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Social Studies 8 - Midterm Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

2.

What amendment banned slavery?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

3.

What amendment said that anyone born in the county is a citizen and has equal protection under the laws? (Citizenship Amendment)

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

4.

The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War was called

a)

Rebuilding

b)

Reversion

c)

Reconstruction

5.

Separation base on race is called

a)

sharecropping

b)

segregation

c)

literacy

6.

Laws that separated people of different races in the South were called

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Literacy Laws

c)

Sharecropper Laws

7.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

a)

A movement of people from farms to cities

b)

The process of making large amounts of a product fast and cheaply

c)

The changing from an agricultural to industrial country

d)

The shortage or lack of a good

8.

What is an assembly line?

a)

A movement of people from farms to cities

b)

The countryside

c)

A line where a product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in the making of the product

d)

The changing from an agricultural to industrial country

9.

What is mass production?

a)

A movement of people from farms to cities

b)

The countryside

c)

The process of making large amounts of a product fast and cheaply

d)

The changing from an agricultural to industrial country

10.

If you do one task all day at work, you are working on a(n)

a)

factory circle

b)

assembly line

c)

triangle workshop

11.

Ford made cars faster and cheaper by using

a)

fast production

b)

job production

c)

mass production

12.

What is urbanization?

a)

A movement of people from farms to cities

b)

The process of making large amounts of a product fast and cheaply

c)

The changing from an agricultural to industrial country

d)

The shortage or lack of a good

13.

What is a monopoly?

a)

A movement of people from farms to cities

b)

The countryside

c)

A company or group having control of all or nearly all of the business of an industry

d)

The changing from an agricultural to industrial country

14.

What is a strike?

a)

The refusal by workers to do their jobs until their demands are met

b)

The refusal by employers to provide workers with fair wages

c)

The refusal by workers to join a labor union

d)

The refusal by employers to negotiate with workers

15.

Which Union included several trade unions?

a)

The American Federation of Labor (AFL)

b)

The Knights of Labor

c)

International Ladies Garment Worker's Union

16.

Construction of the transcontinental railroad line started from Sacramento, California and Omaha, Nebraska. Where did the two lines meet?

a)
Promontory Summit, Utah
b)
Las Vegas, Nevada
c)
Denver, Colorado
d)
Salt Lake City, Utah
17.

Why were some Americans worried about the power of Big Business?

a)

Because they took advantage of their customers and workers

b)

Because small businesses were able to grow faster

c)

Because the businesses were too big

d)

Because they were petty

18.

How did the assembly line impact the U.S.?

a)

It did not impact the U.S.

b)

It made Henry Ford rich

c)

It assembled new toys.

d)

It let factories create goods faster.

19.

What is an immigrant?

a)

A person who leaves their homeland and moves to another region

b)

A person who leaves their homeland and moves to a nearby city

c)

A person who leaves their homeland temporarily for travel

d)

A person who leaves their homeland for religious purposes

20.

What is a push factor?

a)

A factor that attracts people to move to a new area

b)

A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and move to another region

c)

A factor that causes people to leave their homelands temporarily

d)

A factor that attracts people to move within their own country

21.

What is a pull factor?

a)

A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and move to another region

b)

A factor that attracts people to move within their own country

c)

A factor that causes people to leave their homelands temporarily

d)

A factor that attracts people to move to a new area

22.

What is nativism?

a)

The belief that foreign-born citizens' interests should be protected

b)

The belief that native-born citizens' interests should be protected

c)

The belief that all citizens' interests should be protected equally

d)

The belief that immigrants should have more rights than native-born citizens

23.

What is assimilate?

a)

The process through which individuals and groups of differing cultures acquire the basic habits, attitudes, and mode of life of a new culture

b)

The process through which individuals and groups of differing cultures reject the basic habits, attitudes, and mode of life of a new culture

c)

The process through which individuals and groups of differing cultures create a new culture

d)

The process through which individuals and groups of differing cultures maintain their own culture

24.
Progressives and Muckrakers wanted to reform society following the Industrial Revolution. What does it mean to reform?
a)
To change society so the rich can live better lives
b)
To change society so the rich lose all of their money
c)
To change society for the better
d)
To change society for the worse
25.
A reformer in the late 1800s and early 1900s who wanted to make life better for Americans was called a(n)
a)
Progressive
b)
Republican
c)
Democrat
d)
Trustbuster
26.
A journalist who exposed bad business practices/corruption/problems was called a(n)
a)
Spy
b)
Big Business Owner
c)
Muckraker
d)
Trustbuster
27.
Which president was known as a trustbuster?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
George Washington
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Hassan Hasson
28.
During his term as president, Theodore Roosevelt established a reputation as a
a)
trustbuster.
b)
voting reformer
c)
federalist
d)
isolationist.
29.

What was the significance of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

a)

It abolished slavery

b)

It granted women the right to vote

c)

It established the income tax

d)

It provided for the direct election of senators

30.

What amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

31.

Which amendment sets new guidelines on filling vacant Senate positions?

a)

15th

b)

16th

c)

17th

d)

18th

32.

Which amendment states created the income tax?

a)

15th

b)

16th

c)

17th

d)

18th

33.

An amendment not associated with voting is the

a)

15th

b)

16th

c)

17th

d)

19th

34.

This Amendment is a result of the Temperance Movement

a)

17th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

20th

35.

Which amendment sets new guidelines on filling vacant Senate positions?

a)

15th

b)

16th

c)

17th

d)

18th

36.

Which amendment to the Constitution gives the right to vote to women?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

37.

What is "Suffrage"?

a)

Right to freedom

b)

Right to vote

c)

Right to citizenship

d)

Right to temperance

38.

Which statement best summarizes President Theodore Roosevelt’s views on conservation?

a)

Decisions about the use of natural resources should be left to the states.

b)

Unlimited access to natural resources is the key to business growth.

c)

Wilderness areas and their resources should be protected for the public good.

d)

Environmental issues are best decided by the private sector.

39.

What was the Square Deal?

a)

TAFT's promise to favor laborers in different trade agreements and to attack corporations

b)

Roosevelt's promise to the American people to be fair to all; it was comprised of controlling corporations, protecting consumers, and conservationism

c)

Wilson's program of American conservation that promised to conserve America's wilderness

d)

Roosevelt's agreement with foreign countries that he would prevent countries in the Eastern Hemisphere from getting involved in their affairs