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8th Grade Review Quiz 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

a)

provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

b)

gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

c)

provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

d)

get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

2.

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

a)

The Renaissance

b)

Reconstruction

c)

The Guilded Age

d)

The Industrial Revolution

3.

Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

3rd

4.

Which Amendment gave United States citizens of all races the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

5th

5.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
6.
What group of immigrants were arriving in large numbers on the West Coast in the middle to late 1800's?
a)
Greek
b)
Chinese
c)
British
d)
French
7.
What is the term for the mixture of people of different cultures and races together into Americans?
a)
Mixing Bowl
b)
Angel Food Cake
c)
Fish Tank
d)
Melting Pot
8.
Immigrants had to pass a ___ inspection
a)
literature
b)
social studies
c)
health
d)
naturalization
9.
What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
Did NOT want religious freedom
b)
Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
c)
Wanted LESS diversity
d)
Wanted to live more simply
10.
Where were most immigrants from?
a)
Italy
b)
Slavic Countries
c)
Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico
d)
Europe
11.

What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?

a)

Boycott

b)

Strike

c)

Strikebreakers

d)

Walk out

12.

Why was The Jungle an important book?

a)

It wasn't a book

b)

It showed the poor condition of factories

c)

It showed poor conditions of meat factories

d)

It showed the poor condition of tenements

13.

People who tried to find solutions to problems

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Progressives

c)

Politicians

d)

Crooks

14.

Writers that helped spread Progressive's ideas. Wrote about muck that was going on.

a)

Rakers of muck

b)

muckrakers

c)

raking up the muck writers

d)

journalist

15.

Booker T. Washington believed that African Americans should

a)

learn trades and wait for equal rights.

b)

.attack white mobs.

c)

fight for equal rights under the law.

d)

march to end discrimination.

16.
Imperialism is __________.
a)
when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
b)
when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
c)
when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation
d)
when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation
17.

US entered war to gain control of Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines in this war...

a)

Rico War

b)

Spanish American War

c)

War on terrorism

d)

Island war

18.

Buying Alaska was beneficial to the U.S. when what was found there?

a)

a new river connecting the oceans

b)

New types of weapons

c)

a faster route to Asia

d)

Natural resources, like gold, timber and oil

19.

Which of these would best describe how Hawaii became part of the United States.

a)

The Queen was removed and then Hawaii added

b)

Hawaii has always been part of the U.S.

c)

U.S. added it after the Boxer Rebellion

d)

Won it during the Spanish American War

20.

What was the event that started the Spanish-American War?

a)

explosion of the U.S.S. Maine

b)

Boxer Rebellion in China

c)

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

Spanish colonization in Alaska