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WorksheetsSocial Studies Final Review
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Who was the general that surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865 ending the Civil War?
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Winfield Scott
Abraham Lincoln
What year did the Civil War end?
1863
1864
1865
1866
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War?
Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
What was the purpose of General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea"?
to free all remaining slaves held by Southern plantation owners
to punish the South for daring to secede from the Union
to weaken Southern morale and bring an end to the war by using total war
to allow his hungry and tired troops to acquire necessary supplies
What river was an important resource during the war?
Missouri
Mississippi
Amazon
Delaware
At the end of which battle did General Grant and his troops secure control of the Mississippi River?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Richmond
Which 3-day battle was the turning point of the war for the Union army?
Gettysburg
Antietam
Cold Harbor
Fall of Richmond
Use the following chart to answer the question that follows.
According to the bar graph, what region had the larger share of resources in the United States?
The South
The North
The West
All regions had equal amount of resources
Abraham Lincoln's leadership during the Civil War led the North to victory by taking advantage of which of the following?
the discovery of gold
population growth
industrial manufacturing
Native American knowledge
What was the original goal of the Union at the start of the Civil War?
Ban slavery
Restore the Union
Separate from the United States
Make slavery legal everywhere
As the Civil War began, the South had the advantage of...
superior military leadership
enormous industrial capabilities
a complex railroad network
a large population
Disadvantages of the South during the Civil War included having a small navy, fewer railroads, and ______________.
Lack of agricultural land
larger population
Inexperienced military leaders
Lack of industries
Which of the following was NOT an advantage for the Union going into the Civil War?
Excellent military leaders
larger population
more railroads
more resources
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?
General Lee surrendered to the Union army after the battle.
There were nearly 48,000 casualties of the battle.
Lincoln emancipated the slaves after the Union victory at the battle.
The battle ended the Confederacy's hopes of getting assistance from Britain and France.
This Civil War-era illustration is showing
Grant's victory at Shiloh.
Sherman's "March to the Sea".
Scott's victory at Gettysburg.
the Union blockade of the South.
11 southern states seceded from the the Union and formed their own country called... (Select all answers that apply)
U.S.A.
The Confederacy
The Union
The Confederate States of America
The Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River was known as?
The U.S. Blockade
Operation Squeeze
The Anaconda Plan
The Confederate Snake Plan
deaths or severe injuries
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Casualties
Anaconda Plan
to block the coast and not allow ships in or out. Cutting off trade to that country.
Union
Blockade
Confederacy
Anaconda Plan
Used in times of major wars. Randomly selects men from the country to go to war in a lottery style system.
Secede / Seccession
Blockade
Draft / Conscription
Emancipation Proclamation
The first “battle” of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
Which of the following was a successful strategy for winning the Civil War?
The Confederacy prolonged fighting until the northern spirit broke.
The Union pursued the Confederates back to the South after the Battle of Antietam.
The Union took control of the Mississippi River.
The Confederacy continued to receive supplies from Europe.
Why did southern states feel threatened by the election of 1860?
The South feared that slaves would be given citizenship rights and sue for their freedom.
The South feared that Democrats would gain control of Congress.
The South feared that slavery would be abolished throughout the nation.
The South feared that the new president would prohibit slavery in the western territories.
Which of the following was a major result of the Civil War?
The Democrats became the dominant political party.
The bonds linking the states were loosened.
The federal government became weaker.
Slavery was ended everywhere in the United States.
Union commander who used a ¨total war¨ strategy to destroy Georgia
Robert Anderson
William Tecumseh Sherman
John C. Pemberton
David Farragut
This legislation brought California in as a free state, and also created Utah and New Mexico. The Fugitive Slave Act was included in this legislation, as well:
Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Fugitive Slave Law
Widely held belief that settlers in the US were destined to expand across North America
Fugitive Slave Act
Emancipation Proclamation
Manifest Destiny
Underground Railroad
A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada.
Emancipation Proclamation
Manifest Destiny
Abolitionist
Underground Railroad
A radical abolitionist that believed slavery must be stopped by force. He led a group of anti- slavery volunteers in Kansas.
Nat Turner
Frederick Douglass
Gordon Parks
John Brown
Missouri entered the Union as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state.
In the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act made slavery possible in Kansas Territory.
True
False
DISAGREEMENT OVER VOTE ON SLAVERY
Legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal."
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Jim Crow Laws
Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
Poll Tax, Literacy Test, Grandfather Clause
What amendment abolished slavery?
13th
14th
15th
16th
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
Carpetbaggers
Sharecroppers
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
The Civil Rights Committee
The Freedmen's Bureau
The Welfare Committee
The Salvation Army
Which secret society of former Confederate soldiers used terrorism and murder to limit new opportunities for
newly freed African Americans after the
Civil War?
The Order
Ku Klux Klan
White Aryan Resistance
Council of Conservative Citizens
A law that required blacks to work or face being arrested or forced to work as a servant
Freedmen Bureau
Sharecropping
Black Codes
Compromise of 1877
The Supreme Court ruling that legalize segregation in the United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Sanford
The ______ of 1862 gave land to any settlers willing to move west.
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Volstead Act
Agricultural Freedom Act
After the Civil War, the nation became more linked with the building of the
Erie Canal
Transcontinental Canal
Transcontinental Railroad
Hoover Dam
Which of these not NOT a positive of the Transcontinental Railroad's being built?
It would provide immigrants and former slaves a chance for employment
It would link the nation together and would make conflict less likely between regions of the country
It would lead to increased agricultural production in the plains regions
It would wipe out the buffalo of the plains
What was Seward's Folly ?
The annexation of Hawaii
The Boxer Rebellion
Creating the Open Door Policy in China
The Purchase of Alaska
An area in China where a foreign country has special trading privileges and control is called a ___________
Seward's Folly
Boxer Rebellion
Open Door Policy
Sphere of Influence
The United States got England and Japan to give up their Spheres of Influence which led to the ______________ and allowed any country to trade with China.
Open Door Policy
Foreign Policy
Seward's Folly
Urbanization was the rapid growth of
Antarctica
Suburbs
Farms
Cities
A Captain of Industry is a business person that raises productivity and takes care of their workers by paying a liveable wage, providing high quality work environments, and donates to charity.
True
False
A Robber Baron is a business person that takes advantage of their workers, pays low wages, uses evil business practices, and corrupts public officials.
True
Fasle
The factory created a new labor system in which
products were produced by an assembly line of workers and animals.
workers had to work regular hours and perform repetitive tasks.
machines were valued more highly than the workers who ran them.
workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work followed by idle periods.
What idea is the cartoon illustrating?
Monopoly
Laissez Faire
Americanization
Industrial Revolution
The process of moving to another country to take up permanent residence.
Immigration
Nativism
Urbanization
Philanthropy
Which word means the growth of an economy based on factories and production?
urbanization
industrialization
immunization
articulation
True or false: Most immigrants chose to settle in areas of cities with others from their countries of origin.
True
False
Which word means an overcrowded, run down apartment building?
Tenement
Tent
Tenant
Terminate
The Chinese Exclusion Act was an example of
Nativism
Immigration
Inclusion
Naturalism
"New" Immigrants were primarily from
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
A mixture of people of different cultures and races blending together
Fondue Pot
Melting Pot
Flower Pot
Coffee Pot
A formal law created to help interfere with with development of monopolies. It also helps increase trade and competition among companies.
corporation
stocks
monopolies
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Eugene V Debs
Samuel Gompers
A small apartment in a city slum building
Building Codes
Social Gospel
Tenement House
Persecution
To fit in
Assimilation
Acculturation
Urban
Suburban
A person opposed to immigration
Persecution
Social Gospel
Nativist
Quota
1882 law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the U.S.
Tenement House
Urban
Social Gospel
Chinese Exclusion Act
October 1929
The topic of this newspaper article is the...
What event do we consider the beginning of the Great Depression?
The election of FDR in 1932
Black Tuesday, the day the stock market crashed
The closing of 5,000 banks
The creation of the New Deal programs
Isolationism meant that the U.S. wanted to do what?
Help more countries around the world
Get involved in more wars to show power
Focus more on problems in the U.S.
Allow more immigrants into the U.S.
What event do we consider the beginning of the Great Depression?
The election of FDR in 1932
Black Tuesday, the day the stock market crashed
The closing of 5,000 banks
The creation of the New Deal programs
Which of the following is a reason the banks had to close?
President Hoover made the money invalid
companies refused to make more money
borrowers couldn't repay loans
Stock prices reached an all time high
Who was elected President in 1932 during the Depression?
Theodore Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal was a
Laws to create jobs and help for people
A military program to fight wars
A plan to help end wars in other countries
A program to get cheaper cars
Relief, Recovery and Reform were the goals of what program?
The Court Packing
The New Deal
The Veterans Assistance
The Earthquake Disaster Relief
In the 1930's, many farmers migrated to California because
for the movie industry
for the gold
more people took vacations
the Dust Bowl
What was Hoover's plan to deal with the Great Depression
The New Deal
Encouraging people to work hard
Sending more troops overseas
Create more Hoovervilles
What was one of the negative effects of the New Deal?
It caused farmers to farm too much
It caused the government to go into debt
It caused more trees to be cut down
It caused gas prices to skyrocket
What U.S. President decided to use the atomic bombs?
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Thomas Jefferson
The largest water-to-land invasion in history took place when the Allies stormed the beaches at Normandy, France. This was
VE Day
VJ Day
Iwo Jima
D-Day
________________________ was Hitler's mass murder of over 12 million people.
D-Day
The Holocaust
Pearl Harbor
The atomic bomb
The cause that started WW1 was the death of who?
Prince Henry of Whales
Archbishop Lorenzo
Princess Sophia
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What were U-Boats originally called?
USS V-1
Undersea Boat
U-Boat
What is a U-Boat?
A German submarine used in World War I or World War II.
Built exclusively for fishing, fishing boats in different sizes are used on both salt and freshwater bodies.
Considered the most popular boats in the world, these multi-hull craft rely on pontoons, which resemble large tubes, to float.
Your moms boat.
Your uncles fishing boat.
Who invented the Assembly line?
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which Industrial Era invention was invented by Henry Ford and decreased the cost of goods and allowed for more people to own automobiles?
Assembly Line
Telephone
Automobile
Interchangeable Parts
