Worksheets8th Grade Social Studies Review Part II
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
Which financial institution allows companies to raise money by selling shares of their company to others?
Credit unions
Banks
Stock markets
Charitable organizations
Why did the colony of Jamestown almost fail?
Settlers did not bring seeds to plant
Settlers were looking for gold instead of planting crops
The Native Americans destroyed the colonists food sources
The soil was too poor to grow crops
Name of the trade route that exchanged goods and slaves between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa?
Columbus Crossing
Navigation lanes
Columbian Exchange
Triangular trade
What was the impact of the California gold rush?
It more than doubled the world’s supply of gold
It increased the amount of gold shipped to Europe
It caused California to enforce new immigration laws
It led to an increase in tariffs in mining towns
What are the two major reasons the colonies were formed (why colonists came to the New World)?
Escape religious persecution and start families
Religious freedom and economic opportunities
Avoid paying taxes and persecution
Promise of land and availability of jobs
Which example best describes credit?
The money earned by working full time
The promise of future payment
The money spent out of a checking account
The goods owned by one party
What describes a company where investors buy stocks in that company in return for a share in future profits?
Mercantilism
Joint stock company
English economics
Stock option
Grants full citizenship to all individuals born in the United States.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
Laws requiring blacks and whites to be separated in almost every public place where they might meet each other.
Black codes
Plessy ruling
Amnesty Act
Jim Crow Laws
During the War of 1812, what important city suffered damage at the hands of the British?
Baltimore
Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia
New York City
The only Native American tribe that successfully resisted removal from their land?
Cherokee
Choctaw
Seminoles
Creek
Why was the Freedman’s Bureau established during Southern Reconstruction?
To help former slaves relocate to Northern cities
To help former slaves make the transition to freedom
To help veterans of the Civil War adjust to civilian life
To help Southerners rebuild schools and churches
Gives male citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
Why would losing the Border States damage the Union?
The amount of Southern states would outnumber the amount of Northern states
Slavery would expand into Washington D.C.
They had strategic locations
Northern industry would not be able to transport goods using major waterways
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
Virginia
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Non-involvement with the political affairs of other nations.
Monroe Doctrine
Isolationism
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt Corollary
Which of the following was a factor that contributed to the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
concerns over job availability
diseases brought from Asia
political alliances with Europe
Tension with China over trade
Why did Anti-federalists oppose the ratification of the Constitution?
They wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation in place
They did not want the country run by political parties
They wanted the government to be divided into branches
They felt it gave the national government too much power
Why were the first two decades of the 20th century known as the Progressive Era?
The period had the greatest number of scientific inventions
The politics of the time was dominated by reformers who wanted improvements
Big businesses increased the wages and benefits for many workers
The government established outreach programs for the poor
After the Battle of Antietam, President Lincoln shifted his war aim to this?
Expanding the railroad system in the Western territory
Bringing the seceded states back into the Union
Acting against slavery
Increasing the size of the Union army and Navy
Name of special session of Congress that dealt with problems of the Great Depression?
New Deal
Hundred Days
Roosevelt’s Initiative
Bull Market
Who is likely to end up with bad credit?
Jordan uses his extra money to invest in a prospering computer company
Lindsay has to take out a high-interest loan to buy her new house
Mitch builds a new home when the housing market is suffering
Julie spends more money than she earns and has difficulty repaying loans
What two things did President Washington advise Americans about in his Farewell Address?
Forming alliances with Britain and increasing taxes on imports
Becoming involved in European affairs and the evils of political parties
Making treaties with Native Americans and engaging in foreign trade with European countries
Creating a strong central government and increasing tariffs
What was the name of the trade route used for exchanging goods and slaves between the West Indies, the colonies in America, and West Africa.
Middle Passage
Northwest Passage
Columbian Exchange
Triangular Trade
Impact of Union naval forces capturing New Orleans, Louisiana?
Union blockaded the South’s ironclad preventing it from destroying Union vessels
Reduced slave trade in the area by two-thirds
The Union controlled Mississippi’s largest city
The South could no longer use the Mississippi River to transport its goods to sea
Name given to Northern whites who moved South after the Civil War and supported Reconstruction.
Scalawag
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
Rascal
Why did the framers of the U.S. constitution decide to separate the powers of the three branches of government?
They wanted to make sure each branch had enough work to do
They wanted to keep individual states from passing too many laws
They wanted to protect against one branch having too much control
The wanted to protect the rights of individual citizens of each state
Which president was responsible for removing the Native Americans from their land?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
James Polk
Andrew Jackson
Which colony group was known as the “breadbasket colonies” for farming and producing cash crops like wheat, barley, and oats?
Middle Colonies
New England colonies
Southern Colonies
Western Colonies
Wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Frank Lloyd Wright
Robert Frost
Francis Scott Key
After realizing prohibition was a mistake, what repealed prohibition?
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
Twenty-First Amendment
a. Twenty-Second Amendment
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
a. Fort Albany
a. Fort McHenry
Fort Bunker Hill
Fort Sumter
Legislation admitting Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
Missouri-Kansas Act
Missouri Compromise of 1820
States Negotiation of 1812
The Great Compromise
What event is considered the symbolic end of the Civil War?
the assassination of President Lincoln
Lee’s surrender to Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse
the capture of Richmond, Virginia by Union forces
the capture of Richmond, Virginia by Union forces
What was the nickname for the destroyed railroad tracks scattered across Georgia?
Grant’s gifts
Union’s coils
Stonewall’s bowties
Sherman’s neckties
A struggle over political differences between nations carried on by methods short of war.
Iron Curtain
Cold war
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Agreement between the U.S., Canada, and 10 Western European nations stating that an armed attack against one or more of the member nations would be considered an attack against all.
Warsaw Pact
National Security Act
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
European Peace Alliance
How did the Cherokees legally attempt to fight removal from their land?
Established a Cherokee Constitution listing Native Americans rights
Petitioned the state of Georgia for sovereignty
Challenged the removal laws in the Supreme Court
Appealed to Congress to recognize their land ownership
Which was an action taken by members of the Ku Klux Klan?
Punish Confederate soldiers after the Civil War
Prevent former slaves from relocating to industrial areas of the North
Force orphan black children to work on farms without pay
Use violence to prevent blacks from voting
What was it called when large numbers of African American musicians, artists, and writers settled in New York City creating a rebirth of African American culture in the 1920’s?
African-American Awakening
Harlem Renaissance
Cultural Rebirth
Freedom Celebration
Why did President Jackson refuse to admit Texas into the United States?
He feared it would start a war with Mexico
The territory did not have the required number of citizens needed to form a state
Texas refused to recognize the Constitution as the law of the land
Admitting a slave state would upset the balance of free and slave states in the U.S.
What country did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory from?
France
Britain
Spain
Mexico
What was the largest single migration in the history of the United States?
Catholics
Irish
Native Americans
Mormons
What land did the U.S. acquire after the Mexican American War?
California, Oregon, and disputed Texas territory
Texas, California, and disputed land in New Mexico
California, Texas, and Arizona
Disputed Texas territory, New Mexico, and California
The major reform women fought for during the Progressive Era?
Assistance for the poor
Abolishing the manufacturing of alcohol
Getting rid of corrupt political bosses
The right to vote
The country responsible for colonizing the thirteen colonies?
North America
United States
England
New England
Document that created our nation’s government along with directions for how the government works.
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
What is the name of the powers that the federal and state governments share?
Concurrent powers
Registered powers
Delegated powers
Reserved powers
Which are duties of U.S. citizens?
Pay taxes, obey the law, and serve on juries
Respect authority figures, donate to political parties, and vote
Serve on juries, vote, and support your family
Help the community, hold a public office, and vote
What branch is the President the head of?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Senate
Branch of government that interprets the nation’s laws (decides what the law means)
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Senate
Branch of government that carries out/enforces the nation’s laws
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Senate
Branch of government that makes the nation’s laws
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Senate
What was an effect of the uproar caused by Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle?
Industries were required to put labels on all manufactured clothing
Personnel seeking civil service jobs had to take an examination
Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act
Tariffs on imports increased to get more citizens to buy American products
Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
Sixteenth Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
