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WorksheetsGA Milestones Social Studies Review
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 41mins
Where did the Civil War begin?
Harpers Ferry
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
What Civil War battle was fought in Pennsylvania?
Fredericksburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
Gettysburg
Which Union general captured Atlanta?
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Meade
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Gettysburg
Appomattox Court House
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Sherman's destructive advance from Atlanta to Savannah is referred to as the
March to the Sea
Anaconda Plan
Bloody Lane
Final Siege
The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin contributed to the start of the Civil War by
showing the evils of slavery
supporting states' rights
condemning abolitionists
supporting the rights of slaveholders
The raid on Harpers Ferry convinced many Southerners that
slavery would be abolished
John Brown was a hero
abolitionists were not a serious threat
they needed to secede, or withdraw from the Union
Southerners justified with the theory of
Constitutional rights
federal rights
states' rights
the Union's errors
The Civil War was more devastating in the South than in the North because
most of the fighting took place in the South
the blockage of Southern ports caused severe shortages
the South lacked the industry to produce what it needed
all of the above
Who was the US president during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E Lee
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was
Ulysses S Grant
Jefferson Davis
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
The commander of the Confederate army was....
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E Lee
Commander of the Union Army
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Stonewall Jackson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Confederate general famous for victories in the Shenandoah Valley
Robert E Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Which amendment to the US Constitution gave citizenship to all people born in the US?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
Which amendment to the US Constitution gave African American men the right to vote?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution
outlawed slavery
barred former Confederate leaders from holding national or state office
made poll taxes illegal in federal elections
all of the above
What political party took control during Reconstruction?
abolitionists
democrats
republicans
freedmen
Northern people who moved to the South after the Civil War wer called
scalawags
freedmen
carpetbaggers
sharecroppers
Laws that required African Americans to be separated from whites in public areas were known as
Jim Crow Laws
black codes
grandfather clauses
integration laws
Southern people who supported Republican policies during Reconstruction were called __________ by former Confederates.
scalawags
freedmen
carpetbaggers
sharecroppers
In the system known as sharecropping, a farmer __________.
owned the land he farmed
rented the land he farmed by paying a share of his crop to the landowner
was able to sell most of what he grew
was usually able to make a good living
Invented the electric lightbulb
Alexander Graham Bell
George Washington Carver
Thomas Edison
Orville Wright
Flew the first motorized airplane
Alexander Graham Bell
George Washington Carver
Thomas Edison
Orville Wright
Invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
George Washington Carver
Thomas Edison
Orville Wright
Developed hundreds of products from the peanut
Alexander Graham Bell
George Washington Carver
Thomas Edison
Orville Wright
Which form of communication was introduced in the 19th century and is still widely used in the 21st century?
television
telephone
telegraph
all of the above
The discoveries of George Washington Carver had the greatest impact on the economy of the
South
North
Midwest
Southwest
How did the invention of the electric lightbulb change the American economy?
Automobile factories appeared in every American city
Travelers were able to move from coast to coast in a matter of hours
Businesses could more easily operate at night
all of the above
The Spanish-American War was fought during the presidency of
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
At the end of the Spanish-American War, the US acquired all of the following territories EXCEPT
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippines
Haiti
Theodore Roosevelt's approach to foreign policy was known as
dollar diplomacy
moral diplomacy
big stick diplomacy
isolationism
Construction of the Panama Canal was begun during the presidency of
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Louis Armstrong was associated with
airplane
automobile
baseball
jazz
Henry Ford was associated with
airplane
automobile
baseball
jazz
Charles Lindbergh was associated with
airplane
automobile
baseball
jazz
Babe Ruth was associated with
airplane
automobile
baseball
jazz
The first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean was
Orville Wright
Amelia Earhart
Charles Lindberg
Chuck Yeager
The 1920s is often referred to as the Jazz Age. Jazz has its roots in
classical music
African music
European folk music
Native-American music
At the beginning of WWI, President Woodrow Wilson believed that the US should
send troops to Europe
support Great Britain
support Germany
remain neutral
What actions by Germany in 1915 made Wilson rethink his position?
invasion of other European nations
attacks on US and British ships
German efforts to win allies in Asia
mistreatment of Russian prisoners
What action by Germany in 1917 helped bring the US into the war?
its attempt to get Mexico to become its ally
its agreements with Russia and France
its invasion of Belgium
terrorist activity in the Americans
The US entered the war on the side of the Allied Powers, which included all of the following except
Austria-Hungary
France
Great Britain
Russia
During the Depression, many people lost their homes and were forced to live in shantytowns. Some people referred to these shantytowns as Hoovervilles because
President Hoover had failed to act to fight the Depression
President Hoover had built the shantytowns
President Hoover was a very popular president
President Hoover had died in office
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was caused by
clearing sod to plant wheat
severe drought
strong prairie winds
all of the above
After Roosevelt took office, Congress passed laws to deal with the Depression that were called
Brain Trust
New Deal
Square Deal
Roosevelt Deal
US president from 1929-1933
Duke Ellington
Herbert Hoover
Margaret Mitchell
Jesse Owens
US president from 1933-1945
Herbert Hoover
Margaret Mitchell
Jesse Owens
Franklin Roosevelt
Famous jazz pianist and composer
Duke Ellington
Herbert Hoover
Margaret Mitchell
Jesse Owens
Author of Gone With The Wind
Duke Ellington
Herbert Hoover
Margaret Mitchell
Jesse Owens
African-American athlete who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics
Herbert Hoover
Margaret Mitchell
Jesse Owens
Franklin Roosevelt
What event caused the US to enter WWII?
D-Day
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Holocaust
The day the Allied forces landed on the coast of Normandy, France is called
D-Day
V-E Day
V-J Day
Iwo Jima
Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945 and the Allies called the next day
D-Day
V-E Day
V-J Day
Iwo Jima
Because Japan had agreed to surrender August 15, 1945 was declared
D-Day
V-E Day
V-J Day
Iwo Jima
What action did the US government take against Japanese Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
it sent them back to Japan
it took away all of their money
it forced them into slave labor
it placed them in internment camps
During the war, "Rosie the Riveter" became a symbol for women who
stayed at home
worked in defense plants
served in the military
had lost husbands in the war
German dictator
Winston Churchill
Hirohito
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Soviet dictator
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
British prime minister
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Japanese emperor
Winston Churchill
Hirohito
Benito Mussolini
Harry Truman
American president
Joseph Stalin
Hirohito
Adolf Hitler
Harry Truman
Italian Dictator
Hirohito
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
The Cold War between the US and the former Soviet Union was a rivalry between what two forms of government?
communism and socialism
communism and dictatorship
communism and democracy
democracy and monarchy
What event caused Truman to send American troops to Korea in 1950?`
the invasion of South Korea by North Korea
the invasion of North Korea by South Korea
the communist revolution in China
the defeat of the French in Vietnam
In a speech in 1946, Winston Churchill declared that an "iron curtain" has descended across Europe. What did Churchill mean by the "iron curtain"?
the wall separating East and West Berlin
the separation of the Communist countries in Eastern Europe from the democratic nations in the West
the division of Germany agreed upon at the Yalta Conference
the railroad system in Eastern Europe
Americans' fear of communism following WWII led to all of the following EXCEPT
blacklists
a hunt for Communists by Senator Joseph McCarthy
the execution of the Rosenbergs
greater tolerance of people with radical ideas
The 2 military alliances that opposed each other in Europe during the Cold War were the Warsaw Pact and the
Axis Powers
League of Nations
NATO
SEATO
In response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948, the US and Great Britain ___________
sent troops to end the blockade.
built the Berlin Wall
organized an airlift to supply the city
blockaded Moscow.
The mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during WWII is known as
the Bataan Death March
the Holocaust
Operation Overlord
the Great Internment
In 1976, President Jimmy Carter helped negotiate a peace agreement, known as the Camp David Accords, between Egypt and _________.
The Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
the Soviet Union
the US
President Johnson called his social programs the _________.
New Deal
Square Deal
New Frontier
Great Society
Martin Luther King Jr. encouraged his followers to
use violence
fight back when attacked
obey laws even when the laws were unjust
use nonviolent protest
What event in the 1960s brought the world close to nuclear war?
the Bay of Pigs invasion
Construction of the Berlin Wall
the Cuban Missile Crisis
the Apollo Project
What Supreme Court case in 1954 led to the desegregation of schools?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Norris v. Alabama
Brown v. Board of Education
Sweatt v. Painter
What agency was created after the Soviets launched the satellite Sputnik?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
House Un-American Activities Committee
What land was conquered by the Nazis first?
Poland
Austria
Rhineland
Sudetenland
In March 1938, Hitler sent troops into _________ and annexed it.
Poland
Austria
Rhineland
Sudetenland
After signing the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact in August 1939, Hitler sent his armies into
Poland
Austria
Rhineland
Sudetenland
