Worksheets8th Grade Social Studies Final Exam Review
Total questions: 130
Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act made it legal to form monopolies.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
A period of time when the U.S. was rebuilding after the Civil War?
a)
Reconstruction
b)
segregation
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
impeachment
3.
Which amendment says Slavery and Involuntary Servitude are not legal
a)
2nd Amendment
b)
Thirteenth Amendment
c)
Fourteenth Amendment
d)
Fifteenth Amendment
4.
What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?
a)
the American Missionary Association
b)
the Freedmen's Bureau
c)
the Ku Klux Klan
d)
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP
5.
Who took the office of President after President Lincoln was assassinated?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Andrew Livingston
d)
Andrew Young
6.
What word means "to leave" as in to leave the Union?
a)
Secede
b)
Surrender
c)
Emancipate
d)
Liberate
7.
What group provided relief for freed people and certain poor people in the south?
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
Bureau of Justice
c)
Justice Department
d)
Democrats
8.
Which Amendment prohibits slavery?
a)
15th
b)
14th
c)
13th
d)
What is this😬
9.
Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
16th
d)
13th
10.
What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
Idk
c)
16th
d)
15th
11.
The 13th,14th, and 15th Amendment was passed during which time period?
a)
Slavery
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Civil War
d)
Revolutionary War
12.
Why did they form the KKK?
a)
To attack union army bases
b)
To take away african americans' freedoms
c)
To riot in front of factories
d)
To beat up politicians
13.
a formerly enslaved person
a)
Freedman
b)
Vigilante
c)
Radical Republican
d)
Ku Klux Klan
14.
helped freed people find jobs and issue food
a)
Pardon
b)
Ordinance
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Freedmen’s Bureau
15.
a secret group of white men that used violence and terror against African Americans
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen’s Bureau
d)
Scalawags
16.
The executive order that declared enslaved persons in the Confederate states were free
a)
Freedman
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Black Codes
17.
Plessy and those who worked with him were trying to challenge
a)
the Brown v. Board of Education case
b)
Segregation and the Jim Crow laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
equal pay for equal work
18.
What was the result of the case?
a)
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
b)
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
c)
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
d)
Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.
19.
Allowed freed slaves and poor white farmers to rent land from land owners for a share of the crop.
a)
Secede
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Riot
d)
Sharecropping
20.
What was the most difficult post-war change across the South?
a)
Slavery
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Voting Rights
d)
African American Civil Rights
21.
Racial segregation was primarily directed against
a)
African Americans
b)
Hispanic Americans
c)
European Americans
d)
Asian Americans
22.
What is suffrage?
a)
The right to vote
b)
The lack of the right to vote
c)
Not drinking alcoholic beverages
d)
Prevent an action by law
23.
Burger King and McDonalds keep their prices low because of
a)
Competition
b)
Property Rights
c)
Limited Role of Government
d)
Freedom of Enterprise
24.
How would a free market economy be described?
a)
An economy in which decisions are made by the government.
b)
The international exchange of goods.
c)
An economy based on supply and demand with little or no government control
d)
An economy that is communist
25.
Who is someone who acquires goods and services for his or her own personal use?
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
market economy
26.
Does competition drive prices up or down?
a)
Up
b)
Down
c)
Stays the same
27.
An economic system based upon the private ownership of resources and production that is driven to make a profit
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Communism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Socialism
28.
Group of works who collective bargain to get higher pay, more rights and better working conditions
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Labor Union
c)
Commune
d)
Trade Federation
29.
_______ is when workers refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet their demands.
a)
labor unions
b)
party
c)
strike
d)
sweatshop
30.
Very run-down city apartments where the poor and immigrants live
a)
Corridor
b)
Tenements
c)
Inspection
d)
Portable
31.
The Triangle Fire was started by
a)
A worker's cigarette
b)
Malkfunctioning cutting equipment
c)
An electrical fire
d)
It is not completely certain
32.
The workers on the ninth floor were trapped because ___________.
a)
the Greene St. stairwell was blocked by flames
b)
the Washington St. stairwell doors were locked
c)
neither a nor b
d)
both a and b
33.
Which of the following can we infer from Marrin's account of the Triangle Building disaster?
a)
The fire department was not prepared and got there too late
b)
The owners had unsafe conditions for the worker
c)
The factory owners probably set the fire for the insurance
d)
all of the above
34.
The Standard Oil Company controlled 90% of the petroleum industry in the United States.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
A monopoly is when...
a)
a company makes goods with machines
b)
a company makes goods by hand
c)
a company takes control of a product or service
d)
government takes over a business
36.
Who started the Standard Oil Company?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Joseph G. McCoy
d)
Abraham Lincoln
37.
Assembly lines are used to mass-produce goods. What is mass production?
a)
The production of high-quality goods
b)
The production of cheap goods
c)
The production of a small number of goods
d)
The production of a large number of goods.
38.
The ____________________ made it easier to travel, communicate, and trade.
a)
Comstock Lode
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Vigilantes
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
39.
_______________ were created along the railroad with stores as it was being built.
a)
Vigilantes
b)
Boom towns
c)
Nitro-glycerin
d)
Comstock Lode
40.
The Chinese workers were hired to work on the railroad because they would work as cheap _____________________.
a)
Boom towns
b)
subsidies
c)
vigilantes
d)
manual labor
41.
All of the following are reasons why the Chinese were excluded under the Chinese Exclusion Act EXCEPT:
a)
they practiced a different culture
b)
racial tensions
c)
they stole white workers' jobs
d)
they worked too hard
42.
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
c)
Falling Factors
d)
Jump Factors
43.
Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Baltimore
44.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Push Factors
c)
Jump Factors
d)
Falling Factors
45.
Which was a major reason for the increase of immigration during the early 20th century?
a)
Desire for a better life and job opportunities
b)
Desire to ride a ship for 3 months straight
c)
Desire to live in tenements and ghettos
d)
Desire for discrimination in major US cities
46.
Which of these would be a PUSH factor for immigrants?
a)
Religious freedom
b)
Better job opportunities
c)
Disease and famine
d)
Desire for adventure
47.
Which of these reasons would PULL an immigrant to the United States?
a)
Desire for a better life
b)
Desire for adventure
c)
Desire for religious freedom
d)
All of these answers
48.
What terms describes a person who arrived in a new nation?
a)
Immigrant
b)
Emigrant
c)
Newcomer
d)
Refugee
49.
This term describes the reasons why a person left their home nation
a)
Pull Factor
b)
Jobs
c)
Push Factor
d)
Education
50.
This is an example of a push factor.
a)
Good Education
b)
Good Jobs
c)
Freedom of Speech
d)
War
51.
Anger against foreigners
a)
sabotage
b)
recession
c)
Nativism
52.
Which best describes the living conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Most immigrants lived in rural areas with few other people around
b)
Most immigrants lived in cities in extremely crowded buildings
c)
Most immigrants lived in single-family homes
d)
Most immigrants lived in homeless shelters year-round
53.
Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
b)
Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
c)
Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
d)
Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs
54.
The movement of people from rural areas to cities is called
a)
reconstruction
b)
nativism
c)
urbanization
d)
mercantilism
55.
There were strong anti-immigration sentiments in America by the late 1800s. One cause of this was that people already living in America feared the newcomers would take away their jobs. What was one effect of this anti-immigration sentiment?
a)
United States immigration increased
b)
The United States government passed laws making it easier for immigrants to become American citizens
c)
The United States government passed laws intended to limit immigration
d)
The economy became very bad and the Great Depression started
56.
Read the following sentences from the text:
“In 1875, Congress passed its first immigration law intended to limit immigration. It kept people who were viewed as undesirable out, including convicts. In 1882, Congress also passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. It prohibited Chinese workers from coming to the United States.”
Based on the text, what does “limit” most nearly mean?
“In 1875, Congress passed its first immigration law intended to limit immigration. It kept people who were viewed as undesirable out, including convicts. In 1882, Congress also passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. It prohibited Chinese workers from coming to the United States.”
Based on the text, what does “limit” most nearly mean?
a)
restrict
b)
increase
c)
spike
d)
widen
57.
Using military force to expand current boundaries is an example of
a)
Industrialism
b)
Militarism
c)
Nationalism
d)
Imperialism
58.
The main reason industrialized nations wanted to imperialize non-industrialized nations was
a)
to gain raw materials
b)
to spread Christianity
c)
To show national pride
d)
To build factories there
59.
Taking over land other than your own by force
a)
Imperialism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Industrialism
d)
Socialism
60.
The theme of this image is
a)
Industrialism
b)
Communism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Imperialism
61.
What country did the U.S. purchase Alaska from?
a)
Russia
b)
England
c)
Spain
d)
France
62.
What was one benefit of the U.S. purchasing Alaska?
a)
gold
b)
people
c)
soil
d)
water
63.
What was the USS Maine?
a)
a state in America
b)
American naval ship that sank in Havana Harbor.
c)
a fleet of navy ships that sailed around the world
64.
How did the Spnaish-American War change the role of the US in the world?
a)
The US elected another president
b)
The US was viewed as a world power.
c)
The US continental population increased.
d)
The US became active in international trade.
65.
Why did the United States go to war with Spain?
a)
yellow journalism, USS Maine explosion, to free Cuba
b)
they wanted to enslave the Cubans
c)
American wanted to rule the entire world
66.
The USS Maine sunk in Havana Harbor. What country is the Havana Harbor in?
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Haiti
c)
Cuba
d)
Mexico
67.
What did we refer to this war as?
a)
"A most devastating war"
b)
"A splendid little war"
c)
"A perfect war"
d)
"A war of words"
68.
What territory did the US NOT acquire following the Spanish American War?
a)
Cuba
b)
Philippines
c)
Guam
d)
Puerto Rico
69.
The Panama Canal runs through the middle of Panama connecting which two oceans?
a)
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
b)
Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
d)
Carribean Sea and Pacific Ocean
70.
What kind of journalism exaggerates news stories to sell newspapers?
a)
yellow journalism
b)
purple journalism
c)
black journalism
d)
pink journalism
71.
What is the time period called where reformers worked to solve problems in the United States?
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Progressive Movement
c)
Civil Service Act
d)
Prohibition
72.
This disaster killed over 100 workers and resulted in workplace safety codes
a)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
b)
Circle Pantswaist Factory Fire
c)
Sherman Factory Fire
d)
The Jungle Factory Fire
73.
Which Amendment prohibited the production, buying, and selling of alcohol?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
18th
d)
19th
74.
Which Amendment gave all women the right to vote?
a)
14th
b)
18th
c)
19th
d)
21st
75.
Which Amendment REPEALED the prohibition of alcohol?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
21st
d)
20th
76.
The Progressive Movement worked to...
a)
Persuade people to move West
b)
Improve working conditions
c)
Increase segregation in the South
d)
Stop the increase of immigration
77.
Reform means to -
a)
change something in order to improve it
b)
cause widespread destruction
c)
move to a different country permanently
d)
start an economic bidding war
78.
the right for women to vote
a)
Women's Suffrage
b)
Women's Prohibition
c)
Women's Rights
79.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
80.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
81.
The Progressive Era could best be summed up as...
a)
an era that experienced massive job loss due to the collapse of the economy.
b)
an era that placed a great emphasis on reforming the corruption and injustices throughout American society.
c)
an era where the US started the "war on terror"
d)
an era where there was no government regulation on American businesses.
82.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
83.
Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
84.
Which Muckraker exposed problems with the meat-packing industry in the book 'The Jungle'?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Ida Tarbell
85.
The U.S. entered World War I in
a)
1918
b)
1914
c)
1917
d)
1920
86.
The "spark" that was an immediate cause of World War I was
a)
The sinking of the Lusitania
b)
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c)
Increased nationalism
d)
The Zimmerman Telegram
87.
What choice best defines the term "Red Scare"
a)
fear of Germans
b)
fear of communism
c)
fear of U.S. involvement in foreign affairs
d)
fear of losing the war
88.
Prior to 1917, the policy of the U.S. can be best described by which of the following terms
a)
neutral, but extensively traded with the Allied Powers
b)
neutral, but extensively traded with the Central Powers
c)
complete neutrality with no involvement on either side.
d)
nationalist
89.
The spread of idea to help a cause or hurt an opposing cause is known as
a)
propaganda
b)
armstice
c)
isolationism
d)
truce
90.
The Zimmerman Telegram can best be described by which of the following?
a)
Great Britain promised the U.S. that they would help them gain territories in Europe
b)
Mexico vowed to help the U.S. and the Allies in World War I
c)
Germany asked Mexico to declare war on the U.S. to regain lost territories
d)
Russia withdrew from the war due to the revolution that was occurring in the country
91.
What was the name of the British passenger boat that was sunk by German U-Boats?
a)
U.S.S. Maine
b)
Lusitania
c)
U.S.S. Admiral
d)
the Titanic
92.
The policy of building up a country's military to prepare for war is known as
a)
imperialism
b)
nationalism
c)
militarism
d)
isolationism
93.
Which document punished Germany after World War I?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Yalta Agreement
c)
Roosevelt Corollary
d)
Fourteen Points
94.
Which of these is NOT one of the reasons why the U.S. got involved in World War I?
a)
The Zimmerman Telegram
b)
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
c)
The Russian Revolution
d)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
95.
Who likely made this statement? “I wear bobbed hair and powder my nose. I wear fringed short skirts and bright-colored sweaters with low-heeled shoes. I adore smoking, drinking, and dancing.”
a)
A Victorian Woman
b)
A Suffragette
c)
Jane Addams
d)
A Flapper
96.
In the 1920`s what was the most popular musical form which was influenced by african american musical edition?
a)
blues
b)
pop
c)
jazz
d)
hip hop
97.
What does it mean to buy stocks on margin?
a)
buying the stock for someone else
b)
purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange
c)
paying less than the market price of the stock
d)
borrowing money to help pay for the stock
98.
What was the name given to the literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture in New York City?
a)
Jazz Age
b)
The Charleston
c)
Great Migration
d)
Harlem Renaissance
99.
"Margin buying" means
a)
paying up front for stock in a company
b)
buying margarine
c)
easy way to make money
d)
borrowing money to buy stock
100.
"Buy now, Pay later" most closely relates to which of the following during the 1920s?
a)
buying on the margin
b)
installment buying
c)
a good deal
d)
mass production
101.
Which technology most contributed to the development of a common cultural identity in the US during the early 1900s?
a)
Refrigerator
b)
Radio
c)
Toaster
d)
Band-aid
102.
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest
a)
Tornados
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Hurricanes
103.
The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Hoover
d)
Jefferson
104.
What was a economic impact of the Great Depression?
a)
Stock market crashed and millions of Americans lost their jobs
b)
Many Americans moved to California in search for Gold
c)
Many Americans began to become wealthy due to Oil being found in Texas
105.
How is the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression related?
a)
Both events caused Americans to struggle financially
b)
Both events caused riots throughout the nation
c)
Both events led to World War II beginning
106.
Which President thought the government should not get involved in economic affairs?
a)
Hoover
b)
Roosevelt
107.
Which of these statements is true of the 1932 presidential election?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide.
b)
Hoover lost by a narrow margin.
c)
Huey Long ran a strong third-party campaign.
d)
Roosevelt won a third term.
108.
A series of programs designed to bring Americans out of the Great Depression..
a)
The New Deal
b)
Bank Holiday
c)
Fireside Chat
d)
Bank Trust
109.
The New Deal gave the federal government _______ power.
a)
More
b)
Less
110.
What marked the start of the Great Depression in the United States?
a)
The Stock Market Crash
b)
World War I
c)
War World II
d)
The Dust Bowl
111.
Many people that were unemployed ended up living in..
a)
Rural Communities
b)
Ohio
c)
Hoovervilles
d)
Hotels
112.
Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?
a)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b)
Securities and Exchange Commission
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Social Security Admistration
113.
What event triggered the start of World War II in Europe ?
a)
Hitler came into power
b)
Germany annexed Austria
c)
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
d)
Germany attacked Poland
114.
What caused the United States to enter the war on the side of the Allies?
a)
When Germany invaded France
b)
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
c)
France declared war on Germany
d)
When Russia entered the war
115.
What date was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a)
September 30, 1939
b)
December 7, 1941
c)
May 7, 1945
d)
June 6, 1944
116.
The Allied D-Day invasion of Europe was
a)
a final battle in the war for Europe.
b)
a turning point in the war in Russia.
c)
an air and sea attack on occupied France.
d)
an attempt to liberate concentration camps.
117.
What was the Holocaust?
a)
America’s dropping of atomic bombs on Japanese cities.
b)
Germany’s mass murder of Jews and other groups in Europe.
c)
Japan’s destruction of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.
d)
Russia’s heavy civilian losses from fighting the German invasion.
118.
What was the goal of the government’s Manhattan Project?
a)
creating a spy network in the Axis
b)
developing the atomic bomb
c)
improving nuclear power plants
d)
reducing urban unemployment
119.
Which two Japanese cities were destroyed by atom bombs?
a)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b)
Kyoto and Tokyo
c)
Nagasaki and Kyoto
d)
Tokyo and Hiroshima
120.
Japanese Americans on the West Coast spent the war years
a)
unjustly imprisoned in internment camps.
b)
supporting the war effort by working in factories.
c)
fearful of being attacked on the streets as enemy spies.
d)
fearful of being attacked on the streets as enemy spies.
121.
Which of the following was NOT true of women in the war effort?
a)
They volunteered in the military.
b)
They were paid equal to male peers.
c)
They took positions in manufacturing.
d)
They served as code breakers in the army.
122.
What did the court case Brown vs Board of Ed establish?
a)
Public buses could not discriminate.
b)
Segregation is not legal in theaters and hotels.
c)
Public schools could not segregate.
d)
All-black schools must be equal to all-white schools.
123.
Forcing African Americans to use separate drinking fountains, separate bathrooms and separate waiting rooms is an example of
a)
Segregation in the South
b)
Desegregation in the South
c)
The effects of Brown vs. Board of Education.
d)
Segregation in the North
124.
The mixing of different racial groups
a)
boycott
b)
segregation
c)
integration
d)
civil disobedience
125.
What landmark act outlawed (or made illegal) discrimination against blacks and women and included racial desegregation?
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Literacy Test Act of 2014
c)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
d)
Jim Crow Laws
126.
What did Rosa Parks do that changed history in America?
a)
boycotted the city buses in Montgomery, Alabama
b)
rod the city bus home one day
c)
refused to give up her seat to a white man
d)
refused to go to work as a seamstress
127.
Which peaceful form of protest was used to de-segregate all white restaurants in the South?
a)
mechanization
b)
globalization
c)
sit-ins
d)
right to work laws
128.
Who became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Earl Warren
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Jackie Robinson
129.
What event DIRECTLY resulted in literacy tests and poll taxes becoming illegal?
a)
March on Washington
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Little Rock 9
d)
Voting Rights Act
130.
What did the Little Rock 9 attempt to do that was controversial in 1957?
a)
Sit in the white section of a bus
b)
Attend a wedding between a white woman and black man
c)
Use a white drinking fountain
d)
Go to a white school
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