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Social Studies Final Review, Grade 8

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 2hrs 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This gave all men regardless of race the right to vote.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

2.

Freedmen in the south made their living usually by ....

a)

farming

b)

as craftsmen

c)

as house servants

d)

as politicians

3.

This secret society attempted to keep Freedmen from exercising their rights through threats and violence.

a)

the Freedmen's Bureau

b)

The Anti-Freedmen Group

c)

the Ku Klux Klan

d)

the NAACP

4.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution ...

a)

abolished slavery

b)

gave former slaves their citizenship

c)

gave former slaves the right to vote

d)

gave women the right to own property

5.

The Homestead Act was written to encourage people to

a)

move to eastern cities

b)

mine and raise cattle in the west

c)

settle and farm western lands

d)

avoid border conflicts with Mexico

6.

Which of the following was NOT A MAJOR result of the Homestead Act?

a)

increased conflict between settlers and Native Americans

b)

increased westward migration

c)

protection of the rights of Native Americans

d)

opening up the frontier to farming and ranching

7.

The building of the transcontinental railroad resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

a)

protection of sacred Indian lands

b)

farmers could get their crops to market

c)

creation of time zone

d)

ranchers could get their cattle to slaughter houses in the east

8.

What was the MAIN reason the government wanted Native Americans on reservations

a)

to keep them from starving

b)

to take their land

c)

to preserve the remaining buffalo

d)

to teach them new skills

9.
What gave 160 acres to people willing to settle the plains?
a)
Dawes Act
b)
National Grange
c)
Farmers' Alliances
d)
Homestead Act
10.
Wrote “History of the Standard Oil Company,” in 1902. Showed how Rockefeller’s rise was based on ruthless business practices. 
a)
Ida B. Wells 
b)
Ida Tarbell 
c)
Susan B. Anthony 
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
11.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
12.
Photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives.” Examined the conditions of the poor in America’s cities. 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
13.
1904 - Exposed corruption in city and state gov’t in his book, “The Shame of the Cities.”
a)
Lincoln Steffens 
b)
Jacob Riis 
c)
Upton Sinclair 
d)
WEB DuBois 
14.
Journalists who exposed practices of monopolies and big business
a)
Gump Mushers
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Scalawags
d)
Dirt Diggers
15.

Book written by Upton Sinclar

a)

The Jungle

b)

The Octopus

c)

History of Standard Oil

d)

How the Other Half Lives

16.

Book written by Jacob Riis

a)

How the Other Half Lives

b)

The Jungle

c)

History of Standard Oil

d)

McClure's Magazine

17.

Subject of How the Other Half Lives

a)

Problems faced by those living in the inner city, such as poverty and poor living conditions

b)

Haphazard practiced in Chicago meat packing plants, such as rats running along the meat

c)

Political corruption in big cities where politicians were more concerned with profit and politics

d)

Abuses on farmers committed by the railroad company

18.

Book written by Ida Tarbell

a)

History of the Standard Oil Company

b)

How the Other Half Lives

c)

The Octopus

d)

The Jungle

19.

What are muckrakers?

a)

People who worked very hard in dirty fields shoveling muck

b)

Corporate business owners who monopolized their industries

c)

Journalists who sought to expose injustice and corporate transgressions

d)

Corrupt politicians who accepted bribes

20.
Abolition is a movement to end...
a)
the consumption of alcohol
b)
slavery
c)
women's rights
d)
trade
21.

Abolitionists wanted what practice to end immediately?

a)

The Civil War

b)

Women's voting

c)

Unclean meat

d)

Slavery

22.
A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary 
23.
A Diary 
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
24.
Movie about WW2
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
25.
A source that comes later, second hand account
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
26.

Land set aside by the U.S. Government for Native American tribes

a)

boomtown

b)

reservation

c)

frontier

d)

Great Plains

27.

Land to settle on and farm

a)

frontier

b)

homestead

c)

Great Plains

d)

farmland

28.

An African American who left the South for the West to get land to farm on

a)

vaquero

b)

buffalo soldier

c)

Exoduster

d)

frontier

29.
Which Captain of Industry became the world's first billionnaire?
a)
Carnegie
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Ford
d)
Vanderbilt
30.
Which Captain of Industry immigrated from Scotland and became the symbol of the American Dream?
a)
Carnegie
b)
Pullman
c)
Ford
d)
Armour
31.
Which Captain of Industry used the assembly line method to make his products?
a)
Pullman
b)
Ford
c)
Rockefeller
d)
Armour
32.
Which Captain of Industry controlled all of the transportation from New York to Chicago?
a)
Armour
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Pullman
d)
Vanderbilt
33.
I am the founder of the Standard Oil Company. I am ___________
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Wright Brothers
d)
Thomas Edison
34.
I had a monopoly on the steel industry. I am ______________
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Andrew Carnegie
35.
My product helped to build sky scrapers and stronger bridges. I am ___________________
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
John D. Rockefeller
36.
Captain of the Oil industry, richest man in American history.
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
37.
Captain of the Railroad industry.
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
JP Morgan
38.
He was known as a major entrepreneur in the Oil Industry
a)
John Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbelt 
d)
Gustavus Swift
39.
Henry Ford is credited with creating the _____________  _____________, which revolutionized the way cars were made.
a)
Assembly Line
b)
Airplane
c)
Incandescent Lamp
d)
Telephone
40.
 Imperialism was brought on as a result of 
a)
Democratic Revolutions 
b)
World War I 
c)
Industrialization 
d)
The Renaissance 
41.
When a strong country takes over a weaker country for economic, social or political reasons it is called
a)
industrialization
b)
miliatrism
c)
imperialism
d)
nationalism
42.
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
43.

Which of these is the main goal of Fairtrade?

a)

for farmers and workers to take control and build sustainable futures for themselves, families and communities

b)

to ensure a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour paid to all

c)

to provide clothing, food or other items to the public at a discount price

d)

to invest more in safety regulations

44.
An efficient factory method in which an individual  performs the same task over and over again
a)
Strikebreakers
b)
Labor Unions
c)
assembly line
d)
Mergers
45.
Railroad workers hired these individuals to replace  protesting workers
a)
Strikebreakers
b)
Labor Unions
c)
assembly line
d)
Mergers
46.
Organization of workers who seek better pay and working  conditions
a)
Strikebreakers
b)
Labor Unions
c)
assembly line
d)
Mergers
47.
These women worked in a shirtwaist _______________.
a)
store
b)
building
c)
factory
48.
The women in the factory made the shirtwaists out of flammable _______________________.  
a)
cloth
b)
pants
c)
sweaters
49.
Because of fire in 1911, today it is illegal to _______ any doors of a building from the inside.  
a)
close
b)
lock
c)
open
50.
Many of the _______ of the fire were young, immigrant women.
a)
victims
b)
survivors
c)
members
51.

When did WW1 end

a)

1914

b)

1918

c)

1818

d)

2020

52.

What is the Treaty of Versailles

a)

A piece of paper

b)

A document that brought the war to an end with peace

c)

Some thing that happened a long time ago

d)

A document from the 1700's

53.

Who was the leader of germany at the time of WW2

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Nobody

54.

Who did Japan invade

a)

China

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

France

d)

Italy

55.

Who were the allied powers for WW2

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

U.S.A

d)

Soviet Union

e)

China

56.

When did WW2 end

a)

1945

b)

1968

c)

1802

d)

2012

57.
What was the name of Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allies
58.
What was the name of the British passenger ship that was sank by the Germans?
a)
The Titanic
b)
The Carnival Cruise Ship
c)
Lusitania
d)
The World Ship
59.
In what year did WW! start
a)
1912
b)
1914
c)
1916
d)
1920
60.
What year did WW1 end?
a)
1930
b)
1919
c)
1918
d)
1900
61.
Which side did the US support?
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allies
62.

What was the immediate cause of WW1?

a)

Assassination of Woodrow Wilson

b)

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

c)

Assassination of Gavriel Princip

d)

Assassination of JFK

63.

The United States practiced what policy at the beginning of WW1?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Imperialism

64.
What is an alliance?
a)
An agreement between nations to defend one another.
b)
An agreement between nations to trade with one another.
c)
When nation's pick teams to fight against.
d)
Groups of countries that finished nationalism.
65.

MAIN is an acronym for

a)

Ministry, Activity, Intelligence and Nature

b)

Militarism, Alliances, Intelligence and Natural Resources

c)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism

66.
Adolph Hitler led which country during World War II?
a)
France
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Germany
d)
Japan
67.
What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?
a)
Germany invading Poland
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
France being taken over
68.
name of the genocide against the Jews by the Nazis
a)
Holocaust
b)
Night of Broken Glass
c)
Great Purge
d)
Great Leap Forward
69.
What event ended WW2?
a)
Dropping atomic Weapons
b)
Invasion of Poland
c)
Soviets capture Berlin
d)
Battle of Stalingrad
70.
Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?
a)
American, England, and Russia
b)
Sweden, Germany, and Denmark
c)
Italy, Russia, and Austria
d)
Italy, Germany, and Japan
71.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
September 1, 1939
c)
October 31, 1941
d)
December 25, 1941
72.
Who was  the United States Senator who went on a hunt in the U.S. for communist.
a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
JFK
73.
This type of government is ran by the people.
a)
Socialism
b)
Communism
c)
Democracy
d)
Government
74.
This is a type of government where the government has complete control of the country. 
a)
Communism
b)
Socialism
c)
Democracy
d)
Government
75.
This is the name of the Organization that was created by Western European Countries, America and Canada to help contain the spread of Communism.
a)
United Nations
b)
Alliance
c)
League of Nations
d)
NATO
76.
In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain "when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?
a)
•European nations needed to build more factories
b)
•Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe.
c)
•The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful.
d)
•There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe. 
77.
The Cold War was a time of tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union. In 1962, the United States was involved in
the Cuban Missile Crisis. Which was the importance of this event?
a)
•The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to provide aid to Cuba.
b)
•The United States attacked Cuba.
c)
•The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba.
d)
•The United Stated placed missiles in Cuba.
78.
In 1950, the United States and other countries from the United Nations became involved in the Korean War. What was the cause of this war?
a)
•North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism.
b)
•South Korea wanted to drive out troops from Vietnam.
c)
•North Korea attacked China to spread communism.
d)
•South Korea attacked North Korea to spread democracy.
79.
This was an ACTUAL wall that separated Berlin. It separated the communist side from the democracy side. Why did they put the wall up?
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Berlin Wall
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
Great Wall of China
80.
How long did the Cold War last?
a)
10 years
b)
20 years
c)
30 years
d)
40 years

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