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EOY Social Studies Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a responsibility of a citizen of the United States of America?

a)

Expressing opinions and protesting inequalities

b)

Running for elected offices like Senator

c)

Serving on Jury Duty when requested

d)

Attending weekly religious services

2.

View the map. Which location is noted with the star?

a)

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

b)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

c)

Chicago, Illinois

d)

Montgomery, Alabama

3.

Who invented the light bulb?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

4.

Which of the following is a description of prices being lowered due to supply and demand?

a)

The newest Iphone X will be available soon in very high demand. The company is expecting more people than ever to purchase this phone.

b)

One of the newest, popular toys are L.O.L dolls. They are sold at most stores and very popular items for children between ages 4-11.

c)

A drought hit the midwest last year and wiped out much of the wheat crops used to make Sunbean bread. Many stores are now having a difficult time keeping that bread in stock.

d)

A new video game system will be available next month but Best Buy still has many systems from last years model.

5.

How was life different for Black Cowboys than it was for other former slaves during the late 1800s.

a)

Black Cowboys were treated with more fairness and equality. Employers cared more about their ability to work than the color of their skin.

b)

Black Cowboys were asked to sleep and eat separately from the other workers on the cattle trails. The were segregated most of the time.

c)

Black Cowboys were treated better than any other cattle trail workers. They were paid more and given greater benefits because their boss felt bad that they were former slaves.

d)

Black Cowboys were rarely paid. They were treated more as slaves than workers. It was a painful and difficult job.

6.

Who was president during the building of the Panama Canal?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

John F. Kennedy

7.

What is one main reason the United States entered WWI?

a)

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

b)

Countries signed the Treaty of Versailles

c)

Germany sank the Lusitania

d)

The USA practiced isolationism

8.

What were the effects of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

The treaty allowed Germany to remain powerful as long as they promised to stop fighting. The treaty also split countries up.

b)

The treaty asked Germany to give up their weapons, pay for damages, and take the blame for the majority World War I.

c)

The treaty asked Great Britain and Germany to give up their weapons and take equal blame for damages of World War I.

d)

The treaty called for peace. It set Russia and the United States up as leaders of other countries.

9.

Since Germany was forced to give up weapons and pay for damages after WWI, _____________________________.

a)

their economy suffered and they began breaking promises of the treaty.

b)

the world remained peaceful.

c)

the United States went through the Roaring Twenties.

d)

they learned their lesson and became world leaders of peace.

10.

Who is this leader?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Benito Mussolini

11.

What is the Iron Curtain?

a)

A wall separating East Berlin and West Berlin

b)

A structure separating communist countries and democratic countries

c)

A term used to describe the separation between communist countries and democratic countries

d)

A term used to describe the peace between communist countries and democratic countries

12.

Who was president when the Stock Market crashed in 1929?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

William McKinley

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Herbert Hoover

13.

Who was a famous Jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Harlem Jazz

14.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

A time period when African Americans fled slavery and used the underground railroad to reach places in the north like Harlem.

b)

A time period when African American artists, musicians, and writers expressed themselves through their art. It was a powerful cultural movement in the 1920s.

c)

A time period when African Americans fought for equality through protests and boycotts. It was an important time for justice during the 1960s and 1970s.

d)

A time period of great invention. The airplane, light bulb, telephone, and more were developed and used more and more by Americans.

15.

Who was Charles Lindbergh?

a)

A pilot; He made the first transatlantic flight.

b)

An inventor; He helped invent the airplane.

c)

An inventor; He helped invent the telephone.

d)

A poet; He wrote many poems for the Harlem Renaissance.

16.

During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt won the presidency. He ran his campaign by promising the American people _____________.

a)

Freedom of Speech

b)

a New Deal

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

to defeat the Nazis.

17.

What was the roll of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

a)

To create jobs where people build dams and provide electricity for a large area of the USA.

b)

To create jobs where people work temporarily in public parks, making the parks cleaner and more developed.

c)

To create a system where if people were hungry they had a way to easily find food; for example, in a soup kitchen.

d)

To provide for Tennessee, because they were affected the most by the Great Depression.

18.

Who wrote Gone with the Wind?

a)

Jesse Owens

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Margaret Mitchell

19.

What time period saw the greatest economic downturn for the United States of America?

a)

The Roaring Twenties

b)

The Great Recession

c)

The Great Depression

d)

The Vietnam War

20.

What key place is marked on the map?

a)

Little Rock Trail

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Chisholm Trail

d)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

21.

Identify the following person:

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Winston Churchill

22.

Which of the following describes the two-front war of WWII?

a)

There was fighting occurring mostly in Europe.

b)

There was fighting occurring throughout the entire world in most countries.

c)

There was fighting occurring mostly in the United States but also in Europe.

d)

There was fighting occurring in both Europe and Pacific Islands.

23.

What major event caused the United States to enter WWII?

a)

The sinking of the Lusitania

b)

The attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

d)

The Nazi attack on Poland

24.

What was VE day?

a)

The end of fighting in Japan and victory for the allies.

b)

The end of fighting in Japan and victory for Japan and the axis powers.

c)

The end of fighting in Europe and victory of Germany and the axis powers.

d)

The end of fighting in Europe and victory for the allied powers.

25.

What was the Dust Bowl?

a)

A time of great hunger where peoples bowls were empty and collecting dust

b)

A time of great accomplishment during war

c)

A time of great drought in the Midwest where crops withered and the land because nothing but dust

d)

A time of great success in business and industries were booming

26.

What was the significance of D-Day during WWII?

a)

It was the time period that Nazis were overtaking many countries.

b)

It is considered the time where Japan was most successful in their fight.

c)

It is considered the turning point of the war. Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy and started becoming more successful.

d)

It is the time period when fighting ceases and treaties were signed. Peace began after V-Day.

27.

Which of the following is an example of a Jim Crow law?

a)

People had to pay a poll tax in order to vote.

b)

Schools were desegregated.

c)

People had to obtain a driver's license to drive

d)

Women obtained the right to vote.

28.

What was the Holocaust?

a)

The separation and murder of thousands of people, mostly of Jewish decent during WWII

b)

The protection of Jewish people from Nazis during WWII

c)

The separation of blacks and whites from using the same public facilities

d)

The containment of Japanese people in the United States during WWII.

29.

Identify the following person:

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Joseph McCarthy

30.

Who is best known for being an Olympic athlete in the 1930s?

a)

Margaret Mitchell

b)

Jesse Owens

c)

Babe Ruth

d)

Duke Ellington

31.

The U.S. Constitution guarantees that the federal government will extend “due process of the law” to all citizens. What is the purpose of this law?

a)

It permits voting rights for women.

b)

It grants voting rights for minorities.

c)

It protects a person who is accused of a crime.

d)

It guarantees that all citizens stay informed on community issues.

32.

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

33.

What was the MAIN reason Pittsburgh 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.

34.

What did the 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

35.

What did the 15th and 19th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution change?

a)

They expanded the Jim Crow laws and practices.

b)

They ended the practice of slavery permanently.

c)

They helped the due process rights of citizens accused of crime.

d)

They expanded voting rights for minorities and women.

36.

Franklin D. 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?

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

37.

President Franklin Roosevelt’s Goals for the New Deal:

1. relief for the needy

2. economic recovery

3. bank reform


Which actions by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression MOST helped meet the goals listed in the box? Choose TWO responses.

a)

He reorganized the executive branch of government

b)

He delivered regular speeches to the public on the radio.

c)

He created a program to build public buildings and highways.

d)

He created programs that insured banks so people's money would be protected.

e)

He signed a bill that guaranteed workers the right to join unions.

38.

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)

entrepreneurship

d)

voluntary exchange

39.

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

40.

Examine the list:

• June 6, 1944

• American and British soldiers invaded a coast in Europe

• attack was planned in an effort to make Germany withdraw


Which World War II event is MOST associated with the information in the list?

a)

D-Day invasion

b)

Battle of Iwo Jima

c)

Pearl Harbor attack

d)

bombing of Hiroshima

41.

Whose action initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

42.

What event resulted from the Soviet Union moving missiles to Cuba?

a)

The Berlin Wall was built

b)

The Vietnam War

c)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

The Cuban-American War

43.

What are the two MAIN elements of a personal budget?

a)

needs and wants

b)

goods and services

c)

competition and market

d)

income and expenses

44.

Which of the following is NOT a result of the 9/11 attacks?

a)

The United States increased security protocols.

b)

The United States established a "War on Terrorism."

c)

The United States led the world in the expansion of the internet.

d)

The United States sought out and killed Osama Bin Laden.

45.

The first 10 amendments are known as _____________.

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Bill of Rights

c)

The Preamble

d)

The Amendment Process