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Worksheets8th Grade Social Studies Final Exam Prep
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 4hrs 25mins
The Homestead Act was mostly helpful for people who wanted to be...
Farmers
Miners
Factory workers
Preachers
What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?
To make China more powerful.
To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.
To make Native Americans move off their land.
To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.
The American government forced indigenous people of the West onto areas called...
Camps
Reservations
Resettlements
Cities
As a result of growing feelings of Nativism in the United States, the government passed laws that...
Restricted immigration
Made education up to the age of 16 mandatory
Made becoming a citizen easier
Required employers to pay a fair wage
New arrivals to the United States often lived in cramped, tiny apartments called...
Tenements
Penthouses
Projects
Studios
Andrew Carnegie got rich by...
Developing a new way to make steel
Inventing the lightbulb
Finding new oil supplies out west
Running the mafia
Which of the following was not one of the countries where the greatest number of immigrants came from in the 1880-1920 period?
Colombia
Russia
Italy
Greece
Which of the following is a known cause for deaths of 140 workers at the Triangle Factory (check all that apply):
Someone set the fire on purpose
Some of the doors out of the factory were locked
There was no sprinkler system
The workers had not been told what to do in an emergency
There was no fire department in New York yet.
A muckraker is a....
Journalist
Terrorist
Union leader
Politician
Ida B Wells was mostly known for her work to end...
Lynching
Child Labor
Domestic Violence
Pollution
Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis both tried to open people's eyes to the suffering experience by people living in poverty. They did this by:
Taking photographs
Organizing tours of poor neighborhoods so rich people could see what the deal was.
Writing books
Running for public office
Booker T. Washington believed that African Americans should focus their energy on...
Achieving economic success
Winning voting rights
Ending segregation
Establishing communities out West that would only be open to African-American settlers.
Upton Sinclair wrote a book called The Jungle that was about..
How tough it was to be a meatpacker
The experience of coming through Ellis Island
The experiences of a solider in the Spanish-American War
Life in a Hooverville
What was made at the Triangle Factory?
Women's blouses
Furniture
Candy
Men's hats
Which amendment banned the production and sale of alcohol ?
17th
18th
19th
20th
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
18th
19th
21st
There is no such amendment
Which of the following were causes of the Spanish-American War? Check all that apply.
The US government wanted to protect its business interests in Cuba.
There was a mysterious explosion on the warship "Maine" that killed Americans.
The US believed the Spanish were mistreating the people of Cuba.
The US didn't want European countries to have any more colonies in the Americas.
There was no Seamless then, so it was the easiest way to get Cubano sandwiches.
Which of the following was a reason for the US entering World War I?
Germany was using submarine warfare to sink ships in the Atlantic Ocean.
Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor
Germany had recently purchased Texas from Mexico.
We were really, really mad about Archduke.
In World War I, which of the following happened FIRST?
Germany sank the Lusitania.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed.
A terrorist killed two members of the Austrian royal family.
Russia declared war on Germany.
Before the United States entered World War I....
The two sides were locked in "stalemate"-- nobody was winning and nobody was losing.
France was winning.
Germany was bombing London and other English cities.
Russia was planning on invading the Untied States.
During World War I, who was president?
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
T'Challa
World War I had which of the following impacts. Select all that apply.
Nuclear weapons were developed.
Russia became a Communist country.
New nations were formed in Europe.
The US took over France.
All of the following were weapons used in World War I EXCEPT:
Chemical weapons (eg, mustard gas)
Tanks
Airplanes
Machine Guns
Nuclear Weapons
Americans purchased Liberty Bonds were purchased during both World Wars. What were they?
Payments to get you out of the draft
Small loans to the government to help it fight the war
Canned goods to send to soldiers
Newsletters to keep you up-to-date on current events
Flappers were...
Young trendy women of the 1920s
A type of gun used in World War I
Someone without a job during the Great Depression
Religious Leaders
These women outside the White House in 1917 are protesting because they want...
Suffrage (the right to vote)
Higher wages
The right to divorce their husbands
Access to better health care
The Zimmerman Telegram caused the United States to...
Declare War on Germany during World War I
Invade Mexico
Elect a new President
Do the cha cha slide
Following World War I, the Treaty of Versailles put harsh penalties on what country?
Russia
France
The United States
Germany
Following the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired all of the following EXCEPT:
The Philippines
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
A Navy Base in Cuba
The Philippine-American war happened as a result of...
The Spanish-American War
The Great Migration
World War I
The Great Depression
The term "Great Migration" most commonly means...
African Americans moved from the South to big cities in the North and West.
People moved from the big cities of the North to farms out West
Native Americans were forcibly moved onto Reservations
People moved off farms destroyed by the Dust Bowl
In this painting, Jacob Lawrence is showing what a scene from what major historical event?
The Great Migration
The Great Depression
World War II
The assassination of JFK
The name given to the programs created by FDR to address the problems across the nation was...
The Patriot Act
The Great Society
Bootstrapping
New Deal
On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed. This day is known as...
Doomed Sunday
Black Tuesday
Wall Street Panic
Daylight Savings
The Dust Bowl took place in the
Pacific Northwest
Northeast
Southern Great Plains/ Mid-West
Mid-Atlantic States
In cities across the USA people who lost their homes lived in makeshift shelters, what did people call these places?
Hoovervilles
Okies
Bonus Army Bases
Homeless Encampments
Which of the following was a cause of the Great Depression?
Taxes were too high
The government passed set too many rules on the stock market
People were buying too much on credit and not paying the money back
There was a shortage of stuff for people to buy
Roosevelt's New Deal tried to get the country back on track during the Great Depression by doing which of the following?
Making health care free for all Americans
Encouraging people to see a therapist to talk about their problems
Creating jobs to put people back to work
Making rent free for all Americans who needed it.
During industrialization, a country goes through what important change?
It moves to an economy based on manufacturing instead of on farming
It becomes more diverse
It moves from being a monarchy to being a democracy
It becomes more religious
Which of the following events occurred FIRST?
The Allies invaded France to take it back from the Germans.
Hitler became leader of Germany.
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
The United States used nuclear weapons against Japan.
FDR's Executive Order 9066 gave the government the authority to...
Lock up Japanese-Americans for the duration of the war without having to show any evidence.
Order factories to hire women since many of the men were off at war.
Draft young men to join the army.
Create an ice cream sundae bar in every American school.
The Manhattan Project was the name given to...
The top-secret plan to build nuclear weapons.
The American plan to trick German forces before the Normandy invasion.
The Allied firebombing of German cities.
The American policy of locking up Japanese-Americans during the war.
What BEST describes the US strategy against Japan during World War II?
Invade Japan with millions of American soliders
Fight bloody battles on little Pacific Islands, taking over as many as possible.
Send commandos to kill the emperor
Trick Japan into invading the United States, where we could fight them more easily
Before the US entered World War II, it...
Gave money and supplies to the Allies
Invaded France
Made it easier for Jewish refugees to come into this country
Tried to make a secret deal with Hitler.
Which action by the federal government would Progressive reformers be most likely to support?
Passing laws to protect consumers and workers
Letting businesses do whatever it takes to get money
Going to war with other nations to get their natural resources
Making it so corporations don't have to pay taxes
What was the major reason that African Americans migrated to northern cities during and after World War I?
A surplus of cotton led to widespread farm foreclosures in the South.
Discrimination had been eliminated in the North
Political opportunities had expanded in the South.
Industrial jobs were available in the North
This map shows that:
Before 1920, many states allowed women some voting privileges
Before 1920, southern states allowed women full voting rights.
Western states lagged behind other states in granting women voting rights
Suffrage was not sought by American women until 1920
The conditions shown in this 1936 photograph were caused mainly by
periods of widespread flooding
deforestation and overgrazing
global warming
drought and poor farming techniques
The primary goal of this World War II poster was to convince the American public to
register for the draft
provide financial support for the war
support the internment of Italian Americans
defeat congressmen who voted to go to war
In what way did the traditional role of many women change during World War II?
They won leadership roles in Congress
They accepted high-level management positions in war industries
They were assigned to combat positions in the armed forces
They took jobs in support of the war effort.
Which two issues led to protests and riots in many American cities during the 1960s?
space exploration and environmental pollution
the Vietnam War and racial injustice
inadequate health care and women’s liberation
gasoline shortages and illegal immigration
One reason the U.S. became involved in the Vietnam War was to
prevent the spread of communism in Asia
reduce French influence
stop China from seizing Vietnam
support the government of North Vietnam
The domino theory was the belief that
Latin America should become part of the United States
Japan's use of nuclear weapons would lead to another war
trade should be encouraged with as many countries as possible
if we allowed one country in Southeast Asia to fall to Communism, then others would fall as well
