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5th Grade Social Studies Checkpoint #1
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Name: _________________________
Date: __________________________
Use the map below to answer questions 1 & 2
1. Tallahassee is located in which direction from Jacksonville?
A.
B.
C.
D.
east
west
north
south
2. According to the scale, about how many miles would you travel from Jacksonville to
Miami?
A. 80 miles
B. 160 miles
C. 200 miles
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D. 320 miles
Use the map below to answer question 3 & 4
3. The equator is a parallel line. It runs through the continents of South America and
A.
B.
C.
D.
North America.
Africa.
Europe.
Antartica.
4. The equator divides the globe into hemispheres. What hemisphere is above the
equator?
A. Northern
B. Southern
C. Eastern
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D. Western
Use the map below to answer question 5
5. This is a map of the southeastern United States. According to the map, what
natural resource is important to the economy of West Virginia (WV)?
A.
B.
C.
D.
gas
minerals
oil
rivers
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Use the map below to answer question 6
6. How much more rain per year usually falls in Atlanta than in Macon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2-4 inches more
1-3 inches more
less than 1 inch more
more than 4 inches more
7. During the years before the Civil War, the Underground Railroad was started to
help runaway slaves escape to freedom in Canada. One former slave who was involved
with the Underground Railroad was called “the Black Moses” was
A. Booker T. Washington.
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B. Frederick Douglass.
C. Harriet Tubman.
D. Phyllis Wheatley.
Use the map below to answer question 8
8. According to the map, in which region of the United States is the MOST cotton
grown?
A.
B.
C.
D.
West
Midwest
Southeast
Northeast
9. During the Civil War, each side had certain strategies, or plans, to win the war.
Part of the strategy of the North was to
A. use troops from other countries to invade the South.
B. Place a naval blockade along the coast to cut down on shipping.
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C. Ask Southerners who were against the war to revolt.
D. Position soldiers around the South and not let the people leave.
10. After the Civil War began with the surrender of Ft. Sumter, both sides were busy
raising and training their armies. The first major land battle of the war took place
near Washington, D.C. This was the First Battle of
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bull Run.
Antietam.
Gettysburg.
Richmond.
11. During the Civil War, both the North and the South had certain strengths. Which
of the following would have been a strength for the North at the beginning of the war?
A. Northern factories were able to make weapons and materials needed for war.
B. Since most of the fighting took place in the North, they knew they land.
C. Northern soldiers had better training, and their leaders were better
prepared.
D. Since the South was suffering through a drought, the crops were ruined.
Read the following statements and answer question 12
Howell Cobb, a general in the Confederate army and a Georgia politician, said, “If
slaves will make good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong.”
Joseph Holt from Pennsylvania wrote in 1863: “The tenacious and brilliant valor
displayed by troops of this race has (shown) the President and the country the
character of service of which they are capable.”
12. Which conclusion can be made by comparing these two statements?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Southern idea about race was wrong.
African Americans would fight only for the South.
Both the Southern and Northern ideas about race were wrong.
Many African Americans fought in General Lee’s army during the war.
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13. By 1864, the North was winning the Civil War. To help bring the war to an end, the
North sent General William Sherman on his “March to the Sea.” The purpose of this
was to
A. move Union troops to the coast where they could be transported to other
places.
B. destroy property and make Southerners realize they could not win the war.
C. help people in the South who wanted to end the war by surrendering.
D. kill as many Southerners as possible.
14. There have been a number of amendments added to the Constitution of the United
States that deal with voting. The 15th Amendment was passed in 1870 after the Civil
War. Which group gained the right to vote?
A.
B.
C.
D.
property owners
women
black men
immigrants
Read the following information to answer question 15
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He was from Ohio and supported the Union.
During the early years of the war, he led his troops to victory in Tennessee.
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
President Lincoln made him commander of the troops fighting in the East.
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
At the end of the war, he commanded all Union troops.
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to him, ending the war.
15. This person was
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
George B. MCClellan
Jefferson Davis
16. The 14th Amendment was approved by the states and became part of the United
States Constitution in 1868. The purpose of this amendment was to define citizenship
and to protect the rights of
A.
B.
C.
D.
European immigrants.
African Americans.
factory workers.
naturalized citizens.
17. Students studying topics in history often are required to use primary sources.
Which of the following BEST describes a primary source?
A.
B.
C.
D.
information provided by a teacher
a movie that shows the event
a first-hand account of the event
information from the library
18. How was the economy of the South different from that of the North before the
Civil War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The South did not import or export many products.
Most Southern industries grew at a faster rate.
The South had developed a better system of railroads.
Much of Southern agriculture depended on slave labor.
19. The issue of slavery was a primary cause of the American Civil War. What was one
other major issue that led to the war between the states?
A. states setting their own borders.
B. drought in the South destroying the cotton crop
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C. states having more power than the national government
D. construction of factories in the South
Use the information below to answer question 20
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He was a runaway slave.
He fled to the North.
He became a spokesperson against slavery.
He helped recruit African Americans to fight in the Civil War.
20. This person was
A.
B.
C.
D.
William Lloyd Garrison.
Nat Turner.
Frederick Douglass.
Booker T. Washington.
21. Why is the United States government divided into executive, legislative, and
judicial branches?
A.
B.
C.
D.
to
to
to
to
make sure that citizens elect the best possible candidates
make sure that one branch does not gain too much power
let citizens participate in the direct election of officials
allow the federal government to control state governments
22. The Constitution divides power among the three branches of the national
government of the United States. Which branch is responsible for enforcing laws?
A. judicial
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B. executive
C. legislative
D. international
23. The national government of the United States is divided into three branches.
These branches are called
A.
B.
C.
D.
federal, state, and local.
international, federal, and local.
interstate, state, and intrastate.
executive, legislative, and judicial.
24. After the Civil War ended in 1865, the government began the process of bringing
the South back into the Union. This period of time is called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Reconstruction.
the Great Depression.
Emancipation.
the Industrial Revolution.
25. Which of the following was the most difficult problem facing the United States at
the end of the Civil War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
paying off war debts
rebuilding the South and bring it back into the Union
setting up the Freedmen’s Bureau
catching and punishing the man who assassinated Lincoln
26. After the Civil War, the slaves had been freed and many of the large plantations
were destroyed. Many of the freedmen that had worked on the plantations were now
out of work. Many turned to sharecropping. Which of the following BEST describes
sharecropping?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Sharecroppers had to give farm owners part of their crop for using the land
Sharecroppers had to share the equipment used on the farms.
Sharecroppers had little money so they had to buy small plots of land.
Sharecroppers had to share their crops with other sharecroppers.
27. In June of 1864, Senator Charles Sumner introduced the bill establishing the
Bureau of Freedmen, calling it a “Bridge from Slavery to Freedom.” Which BEST
describes how the Freedmen’s Bureau affected the lives of former slaves?
A. It provided camps where black soldiers could find their families.
B. It provided shelter, food, schools, and legal protection to former slaves.
C. It provided loans so that former slaves could buy land and farming
equipment.
D. It provided courts for former slaves to bring lawsuits against their former
owners.
Use the map below to answer question 28
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28. In which region of the United States are the FEWEST milk-producing states
located?
A. West
B. Southeast
C. Midwest
D. Northeast
Use the map below to answer questions 29
29. You are in Atlanta and plan to visit Andersonville National Historic Site. In which
direction will you travel?
A.
B.
C.
D.
north
east
west
south
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Answer Key
1. B
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. A
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. C
18. D
19. C
20. C
21. B
22. C
23. D
24. A
25. B
26. A
27. B
28. B
29. D
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