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WorksheetsSC Pass Social Studies Review
Total questions: 91
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Class
Date
1.
This was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Reconstruction
c)
WWI
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
2.
This amendment abolished slavery.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
3.
This amendment says if you are born here you are a citizen.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
4.
This amendment says all male citizens can now vote.
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
23rd
5.
Sharecroppers had little chance of making a profit and getting ahead.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Construct means to...
a)
bind
b)
change
c)
break
d)
build
7.
Segregation means .......
a)
separation based on race
b)
separation based on gender
c)
coming together
d)
get rid of
8.
This group helped newly freed slaves with food, medical care, jobs, housing and schooling.
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
9.
System of farming where plantation owners would lend former slaves a place to live in exchange for farming crops
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureua
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Slavery
10.
Jim Crow laws legally segregated African Americans and white people.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Which statement best summarizes Abraham Lincoln’s aim for Reconstruction? (5-1.1)
a)
Lincoln wanted to end slavery and enforce the Black Codes.
b)
Lincoln wanted to end slavery and humiliate southern plantation owners.
c)
Lincoln wanted to end the war as quickly as possible and preserve the Union.
d)
Lincoln wanted to end the war as quickly as possible and impose military occupation of the
South.
South.
12.
Which is a reason that Congress objected to President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan? (5-1.1)
a)
Johnson refused to readmit the former Confederate states into the Union.
b)
Johnson wanted to take away the property of the elite southerners.
c)
Johnson supported the citizenship of African Americans.
d)
Johnson tried to limit the rights of the freedmen.
13.
Which is a reason that Congress objected to President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan? (5-1.1)
a)
Johnson refused to readmit the former Confederate states into the Union.
b)
Johnson wanted to take away the property of the elite southerners.
c)
Johnson supported the citizenship of African Americans.
d)
Johnson tried to limit the rights of the freedmen.
14.
What reason was it difficult for African Americans to vote?
a)
transportation
b)
the land owner of the plantation
c)
poll taxes
d)
being socially independent
15.
Which of the following was NOT used to keep citizens from voting in the south?
a)
The Grandfather Clause
b)
The Poll Tax
c)
The Mathematics Test
d)
The Literacy Test
16.
The ruling in Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson, was significant because it upheld:
a)
That former slaves were not citizens
b)
That States had the power to secede
c)
That "Jim Crow" or segregation laws were Constitutional as long as things were equal.
d)
That "Jim Crow" or segregation laws were unconstitutional.
17.
In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?
a)
Sons of the Confederacy
b)
Neo-Nazis
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Black Separatists
18.
Which innovation allowed people and goods to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast in just a week?
a)
Airplane
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Stagecoach
d)
Horseback
19.
What effects did the building of the railroad have on the Native Americans of the Great Plains?
a)
Americans
took their land by building railroad on the Great Plains.
b)
The buffalo,
which was their main staple of food, clothing, and shelter, were killed.
c)
They were
put on reservations which took their privileges and hunting grounds away.
d)
All of the above
20.
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?
a)
To bring an end to the cattle drives.
b)
To defeat the Native Americans
c)
To encourage settlement on the Great Plains.
d)
To provide a market for making steel plows.
21.
Why were cattle drives profitable for Texas Ranchers?
a)
People paid to watch the cattle drives.
b)
Railroads paid ranchers to use their services.
c)
Cattle could be sold for more money in the East.
d)
Cattle at the farmer's crops.
22.
What was an effect of the gold rush?
a)
The quest for gold encouraged many settlers to move west.
b)
California's population became smaller.
c)
People became poor.
23.
For many Native Americans, life on the reservations included...
a)
Poverty and little food.
b)
Sports and games.
c)
Hunting large amounts of buffalo.
d)
Everything from their old lives.
24.
Which of the following was the cause of the Battle of Little Bighorn?
a)
The Native Americans tried to take land from the United States government.
b)
The United States government tried to take land back from the tribe after gold was found.
c)
The Native Americans wanted land in Canada.
25.
Why were so many African- Americans eager to move to the Great Plains?
a)
European immigrants forced them from their homes in the East.
b)
They wanted to hunt buffalo.
c)
They were seeking religious freedom.
d)
They had hopes of owning their own land.
26.
Why is the Battle of Little Bighorn also known as, "Custer's Last Stand"?
a)
Custer resigned after the battle.
b)
Custer was seriously injured.
c)
Custer was killed along with his entire forces.
d)
Custer surrendered his forces.
27.
Why is the Battle of Little Bighorn also known as, "Custer's Last Stand"?
a)
Custer resigned after the battle.
b)
Custer was seriously injured.
c)
Custer was killed along with his entire forces.
d)
Custer surrendered his forces.
28.
Which amendment granted African Americans the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
19th
29.
Used Morse Code to send messages over electric lines.
a)
Steam engine
b)
Telegraph
c)
Mechanical reaper
d)
Power loom
30.
____________ invented the Bessemer process to make steel at an affordable price.
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Henry Steel
d)
John Muir
31.
Many African Americans moved to the North in search of work and fair treatment. What was this time called?
a)
The Great Migration
b)
The Great Move
c)
Immigration
d)
The Civil Rights Movement
32.
What do we call the time period of new inventions and technologies?
a)
Immigration
b)
Technological Period
c)
Antebellum Period
d)
The Industrial Revolution
33.
Alexander Graham Bell is credited with the invention of the ________________.
a)
light bulb
b)
automobile
c)
telephone
d)
telegraph
34.
The first airplane flight was made Kitty Hawk, North Carolina by whom?
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Amelia Earhart
35.
Henry Ford did not invent the automobile, but he did invent a way to mass produce them. This process is called an __________.
a)
mass production
b)
mechanization
c)
assembly line
d)
monopoly
36.
Inventors created new machines to make farming easier. Using machines to do work is called ______________.
a)
machine work
b)
smart
c)
farming
d)
mechanization
37.
Many immigrants came from Europe. Where did European Immigrants have to go before being allowed into America?
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Hawaiian Islands
d)
Washington, DC
38.
Immigrants that came from Asian countries had to go to ___________ in San Fransisco, CA before being allowed entry to the United States.
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Hawaiian Islands
d)
Washington, DC
39.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company was a ____________ in which immigrants worked in hot, cramped, and dangerous workshops.
a)
triangle
b)
company
c)
corporation
d)
sweatshop
40.
A _________ is a company that controls an entire industry.
a)
corporation
b)
monopoly
c)
industry
d)
free enterprise system
41.
Who created the Standard Oil Company?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John Muir
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Ford Motor Company
42.
Workers formed __________ to fight for better wages and working conditions and to end child labor. Workers would refuse to work or ___________ to force business owners to meet their demands.
a)
corporations, strike
b)
AFL-CIO, strike
c)
strike, labor unions
d)
labor unions, strike
43.
What allowed Henry Ford’s Model T to be sold for less than half the cost of other cars?
a)
the use of cheaper materials
b)
the use of an assembly line and mass production
c)
not following safety standards
d)
the fact that no two cars were exactly alike
44.
What was the biggest barrier for immigrants at the turn of the century trying to assimilate into American society?
a)
they had no skills
b)
they were poor
c)
they did not speak English
d)
they ate different food
45.
Where did most immigrants live?
a)
Most lived in farming communities
b)
Most lived in the suburbs
c)
Most lived in big cities
d)
Most lived around lakes
46.
How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?
a)
They settled in warmer climates
b)
They settled near water
c)
They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
d)
They settled where immigrant officials sent them
47.
Where did many immigrants in the East work?
a)
Fisherman
b)
Ranches
c)
Farms
d)
Factories
48.
Why was America called the Melting Pot ?
a)
It represents all the different foods in America
b)
It represents the gov. requiring everyone to become the same
c)
It represents all people coexisting & living as 1 nation.
d)
It represents everyone getting jobs at restaurants
49.
What was the first thing immigrants saw when they arrived in the U.S.?
a)
Angel Island
b)
Statue of Liberty
c)
Empire State Building
d)
Central Park
50.
All of the following are challenges immigrants face except
a)
clothing
b)
jobs
c)
language
d)
prejudice
51.
Immigrants left their home countries for all of the following reasons except...
a)
To escape war and violence
b)
Poverty & lack of food
c)
The chance to get a job & start a new life
d)
To face discrimination in the US
52.
When one person or company gains control over an entire industry it is called a ____________________.
a)
monopoly
b)
big business
c)
industry
53.
Working conditions were very unsafe during the industrial revolution.
a)
True
b)
False
54.
What was “The Great Migration?”
a)
Movement of people from East to West
b)
Movement of African Americans from southern rural to northerurban areas
c)
Movement of immigrants to the United States
d)
Movement of people from West to East
55.
What is an example of a pull factor that prompted African Americans to move up North?
a)
Factory jobs
b)
Boll Weevil disease
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Jim Crow laws
56.
What outlawed the production and distribution of alcohol and was intended to control the immigrant population?
a)
19th Amendment
b)
21st Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
Jim Crow Laws
57.
What type of music became a new trend during this time in the 1920s?
a)
Jazz
b)
Hip-hop
c)
Country
d)
Blues
58.
Why did many African Americans move to Harlem, New York?
a)
for a chance to work on farms
b)
the North did not have any jobs
c)
due to discrimination in the South
d)
the South was treating them fairly
59.
Which of these were NOT a form of entertainment that was popular during the 1920s?
a)
Dancing and listening to Jazz at the Cotton Club
b)
Playing on the computer
c)
Listening to the radio
d)
Attending sporting events
60.
The amendment that ended Prohibition.
a)
13th
b)
21st
c)
19th
d)
18th
61.
Automobiles, airplanes, radios and movies increased the standard of living.What were these things mass produced on?
a)
Assembly Line
b)
Dis-assembly Line
c)
Factories
d)
Powerlines
62.
Harlem is a neighborhood in
a)
New York City
b)
New Orleans
c)
New Jersey
d)
Africa
63.
______ revolutionized the auto industry by lowering prices and raising wages so that almost all families could afford a car by the 1920's
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Louis Chevrolet
c)
Clarence Darrow
d)
William Jennings Bryan
64.
What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920's?
a)
The Roaring 20s
b)
Sacco-Vanzetti Case
c)
Harlem Renaissance
d)
Scopes Trial
65.
Which Amendment allowed American women the right to vote?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
16th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
66.
The introduction of the assembly line
a)
Made production quicker and cheaper
b)
Increased employment opportunities
c)
Made wages higher
d)
Used more resources
67.
What was the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s?
a)
a program of urban renewal among various ethnic groups begun in New York City
b)
a period of musical, artistic, and literary productivity among African Americans in New York City
c)
the integration of African Americans into colleges and universities throughout the nation
d)
a set of political reforms and social programs supported by African American politicians in New York City
69.
Which invention helped to spread new music and information in the 1920's?
a)
the internet
b)
radio
c)
railroads
d)
newspapers
69.
Which invention helped to spread new music and information in the 1920's?
a)
the internet
b)
radio
c)
railroads
d)
newspapers
70.
What economic disaster was happening at the same time as the Dust Bowl?
a)
World War I
b)
the Great Depression
c)
World War II
d)
the Gold Rush
71.
What were the people called who left the Dust Bowl area and went to other places?
a)
migrants
b)
travelers
c)
Okies
d)
loners
72.
The program of President Franklin D. Roosevelt meant to promote economic recovery and social reform to end the Great Depression was called
a)
Great Depression
b)
New Deal
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
WWI
73.
This is a photo of which event?
a)
WWII 1939-1945
b)
New Deal 1933-1941
c)
Black Tuesday Oct. 29,1929
d)
Dust Bowl 1930s
75.
To limit the purchase of consumption of food or other goods
a)
ration
b)
neutral
c)
stock market
75.
To limit the purchase of consumption of food or other goods
a)
ration
b)
neutral
c)
stock market
76.
Which of the following is a pull factor of the Great Migration?
a)
racical discrimination
b)
lynching in southern cities
c)
new opportunity and chance of equality in northern cities
d)
mass poverty in northern cities
77.
Which of the following is a push factor in the Great Migration?
a)
racial disrimination and lynching in southern cities
b)
job opportunity in northern cities
c)
better equality opportunities in the north
d)
none of the above
78.
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
79.
Did American like President Herbert Hoover?
a)
yes
b)
no
80.
"The New Deal" was designed around what things?
a)
Food, shelter, and fun
b)
relief, recovery, and reform
c)
sun, surf, and sand
d)
Government budgets
81.
"The New Deal" was designed around what things?
a)
Food, shelter, and fun
b)
relief, recovery, and reform
c)
sun, surf, and sand
d)
Government budgets
82.
There stuck the worst storms that ever filled the sky; You could see it coming, the cloud look deathlike black, And though our mighty nation, it left a dreadful track.... This storm took place at sundown and lasted through the night,....
This describes what event?
This describes what event?
a)
Stock Market Crash
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
FDR's election
d)
Harlem Renaissance
83.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
84.
Which of the following is a reason why the U.S. did not want to join the League of Nations?
a)
There was fear that it would get the U.S. involved in another war
b)
Germany was allowed into the League of Nations
c)
The League of Nations would be too costly for Americans
d)
The U.S. was pre-occupied with difficulties at home.
86.
The U.S. entered World War I in
a)
1918
b)
1914
c)
1917
d)
1920
86.
The U.S. entered World War I in
a)
1918
b)
1914
c)
1917
d)
1920
87.
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
88.
What was the British ship sunk by Germany, killing over 1,000 passengers?
a)
USS Maine
b)
Titanic
c)
Lusitania
d)
Envoy
89.
In the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was subjected to reparations which are:
a)
Payments made for damage caused during the war
b)
An act on behalf of the League of Nations
c)
An agreement to end all fighting
d)
giving up land previously owned
90.
What was the land between two enemy lines called?
a)
No Man's Land
b)
His brother's land
c)
Auntie Anne's Land
d)
Pen Cattle
91.
What name was given to exaggerated stories written to sell newspapers?
a)
yellow ink
b)
whale of a story
c)
yellow journalism
d)
pink journalism
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