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Social Studies Week 29

Total questions: 1

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1-10.
1.

What is the main reason people form a government?

a)

To collect taxes

b)

To meet their wants and needs

c)

To build roads

d)

To create laws

2.

What does the government promise to help protect?

a)

People's money

b)

People's pets

c)

People's liberty and freedom

d)

People's homes

3.

What important document was written in 1776?

a)

The Constitution of the United States

b)

The Bill of Rights

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Magna Carta

4.

What does the Declaration of Independence say the government must protect?

a)

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

b)

Money, power, and control

c)

Land, water, and air

d)

Food, shelter, and clothing

5.

What is an important democratic principle mentioned in the document?

a)

Representation of the people

b)

Control by the government

c)

Power of the wealthy

d)

Rule by the king

6.

Who were African Americans that spoke out against slavery in the 1850s?

a)

Anne Hutchinson and Benjamin Franklin

b)

Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman

c)

Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Hutchinson

d)

Benjamin Franklin and Martin Luther King Jr.

7.

Who led a protest called "the Civil Rights Movement" in the 20th century?

a)

Anne Hutchinson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

8.

What did Benjamin Franklin influence about the government?

a)

The government should be too strong

b)

The government should not be too strong or controlling

c)

The government should banish people for their beliefs

d)

The government should support slavery

9.

What did Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman help to achieve?

a)

Writing the Declaration of Independence

b)

Freeing enslaved people

c)

Leading the Civil Rights Movement

d)

Banishment for religious beliefs

10.

What was Martin Luther King Jr. against?

a)

Writing the U.S. Constitution

b)

Religious freedom

c)

Laws that kept people from voting because of the color of their skin

d)

The Declaration of Independence