Download Grade 8 Social Studies Midterm Exam Part I

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Part I: Multiple Choice (60 points)
Social Studies 8 – January, 2017
Directions: Select the correct answer and mark it on your scantron sheet.
“Although important strides were made, Reconstruction failed to provide lasting guarantees of
the civil rights of the freedman.”
1)
Which evidence best supports this statement?
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passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 19th century
ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
refusal of Southern States to allow sharecropping
passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1866
“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges…of citizens…nor shall
any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…”
2)
The major purpose of these provisions of the 14th Amendment was to
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limit the power of the federal government
expand the civil rights of women
maintain competition in business
protect the rights of African Americans
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Base your answer to the question below using the image and your knowledge of social studies.
3)
What conclusion can be drawn from the photograph above?
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Former Confederate states were punished for going against the Union.
Plessy v. Ferguson promoted equality among all United States citizens.
“Separate but equal” facilities were, in reality, unequal.
The Supreme Court could not arrive at a decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
. . . We believe you are not familiar with the description of the Ku Klux Klans riding nightly over the country,
going from county to county, and in the county towns, spreading terror wherever they go by robbing,
whipping, ravishing, and killing our people without provocation [reason], compelling [forcing] colored
people to break the ice and bathe in the chilly waters of the Kentucky river.
The [state] legislature has adjourned. They refused to enact any laws to suppress [stop] Ku-Klux
disorder. We regard them [the Ku-Kluxers] as now being licensed to continue their dark and bloody deeds
under cover of the dark night. They refuse to allow us to testify in the state courts where a white man is
concerned. We find their deeds are perpetrated [carried out] only upon colored men and white Republicans.
We also find that for our services to the government and our race we have become the special object of
hatred and persecution at the hands of the Democratic Party.
-Petition to the United States Congress, March 25, 1871, Miscellaneous Documents of the United States Senate,
42nd Congress, 1st Session, 1871
4)
Who wrote this petition to Congress?
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Freedmen and white Republicans
Democrats
Members of the Kentucky state legislature
Kentucky judges
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Base your answer to the question below using the image and your knowledge of social studies.
5)
What is the main idea of the political cartoon above?
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African Americans were treated equally after Reconstruction.
African Americans faced many roadblocks in order to vote.
The Grandfather Clause allowed freed slaves to vote.
The poll tax prevented both whites and blacks from voting.
Base your answers to question 6 & 7 on the section of the law quoted below and on your knowledge
of social studies.
Sec.2. . . All freedmen, free negroes and mulattoes. . .over the age of eighteen years
found. . .with no lawful employment or business. . .and all white persons. . .usually
associating with freedmen, free negroes or mulattoes on terms of equality. . .shall be
deemed vagrants, and on conviction thereof shall be fined. . .and imprisoned at the
discretion of the court. . .
–Mississippi Black Code
6)
Provisions included in this law were used to
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provide land to former slaves
punish former Confederate leaders
repeal the Jim Crow laws
deny equal rights to African Americans
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7)
Which group of people would most likely support the content of the law?
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2.
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Northerners
African Americans
Democrats
Industrial workers
Base your answer to question 8 using the passage below and your knowledge of social studies.
“Crouched over the coal chutes, the boys sit hour after hour, picking out the pieces of slate…I
once…tried to do the work a twelve-year-old boy was doing day after day, for ten hours at a
stretch, for sixty cents a day. The gloom appalled me…”
-John Spargo
8)
Situations such as the one described in this passage related to
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West during the frontier period
South during Reconstruction
child labor
Midwest during the Granger period
Why did the United States follow a policy of unrestricted immigration for Europeans
during most of the 1800’s?
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Business and industry depended on the foreign money brought by immigrants.
The American economy needed many unskilled workers.
Most Americans desired a more varied culture.
The United States wanted to help European nations by taking in poor people.
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Base you answer to question 10 on the political cartoon above and your knowledge of social
studies.
10)
What is the main idea expressed in the cartoon above?
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Immigration decreased due to lack of job availability.
Cultural diversity was celebrated among the American people.
Europeans were easily able to settle in major U.S. cities.
Quotas severely limited the amount of newcomers permitted in the U.S.
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11)
Base your answer to the following question on the poem excerpt below and on your
knowledge of social studies.
“Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she with silent lips. “Give me your tired,
your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your
teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside
the golden door!”
-Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus,” 1883
Which attitude about immigration is reflected in this poem, which is inscribed on the
Statue of Liberty?
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People from all nations should be welcomed.
Educated professionals should be given preference.
Quota laws should be adopted to limit certain ethnic groups.
The immigration of unskilled people should be restricted.
“Labor Leaders Executed for Causing Haymarket Riot”
“State Militia Called In To End Homestead Strike”
“1,000 Jailed as Silver Miners Protest Wage Cuts”
12)
Which statement about labor unions in the late 1800’s is illustrated by the above
headlines?
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Strikes by labor unions usually gained public support.
The government frequently opposed labor union activities.
Labor union demands were usually met.
Arbitration was commonly used to end labor unrest.
Base your answer to question 13 on the speaker’s statements below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
Speaker: “The factories are dangerous to work in and wages are at the poverty level. Only labor unions
can convince managers to improve wages and working conditions.”
13)
Which individual held ideas most like those of the speaker?
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4.
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Samuel Gompers
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“Jane Addams Opens Hull House”
“Jacob Riis Photographs Tenement Residents”
“Meat Sales Cut in Half With Publication of The Jungle”
14)
The above headlines represent efforts by individuals to
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help business monopolies
improve depressed cities
solve problems of American farmers
correct abuses of the Industrial Revolution
The women in front of the White House would most likely help a historian studying
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the rise of labor movements in America.
the growth of communist parties in the United States.
the rise of organizations pushing for women’s suffrage.
women’s role in industry during WW I.
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16)
What was the most significant economic impact of the transcontinental railroad during
the late 1800’s?
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17)
Europeans who came to the United States between 1880 and 1920 have been described
as “new immigrants” mainly because they
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expanding interstate business nationwide
eliminating overseas trade with Europe
decreasing the influence of big business
rapid rebuilding of the South after the Civil War
were considered physically and mentally superior to earlier immigrants.
arrived before the closing of the frontier and settled farms in the West.
came generally from different countries than the most earlier immigrants.
came chiefly from northern and western Europe.
Based on the map, which region of the United States demonstrated the most support
for complete voting rights for women before 1919?
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New England
South
Midwest
West
Base your answer on the cartoon below and your knowledge of social studies.
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19)
What is the main idea of this cartoon?
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The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.
The best way to develop major industries was to form small businesses.
Government regulations were strangling the Standard Oil Company.
Foreign competition in the oil industry was hurting American companies.
During the Progressive Era, the muckrackers were most effective in reaching the
public through their
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novels and articles in the popular press.
leadership roles in powerful corporations.
congressional proposals.
participation in political campaigns.
Base your answer to question 21 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.
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21)
The cartoon illustrates President Theodore Roosevelt’s attempt to
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ignore antitrust laws.
conserve natural resources.
limit the power of monopolies.
eliminate foreign ownership of United States corporations.
The cartoon above would be most useful to historians as a source of information about
which of the following?
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Pres. Roosevelt’s determination not to cause any controversy in building the canal
Pres. Roosevelt’s eagerness to uphold all international laws
The importance of building a canal in Panama for Pres. Roosevelt
Reasons why the U. S. was determined to build a canal in Panama
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23)
Secretary of State John Hay proposed the Open Door Policy (1899-1900) to world
powers to
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keep Chinese workers from coming to America.
secure a fair settlement in the war between Russia and Japan.
protect United States trading interests in China.
bring a peaceful end to the Boxer Rebellion.
Base your answer to question 24 on the quote below.
“But today we are raising more than we can consume. Today we are making more than we can
use. Today our industrial society is congested; there are more workers than there is work; there
is more capital than there is investment. We do not need more money-we need more
circulation, more employment. Therefore, we must find new markets for our produce, new
occupation for our capital, new work for our labor…” -Senator Albert J. Beveridge, 1898
24)
This statement provides a reason why political leaders of the late 1800’s adopted the
policy of
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imperialism
isolationism
protectionism
collective security
United States interest in overseas expansion in the late 19th century was based mainly
on the desire to
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achieve greater cultural diversity.
attain new sources of raw materials and new markets.
spread Christianity to Latin America and the Philippines.
acquire new land to ease population pressures at home.
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Base your answer to the following question on the headlines below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
26)
The headlines are an example of
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2.
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4.
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the use of yellow journalism.
unbiased news reporting.
warnings to belligerent nations.
official reports released to the press.
The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act are all examples of
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4.
progressive legislation from the early 20th century.
bills vetoed by the president in power.
moral social legislation.
bills fought for by the Populists.
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THE BIG STICK IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA
28)
Culver Pictures (adapted)
The primary goal of the United States foreign policy referred to in the cartoon above
was to
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build United States factories in the Caribbean region.
improve relations with Caribbean nations.
provide defense for nations in the Caribbean.
protect United States interests in the Caribbean region.
Base your answer on the quotation below and your knowledge of social studies.
“I object in the strongest possible way to having the United States agree, directly or indirectly,
to be controlled by a league [of nations] which may at any time…, be drawn in to deal with
internal conflicts in other countries…We should never allow the United States to be involved in
any internal conflict in another country.”
-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
29)
Senator Lodge was expressing support for a foreign policy of
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containment.
isolationism.
interventionism.
imperialism.
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Base your answer to question 30 on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.
30)
The situation shown in the map threatened the United States policy of
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4.
31)
Women during World War I
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neutrality.
imperialism.
negotiating treaties.
militarism.
stayed at home where they were needed with most of the men at the war.
worked in factories and traditional men’s jobs because men were at war.
were discriminated even more against because they were alone.
had trouble finding men, since most of them were fighting in the war.
President Woodrow Wilson’s statement “The world must be made safe for
democracy” was made to support his decision to
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end United States imperialism in Latin America.
support tariff reform.
send troops into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa.
ask Congress to declare war against Germany.
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Base your answer on the following question on the chart below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
Rural and Urban Population in the United States
Rural
Urban
Year
(thousands)
(thousands)
1860
25,227
6,217
1870
28,656
9,902
1880
36,026
14,130
1890
40,841
22,106
1900
45,835
30,160
1910
49,973
41,999
1920
51,553
54,158
Source: Bureau of the Census
33)
Which statement is best supported by the chart?
1. In the early 1900’s, there was an increase in the number of immigrants who became
farmers.
2. In the early 1900’s, people who lived in cities were more likely to vote than those
who lived in rural areas.
3. In 1920, more people lived in cities than on farms.
4. In 1920, there were fewer women working in factories than on farms.
We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor
in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. In the event of this not
succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal or alliance on the following basis: make war together,
make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico
is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. . . –Zimmerman telegram, 1917
34)
This telegram most directly contributed to which of the following?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The Mexicans entering into a war with the United States
The Germans creating another alliance
The Americans entering WWI
The beginning of the Spanish-American War
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“Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated!”
“Germany Declares War on Russia and France!”
“Peace Treaty Signed at Versailles!”
35)
Which event is referred to in the above headlines?
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36)
The issue that divided the Senate over the ratification of the Versailles Treaty was
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Germany used submarine warfare against American ships.
The Soviet Union developed atomic weapons.
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
Germany’s invasion of Belgium.
An important result of the Spanish-American War of 1898 was that the United States:
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4.
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the United States government should heavily regulate the economy.
big business was bad for the American people.
government does not get involved with the economy.
unions were needed to keep wages up.
Which situation caused the United States to become directly involved in World War I?
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2.
3.
4.
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German reparations.
German colonies being given to European powers.
the League of Nations.
the new nations of Hungary and Austria.
The principle of laissez-faire held that
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4.
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Franco-Prussian War
Crimean War
World War I
Cold War
Acquired territories in Africa
Improved its relations with Germany
Lost interest in Latin American affairs
Became a world power with an overseas empire
During the Gilded Age, many factory owners used child labor because
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children could read and write better than their parents did.
children were more efficient than other workers.
children could be paid less than adults were paid.
parents wanted their children to have jobs.
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