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WorksheetsUnit 4 US History - 7th Grade
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
A ______ factor is something that is bad and makes you want to leave your country?
Push
Pull
A _____ factor is something good that makes you want to come to a new place.
Push
Pull
John hears that in the United States he can worship as he chooses without fear that the government will throw him in prison. This is an example of
a push factor
a pull factor
Brian is part of the Tutsi people from Rwanda that are treated very badly, often killed for being who they are. This is an example of a
Push factor
Pull factor
Pierre heard that in the United States, the government allows you to disagree with them and protest things you do not agree with. This is an example of a ______.
Push factor
Pull factor
Juan decided to move to the United States because he is a carpenter and there is a high demand for those types of jobs. This is an example of a _______
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Jacques is a Christian, but his country does not allow him to believe that. This is an example of a ______
Push factor
Pull factor
Claudia lives in Germany, but a tornado has just devastated the land and destroyed her home. This is an example of a _______
Push factor
Pull factor
How did Harriet Tubman help enslaved people?
She helped injured and sick enslaved people hurt their masters.
She brought food to enslaved people who were starving.
She offered the escaped enslaved people a place to live.
a suffragist
Which of the following individuals was a former enslaved person who published a newspaper titled “The North Star” which spoke about the evils of slavery?
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
Abolitionists believed slavery ___.
was morally wrong
was a necessary evil
would last forever in the United States
would eventually fade out
Fredrick Douglass
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin influential?
Campaigned against slavery as a social issue.
It was essential to raising consciousness about women's rights
It is regarded as the essential text leading to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan
It justified the actions of the Confederacy
the singular path to freedom through guerrilla warfare
What group of people were central to the temperance movement?
Native Americans
Women
Immigrants
Children
Becoming the first woman US Senator
Following strict gender norms and the "sphere of woman"
Being a nurse in the Civil War
What does this picture represent?
Self-Reliance
Spirituality
Civil Disobedience
Temperance
Jesus Valesco-Marquez, a Mexican author, has written that in Mexico, people prefer to call the Mexican-American War by the name "The US Invasion." Why would the Mexican people prefer this name?
They don't have a word for "war" in Spanish
From the Mexican perspective, the US was the aggressor and at fault
It is considered the most acceptable name by the majority of historical scholars
There was another war of the same name already in Mexican history, so they wanted to reduce confusion
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 crafted a document that was very similar to the ________ .
Emancipation Proclamation
Declaration of Independence
Halifax Resolves
Articles of Confederation
Which statement BEST explains the reaction of southerners to abolitionists?
Southerners supported the abolition movement
Southerners became increasingly defensive about slavery
Southerners were persuaded to improve conditions for enslaved people
Southerners ignored the abolitionist movement
What was the main reason many business owners in the North opposed abolition?
They relied on slave labor in their factories
They had invested in slave plantations
They feared that free African Americans would organize strikes
They depended on a study supply of cotton from the South
Which of the following was NOT an innovation during the industrial revolution?
Steamboats
Canals
Flatboats
Steam-powered trains
During the Industrial Revolution, steam power and the growth of railroads led to a DECREASE in...
the wages of workers
the number of farms
leisure time
the cost of goods
Nativism is an ideology that _______
is hostile towards immigrants
embraces immigrants and welcomes them with open arms
believes that native people should be pushed out of society
promotes the idea of a melting pot in society
The Potato Famine pushed many from this group to move to the United States
Germans
Polish
Mexicans
Irish
As a result of the US' westward expansion, which groups were negatively impacted?
Irish immigrants in the Northeast
Whites who had already been living in the United States for a generation
African Americans and Native Americans
Only Native Americans
How can the press (which is another word for the media) HELP a social movement?
The press can stay quiet and not speak out against injustices in society
The press can take the side of the oppressor
The press can expose wrongs/injustices in society
The press can be used to scare people about the social movement.
During the time of the Industrial Revolution, the South was mostly rural while the North was mostly urban. As people began moving from the rural areas to the urban areas in the North, this process was (and still is) known as _______ .
colonization
assimilation
breakaway politics
urbanization
Not only were white settlers intrigued by the prospect of taking cheap land and growing crops, but they were also motivated out west by ______ .
building ships
a desire to expand slavery
the natural resources, because everywhere else in the US had none
the ability to raise livestock
