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7th Grade Final Review

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 53mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of these best completes the diagram above?

a)

The demand for slaves increases in the South.

b)

More textile factories are established in the South.

c)

The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases.

d)

More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations.

2.

How did this invention contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?

a)

By reducing the number of slaves needed for growing cotton.

b)

By increasing the time needed to cultivate cotton.

c)

By increasing the profitability of slavery.

d)

By reducing the demand for raw cotton.

3.

One of the consequences of the invention of the cotton gin was that --

a)

Production became more profitable so the need for slaves in the south increased.

b)

Northern farmers began to plant cotton.

c)

Foreign textile mills refused to buy American cotton.

d)

The price of cotton increased dramatically.

4.

The Indian Removal Act led to the event known in History as....

a)

The Trail of Tears

b)

The trail of Death

c)

The Crying Path

d)

The Journey of Loss

5.

The consequences of the Indian Removal Act were

a)

1/4 of the people that traveled the Trail of Tears died

b)

Native Americans were pushed onto land in Oklahoma that was not suitable for their way of life

c)

the government established a pattern of treating Native Americans as being inferior

d)

all of these

6.
Why was it called the "Trail of Tears?"
a)
Harsh conditions
b)
There were many deaths
c)
People cried over the loss of their "homeland"
d)
All of the above
7.

A person who wants a complete end to slavery

a)

Confederate

b)
abolitionist
c)
emancipation
d)
dehumanization
8.
How did cotton relate to slavery?
a)
The desire to grow cotton led to increased slavery
b)
It did not relate to slavery
c)
All slaves were required to grow cotton
d)
Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa
9.
In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
a)
It created new taxes for railroad construction.
b)
It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
c)
It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
d)
It added California as a slave state
10.
What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?
a)
The underground railroad was ended
b)
Slaves that ran-away would be jailed
c)
Made it illegal for slaveholders to recapture their slaves
d)
Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves
11.

What was Lincoln's main goal throughout most of the Civil War?

a)

to abolish slavery

b)

to end British control of the Western territories

c)

to make a profit selling war supplies

d)

to preserve the Union

12.
This freed the slaves in Confederate states.
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Gettysburg Address 
c)
The Battle of Antietam 
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation
13.

Why was the Mississippi River so important to the South?

a)

it was an economic highway carrying goods and produce

b)

It was a great source of drinking water

c)

It was a holy site for southern Methodists

d)

It was a territorial boundary between the North and South

14.

If the Union took control of the Mississippi River it would do all but what of the following?

a)

Cut the Confederacy in half

b)

Stop supplies of troops and supplies

c)

Hurt the shipping of cotton and therefore the economy

d)

Allow Runaways to more easily join the Union army

15.

Which Native tribe appealed to the Supreme Court, and won their case, arguing that they had valid treaties with the US government?

a)

The Choctaw

b)

The Cherokee

c)

The Creek

d)

The Seminole

16.

Who was the U.S. President that refused to support the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

a)

John Marshall

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

17.

Who ruled that "Georgia laws have no force [do not apply] in the Cherokee Nation"?

a)

Samuel Worcester

b)

John Marshall

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

William McIntosh

18.

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

a)

Georgia laws do NOT apply in the Cherokee Nation

b)

Cherokee must cede their lands to the Georgians

c)

all white missionaries must leave the Cherokee Nation

d)

Georgia has the right to distribute Cherokee lands using a lottery system

19.

What was President Andrew jackson's response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

a)

Jackson supported the Court's ruling and protected the Cherokee

b)

Jackson resigned from office in protest of the Court's decision

c)

Jackson refused to enforce the Court's ruling and did nothing to protect the Cherokee from the Georgians

d)

Jackson had John Marshall impeached and removed from his seat on the Supreme Court

20.

In the case of Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of...

a)

the Georgia state government

b)

the U.S. government

c)

white Georgia settlers

d)

the Cherokee Nation

21.

The thinking of the northerners or southerners that their own part of the country was fundamentally different from the other. Slavery was a large part of this mentality.

a)

fundamentalism

b)

Civil rights

c)

sectionalism

d)

Popular Sovereignty

22.

What was the spoils system?

a)

The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.

b)

The practice of rewarding political enemies/opponents with government jobs.

c)

The practice of crying at the grocery store for the toy you want.

d)

The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs as long as they were 100% completely qualified for the job.

23.

How did Andrew Jackson make use of the "spoils system"?

a)

He fired 20% of federal workers and gave the jobs to people who worked on his campaign

b)

He appointed leading businessmen to government positions.

c)

He appointed only National Republicans to his Cabinet.

d)

He required government employees to join the Democratic Party.

24.

The belief that the common people should have a say in government.

a)

Democrats

b)

Whigs

25.

INDUSTRIALIZATION is when:

a)

A society becomes farm based to farm

b)

A society becomes miners to mine

c)

A society uses machines to increase production of goods

d)

A society closes the factories

26.

The voyage for Africans who were taken captive and sent to the Americas is referred to as...

a)

the Middle Passage

b)

the Triangular Trade

c)

the Slave Voyage

27.

The ________ was section of the Triangular Trade were enslaved Africans were sent to the Americas.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Columbian Passage

c)

Circular Passage

28.

What is the most appropriate title for this map?

a)

The Industrial Revolution

b)

Imperialism in America

c)

The Age of Discovery

d)

Triangular Trade

29.
What did industrial workers stage in order to put pressure on employers to change unsafe working conditions, long hours, and low pay?
a)
discrimination
b)
prejudice
c)
strikes
d)
trade unions
30.

Which of the following did labor unions fight for?

a)

Better wages

b)

reasonable hours

c)

safer working conditions

d)

all of the above

31.

Why would the construction of a canal be efficient for production, and commerce?

a)

It would eliminate airplane travel

b)

It allowed more workers to build steamboats instead of wagons.

c)

Water travel was a more efficient way of transport. More cargo could be more easily transporter, faster, and more connections between east and west.

32.

conditions in migrants' home environment that drive them out

a)

Pull Factor

b)

Literacy Tests

c)

Push Factor

d)

13th Amendment

33.

positive aspects that attract people to move to a place

a)

Push Factor

b)

Emigration

c)

Pull Factor

d)

migration

34.

negative things that make people want to move to a new area

a)

Migration

b)

Immigration

c)

Push factor

d)

Pull factor

35.

You were offered a better job in another state. Is this a push or pull factor?

a)

Pull

b)

Push

36.

Your home was destroyed by a tornado and you need to move. What is this a push or pull factor?

a)

Pull

b)

Push

37.

Famine, drought, and crop failure has hit you land. Your family is starving. Is this a push or pull factor?

a)

Push

b)

Pull

38.
Frederick Douglass was a slave.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A secret network of people and hiding places to help slaves escape to freedom.
b)
Rights protected by people. 
c)
Not being controlled by someone. 
d)
Forced to work without pay.
40.

Who wrote “The Liberator

a)

John Brown

b)

Angelina Grimke

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

41.

Free African American who wrote the newspaper the North Star

a)

John Brown

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Elijah Lovejoy

42.

Abolitionists believed slavery ___.

a)

was morally wrong

b)

was great for us

c)

Would stay here forever

d)

would eventually fade out

43.

Which abolitionist led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?

a)

Ms Cerroo

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

e)

Sharon owo

44.

____ was a former enslaved African American, and was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice.

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Susan B. Anthony

45.

In his Fourth of July speech, why does Douglass say to his audience that "The Fourth of July is yours, not mine"?

a)

He says that the liberty clebrated by the holiday has been denied to African Americans such as himself.

b)

He believes that, too often, African Americans such as himself are excluded from celebrations of public holidays.

c)

He and others like him do not believe in some of the key values represented by the holiday.

46.

Select the term that describes ''suffrage"

a)

The right to free speech

b)

The right to suffer

c)

The right to vote

47.

____________ attended the Seneca Falls Convention.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Thomas Paine

48.

The ninth resolution at the Seneca Falls Convention called for

a)

The right to marry who they wanted.

b)

The right to own property.

c)

The right vote.

d)

The right to run for political office.

49.

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

a)

end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians

b)

encourage manufacturing in the west

c)

increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

d)

settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

50.
This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act 
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Missouri Compromise 
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act 
51.
The new Republican Party ______.
a)
Drew support from many southerners
b)
Was dedicated to a ban on the extension of slavery
c)
Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Enjoyed victory in the Presidential election of 1856
52.

Anti-slavery activists founded the ______________ Party in the northern states in 1854, largely in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

a)

Republican

b)

Democratic

c)

Libertarian

53.

In 1860, the Republicans chose _______ as their candidate for president.

a)

Stephen Douglass

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

James K. Polk

54.

What issue did Lincoln make a main focus in the 1860 election?

a)

Taxes

b)

Expanding West

c)

Increasing Trade

d)

Slavery

55.

Who won the Election of 1860?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglass

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

56.

After Lincoln's election, the south began talking about...

a)

How to better select a candidate in 4 years

b)

Outlawing slavery in the south

c)

Seceding from the US

d)

Impeaching Lincoln

57.

What does it mean to "secede" from a country?

a)

To join it

b)

To leave it

c)

To support it

58.

The name given to army from the North.

a)

Confederates

b)

Americans

c)

Military

d)

Union

59.
The name given to the southern army.
a)
Confederates
b)
Union
c)
Americans
d)
Military
60.
This was the president of the Confederate States.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
61.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
62.

What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy?

a)

Better Generals

b)

Stronger allies

c)

Natives were on their side

d)

More people, more factories and food, more railroads

63.

The Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln which freed the slaves in the Confederacy and turned the purpose of the war to ending --

a)

Slavery

b)

States' Rights

c)

Secession

64.

The Emancipation Proclamation

a)

made slavery legal

b)

began slavery

c)

ended slavery in the Confederate states

d)

ended slavery only in the North

65.

The election of 1860 resulted in....

a)

The overturn of the Dred Scott case

b)

Many southern states succeeding from the Union

c)

The creation of the Republican Party

d)

Higher taxes

66.

More factories, money, soldiers, and better transportation were all advantages of which side

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

67.

What was Lincoln's goal in fighting the Civil War

a)

End Slavery

b)

Find weapons of mass destruction

c)

Fire Mr. Schneider

d)

Preserve the Union

68.
A strategy to conquer the South by keeping soldiers from getting supplies
a)

ratify

b)

Anaconda Plan

c)

scalawag

d)

pardon

69.
Union ______________kept Confederate ships from getting into seaports.
a)

malice

b)

blockade

c)

draft

d)

Anaconda Plan

70.

The Anaconda Plan was the military strategy of the

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

71.

Why was the Mississippi River so important to the South?

a)

it was an economic highway carrying goods and produce

b)

It was a great source of drinking water

72.

Step 1 of the Ananconda Plan

a)

Take control of the Confederate capital: Richmond, Virginia

b)

Surround the South by sea and land to cut off trade

73.

Step 2 of the Ananconda Plan

a)

Divide the Confederacy in half to limit them helping one another

b)

Take over all the farms to deplete their food supply