8th Grade Social Studies Final Exam Review

In the period from 1890-1910, most immigrants settled in large cities because

Barbed wire fences and sod houses would be found in which area of the country

Why was President Roosevelt criticized for running for a third term in 1940

A business that has complete control over an entire industry is a

Which headline reflects the idea of imperialism

Which of the following was NOT an argument in favor of imperialism

What is the result of the construction of the interstate highway system of the 1950s & 1960's

One reason the stock market collapsed in October 1929 was that

President Wilson’s Fourteen Points was a plan to

A major benefit of the Transcontinental Railroad was

Most historians agree that the world came closest to nuclear war during which event

Which individual is best known as a major leader of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s

Which development led to the other three?

A major goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to

Small apartments with no windows or plumbing that immigrants lived in were called

Which Supreme Court decision outlawed segregation in public schools?

who RECEIVED AN APOLOGY AND Money from the government as a result of their interment in WWII

how did World War II affected the home front in the United States

The similarity between the Korean War and Vietnam War is that each

What effect did President Roosevelt’s fireside chats have on the American people

Which literary work exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry

The Open Door Policy

Cold War developed shortly after the end of World War II primarily because of the

What was the immediate cause of the Spanish American War

Which economic concept is best described as a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money

The 13^th Amendment to the Constitution

The United Nations was created primarily to

Andrew Carnegie was a leader in which industry

In which area of the country did the Dust Bowl occur

Which document imposed punishment on Germany after World War I

Reconstruction refers to the period in which

A person who leaves their native land and travels to a new land to work and live is an

What was one reason the national ban on alcohol failed

Crusading journalists who wanted to expose greed and corruption in society were the

The writing of Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois demonstrated the

Some effects of the Great Depression were

“Seward’s Folly” refers to

What is Boss Tweed primarily remembered for

Reconstruction ended in 1877, because

As a result of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the United States

Which is true of the free enterprise system

Rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs is

Under the Sharecropping System, many farmers

The right of unions to negotiate with ownership as a group is

In the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, the Supreme Court ruled that

The main objective of the quota system established by the immigration laws of the 1920s was to

Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, and Carrie Chapman Catt are all associated with

The systematic murder by the Nazis of Jews and others who were considered undesirable is known as

Why did the United States build a canal through the Isthmus of Panama

What was one effect of the Harlem Renaissance

The Marshall Plan provided economic aid after World War II in order to

Keeping people of different races separated is

Literacy tests and poll taxes were created by white southerners to

“Rosie the Riveter” was a wartime symbol of the growing role of women in

During the Progressive Era, many states began using primary elections to allow voters to

All federal jobs except elected positions and the armed forces are part of the

What was the immediate cause of the outbreak of World War I

The policy of powerful nations controlling the economic & political affairs of weaker nations is

All of the following were inventions of Thomas Edison EXCEPT

The Homestead Act

President Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima because he

All of the following were goals of early labor unions EXCEPT

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s overall plan for improving the nation’s economy was called the

The movement of people from farms to cities is

Which source of information is a primary source on trench warfare during World War I

Why did some Americans want to limit immigration to the United States?

After World War II, a result of the Nuremberg war crimes trials was that

Which event led to the passage of laws that created safer working conditions in factories

What method did Martin Luther King use to try to end racial segregation

The battles of Normandy and Midway were similar in that both

One advantage that corporations had over individually-owned businesses is that corporations

Mass production of automobiles was made possible by the introduction of the

Which New Deal program set up a system of unemployment insurance and pensions for retired workers

In the struggle for civil rights, Rosa Parks is most closely associated with the

The Plains Indians used the buffalo for which of the following items

Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, and Ida Tarbell are considered muckrakers because they

The 14^th Amendment to the Constitution

In 1892, the United States opened Ellis Island to

Carpetbaggers were

Which event brought the United States into World War II