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Chapter 14 Social Studies Test

Total questions: 121

Worksheet time: 30hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The border states of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware are:

a)

Confederate States

b)

Union States

c)

States between the Union and Confederate states

2.

What was the name of the man who took control of the Virginia troops?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

Stonewall Jackson

3.

Which side was at an advantage because they had nearly twice the population, and more railroads to get supplies to troops?

a)

North

b)

South

4.

How did the North hope to cut off trade with the South?

a)

Setting up a blockade

b)

Blowing up Southern ships

c)

Killing as many slaves as possible

5.

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

a)

Richmond, Virginia

b)

Washington, D.C.

c)

Lexington, Kentucky

6.

As the fighting dragged on into 1862, how were the Northern plans to defeat the Confederacy working?

a)

The blockade brought trade to a halt, and supplies ran low stopping trade.

b)

Southerners were surrendering because they wanted to farm.

7.

What was the name of the woman who founded the American branch of the Red Cross?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Mary Todd Lincoln

8.

What was the issue that had divided the country?

a)

Slavery

b)

Southern economy

c)

Profit losses

9.

What was an order to free slaves in Confederate states?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Bill of Rights

10.

Lincoln said, "An African American is my equal, and the equal of every living man." Who agreed with him?

a)

Southern soldiers

b)

Abolitionists

c)

KKK

11.

In 1862 Africans were able to enlist in the army. They formed 166 regiments of artillery, cavalry, infantry, and engineers. How many Africans enlisted?

a)

Over 186,000

b)

200

c)

1,000

12.

Who became the leader of the Northern troops?

a)

General E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Stonewall Jackson

13.

What key victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Nashville

c)

Franklin

14.

What was one of the most important Union victories of the war? More than 3,000 Union soldiers and nearly 4,000 Confederates were killed. Nearly 20,000 people on each side were reported missing or wounded.

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Vicksbug

c)

Shiloh

15.

What did President Lincoln ask Americans to do at his speech at Gettysburg?

a)

Try harder to save the Union

b)

Donate money

c)

Stop complaining

16.

What was the purchase of Sherman's march to sea?

a)

to vacation

b)

to destroy everything that could help the South in the war

c)

to see the ocean

17.

What happened at the Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865?

a)

Grant surrendered his army to Lee

b)

Lee surrendered to Grant

18.

What problems led to Lee's surrender?

a)

his troops were starving

b)

soldiers were trapped

c)

both a and b

19.

What was the name of the theater Lincoln was assassinated in?

a)

Ford's Theater

b)

Carmike Theater

c)

Freedom Theater

20.

Why was Memorial Day established?

a)

To remember everything

b)

To remember loved ones who lost their lives serving our country

c)

To remember our parents

21.

The Freedman's Bureau helped former slaves by

a)

giving food and supplies to freed slaves

b)

establishing schools

c)

both a and b

22.

When landowners gave a worker a cabin, mules, tools, and seeds for their land it was called ____________. At harvest time the landowner took part of the crops.

a)

indentured servant

b)

sharecropping

c)

inventing

23.

A time of rebuilding to bring the country back together was called ___________.

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Rebuilding

c)

Reclaiming

24.

Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of former slaves were called

a)

Black codes

b)

Black laws

c)

Black rights

25.

People that belonged to the ____________ delivered messages of hate. They broke in African homes, destroyed African churches, and killed Africans.

a)

Southerners

b)

Abolitionists

c)

Ku Klux Klan

26.

What was the amendment that abolished slavery?

a)

tenth

b)

thirteenth

c)

nineteenth

27.

Which amendment said that no citizen could be kept from voting because of race?

a)

tenth

b)

ninth

c)

fifteenth

28.

Why were white Southerners angry with their state leaders?

a)

They didn't like the fact that Africans were voting

b)

They didn't like being told what to do by Indians

29.

Reconstruction was over by 1877. Before it was over, freedoms African Americans had just won were taken away in the South. Africans had to go to separate schools, churches, and sit in separate railroad cars. This was known as _____________.

a)

Separation

b)

Segregation

c)

Scalawags

30.

What type of effect happens when a corporation releases toxic chemicals into a water supply?

a)

natural effect

b)

human effect

c)

Industrial effect

31.

What type of map is used to identify the location of land masses, waterways, oceans, etc., especially those across national borders?

a)

physical

b)

political

c)

thematic

32.

What type of land map is used to identify countries, states, and cities?

a)

phsycial

b)

Political

c)

Thematic

33.

What type of map is used to identify locations with specific traits or where certain activities do or do not happen?

a)

Physical

b)

Political

c)

Thematic

34.

____________ refers to the description, distribution, and interaction of many different physical, biological, and cultural features on Earth's surface?

a)

Economics

b)

Geography

c)

Themes

35.

If you wanted to show how the amount of snowfall in your state varies from month to month, which of the following would you create?

a)

Chart

b)

Graph

c)

Ariel photography

36.

Which lines run North and South?

a)

lines of longitude

b)

lines of latitude

37.

Amanda and Jeremy want to build a playground. Which of the following is the most important consideration for deciding where to put it?

a)

Relative distance from a water supply

b)

Relative distance from a desert climate

c)

Relative distance from an elementary school

38.

30 degrees South, 120 degrees East is an example of:

a)

relative location

b)

absolute location

c)

directions

39.

Which is an example of modifying the environment to meet human needs?

a)

eating new foods

b)

camping trips

c)

building roads

40.

A primary source is an example of a:

a)

Autobiography

b)

History book

c)

Magazine article

41.

As more factories were designed, people were moving from farms to towns and cities in the:

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Midwest

42.

The biggest farms and plantations in the South were located along the:

a)

North-West Coast

b)

Canada

c)

Along the coastal plain and near the Mississippi River

43.

Planters in the South raised cash crops such as cotton, sugar cane, rice, and tobacco. Which was the most important cash crop?

a)

sugar cane

b)

rice

c)

cotton

44.

In the early 1800s, life in the North changed more than life in the South because:

a)

farmers raised more crops

b)

slavery

c)

the number of factories increased

45.

Most people in the South lived on:

a)

Plantations

b)

Cities

c)

Small farms

46.

The North had a great _______ for cotton.

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

opportunity cost

47.

Technology created by Eli Whitney that increased the removal of cotton seeds from cotton fibers faster than workers could by hand was known as

a)

cotton gin

b)

mass production

c)

spinning machine

48.

What created a demand for more slaves?

a)

the amount of profit made from cotton

b)

lazy slave owners

c)

more territory

49.

What did the disagreements between the North and the South mostly concern?

a)

slavery and state's rights

b)

mass production

c)

technology

50.

Graphs help you see the pattern of change over time. These patterns are known as

a)

trends

b)

lines

c)

vertical increases

51.

Some slaves expressed their beliefs about slavery by singing songs called

a)

spirituals

b)

folk songs

c)

jazz

52.

Spirituals influenced many singers to create a music known as the _______.

a)

country

b)

pop

c)

blues

53.

What was the name of a system of escape routes leading to freedom?

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

sewers

c)

Transcontinental Railroads

54.

Who was known as the Great Compromiser?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

Dred Scott

c)

Harriet Tubman

55.

Who won the election of 1860?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglad

c)

Jefferson Davis

56.

Which of the following is a service?

a)

pipes for the sink

b)

a new sink

c)

a plumber installing a new sink

57.

When there is scarcity there is:

a)

More than is needed

b)

Less than is needed

c)

Just the right amount

58.

In order to be a consumer, you must

a)

Manufacture something

b)

Sell something

c)

Purchase something

59.

Which of the following people provides an economic service that meets a need?

a)

Movie theater owner

b)

Internet service provider

c)

Public school

60.

Joe went to the casino and gambled his entire paycheck, $342.17, away instead of buying food for the family. What was the opportunity cost of his decision?

a)

$342.17

b)

being able to gamble

c)

being able to buy food for his family

61.

A budget is a type of:

a)

plan

b)

economy

c)

currency

62.

Which of the following can you not do at a bank?

a)

deposit money

b)

withdraw money

c)

buy something

63.

You are a manufacturer of tires. It cost you $30.00 to make a particular model of tire, which you then sell for $50.00. What is your profit?

a)

$20

b)

$30

c)

$50

64.

The most common ways businesses compete with each other is through

a)

Government regulations

b)

Eliminating profits

c)

Pricing

65.

A market exists where there are:

a)

Sellers

b)

Buyers

c)

Buyers and Sellers

66.

Under which circumstance would there be a surplus?

a)

high demand, high supply

b)

high demand, low supply

c)

low demand, high supply

67.

What technology did Samuel Slater bring to the U.S.?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Britain's new spinning machine

c)

Mass production

68.

After the war of 1812, the U.S. had an age of

a)

Colonization

b)

Exploration

c)

Industrialization

69.

What were factories where fibers such as cotton and wool were woven into fabrics?

a)

G.E.

b)

Textile mills

c)

Spinning machines

70.

A new way of manufacturing to produce large amounts of goods at one time became known as

a)

Mass production

b)

Interchangeable parts

c)

Lowell system

71.

Who was responsible for the invention of mass production?

a)

Samuel Slater

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Sojourner Truth

72.

Why were immigrants coming to the United States in the 1840s?

a)

to take jobs in the new factories

b)

to vacation

c)

to visit family

73.

Why was the Erie Canal built?

a)

To help explorers make new discoveries

b)

to help immigrants find jobs

c)

to help transport goods between the eastern and western U.S.

74.

What did the Erie Canal link?

a)

Buffalo on the Lake Erie with the Hudson River

b)

Mississippi with the Gulf of Mexico

c)

Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico

75.

Why was the National Road built?

a)

to help explorers make new discoveries

b)

to help immigrants find jobs

c)

to help transport products between the eastern and western U.S.

76.

What was the belief shared by Americans that it was the certain future of the U.S. to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Colonization

c)

Birth of a New Nation

77.

What group settled into the Great Salt Lakes with their leader Brigham Young?

a)

Indians

b)

Mormons

c)

Puritans

78.

What was the name of people who came to California looking for gold?

a)

Mormons

b)

forty-niners

c)

Indians

79.

Susan B. Anthony became the leader of the Women's _________ Movement.

a)

suffrage

b)

liberation

c)

feminism

80.

The Cumberland Gap is located in:

a)

Pennyroyal

b)

Knobs

c)

Eastern Mountain Coalfield

81.

When the U.S. agreed to buy the huge territory reaching from the Mississippi River west to the Rocky Mountains and from New Orleans north to Canada, this purchase was known as the

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Great Purchase

c)

Purchase Power

82.

How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States?

a)

It cut the size of the U.S. in half

b)

It doubled the size of the country

c)

It added 14 states

83.

Who wrote a poem about American bravery as the British bombed Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor?

a)

Meriweather Lewis

b)

James Monroe

c)

Francis Scott Key

84.

Who won the War of 1812?

a)

The Americans

b)

The British

c)

The Native Americans

85.

Who won the French and Indian War?

a)

The French

b)

The Native Americans

c)

The British

86.

Which of the following is NOT a basic purpose of the U.S. Government?

a)

providing food to everyone

b)

maintaining order

c)

promoting freedom

87.

When the preamble mentions "securing the blessings of liberty" it refers to:

a)

giving everyone the right to vote

b)

establishing a national security force

c)

ensuring freedom for U.S. citizens

88.

In a democratic government, leaders are:

a)

elected to terms

b)

appointed for life

c)

selected based on their ancestry

89.

Which of the following is a government service?

a)

making movies

b)

establishing fire departments

c)

publishing textbooks

90.

Your city police department is run by which level of government?

a)

local

b)

federal

c)

state

91.

Which level of government has the greatest authority?

a)

Local

b)

Federal

c)

State

92.

The First Amendment to the Bill of Rights

a)

protects religious freedom

b)

gives people the right to carry guns

c)

sets up an electoral college

93.

Which of these services created by the Federal government helped our economy improve by allowing goods to be transported quickly and people to become more mobile?

a)

National Parks

b)

Armed Forces

c)

Interstate Highways

94.

What land form was a barrier to the early settlement of Kentucky?

a)

Ohio River

b)

Green River

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

95.

An agreement in which each side gives up something

a)

cooperation

b)

compromise

c)

covenant

d)

competition

96.

The common good means that which is good for:

a)

common people

b)

rich people

c)

all people

97.

The government collects taxes to pay for

a)

services and goods for U.S. citizens

b)

a vacation for the president and his wife

c)

food, clothing, and shelter for all U.S. citizens

98.

For a bill to become a law

a)

the majority of both houses must vote for it

b)

The House of Representatives must vote for it

c)

The Senate must vote for it

99.

The Legislative Branch has the power to

a)

make laws

b)

carry out laws

c)

define and interpret laws

100.

The Judicial Branch has the power to

a)

make laws

b)

carry out laws

c)

define and interpret laws

101.

The Executive Branch has the power to

a)

make laws

b)

carry out laws

c)

define and interpret laws

102.

Which of the following best describes democracy?

a)

Government which controls people's lives

b)

Government owned and run by the wealthiest people

c)

Government by the people and for the people

103.

What determines how many representatives a state will have in the House of Representatives?

a)

Physical size of the state

b)

Population of the state

c)

Number of people with college degrees

104.

The _____________ is a written plan of government.

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Declaration

c)

Constitution

105.

What kind of government did the government decide to set up?

a)

Federal

b)

International

c)

Communist

106.

The Three-Fifths Compromise that was reached in the Constitutional Convention involved:

a)

The number of houses to be created

b)

Number of British citizens allowed in US

c)

counting the number of slaves for the purpose of representation and taxation

107.

Under the Constitution, how many senators does each state have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

8

108.

A republic is a form of government in which

a)

is ruled by a king

b)

only wealthy people have rights

c)

the people elect representatives to run the country

109.

A people's way of life, including its language and belief is called

a)

discrimination

b)

stereotype

c)

prejudice

d)

culture

110.

When the colonists refused to buy tea, and Ms. Buchanan refused to buy Starbucks, what were they doing?

a)

Buyout

b)

Boycotting

111.

What is another name for taxes?

a)

Necessities

b)

Income

c)

Tariffs

112.

Columbus and Marco Polo sailed during:

a)

The Age of Exploration

b)

The Age of Westward Expansion

c)

The Age of Industrialization

113.

A diary is a

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

c)

data source

114.

The country to the North of the United States is

a)

Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

Spain

115.

The country to the South of the United States is

a)

Canada

b)

Spain

c)

Mexico

116.

If I say the bus stop is on the corner near the gas station, I am giving you

a)

directions

b)

absolute location

c)

relative location

117.

If I give you longitude and latitude of a place, I am giving you

a)

directions

b)

absolute location

c)

relative location

118.

The Stamp Act was an example of taxation without

a)

representation

b)

need

c)

fun

119.

Who was the writer of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Peter Salem

b)

Phyllis Wheatley

c)

Thomas Jefferson

120.

The name of the man chosen to lead the Continental Army was

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Paine

121.

What period of American history came first?

a)

Westward Movement

b)

Industrial Movement

c)

Birth of Nation

d)

Colonization of America