7th Grade History Review

Question 1

What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

to help rebuild Europe after WWII

Question 2

"Big idea" that means that govt has been restricted in power by a written plan of government.

Accepted Answer

Limited Government

Question 3

Which side in the Civil War was strengthened by its many factories?

Accepted Answer

North (Union)

Question 4

What war started over a dispute of the Texas border?

Accepted Answer

Mexican American War

Question 5

The main work of this branch of government is to interpret the laws.

Accepted Answer

Judicial

Question 6

The belief that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent.

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

Question 7

The "big idea" that means all people must follow the laws, no matter who they are.

Accepted Answer

Rule of Law

Question 8

How did Japanese Americans spend the World War II years?

Accepted Answer

put in internment camps

Question 9

Who wrote The Jungle that exposed the horrid conditions in Chicago's meatpacking plants?

Accepted Answer

Upton Sinclair

Question 10

As a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965:

Accepted Answer

passing tests in order to vote was outlawed

Question 11

What was the goal of the Manhattan Project?

Accepted Answer

build an atomic bomb

Question 12

Lincoln's speech given in memory of soldiers who died protecting nation's ideals of freedom.

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg Address

Question 13

The "big idea" that means that there are things that people can do freely.

Accepted Answer

Rights

Question 14

Who created an electrical power system that improved the quality of life in U.S. cities?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison

Question 15

Which side in the Civil War was strengthened by its good military leadership?

Accepted Answer

South (Confederacy)

Question 16

What did President Jefferson hope the explorers of Louisiana Territory would find?

Accepted Answer

water route to the Pacific

Question 17

What term means the "right to vote?"

Accepted Answer

suffrage

Question 18

Who explored the Louisiana Territory for President Jefferson?

Accepted Answer

Lewis and Clark

Question 19

How did gaining the Louisiana Territory affect the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

it doubled the nation's size

Question 20

How did monopolies threaten the free-enterprise system?

Accepted Answer

by eliminating competition from other businesses

Question 21

What did the Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Board of Education?

Accepted Answer

school segregation is illegal

Question 22

Who was known as the trust-busting president?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 23

In which amendment to the Constitution would you find the freedom of speech?

Accepted Answer

1st

Question 24

This "big idea" means that govt officials have to follow required rules when enforcing laws.

Accepted Answer

Due Process

Question 25

Andrew Carnegie was responsible for developing this industry.

Accepted Answer

Steel

Question 26

How did the U.S. react when World War II broke out in Europe?

Accepted Answer

stayed neutral

Question 27

How did Rosa Parks help spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Accepted Answer

she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man

Question 28

The date that the Declaration of Independence was ratified or approved.

Accepted Answer

July 4, 1776

Question 29

What was the main purpose of the U.S. policy of containment?

Accepted Answer

stop the spread of communism

Question 30

The main work of this branch of government is to carry out or enforce the laws.

Accepted Answer

Executive

Question 31

Germany's mass murder of Jews and other groups in Europe is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Holocaust

Question 32

Who was a labor union activist that fought for better working conditions and to end child labor

Accepted Answer

Mother Jones

Question 33

Who was a giant in the oil industry?

Accepted Answer

John Rockefeller

Question 34

The main work of this branch of government is to make laws.

Accepted Answer

Legislative

Question 35

Where did Confederate General Lee surrender to Union General Grant to end the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox

Question 36

What event pushed the U.S. into World War II?

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor attack

Question 37

In which amendment would you find protection from unreasonable searches and seizures?

Accepted Answer

4th

Question 38

The social/political movement of the early 1900s that worked to improve conditions in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Progressive Movement

Question 39

After what Civil War battle did the Union realize that a quick victory would be impossible?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Bull Run

Question 40

Labor unions were organized to represent the interests of what group?

Accepted Answer

Workers

7th Grade History Review

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7th Grade History Review

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