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Unit 4 US History - 7th Grade

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ______ factor is something that is bad and makes you want to leave your country?

a)

Push

b)

Pull

2.

A _____ factor is something good that makes you want to come to a new place.

a)

Push

b)

Pull

3.

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)

a push factor

b)

a pull factor

4.

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

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

5.

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 ______.

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

6.

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 _______

a)

Push Factor

b)

Pull Factor

7.

Jacques is a Christian, but his country does not allow him to believe that. This is an example of a ______

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

8.

Claudia lives in Germany, but a tornado has just devastated the land and destroyed her home. This is an example of a _______

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

9.

How did Harriet Tubman help enslaved people?

a)

She helped injured and sick enslaved people hurt their masters.

b)

She brought food to enslaved people who were starving.

c)

She offered the escaped enslaved people a place to live.

d)
She helped them escape through the Underground Railroad.
10.
A person who believed in getting rid of slavery was called ______________.
a)
an abolitionist
b)
a soldier
c)
a civilian
d)

a suffragist

11.

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?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Harriet Tubman

12.

Abolitionists believed slavery ___.

a)

was morally wrong

b)

was a necessary evil

c)

would last forever in the United States

d)

would eventually fade out

13.
Wrote The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper. Formed the American Anti-Slavery Society.
a)

Fredrick Douglass

b)

John Brown

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

14.

Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin influential?

a)

Campaigned against slavery as a social issue.

b)

It was essential to raising consciousness about women's rights

c)

It is regarded as the essential text leading to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan

d)

It justified the actions of the Confederacy

15.
Sojourner Truth preached to people about _____.
a)
evils of slavery
b)

the singular path to freedom through guerrilla warfare

c)
how to talk to slave owners
d)
how to bake bread
16.

What group of people were central to the temperance movement?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Women

c)

Immigrants

d)

Children

17.
Susan B. Anthony was famous for what?
a)

Becoming the first woman US Senator

b)

Following strict gender norms and the "sphere of woman"

c)
Women's Suffrage Movement
d)

Being a nurse in the Civil War

18.

What does this picture represent?

a)

Self-Reliance

b)

Spirituality

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Temperance

19.

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?

a)

They don't have a word for "war" in Spanish

b)

From the Mexican perspective, the US was the aggressor and at fault

c)

It is considered the most acceptable name by the majority of historical scholars

d)

There was another war of the same name already in Mexican history, so they wanted to reduce confusion

20.

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 crafted a document that was very similar to the ________ .

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Halifax Resolves

d)

Articles of Confederation

21.

Which statement BEST explains the reaction of southerners to abolitionists?

a)

Southerners supported the abolition movement

b)

Southerners became increasingly defensive about slavery

c)

Southerners were persuaded to improve conditions for enslaved people

d)

Southerners ignored the abolitionist movement

22.

What was the main reason many business owners in the North opposed abolition?

a)

They relied on slave labor in their factories

b)

They had invested in slave plantations

c)

They feared that free African Americans would organize strikes

d)

They depended on a study supply of cotton from the South

23.

Which of the following was NOT an innovation during the industrial revolution?

a)

Steamboats

b)

Canals

c)

Flatboats

d)

Steam-powered trains

24.

During the Industrial Revolution, steam power and the growth of railroads led to a DECREASE in...

a)

the wages of workers

b)

the number of farms

c)

leisure time

d)

the cost of goods

25.

Nativism is an ideology that _______

a)

is hostile towards immigrants

b)

embraces immigrants and welcomes them with open arms

c)

believes that native people should be pushed out of society

d)

promotes the idea of a melting pot in society

26.

The Potato Famine pushed many from this group to move to the United States

a)

Germans

b)

Polish

c)

Mexicans

d)

Irish

27.

As a result of the US' westward expansion, which groups were negatively impacted?

a)

Irish immigrants in the Northeast

b)

Whites who had already been living in the United States for a generation

c)

African Americans and Native Americans

d)

Only Native Americans

28.

How can the press (which is another word for the media) HELP a social movement?

a)

The press can stay quiet and not speak out against injustices in society

b)

The press can take the side of the oppressor

c)

The press can expose wrongs/injustices in society

d)

The press can be used to scare people about the social movement.

29.

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 _______ .

a)

colonization

b)

assimilation

c)

breakaway politics

d)

urbanization

30.

Not only were white settlers intrigued by the prospect of taking cheap land and growing crops, but they were also motivated out west by ______ .

a)

building ships

b)

a desire to expand slavery

c)

the natural resources, because everywhere else in the US had none

d)

the ability to raise livestock