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Worksheets8th Grade Social Studies
Total questions: 144
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
To withdraw from a membership to a group.
Secede
Blockade
Sovereign
Freedmen
Who was known as the Great Compromiser for working out the Missouri Compromise?
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
George Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Which South Carolina Senator was against compromise?
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
This party was secretive, proslavery, did not approve of immigration, or immigrants who practiced certain religions.
Democrat
Whig
Know-Nothing
Republican
Which Mountain Man/Explorer went on 5 expeditions and got the nickname the "Pathfinder"?
Jedediah Smith
Jim Bridger
John Wesley Powell
Dominguez-Escalante
John C. Fremont
False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause.
Propaganda
Bias
slogan
Name-calling
Who was John Brown?
An antislavery settler from Connecticut who led a raid on U.S. Army weapons in Harpers Ferry
President of the United States of America
A rich slave owner
A southern democrat
Bleeding Kansas was widespread violence as proslavery and anti-slavery settlers fought control of the territory and that violence spread to the U.S. Senate in Kansas.
True
False
An armored naval vessel.
Cotton Belt
Rebel
Yankee
Ironclad
What was the name of the battle where the Union's Monitor and the Confederacy's Merrimack fought to a draw?
First Battle of Bull Run
Battle at Fredericksburg
Battle of Hampton Roads
Surrender at Appomattox
What is the purpose of the blockade?
to stop people and goods form moving in or out of a place
to quickly destroy a place through sudden attack
to encourage peaceful trade relationships
to force smugglers out of hiding
Was was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia?
Appomattox
Antietam
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Who was a very organized but cautious Union General?
Robert E. Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
George McClellan
Abraham Lincoln
Which side did Ulysses S. Grant fight for?
The Union
The Confederacy
The South
Mexico
Union naval officer from Tennessee who sailed boldly past Confederate forts and captured New Orleans
Irvin McDowell
Robert Anderson
David Farragut
Winfield Scott
Clara Barton was a Union nurse who set up the American Red Cross.
True
False
What were women's roles in the Civil War?
They disguised themselves and fought in the war.
They spied behind enemy lines.
They took over businesses, farms, plantations.
They worked in factories and took government jobs.
All of the above.
The 54 Massachusetts Infantry was the name of segregated all black regiment who fought in the Battle of Fort Wagner.
True
False
Which of the below statements best describes the Emancipation Proclamation?
A change to the United States constitution allowing for all men to vote regardless of race.
A new law issued by congress that said slavery was illegal in the North.
An executive order from Abraham Lincoln that eventually led to the freedom of millions of slaves.
A speech given by Abraham Lincoln asking for the Civil War to end.
An order made by the Supreme Court saying that the Confederate states had the right to decide for themselves on slavery.
Which of the following is NOT true about the Battle of Gettysburg?
It was considered a turning point in the war.
It was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War.
Afterwards the Union was always retreating and the Confederacy was always advancing
This battle started when the Union soldiers discovered the Confederates raiding a shoe factory.
This is where Lee surrendered to Grant and the Confederates then had to give up their weapons and leave; the civil war was over.
Yorktown
Richmond
Gettysburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was shot by ____________________.
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
Mark David Chapman
Sirhan Sirhan
1st African American elected to the U.S. Senate
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Series of laws that restricted the rights of Freedmen
Voting Rights
Black Codes
Freedmen's Bureau
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Gave assistance to newly freed slaves following emancipation; 1st schools for African American children
Voting Rights
Black Codes
Freedmen's Bureau
13th Amendment
The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society that used terrors and violence to keep African Americans from voting.
true
false
A tax of a fixed amount per persons that had to be paid before the person could vote.
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
Jim Crow Laws
Grandfather Clause
What test is used to see if a person can read and write?
A literacy test
Black Codes
Poll Tax
Ironclad
A provision that allowed a voter to avoid a literacy test if his father or grandfather has been eligible to vote.
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Segregation
Grandfather Clause
The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group.
Amnesty
Segregation
Impeachment
Grandfather Clause
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 name of the largest silver deposit discovered in the Sierra Nevada.
Cattle Kingdom
Pony Express
Chisholm Trail
Comstock Lode
The Great American Desert is the name settlers gave to the Great Plains describing its climate
True
False
A frame made from poles and skins where a large animal was placed then pulled by dogs or horses.
wigwam
travois
powwow
tepee
The Ghost Dance is the name of the event where large groups of Native Americans came together to call upon their ancestors to bring back the buffalo and send the white men back from where they came.
True
False
The battle where the army attacked a band of peaceful Cheyenne's killing men, women, and children.
Sand Creek Massacre
Chivington Massacre
Fetterman's Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre
Sioux chief who tried to fight back against American settlers who were intruding on his tribal lands
Vaquero
Sitting Bull
Buffalo Soldier
Boomtown
Who was Annie Oakley?
A sharpshooter who traveled the country and challenged local champions. Met his wife (Annie) during a shooting match.
The cowgirl who broke the stereotype of a woman and could shoot as good as any man in the Wild West Show
Worked as a country nurse for little money.
Mrs. Gonsor's alias. Their shooting accuracy is basically the same.
The herding and moving of cattle over long distances.
Cattle Drives
Cattle Trails
Cattle Paths
The Spanish word for cowhand or cowboy
frontier
homestead
vaquero
cattle drive
The name of the settlement at the end of the cattle trail
Ghost towns
cow town
Dead towns
Gold towns
The Act gave 160 acres of land to anyone who lived on that land for 5 years
homesteaders
drought
Homestead Act
Proclamation
A plains farmer
exodusters
vaqueros
sodbusters
grangers
A person who would sneak onto land early during the Oklahoma Land Rush
Sooner
Sodbuster
Exoduster
A document giving one the sole right to make and sell an invention
Assembly
Trademark
Copyleft
Patent
The Assembly Line is a manufacturing method in which a product is put together as it moves along a belt.
True
False
Which of the following did Edison invent?
light bulb
phonograph
movie projector
all of the above
What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
the telephone
the television
the typewriter
Which inventor is responsible for the assembly line being used in the United States?
Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
These brothers tested their 1st flight machine on Dec. 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, NC
The Wright Brothers
Joe & Dom DiMaggio
Marx Brothers
Bert & Ernie
The leader of the steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
J. Edgar Thompson
John D. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Gaining almost total control of an industry is called:
A Monopoly
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
A Dividend
The founder of the American Federation of Labor
Henry Ford
Terence Powderly
Leland Stanford
Samuel Gompers
Mother Jones protested...
for Women's Rights
for Teacher's Rights
for Children's Rights
for Animals Rights
What were causes of urbanization?
cities attracted industries
industries attracted people
waterways provided easy transportation of goods
all of the above
What are poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings called?
Steerage
Tenement
Chinese Exclusion Act
Mass Transit
This landscape architect led the movement for planned urban parks.
William Randolph Hearst
Booker T. Washington
W. E. B. Du Bois
Frederick Law Olmsted
The name of a place that offered services to the urban poor
settlement houses
skyscrapers
tenements
benevolent societies
Who benefited the most from Jane Addams?
Women
Poor Immigrants
Business Owners
Homeless toddlers
The supply of manufactured good exceeds the demand
overproduction
competition
variations
none of the above
Which one of these titles were written by Mark Twain?
Alice in Wonderland
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Giving Tree
The Borrowers
What is yellow journalism?
Journalism based upon sensationalism
A historical and valid way of reporting all of the facts in a newspaper
A good way of getting the word out so that the public will know what is happening
Journalism that is award-worthy and of the highest caliber
The publisher of the New York newspaper
Joseph Pulitzer
William McKinley
Robert M. La Follette
W. E. B. DuBois
Governor of the state of Wisconsin; he brought about many democratic reforms in the state's politics, including the nomination of candidates by direct vote and the regulation of railroad rates
Recall
17th Amendment
Fredrick W. Taylor
Robert La Follette
26th President of the United States who helped to regulate business by busting up trusts and working with employers and employees to make things fair
Woodrow Wilson
Booker T. Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Burn
True or False? National Parks are a natural area protected and managed by the federal government.
True
False
The president who supported an eight hour workday and safety in the workplace
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Someone who tries to break up monopolies and trusts is a
Suffragists
Trustbuster
Muckraker
Progressive
What was the main goal of the women’s suffrage movement?
to give women the right to vote
to elect a woman president
to give women the right to own property
to give African Americans the right to vote
Why was Alice Paul important to the women’s suffrage movement?
She was a brilliant organizer whose plan for suffrage was followed by women across the country
She died in jail from a hunger strike
She was the first woman to get a Ph. D from a major university
She worked on the suffrage movement in Britain, brought her efforts to the United States, and confronted Woodrow Wilson about suffrage
This woman fought for prohibition.
Ida B Wells
Jane Addams
Carry Nation
Alice Paul
What is anti-semitism
Discrimination against Christians
Discrimination against Jews
Allowing Jews into your home
The movement of giving the Jews a homeland
Which choice below best explains the reasons why Queen Liliuokalani gave up her power?
Queen Liliuokalani couln't win the fight against U.S. planters and soldiers, and many native Hawaiians might be kiiled.
Businessmen ran the Republic of Hawaii better than Queen Liliuokalani could.
Planting sugarcane and pineapples took up too much of Queen Liliuokalani's time.
None of the above.
The purchase of Alaska became known as Seward's Folly.
True
False
Which of the following is true about the Boxer Rebellion?
The rebellion took place in Japan.
The Boxers were trying to keep Christianity in China.
The Boxers were unhappy with foreign influence in China.
The Boxers were able to drive out the foreigners from China.
The policy of using economic investment to protect U.S. interests abroad:
Territory
Protectorate
Dollar Diplomacy
Isthmus
True or False: "Remember the Maine" is the famous quote that was said after the battleship Maine exploded and killed 260 Americans in Havana
True
False
The international waterway allows ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
Platt Amendment
Monroe Doctrine
Boxer Rebellion
Panama Canal
Why did so many people die while working on the Panama Canal?
Machinery accidents
Dehydration and poor working conditions
Mosquitos which caused yellow fever and malaria
Heart attacks and strokes caused by the hard work
Who was the Mexican Rebel who was pursued unsuccessfully by the US?
Francisco I. Madero
Victoriano Huerta
Francisco Villa
Emiliano Zapata
US would intervene in the affairs of Caribbean nations as a police presence if necessary.
Open Door Policy
DeLome Letter
Imperialism
Roosevelt Corollary
Samoa is the island country that was divided between the US and Germany to use as a refueling depot for warships.
True
False
Which of the following were causes of WW1?
Choose two answers
Militarism, Alliances
Imperialism, Nationalism
Economics, Isolationsim
Alliances, Economics
What was the most prominent battlefield tactic used in WWI that involved digging in and waiting for your opponent to charge?
Trench Warfare
Blitzkrieg
Naval and Sea Warfare
Scorched Earth
He was the head of the Food Administration during WWI.
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was president when WWI ended?
Herbert Hoover
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
What is the League of Nations?
An international organisation that helps to promote trade
An international organisation that aims to promote peace among the countries
An international organisation that will fight other countries
An international organisation that will bring hope and stability in the world
Who became the leader of Russia after the Bolsheviks seized the government?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Michail Gorbachev
Peter the Great
Because of the Treaty of Versailles …
Germany had to accept full responsibility for war
Germany had to pay allies reparations
Germany had to limit the size of their military
ALL OF THE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
An ___ is an agreement to end fighting.
amendment
armistice
autocracy
alliance
The often irrational fear of communism spreading in the United States
Roaring Twenties
Prohibition
Red Scare
Bootlegger
Smugglers of illegal alcohol during the Prohibition era
Flappers
Hoovers
Prohibitioners
Bootleggers
A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
Red Scare
Bootlegger
Appeasement
Prohibition
A place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during prohibition
Gaga Club
Zoot Suit Club
Speakeasy
Charleston Club
Women who wore red lipstick, low cut dresses, bob haircuts, dark makeup on face (mostly eyes)
Suffragettes
Lost Generation
Flappers
Bootleggers
A poet whose writings expressed the new mood of rugged determination to overcome racial prejudice
Charles Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Langston Hughes
Frances Willard
He was nicknamed “Lucky Lindy” and was the most beloved hero of the era for being the most handsome, young pilot that flew nonstop across the Atlantic.
Charles Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Langston Hughes
Frances Willard
A literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that kindled a new black cultural identity in America
Harlem Renaissance
Roaring Twenties
Gangsters
Prohibition
When the economy is expanding, leading to a rise in stock prices and increased investing, the market is described as a...
DOW-JONES Cycle
Bear Market
Boom-Bust Cycle
Bull Market
A legal process to get out of debt when you can no longer make all your required payment.
Liquidation
Bankruptcy
Mean's Test
Credit Counseling
The Bonus Army was a group of WWI veterans who marched to Washington D.C. to demand their bonus pay. Their march and the government’s reaction was a major event of the Great Depression.
True
False
What led to the Banking Crisis?
farmers struggled to repay bank loans
small banks went out of business because farmers did not pay loans
city banks failed
all of the above
FDR made radio talks called "_________________."
fighter chats
fireside chats
freedom chats
friendly chats
True or False: Franklin D. Roosevelt was the democratic nominated to run against Herbert Hoover in 1932 and tried to forcefully deal with the financial crisis.
True
False
Who set up a national "bank holiday" to prevent people from taking out all of their money from banks.
Hoover
Roosevelt
What was the Public Works Administration?
the agency that was granted $3 billion dollars to build large public works projects to provide jobs for people
put people directly on the federal payroll to repair roads, paint schools, rake leaves, and build playgrounds
massive work relief program funded projects ranging from construction to acting; disbanded by FDR during WWII
relief that provided work for young men 18-25 years old in food control, planting, flood work, etc.
Agency created to build dams in the Tennessee river valley. These dams provided more stable irrigation and cheap hydroelectric power.
Agricultural Adjustment Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
Home Owners Loan Corp
Work Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
How did Eleanor Roosevelt help Franklin D. Roosevelt during his political career?
She would make fund raising speeches for the Democratic Party.
She acted as Franklin's "eyes and ears" by going to slums and soup kitchens to find out what the American people really needed.
She reached out to different organizations to learn about problems they face so she can help try make a change.
All of the above
Who was Marian Anderson?
A. a very famous African American scientist
B. a very famous African American politician
C. a very famous African American singer
D. a very famous African American athlete
He was the sole dictator of the Soviet Union and turned it into a totalitarian state.
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Who ruled as a dictator in Italy?
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
