NEW
Font size
Worksheets6th Grade Social Studies Final Exam Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which kind of region in the South would be most likely to support the Civil War?
A region with few major cities
A region with large plantations and many slaves
A region with poor farms and few slaves
A region close to the Union
Which of the following made Grant a successful Civil War general
He was willing to fight and to take chances.
He was cautious and never put his troops in danger.
He wouldn't fight unless he knew the enemy's plans in advance.
He waited to attack until he had a bigger army than his opponent.
The Union's main purpose in blockading southern seaports was to
stop goods from leaving or reaching the South.
discourage southerners from joining the Confederate army.
catch southern spies.
catch southern ships.
Who made the following statement? "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing ALL the slaves, I would do it."
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Horace Greeley
What were Grant's surrender terms to Lee?
.
Confederate soldiers had to go to prison camps.
The Confederates had to surrender their weapons and go home peacefully.
All southern officers had to go to jail.
All southerners had to give up their weapons and their land
Which of the following was a problem for the South during the Civil War?
Too many goods from Europe drove southern factories out of business.
Too many people volunteered for battles.
Southerners' strong belief in states' rights caused disputes within the Confederacy.
Southern farms produced more food than people could eat.
Which of the following was NOT a major problem for Civil War soldiers?
spending too little time in camp
muddy roads and fields
lack of clean water
outbreaks of disease
Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
Both the North and the South drafted men into military service.
In the North, there were riots to protest the draft system.
Only the South drafted men into military service; the North did not need to use a draft.
Later in the war, the South expanded the ages of men who were eligible to be drafted.
Which of the following statements about African Americans in the war is NOT true?
Most state leaders had no interest in recruiting African American soldiers.
African Americans had to serve in all-black regiments.
African Americans were reluctant to fight in the war.
African American soldiers earned less pay than white soldiers for most of the war.
Which of the following was a reason that battlefield casualties were so high during the Civil War?
Generals could not agree on a common strategy.
Ironclads changed naval warfare.
Thousands of soldiers were killed in charges against new, more effective weapons.
New weapons often didn't work.
Lincoln and Johnson
both favored "hard" plans for Reconstruction.
differed in their plans for Reconstruction.
both favored lenient plans for Reconstruction.
both received full support from Congress for their Reconstruction plans.
Why was the Supreme Court's decision in the case Plessy v. Ferguson important?
It granted citizenship to Native Americans
It supported segregation laws.
It gave Congress the power to impeach the president.
It struck down "separate but equal."
Which of the following is an example of the Ku Klux Klan's reaction to voting by African Americans?
Members of the Ku Klux Klan helped to register black voters in the South.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan conducted acts of violence that led to the decline of voting by African Americans.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan pledged to protect the rights of African Americans.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan were willing to share political power with African Americans.
Jim Crow laws
expanded the rights granted to African Americans during Reconstruction.
were constantly struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
led to segregation of the races.
were part of the Fourteenth Amendment
What did Frederick Douglass mean when he said that the freedmen "were sent away empty handed, without money, without friends, and without a foot of land to stand upon"?
The freedmen had little with which to start a new life.
The freedmen lost their land during the war.
Sharecroppers should form organizations to support each other and gain land.
In order to be allowed to vote, freedmen had to pass a literacy test.
Republicans who wanted "hard" Reconstruction were called
freedmen.
Copperheads.
Radical Republicans.
Carpetbaggers.
How were the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments similar?
They were immediately approved by all of the states.
They were based on the idea of "separate but equal."
They helped African Americans gain civil rights.
They helped southern states set up new governments
Why were southern laws that stopped African Americans from voting NOT considered illegal?
They were never tested in court.
They were not public laws, so no one knew about them.
Congress said that the states could pass the laws.
They applied in theory to both whites and African Americans.
Many of the teachers in schools set up by the Freedmen's Bureau
were men who had fought for the Union during the war.
refused to teach black and white children in the same school.
were women who had been educated in the North.
did not want to work in the South.
The Ku Klux Klan and other groups like it
helped get African Americans elected to office.
stopped their activities after being outlawed.
helped to continue Reconstruction.
played a role in the decline of voting by African Americans.
The western frontier of 1850
was called the Great American Desert.
stretched from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
was mostly uninhabited.
had little variety of landforms.
The "Wild West" was a
humorous Stephen Foster song.
myth about a place of violence, adventure, and opportunity.
Native American dance.
hotel in Abilene, Kansas.
The term "sodbusters" refers to
railroad workers.
Great Plains farmers.
Oklahomans.
Cowhands.
Native Americans were hurt by all of the following EXCEPT
shrinking herds of buffalo.
broken treaties.
movement to reservations.
the end of the cattle boom.
Which of the following happened last?
Backers invested millions of dollars in cattle companies.
Railroads came to the Plains.
New breeds of cattle were introduced.
The open range was fenced in to keep cattle away from crops.
The Comstock Lode was a
treaty.
silver mine.
tent city.
Weapon.
What was the general attitude of the United States government toward treaties with Native Americans?
It took very seriously all treaties made with Native Americans.
It refused entirely to enter into any treaties with Native Americans.
It made treaties when convenient but often broke them.
It would only make treaties with the most powerful tribes.
Early American cowboys learned many of their skills from
Mexican and Spanish cowboys.
Native American horsemen.
settlers from New England.
veterans of the Civil War.
Settlers entering which of the following states in 1889 signaled the end of the western frontier?
Oregon
California
Montana
Oklahoma
Which event marked the Native Americans' defeat and the end of formal warfare between Native Americans and the United States government?
the Battle of Wounded Knee against the Sioux
the Chivington Massacre of some Cheyennes
the Battle of Little Bighorn against the Sioux and the Cheyennes
the capture of Chief Joseph, the leader of the Nez Percé
As time passed, vigilantes in frontier towns were replaced by
buffalo soldiers.
miners and railroad workers.
sheriffs, marshals, and judges
cattle ranchers, cowboys, and farmers.
What might have prevented "boomtowns" from becoming "ghost towns"?
the production of more food by local farmers
the building of more schools and hospitals
a continuing abundance of ore in the local mines
Native Americans taking back their land
Which of the following groups did NOT participate in large numbers in the building of the transcontinental railroad?
immigrants from Mexico
immigrants from China
immigrants from Greece
native-born whites
Which of the following pressured Native Americans to change their way of life?
the Oklahoma Land Rush
the book A Century of Dishonor
the Dawes Act
the Battle of Little Bighorn
What was the main reason why it was necessary to drive cattle such long distances in the 1860s?
The cattle needed to be fattened up along the way.
The cattle had to be driven to where the railroads began.
The government allowed ranches only in isolated areas.
The cattle drives had to avoid crossing Native American lands.
Which of the following statements is NOT a reason for the rapid urbanization of the late 1800s?
Steel was used to build bridges and skyscrapers.
City life offered attractions such as leisure activities and excitement.
More and more Americans moved out of cities to look for jobs.
Electricity was used in new forms of transportation, such as the subway and elevated train.
Why did farmers often migrate to cities in the late 1800s?
good health care
lack of housing competition
jobs and excitement
mix of cultures
Which of the following was a difference between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor, or AFL?
The Knights of Labor believed in using strikes as a tool against management, while the AFL rejected the use of strikes.
The Knights of Labor admitted unskilled laborers, while the AFL admitted skilled laborers only.
The Knights of Labor used collective bargaining as a tool to win improvements in working conditions, while the AFL mainly used strikes.
The Knights of Labor remained a small and secret union, while the AFL became a large and powerful union.
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the growth of big business in the late 1800s?
Entrepreneurs formed corporations to raise capital.
Banks lent huge sums of money to companies.
The federal government took a laissez-faire approach to business.
State governments kept businesses under tight control.
Immigrants were essential to the American economy in the late 1800s
because many of them
bought large quantities of goods from American stores.
took low-wage jobs in building, mining, and manufacturing.
became entrepreneurs and started large corporations.
entered banking and made loans to businesses and individuals.
