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8th Grade Social Studies 2nd semester exam review

Total questions: 108

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

CORE.......Busses.......South.......Violence

a)

Little Rock 9

b)

Woolworth's

c)

Montgomery bus boycot

d)

Freedom Riders

2.

"No!" in response to being asked to give up her seat to a white passenger

a)

Marian Anderson

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Stokely Carmichael

d)

Francis Smith

3.

First black player in MLB

a)

Babe Ruth

b)

Satchel Paige

c)

Tommie Smith

d)

Jackie Robinson

4.

Sitting.....Lunch....milkshakes poured on heads.....violence

a)

Montgomery jail

b)

Woolworths

c)

Freedom Riders

d)

Little Rock

5.

MLK jr.

a)

Had lunch

b)

Had an opinion

c)

Had a dream

d)

Had an idea

6.

Civil rights group not afraid to use violence

a)

The Pink Panther Party

b)

The My Little Pony Party

c)

The Black Panther Party

d)

The White Unicorn Party

7.

6.....New Orleans.....School......Federal Marshalls

a)

Little Rock 6

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Claudette Colvin

d)

Bessie Coleman

8.

Fought for farm worker's rights

a)

Robert Kennedy

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

John Carlos

9.

Woman......African American....Pilot

a)

Billie Holiday

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

Bessie Coleman

d)

Judy Heumann

10.

Nonviolent........Civil Disobedience........India

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

Mohandas Gandhi

d)

John Carlos

11.

Brother was president....He was Attorney General....They were both assassinated

a)

Robert Kennedy

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Lyndon Johnson

d)

Nikita Kruschev

12.

Protested at Olympics

a)

Tommie Smith

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Bruce Jenner

d)

John Carlos

13.

City where 9 students faced major protests in attempting to integrate high school

a)

Montgomery

b)

Little Rock

c)

Selma

d)

Jacksonville

14.

Nation of Islam.....Went to Mecca......Changed views......Was assassinated.

a)

MLK Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Stokely Carmichael

d)

Cesar Chavez

15.

Signed an agreement eliminating medium range weapons in Europe

a)

Gorbachev

b)

Kruschev

c)

Reagan

d)

Stalin

16.

On a scale of 1-10, 10 being good.....How were Vietnam veterans treated upon returning to the U.S.

a)

10

b)

9

c)

8

d)

-2

17.

What happened at the end of the Vietnam War?

a)

The U.S. invaded the north and won

b)

North Vietnam captured Saigon and won

c)

Cambodia was annexed

d)

Nothing....It is still going on

18.

Student protests at this school led to the death of students at the hands of national guard troops

a)

Boise State

b)

Illinois State

c)

Appalachian State

d)

Kent State

19.

Terrible event that turned many against the Vietnam war

a)

Tet Massacre

b)

My Lai Massacre

c)

Operation Rolling Thunder

d)

Hanoi Massacre

20.

How did the ability to not be drafted if you were in college, show race and class differences of the time

a)

Most college students were black and lower class

b)

Most college students were white and lower class

c)

Most college students were black and upper class

d)

Most college students were white and upper class

21.

Search and Destroy missions were used to

a)

Kill as many as possible

b)

Cut down forests

c)

Find enemy camps

d)

Destroy the will of the Vietcong to fight

22.

Why the space race?

a)

curiousity

b)

competition

c)

advancement

d)

necessity

23.

Plan to use CIA trained Cuban exiles to overthrow the Cuban government

a)

Bog of Bovines

b)

Cove of cows

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Peninsula of porkers

24.

Cuban Missile crisis started when

a)

A Soviet ship ran out of gas and when the coast guard went to aid them they found missiles

b)

Kruschev said, "nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, we have missiles in Cuba."

c)

A spy plane saw missile bases being constructed

d)

Ground troops in Cuba discovered the missiles

25.

These folks were executed for selling atomic bomb secrets to Soviet spies

a)

Zacco & Vanzetti

b)

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

c)

Pippen and Jordan

d)

Burr and Hamilton

26.

The division between Soviet controlled countries in the western world was known as

a)

The steel partition

b)

The lead wall

c)

The iron curtain

d)

The wooden fence

27.

enemies.......no actual fighting

a)

hot battle

b)

frozen skirmish

c)

tepid disagreement

d)

cold war

28.

Response to the blockade of Berlin by the U.S. and Britain

a)

blow up the blockade

b)

War!!!!!!

c)

Airlift in supplies

d)

Leave Berlin

29.

People in this industry were blacklisted for being suspected Communists

a)

Beverly Hills Real Estate

b)

New York Banking

c)

Hollywood Film

d)

Chicago Pizza

30.

Who provided hundreds of thousands of troops to aid North Korea; preventing a quick victory for the South and its Allies

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Russia

d)

France

31.

How was Korea divided at the end of the war

a)

It was unified as Communist

b)

It was unified as democratic

c)

It was divided at the 38th parallel

d)

It was annexed to China

32.

Why is December 7th "a day that will live in infamy"?

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Stalingrad

33.

Japanese Americans on the west coast were taken to these

a)

concentration camps

b)

internment camps

c)

work camps

d)

labor camps

34.

More common name for Operation Overlord

a)

VE Day

b)

VJ Day

c)

D Day

d)

Monday

35.

6 million Jews killed

a)

Holocaust

b)

Dunkirk

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Lebensraum

36.

This German strategy relied upon surprise and overwhelming force.......Lightning war

a)

Lebensraum

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Wienerschnitzel

d)

Bavaria

37.
a)

Ruby the Riveter

b)

Rosie the laborer

c)

Rosie the riveter

d)

Rosie the regular

38.

Leader.......Soviet Union.......Bad dude

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Josef Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

39.

Leader.......Germany.......Bad dude

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Josef Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

40.

Leader.......Italy.......Bad dude

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Josef Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

41.

Prime Minister.......Japan.......planned Pearl Harbor

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Josef Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

42.

President who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

43.

President for most of WW2

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

44.

Commander of allied troops in WW2

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

45.

Commander of U.S. forces in Pacific during WW2

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

46.

British prime minister who attempted policy of appeasement

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Neville Chamberlain

c)

Tony Blair

d)

Margaret Thatcher

47.

British prime minister for most of WW2

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Neville Chamberlain

c)

Tony Blair

d)

Margaret Thatcher

48.

FDR did so much in this time, presidents are now rated on their performance during the same time period

a)

first 30 days

b)

First 50 days

c)

First 100 days

d)

First 365 days

49.

Alphabet soup was the term used to describe

a)

FDR's favorite lunch

b)

FDR's cabinet officers

c)

FDR's new deal programs

d)

FDR's pets

50.

First lady to FDR

a)

Regina

b)

Marian

c)

Eleanor

d)

Frances

51.

Ended the great depression

a)

New Deal

b)

Banking Holiday

c)

WW2

d)

FDIC

52.

What did Hoover do to the Bonus Army

a)

Gave them their bonus

b)

Gave them an extra bonus

c)

Had them removed by the Army

d)

Sent the first lady to meet with them

53.

guaranteed money in banks

a)

CCC

b)

FDIC

c)

WPA

d)

SEC

54.

Roosevelt used these to gain trust of the people

a)

Bank Holidays

b)

fireside chats

c)

campaigning

d)

television ads

55.

Tin and cardboard shacks built by the homeless became known as

a)

Roosevelt ranches

b)

New Dealvilles

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Hoover haciendas

56.

Roosevelt tried to minimize opposition to his new Deal programs by

a)

Packing the congress

b)

Packing the cabinet

c)

Packing the court

d)

Packing his lunch

57.

Roosevelt's deal with problems caused by the Great Depression

a)

New Fronteir

b)

Fair Deal

c)

Square Deal

d)

New Deal

58.

Rebirth of African American culture seen through the works of musicians and writers

a)

Bronx rebirth

b)

Manhattan awakening

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Staten Island reeducation

59.

This legislation caused an increase in organized crime

a)

suffrage

b)

prohibition

c)

Sedition

d)

Emancipation

60.

The KKK of the 20's targeted which of the following

a)

Immigrants

b)

Jews

c)

Catholics

d)

African Americans

61.

Fear of Communism

a)

Red Menace

b)

Red Flight

c)

Red Scare

d)

Red Skull

62.

John Scopes was put on trial for teaching

a)

communism

b)

evolution

c)

algebra

d)

the info covered on the 2nd semester history exam

63.

A rise in consumer spending was a characterization of....

a)

the bust years

b)

the boom years

c)

the bang years

d)

the bum years

64.

Rapid selling of stocks causes stock prices to

a)

drop

b)

rise

c)

stay the same

65.

The use of the assembly line and mass production brought the price of this item down to a level where most people could afford it

a)

stove

b)

microwave

c)

Automobile

d)

Airplane

66.

Race car driver and American flying ace

a)

George Patton

b)

Eddie Rickenbacker

c)

John J. Pershing

d)

Woodrow Wilson

67.

Biggest reason for more casualties during WW1

a)

Stronger soldiers

b)

better tactics

c)

modern weapons

d)

poor decisions

68.

So many young men died during WW1 that....

a)

It disrupted the European economy

b)

They had to decrease military enlistment

c)

People were ordered to have children

d)

Immigrants were more freely welcomed

69.

nickname given to American expeditionary force troops

a)

Beastboys

b)

doughboys

c)

yankees

d)

rebs

70.

Which of the following were popular fads of the 1920's

a)

The Charleston

b)

Jazz

c)

Flapper

d)

Flagpole Sitting

71.

This allowed you to buy goods over time

a)

allotment buying

b)

installment buying

c)

bargain buying

d)

allocated buying

72.

These were used to help pay for the war efforts

a)

war stocks

b)

war currency

c)

war bonds

d)

bitcoin

73.

Used by Germany to wreak havoc in the seas

a)

G- Boats

b)

U-Boats

c)

X-Boats

d)

Boaty McBoatFace

74.

Sinking of this passenger ship by Germans angered Americans

a)

Lusitania

b)

Titanic

c)

Hindenberg

d)

Maine

75.

The Zimmerman note tried to get which country to join Germany and its allies

a)

Britain

b)

Mexico

c)

France

d)

Russia

76.

He kept us out of war, was the campaign slogan for which U.S. president

a)

FDR

b)

Truman

c)

Wilson

d)

Eisenhower

77.

Which of the following were causes of the Russian Revolution

a)

heavy military losses in WW1

b)

Food shortages

c)

Fuel shortages

d)

opposition to the Czar

78.

Who were the big four at the Paris peace conference in 1919

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Great Britain

d)

Russia

e)

United States

79.

Manfred von Richtofen

a)

Desert Fox

b)

Red Baron

c)

Night Ranger

d)

Trench Rat

80.

Buildup of armaments in preparation of war

a)

nationalism

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

militarism

81.

Area between the trenches

a)

No place for old men

b)

Death's doorstep

c)

no man's land

d)

New Jersey

82.

Most historians believe the harsh terms in this document led to WW2

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Portsmouth

d)

Treaty McTreatyface

83.

Fire that killed 146 garment workers

a)

Haymarket square

b)

Pullman factory

c)

Triangle Shirtwaist factory

d)

Homestead steel

84.
a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Carrie Nation

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Lucretia Mott

85.

Susan B. Anthony was best known for

a)

temperance movement

b)

suffrage movement

c)

progressive movement

d)

imperialist movement

86.

excesses of the Gilded Age and dangerous working conditions led to

a)

the Progressive Era

b)

The Suffrage Movement

c)

the Harlem Renaissance

d)

The Great Depression

87.

His death is considered the immediate start of WW1

a)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

Neville Chamberlain

c)

Orson Wells

d)

King Elvis

88.

Name of WW1 before there was a WW2

a)

Grand War

b)

Great War

c)

Groot War

d)

Grunt war

89.

Founding father whose isolationist ideas Wilson tried to follow

a)

Washington

b)

Jefferson

c)

Adams

d)

Madison

90.

Fear that immigrants would take jobs was one cause of

a)

Nativism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Ethnicism

91.

Took pictures in the tenements and slums

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Lincoln Steffens

d)

Thomas Nast

92.

Exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Lincoln Steffens

d)

Thomas Nast

93.

Why was their so much child labor

a)

tiny hands to operate machines

b)

required less sleep

c)

could pay them less

d)

there were more children

94.

Folks who exposed corruption

a)

muckrakers

b)

populists

c)

suffragists

d)

fundamentalists

95.

what was blamed in the press (incorrectly) for the destruction of the U.S.S. Maine

a)

Spanish Mine

b)

German torpedo

c)

British bomber

d)

Canadian Maple Syrup

96.

Sensationalized, exaggerated news stories

a)

Yellow journalism

b)

Fake news

c)

Black news

d)

Red journalism

97.

Which two were involved in the war of the currents

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Nikola Tesla

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Eli Whitney

98.

When a company completely controls an industry

a)

Commodore

b)

Titan

c)

Robber Baron

d)

Monopoly

99.

U.S. economic system

a)

capitalism

b)

communism

c)

republic

d)

socialism

100.

There was a huge difference between the rich and the poor during

a)

The Gilded Age

b)

The Progressive Era

c)

The Great Depression

d)

The Roaring 20's

101.

This was determined at immigrant processing centers like Ellis Island and Angel Island (choose all that apply)

a)

health

b)

destination

c)

legal status

d)

wealth

102.

A person who uses their wealth to help others

a)

entrepreneur

b)

robber baron

c)

philanthropist

d)

boss

103.

This made the pony express obsolete

a)

telephone

b)

telegraph

c)

television

d)

twitter

104.

This symbolized the completion of the transcontinental railroad

a)

Silver Rail

b)

Golden Spike

c)

Golden Rail

d)

Silver Spike

105.

this gave free land in the west to people including African Americans and women.

a)

Morril Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

106.

What caused the U.S. Government to become interested in Sioux land

a)

Gold

b)

Culture

c)

Good farmland

d)

Proximity to Canada

107.

What caused the massacre at wounded knee

a)

Sioux warriors attacked

b)

A command from General Custer

c)

Disease

d)

An accidental gunshot

108.

How did the reservation system change Native American life

a)

They were forced to wear white clothes

b)

They were forced to cut their hair

c)

They were unable to use their weapons

d)

They were unable to hunt buffalo

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