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#8th Grade 34 question Social Studies Review
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1
What is taking place in this image?
The US giving up.
A cease fire.
The British surrendering.
US is attacking the British.
2
What city was the first atomic bomb dropped on in Japan?
Hamamastu
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
3
What was a carpetbagger?
Northerners who helped rebuild the south.
Northerners that were homeless and there belongings in bags.
Northerners who went to the south to make profit.
Northerners who were robbing banks.
4
What year did the Revolutionary War take place?
1775
1789
1865
1247
5
When was Jamestown established?
May 13, 1607
July 7, 1607
June 3, 1612
May 17, 1607
6
Why do you think that there was a wall around the Jamestown colony?
They were a very shy group of people.
They wanted to keep away animals.
To stop the Spanish from seeing where the colony was.
They wanted to be protected from the Native Americans.
7
What amendment in the Bill of Rights is written like this:
3rd Amendment
1st Amendment
7th Amendment
18th Amendment
8
Who was the person that first started the civil rights movement?
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr
All of the above
The little rock nine
9
Who was the central powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman empire.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Britain.
France, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman empire.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman empire.
10
What was the main reason for westward expansion?
Expansion to get rid of the Natives.
Manifest Destiny.
Man kinds right for land.
11
What was the Red Scare?
Communists in the United States.
Mass production of alcohol.
When alcohol was banned.
Movement of African Americans.
12
What is happening in the image?
They were dumping cookies off of the ship.
They were dumping clams back into the ocean to save them.
The Boston tea Party.
Making the ocean more shallow by putting rocks in the water.
13
What is happening in this picture?
They are fighting over missiles in Canada.
They were just hanging out and having a good arm wrestle.
Meeting with U.S and Soviet Union about the missiles in Cuba
President was arm wrestling with The soviet union leader.
14
How many years did the Civil War last?
5 years.
4 years.
7 years.
3 years.
15
When the constitution and government was established how many votes did each state get?
1 vote for small states and 2 votes for large states.
2
1
7
16
What was the industrial revolution?
How steel was made.
A change into complex machines instead of hand tools.
The government should not interfere with business.
The right to vote
17
What does this picture represent?
Kids worked too much and were not treated well.
Kids needed money so they gave out free rides.
In the industrial revolution kids helped there parents out.
Kids had to pull around there leaders sometimes.
18
Why did the civil war take place?
Fight over cotton.
Fight over food.
Fight over slavery.
Fight over land.
19
In this picture what is happening?
Want to find a new place to live.
In search for new land.
They are going west.
All of the above.
20
During the day of August 13th, 1961 was the Berlin wall built?
At night
About mid-day.
Very early in the morning.
Before sunset
21
What was
not
one of the Intolerable Acts?
No more importing to Boston Massachusetts.
Making the colonies supply housing for British Soldiers.
None of the above.
Putting the Boston Government under British control.
22
What types of changes were brought about in the 1920’s?
Economic
All of the above
Political
Social
23
What side seems to have the most of an advantage due to size and number of state?
The blue.
The purple.
They are all equal.
The yellow.
24
What strategies did countries use to fight World War one?
Imperialism
Nationalism
Militarism
Poison Gas
25
What is significant of the date June 6, 1944?
Battle of the bulge
D-Day
A surrender by Japan
Battle of Midway
26
What day did the stock market crash starting the great depression?
Black thursday
Black tuesday
Black wednesday
Black monday
27
What was the cause of the great depression?
Factories and farms produced more food that people could buy
All of the above
Banks made loans that borrowers could not pay back.
Businesses could not find people to invest in their growth.
28
What side were the confederates in the picture.
The left.
The right.
29
Why was there civil war reconstruction.
There were too many people.
People wanted to have everybody equal.
A lot of houses were destroyed.
It was because 4 million slaves were freed.
30
What was one goal of this march?
To end voting rights.
To end segregation in public schools.
To Begin segregation in Public schools.
To fire all whites from there jobs
31
What are the three groups of colonies?
South Colonies, Nice Colonies, Mean Colonies.
Southern Colonies, Middle colonies, New England Colonies.
S Colonies, M Colonies, SM Colonies.
Southern Colonies, Northern Colonies, Middle Colonies.
32
What is happening in the picture below?
The U.S.S Maine getting blown up by the Americans.
The U.S.S Maine being blown up by European's.
The U.S.S Maine being blown up by the Spanish.
The U.S.S Maine being blown up by Italy.
33
What is Daniel Boone doing in this picture?
He is looking for new land because of expansion.
He is leading hunters to food for the colony.
He is leading people through the mountains.
He is leading people through the Cumberland Gap.
34
What did America Gain from the Treaty of Paris?
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and Mexico.
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and Europe.
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and influence of Cuba.
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and Spain.
