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Social Studies SIM Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These innovations had the following effect on life in the United States -

a)

Irrigation became easier

b)

Crop production became more efficient

c)

Growing season lasted longer

2.

The first amendment affected these groups by -

a)

allowing them to share & promote their beliefs

b)

preventing them from having worship services in public places

c)

allowing them in join together to form a national religion

3.

The following situation violates the 8th amendment-

a)

A person is sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbery & assault

b)

A protester is jailed for violent acts at a protest

c)

A person is sentenced to life in prison for shoplifting

4.

Distance and slow communication with the British government affected the American colonies by -

a)

decreasing the smuggling of goods in the colonies

b)

uniting the colonies for trade & defense

c)

developing self- government in the colonies

5.

In the book, Walden

Henry David Thoreau showed that Transcendentalism is -

a)

the study of the role of science in changing the natural world

b)

the relationship between humans and the natural world

c)

using reason to explain natural events that happen in the world

6.

The Free Enterprise System most benefited the industrial development of the U.S. in the early 1800s by -

a)

allowing entrepreneurs to raise money and invest in companies

b)

encouraging the government to put taxes on businesses

c)

providing safe working conditions for factory workers

7.

Because of the 13th Amendment -

a)

plantation owners were forced to give land to former slaves

b)

many former slaves became sharecroppers to earn a living

c)

plantation owners attempted to recapture former slaves

8.

Colonial production of cash crops combined with slave labor led to -

a)

development of labor unions

b)

production of roads and canals

c)

increased profit for plantation owners

9.

This photograph was taken during during the -

a)

Early Republic Era

b)

Age of Jackson Era

c)

Civil War Era

10.

The American Colonists responded to the 1774 Intolerable Acts by -

a)

adopting the Bill of Rights

b)

sending a list of grievances to King George III

c)

adopting the Articles of Confederation

11.

The U.S. principle of judicial review was established in the following court case -

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

12.

The first reason many European explorers sailed to the New World was to -

a)

spread Christianity to Africa

b)

form new military alliances

c)

find new trade routes to Asia

13.

The physical characteristics that attracted settlers to this area during the early 1800s were -

a)

natural harbors for whaling

b)

fertile soil for growing crops

c)

mountain passes for mining

14.

Maryland was initially set up as a refuge for English Catholics resulting in various disputes. In 1649 the Maryland Assembly passed a law that -

a)

allowed all Christians to worship freely

b)

granted farmland to indentured servants

c)

allowed men without property to vote in elections

15.

Many farmers, artisans, and former Anti-Federalists supported the Democratic-Republicans because -

a)

The Democratic-Republicans favored a strong national government

b)

The Democratic-Republicans supported tariffs

c)

The Democratic-Republicans favored states' rights and the rights of the ordinary man

16.

The constitutional issue that contributed to sectional conflict before the Civil War was the -

a)

growing support for limiting female suffrage and immigration

b)

disagreement over the boundary of the Oregon Territory

c)

debate over the expansion of slavery in the West

17.

The work of Dorothea Dix benefited U.S. society by -

a)

passing laws that gave harsher punishments to criminals

b)

opening mental health facilities to treat patients

c)

requiring doctors to get federal licenses to treat patients

18.

In 7th Grade Texas History you learned that...

barbed-wire fences benefited farmers by -

a)

making harvesting cotton more efficient

b)

making irrigation of the land more effective

c)

protecting crops from damage caused by animals

19.

The canals shown on this map caused -

a)

the rapid growth of urban centers along the canal routes

b)

a decline in farming in areas far from the canal routes

c)

a decline in international trade going through Atlantic port cities

20.

"And that claim is by the right...to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us."

a)

Motivation behind the Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Motivation behind the Women's Rights Movement

c)

Motivation behind Manifest Destiny

21.

The Great Compromise addressed disagreements over federal representation by -

a)

enumerating the powers of the central government

b)

creating a bicameral legislature

c)

establishing three branches of government

22.

Unalienable rights from the Declaration of Independence include -

a)

Wealth - people's slaries should be dependent on their skills

b)

Equality - people's education should be equal in every state

c)

Happiness - people can do lawful things that they enjoy

23.

Which group would have made this argument is 1787?

a)

Anti-Federalists

b)

Free-Soilers

c)

Federalists

24.

General Washington worried his troops would starve, dissolve or disperse during what event?

a)

The Seige at Yorktown

b)

The Battle at Bunker Hill

c)

The winter at Valley Forge

25.

During the Colonial Period the New England Colonies depended on shipbuilding and exported dried fish. In the same way the Mid Atlantic Colonies depended on farming and -

a)

Established textile factories

b)

imported cattle

c)

exported agricultural products

26.

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut written by Thomas Hooker is significant because it -

a)

provided for the election of representatives

b)

extended suffrage to women

c)

proposed the creation of an independent country

27.

Alexander Hamilton thought a national bank would strengthen the central government because -

a)

the bank would regulate interstate commerce

b)

the bank would provide stability for the U.S. economy

c)

the bank would destroy state banks

28.

Immigrants contributed to the industrialization of the U.S. by -

a)

introducing skilled craftsmen to cottage industries

b)

designing the methods used to mass produce goods

c)

serving as an inexpensive form of labor

29.

Boston, New York, Charleston, New Orleans & San Francisco are all similar because they -

a)

have a hot desert climate

b)

are located on a coast

c)

have a Mediterranean climate

30.

Thomas Jefferson approved the Louisiana Purchase because he wanted the U.S. to have control of the -

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

31.

The significance of the Pilgrim's arrival in America was -

a)

the Puritans separating from the Church of England

b)

an alliance between the British and the French

c)

an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies

32.

The issue in Worcester v. Georgia was -

a)

the sovereignty of the Cherokee nation

b)

the abandonment of the Cherokee culture

c)

the taxation of the Cherokee lands

33.

This grievance was addressed by the Founding Fathers by -

a)

making the president and Congress take an oath of office

b)

by giving Congress the power to draft civilians into the military

c)

making the president the commander in chief of the armed forces

34.

The cotton gin affected the U.S. by -

a)

expanding mercantilism

b)

improving soil fertility

c)

expanding the plantation system

35.

Slave labor differed during the Colonial Period between the Northern and Southern colonies because -

a)

more slaves in the North worked in gold mines

b)

more slaves in the North worked in trade-related jobs

c)

more slaves in the North worked on plantations

36.

The Virginia Colony was established to increase business profits as the Massachusetts Bay Colony was established to -

a)

provide a place for criminals

b)

escape religious persecution

c)

help benefit the poor

37.

Many Swedish & German immigrants settled in the Midwest because -

a)

they wanted to find fertile farmland

b)

they wanted to settle in large cities

c)

they wanted to work in steel mills

38.

Both the Free Soil Party and the Republican Party were -

a)

against the establishment of Indian reservations

b)

against the spread of slavery in the western territories

c)

against letting runaway slaves enter the north

39.

John Paul Jones is famous for -

a)

leading naval victories against the Barbary pirates

b)

naval victories he won against the British during the Revolutionary War

c)

serving as the first Secretary of the Navy

40.

The images show leaders in the -

a)

temperance movement

b)

suffrage movement

c)

abolitionist movement