WorksheetsSocial Studies SIM Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
These innovations had the following effect on life in the United States -
Irrigation became easier
Crop production became more efficient
Growing season lasted longer
The first amendment affected these groups by -
allowing them to share & promote their beliefs
preventing them from having worship services in public places
allowing them in join together to form a national religion
The following situation violates the 8th amendment-
A person is sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbery & assault
A protester is jailed for violent acts at a protest
A person is sentenced to life in prison for shoplifting
Distance and slow communication with the British government affected the American colonies by -
decreasing the smuggling of goods in the colonies
uniting the colonies for trade & defense
developing self- government in the colonies
In the book, Walden
Henry David Thoreau showed that Transcendentalism is -
the study of the role of science in changing the natural world
the relationship between humans and the natural world
using reason to explain natural events that happen in the world
The Free Enterprise System most benefited the industrial development of the U.S. in the early 1800s by -
allowing entrepreneurs to raise money and invest in companies
encouraging the government to put taxes on businesses
providing safe working conditions for factory workers
Because of the 13th Amendment -
plantation owners were forced to give land to former slaves
many former slaves became sharecroppers to earn a living
plantation owners attempted to recapture former slaves
Colonial production of cash crops combined with slave labor led to -
development of labor unions
production of roads and canals
increased profit for plantation owners
This photograph was taken during during the -
Early Republic Era
Age of Jackson Era
Civil War Era
The American Colonists responded to the 1774 Intolerable Acts by -
adopting the Bill of Rights
sending a list of grievances to King George III
adopting the Articles of Confederation
The U.S. principle of judicial review was established in the following court case -
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The first reason many European explorers sailed to the New World was to -
spread Christianity to Africa
form new military alliances
find new trade routes to Asia
The physical characteristics that attracted settlers to this area during the early 1800s were -
natural harbors for whaling
fertile soil for growing crops
mountain passes for mining
Maryland was initially set up as a refuge for English Catholics resulting in various disputes. In 1649 the Maryland Assembly passed a law that -
allowed all Christians to worship freely
granted farmland to indentured servants
allowed men without property to vote in elections
Many farmers, artisans, and former Anti-Federalists supported the Democratic-Republicans because -
The Democratic-Republicans favored a strong national government
The Democratic-Republicans supported tariffs
The Democratic-Republicans favored states' rights and the rights of the ordinary man
The constitutional issue that contributed to sectional conflict before the Civil War was the -
growing support for limiting female suffrage and immigration
disagreement over the boundary of the Oregon Territory
debate over the expansion of slavery in the West
The work of Dorothea Dix benefited U.S. society by -
passing laws that gave harsher punishments to criminals
opening mental health facilities to treat patients
requiring doctors to get federal licenses to treat patients
In 7th Grade Texas History you learned that...
barbed-wire fences benefited farmers by -
making harvesting cotton more efficient
making irrigation of the land more effective
protecting crops from damage caused by animals
The canals shown on this map caused -
the rapid growth of urban centers along the canal routes
a decline in farming in areas far from the canal routes
a decline in international trade going through Atlantic port cities
"And that claim is by the right...to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us."
Motivation behind the Emancipation Proclamation
Motivation behind the Women's Rights Movement
Motivation behind Manifest Destiny
The Great Compromise addressed disagreements over federal representation by -
enumerating the powers of the central government
creating a bicameral legislature
establishing three branches of government
Unalienable rights from the Declaration of Independence include -
Wealth - people's slaries should be dependent on their skills
Equality - people's education should be equal in every state
Happiness - people can do lawful things that they enjoy
Which group would have made this argument is 1787?
Anti-Federalists
Free-Soilers
Federalists
General Washington worried his troops would starve, dissolve or disperse during what event?
The Seige at Yorktown
The Battle at Bunker Hill
The winter at Valley Forge
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 -
Established textile factories
imported cattle
exported agricultural products
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut written by Thomas Hooker is significant because it -
provided for the election of representatives
extended suffrage to women
proposed the creation of an independent country
Alexander Hamilton thought a national bank would strengthen the central government because -
the bank would regulate interstate commerce
the bank would provide stability for the U.S. economy
the bank would destroy state banks
Immigrants contributed to the industrialization of the U.S. by -
introducing skilled craftsmen to cottage industries
designing the methods used to mass produce goods
serving as an inexpensive form of labor
Boston, New York, Charleston, New Orleans & San Francisco are all similar because they -
have a hot desert climate
are located on a coast
have a Mediterranean climate
Thomas Jefferson approved the Louisiana Purchase because he wanted the U.S. to have control of the -
Mississippi River
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
The significance of the Pilgrim's arrival in America was -
the Puritans separating from the Church of England
an alliance between the British and the French
an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies
The issue in Worcester v. Georgia was -
the sovereignty of the Cherokee nation
the abandonment of the Cherokee culture
the taxation of the Cherokee lands
This grievance was addressed by the Founding Fathers by -
making the president and Congress take an oath of office
by giving Congress the power to draft civilians into the military
making the president the commander in chief of the armed forces
The cotton gin affected the U.S. by -
expanding mercantilism
improving soil fertility
expanding the plantation system
Slave labor differed during the Colonial Period between the Northern and Southern colonies because -
more slaves in the North worked in gold mines
more slaves in the North worked in trade-related jobs
more slaves in the North worked on plantations
The Virginia Colony was established to increase business profits as the Massachusetts Bay Colony was established to -
provide a place for criminals
escape religious persecution
help benefit the poor
Many Swedish & German immigrants settled in the Midwest because -
they wanted to find fertile farmland
they wanted to settle in large cities
they wanted to work in steel mills
Both the Free Soil Party and the Republican Party were -
against the establishment of Indian reservations
against the spread of slavery in the western territories
against letting runaway slaves enter the north
John Paul Jones is famous for -
leading naval victories against the Barbary pirates
naval victories he won against the British during the Revolutionary War
serving as the first Secretary of the Navy
The images show leaders in the -
temperance movement
suffrage movement
abolitionist movement
