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GA Milestones Social Studies Review
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1
Who made up the Axis powers?
The U.S., Germany, and Russia
The U.S., Britain, and Russia
Germany, Itlay, and Japan
Japan, Britain, and Russia
2
What event is Thurgood Marshall most famous for?
Brown Vs. Board of Education
March on Washington
Cuban Missile Crisis
Montgomery Bus Boycott
3
Who was the leader of the Union Army?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Rober E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
4
What was one cause of the Great Depression in the U.S.?
A Large Drought on the Great Plains
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Civil War
World War II
5
What do Jim Crow Laws do?
Limit the rights of African Americans
Limit government
Limit the rights of white people in the South
Help African Americans
6
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Why was it hard to build the transcontinental railroad?
people didn't want it
rivers were in the way
It was not important
The Rocky Mountains were in the way
8
What did Thomas Edison invent?
lightbulb
automobile
telephone
television
9
What is rationing?
Giving extra supplies to people
Making Sure everyong gets their fair share of supplies
Taking all the supplies and hiding them
None of the above
10
Who was president during the beginning of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
11
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Gave African Americans the right to vote
Made all former slaves citizens of the U.S.
Gave women the right to vote
Freed the slaves
12
What is Babe Ruth famous for?
Baseball
The Olympic Games
None of the above
Being a pilot
13
Why did people immigrate to the United States at the turn of the century?
All of the above
To escape starvation and war
To find jobs
To find freedom
14
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Jefferson Davis
15
Who is famous for defying Hitler's at the Olympics?
Charles Lindburgh
Rosie the Riveter
Babe Ruth
Jessee Owens
16
What happend when there are too many goods being made and not enough being bought.
Workers get more pay
Factories close
Some workers loose jobs
Nothing
17
Why is the 12th Amendment important?
Did away with Jim Crow Laws
Gave African Americans the right to vote
Outlawed slavery
Gave woment the right to vote
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Why is the Civil Rights Act important?
Did away with segragation in schools
Made it legal to keep people separate
None of the above
Outlawed slavery
19
Which invention helped make the United States economy boom?
assembly line
assembly line
assembly line
assembly line
20
Who dropped the atomic bombs on Japan?
Germany
The U.S.
Russia
Britain
21
What did the Panama Canal do?
Connected the Indian and Atlantic Ocean
Connected the Arctic and Pacific Ocean
Connected Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
Connected the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean
22
What caused the United States to enter into WWII?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The sinking of the Lusitania
The Holocaust
The atom bomb
23
Why is Margaret Mitchell famous?
Helping people organize peaceful marches
Writing the book Gone with the Wind
None of the answer choices
Getting women to vote
24
What is the name for a "pop-up" town during the Great Depression?
Hooverville
Lincolntown
Kennedy Village
Rooseveltberg
25
What was first to connect the East and West coasts in the United States?
airplanes
none of the above
cars
trains
26
What is V-E Day?
Victory in Japan during WWII
Victory in Europe during WWII
The End of WWI
None of the above
27
Why was the invention of the assembly line important?
It made goods faster
It mades goods slower
It made services faster
It was not important
28
What happened on 9/11?
Protestors marched on Washington D.C.
The World Trade Center was bombed
The Persian Gulf War
Nothing
29
How did George Washington Carver help with his inventions?
invented the telephone
made the 1st car
invented the lightbulb
introduced new farming techniques
30
What was one reason the U.S. entered into WWI?
The bombing at Pearl Harbor
The Atom bomb
The sinking of the Lusitania
Adolf Hitler
31
An abolitionist that wrote a book demonstrating the cruelty of slavery.
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
Fredrick Douglas
Harrier Beecher Stowe
32
What ended WWII?
The dropping of the atom bomb
The sinking of the Lusitanis
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Holocaust
33
What made the Tuskeegee Airmen famous?
First African American Fighter Pilots
The only group that got to fight in WWII
First people to go to space
First All American Fighter Pilots
34
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important?
It is where Lincoln was killed
It's not important
Kept the South out of the North
Kept the North out of the South
35
Who surrendered to who at Appomattox Court House?
Jackson -> Lee
Lee -> Grant
Grant -> Lee
Lincoln -> Jackson
36
What is an import?
Goods and services shipped out
Goods and services shipped in
37
Where did the Civil War start?
Gettysberg, PA
Appomattox Court House
Fort Sumter, SC
Atlanta, GA
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Who lead the Atlanta Campaign?
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Jefferson Davis
William Tecumseh Sherman
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19th Amendment
Gave all slaves citizenship
Gave African Americans the right to vote
Outlawed slavery
Gave women the right to vote
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What did the Treaty of Versialles do?
End WWI
End the Cold War
Help the Germans
End WWII
41
Renting land and then paying back the owner using a share of the harvest.
sharecropping
farming
none of the answer choices
factory work
42
Which branch of the government makes the laws in the U.S.?
Legislative
Executive
Parliment
Judicial
43
Who won the Civil War?
The Confederacy
The West
The Union
The Communist Party
44
How did the Freedman's Bureau help former slaves?
set up school
All of the above
gave medical help
gave food
45
What did the TVA do?
create murals
build dams
build roads, bridges, schools, etc.
plant trees and help jobless men
46
What form of government did the U.S.S.R. have during the Cold War?
parlimentary
democratic
communist
monarchy
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Where did the Civil War end?
Appomattox Court House
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg, PA
Atlanta, GA
