)
Nativists
c)
Networks
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
6.
1890, banned formation of trusts and monopolies. It was difficult to enforce and therefore ineffective.
a)
Homestead Act
b)
National Grange
c)
Sherman Anti-trust act
d)
Mediator
7.
1787 meeting in philly to revise the articles of confederation.
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
virginia plan
c)
constitutional convention
d)
new jersey plan
8.
Laws passed that limited the freedom of black Americans
a)
Black codes
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Reconstruction
9.
What were the outcomes of the Mayflower Compact?
a)
strengthened the tradition of representative government in the colonies
b)
provided religious freedom for all Christians
c)
to control colonial trade for the benefit of England
d)
They were bound for the New World.
10.
Dividing political power so no single branch has too much authority or control.
a)
constitutional convention
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
great compromise
d)
new jersey plan
11.
What was the name of the secret Chinese society that defended the country against foreigners?
a)
The Righteous and Harmonious Fists
b)
The Boxer Rebellion
c)
The SS Ancon
d)
Klu Klux Klan
12.
Which president favored the annexation of Hawaii and supported a treaty to achieve it?
a)
William McKinley
b)
John Hay
c)
Grover Cleveland
d)
Prince Henry
13.
What was the Silk Road?
a)
a trade route traveled by traders between Muslim lands and eastern Asia
b)
a silk route was an ancient network of trade routes that for centuries were central to cultural interaction.
c)
an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by the Persian king Darius
d)
the first highway built entirely with federal funds
14.
This person was the 6th president
a)
John Quincy Adams
b)
John Legend
c)
Samuel Adams
d)
Phillip Bazaar
15.
(1723-1780) English jurist who explained the common law and who defined the rights of individuals under English law.
a)
Philip Bazaar
b)
William Blackstone
c)
Crispus Attucks
d)
John James Audubon
16.
First permanent English settlement
a)
Lexington, Mass.1775
b)
Jamestown-1607
c)
Vicksburg,Mississippi 1863
d)
Compromise of 1850
17.
July 4,1776
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Constitution
c)
Civil War
d)
Lexington, Mass 1775
18.
Chief justice who ruled that slaves were not citizens
a)
Roger B. Taney
b)
John Kasich
c)
Jack Lew
d)
Paul Ryan
19.
What is a dictatorship?
a)
When a king or a queen rules.
b)
When the people influence decisions.
c)
When one person has absolute control.
d)
When there is no order or leaders.
20.
Why were conditions so difficult for people during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era?
a)
Not enough jobs
b)
there were to many people
c)
people were treated very poorly
d)
The Big Three -tions: immigration (too many people coming too fast), urbanization (people moving to the cities, but not enough room in the cities for people), and industrialization (factory jobs paid badly, had long 8hours, and were dangerous)
21.
Which patriot made a famous drawing of the Boston Massacre and used propaganda to turn the colonists against the British ?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
Paul Revere
d)
John Adams
22.
Towards the end of the war, the British decided to concentrate their efforts in the South partly because the South had many Loyalists.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
What was Thomas Paine’s opinion about the colonies and Great Britain?
a)
The colonies should break from British rule.
b)
The colonies should continue to be taxed by Britain.
c)
The colonies should remain under British rule.
d)
The colonies should stop fighting the British.
24.
In 1967, who was chosen as the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
25.
In 1951 Marshall took the school board of Topeka Kansas to court. Marshall wanted all African Americans to be treated equally, and be able to go to the same schools as other children. This case known as Brown v. Board of Education made a large impact on the lives of Americans for years to come. Marshall was fighting for _____.
a)
women’s rights
b)
civil rights
c)
voting rights
d)
worker’s rights
26.
Which example best illustrates that Mary McLeod Bethune dedicated her life to giving African American children a chance to prove their worth in society?
a)
She was the 15th of 17 children
b)
She opened a hospital for blacks who were discriminated against by the local white hospital.
c)
She opened a public school for blacks.
d)
In 1882, she became the only one of the 17 children in her family to attend the black school opened by missionaries in her hometown.
27.
About how many Germans went to the American colonies?
a)
200,000
b)
250,000
c)
100,000
d)
175,094
28.
A ___________ is one who was granted ownership of a colony
a)
proprietor
b)
elite
c)
apprentice
29.
A _________ is considered a small scale farmer
a)
monarch
b)
proprietor
c)
yeoman
30.
__________ is another name for rebirth (LOTS of technological advances came out of this era in Europe and lead to European Exploration of the New World!)
a)
Renaissance
b)
Transaction
c)
Apprentice
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