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Social Studies Graduation Exam Study Guide
  • Chapter One The Pre-Colonial Eras
  • Directions Answer the following completely as
    you read pages 13-20 of the grad exam workbook.

2
  • Name the Holy Wars waged from 1095-1270 between
    the Europeans and the Muslims in the Middle East?

3
  • As a result of these Holy Wars, what items did
    the Europeans from the West discover in the
    Middle East?

4
  • What is the name of the instrument sailors used
    to find their position from the stars?
  • From whom did they get the device?

5
  • What is the name of the instrument that used a
    magnetic needle to indicate direction?

6
  • What was the name of the new type of ship
    developed during the age of exploration?

7
  • The time period in Europe in which individuals
    sought to understand the Greek and Roman literary
    classics is called_______.

8
  • What was the name of the movement in which people
    began to question the validity of the practices
    of the Catholic Church?

9
  • Who was the leader of the movement to reform the
    Catholic Church?

10
  • Who was the Italian explorer, representing Spain,
    who set out in 1492 to find a new route to Asia?

11
  • The Columbian Exchange was the sharing of
    cultures between the Americas and Europe. List
    five results of the Columbian Exchange.
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.

12
  • What did the Spanish and Portuguese explorers
    want from the countries of the New World?

13
  • Where did the French mainly settle in the New
    World?

14
  • In what area did the English chiefly settle in
    the New World?

15
  • List 6 major factors that led to New World
    exploration.
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.

16
  • What is the Spanish term for conqueror or
    explorer?

17
  • Who led the Spanish to conquer the Aztec Empire
    (in 1519)?

18
  • Who led the Spanish to conquer the Inca Empire
    (in 1535)?

19
  • Who had better weapons . . . the Spanish or the
    Native Americans?

20
  • How did the Native Americans react to seeing
    fair-skinned people and horses for the first
    time?

21
  • Name two diseases the Europeans passed to the
    Native Americans?

22
  • Which explorer searched for the legendary Seven
    Cities of Gold in the present day area of New
    Mexico?

23
  • Who led the exploration of the areas of present
    day Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi?

24
  • Who explored parts of present day Florida in
    search of the Fountain of Youth?

25
  • What is the name of the first European city in
    North America? When was it founded?

26
  • What island did the Dutch buy from the Native
    Americans?
  • What is that city known as today?

27
  • In 1587, who was the leader of the first attempt
    by the English to colonize America?

28
  • What was the name of the first successful English
    settlement in the New World?
  • When was this colony founded?

29
  • The Virginia Company was what type of company?

30
  • What was the purpose of the founding of
    Jamestown?

31
  • Which organization of the Virginia Company
    limited royal authority and increased citizen
    participation in the colonial government?

32
  • Which English colonies have plantations?

33
  • Many people who came to the English colonies were
    indentured servants. What is an indentured
    servant?

34
  • What three items were parts of the trade of the
    triangular trade route in the New World? (see map
    on page 19).

35
  • What were the two religious groups that separated
    from the Church of England and settled the New
    England colonies?

36
  • What did the Mayflower Compact guarantee?

37
  • Which religious group settled in Pennsylvania?

38
  • Which religious group settled in Maryland?

39
  • What is the economic system in which a nations
    power is measured by its gold supply?
  • As a result, why are colonies needed?

40
Social Studies Graduation Exam Study Guide
  • Chapter Two The Revolutionary War and War of
    1812
  • Directions Answer the following completely as
    you read pages 24-30 of the grad exam workbook.

41
  • Under what system were the colonies to supply
    England with raw materials while England supplied
    the colonies with manufactured goods and finished
    products?

42
  • What is a market with only one supplier?

43
  • What is the name of the search warrant that
    allowed customs officials the right to search
    anywhere for illegal goods that had not been
    taxed?

44
  • What are the two names used to describe the war
    fought between France and England for control of
    North America?

45
  • Each time Parliament taxed the colonies to pay
    for their protection, the Parliament taxed them
    without their _____________________.

46
  • What is the name of the event in Boston in 1770
    in which 5 people were killed by British troops?

47
  • Who was the first black sailor active in the Sons
    of Liberty who was part of the 5 people killed?

48
  • What was the name of the organization devoted to
    protecting colonial liberties and protesting
    British unfair policies?

49
  • What was the name of the event in which colonists
    protested the tea tax by dumping a shipment of
    tea into Boston Harbor?

50
  • Who was one member of the Sons of Liberty who
    dressed up as a Native American and boarded the
    ships carrying tea?

51
  • In response to the Boston Tea Party, what laws
    did the British pass to limit trade and
    self-government in the colonies?

52
  • When the British passed the Intolerable Acts, the
    colonial leaders organized the ___________________
    ___________.

53
  • What did the colonial leaders agree to do at the
    First Continental Congress?

54
  • Who was the prominent burgess from Virginia whose
    Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death speech aroused
    the colonial leaders to revolt against Great
    Britain and fight for freedom?

55
  • What was the name of the colonial volunteer
    soldiers who were ready to fight in a moments
    notice?

56
  • Who rode on horseback to Lexington,
    Massachusetts, warning neighboring towns that
    The British Are Coming?

57
  • Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  • When was it signed?

58
  • What are the four major principles found in the
    Declaration of Independence?
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.

59
  • What were the first two battles that started the
    Revolutionary War?

60
  • What battle persuaded the French to enter the
    Revolutionary War on the side of the colonists?

61
  • Where did General George Washington, the
    commander-in-chief of the Colonial Army, train
    his tired and poorly trained troops during the
    winter of 1777?

62
  • Where did the British finally surrender in
    October of 1781?

63
  • What was the name of the treaty in which the
    British recognized the independence of the United
    States, as well as the border of the new nation?

64
  • As a result of the Treaty of Paris, 1783, the
    borders of the United States extended
  • in the north to ____________________________,
  • in the west to _____________________________,
  • in the south to ____________________________,
    and
  • in the east to ______________________________.

65
  • What was the practice by the French and British
    (who were fighting each other on the open seas)
    of taking American sailors from U.S. ships and
    forcing them to serve in either the British or
    French navy?

66
  • What is an embargo?

67
  • Why did the United States drop its embargo
    against France?

68
  • Why were War Hawk American politicians
    infuriated with the British?

69
  • What happened on June 18, 1812?

70
  • Name the battle in which Andrew Jackson, along
    with the Cherokee Indian tribe, defeated the
    Creeks, Tecumsehs allies in the South.

71
  • At what battle during the War of 1812 was The
    Star Spangled Banner written?

72
  • Who wrote The Star Spangled Banner?

73
  • What made Andrew Jackson a hero in the United
    States and increased the feeling of American
    pride?

74
  • At the conclusion of the War of 1812, describe
    the agreement on land boundaries between Great
    Britain and the United States.

75
Social Studies Graduation Exam Study Guide
  • Chapter Three/Part A The United States
    Government
  • Directions Answer the following completely as
    you read pages 34-39 of the grad exam workbook.

76
  • Following the Revolutionary War, the colonists
    chief loyalty was to what?

77
  • What was the written document that protected the
    rights of English nobles and influenced the U.S.
    Constitution by stating that the kings power was
    not absolute?

78
  • Who was the English philosopher who believed the
    government should derive its power from the
    people whom it governed?

79
  • Who was the French philosopher who wrote the
    Social Contract Theory?

80
  • What idea was expressed in the Social Contract
    Theory?

81
  • How did the Social Contract Theory influence
    Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of
    Independence?

82
  • Which philosopher believed that the government
    should be divided into three branches?

83
  • What was the name of the general revival of
    evangelical Christians in the American colonies
    and led to a sense of American nationality before
    the Revolutionary War?

84
  • What was the name of the first colonial assembly
    of representatives?

85
  • What was the name of the first constitution of
    America and when was it ratified?

86
  • What were the two strengths of the Articles of
    Confederation?
  • 1.
  • 2.

87
  • What were the four weaknesses of the Articles of
    Confederation?
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.

88
  • In 1787, a convention met to change the Articles
    of Confederation and create a new government,
    what was it called?

89
  • Under the large state plan (the Virginia Plan),
    the states would base representation in Congress
    on a states population. Under the small state
    plan (the New Jersey Plan), each state would get
    an equal voice in Congress. What was the name of
    the compromise that divided the Congress into two
    houses?

90
  • In the upper house called the _____________,
    each state has two senators.

91
  • In the lower house called the _________, each
    state has representation based on proportion of
    population.

92
  • What term refers to the practice of dividing
    power between the national government and the
    state governments?

93
  • What is a government in which power is divided
    among various groups with all groups obeying a
    system of laws called the constitution?

94
  • Why does the Constitution divide power among the
    three branches?

95
  • Under the U.S. Constitution, which branch makes
    the law?

96
  • Under the U.S. Constitution, which branch carries
    out the law?

97
  • Under the U.S. Constitution, which branch
    interprets or explains the law?

98
  • To keep the branches equal in power, the writers
    of the Constitution created a system
    of________________________.

99
  • How can a president prevent a bill from becoming
    law?

100
  • Which part of the Constitution states the
    purposes of establishing a new government?

101
  • What does the Elastic Clause of the Constitution
    do?

102
  • Article One of the Constitution establishes the
    _______________ which consists of a two-house
    __________________.

103
  • Article Two of the Constitution establishes the
    __________________ branch which gives executive
    power to the __________________.

104
  • Article Three of the Constitution establishes the
    ___________ branch which establishes the
    _______________ for interpreting laws made by
    Congress.

105
  • What does the term ratified mean?

106
  • Who had to ratify the Constitution before it
    became law?

107
  • The supporters of the Constitution were called
    the _________________.

108
  • What did the Federalists believe the United
    States needed?

109
  • List the three prominent Federalist leaders.

110
  • The _____________ were newspapers articles
    written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison that stated
    the advantages of a federal union under the
    Constitution.

111
  • The Federalists Papers were written to persuade
    which state to ratify the Constitution?

112
  • The opponents of the Constitution were called the
    ____________________.

113
  • What did the Anti-Federalists think the
    Constitution would do to the new national
    government?

114
  • What was the most important argument the
    Anti-Federalists made about the Constitution?

115
  • All states eventually ratified the Constitution
    in ____________(year).

116
  • Social Studies Grad Exam Study Guide
  • Chapter Three Part B- The United States
    Government
  • Directions Answer the following completely as
    you read pages 40-43 of the grad exam workbook.

117
  • Changes in the Constitution can be made
    through_________________.

118
  • Why did the writers of the Constitution allow for
    amendments?

119
  • An amendment to the Constitution requires a
    two-thirds majority vote of ____________ or a
    special convention called by two-thirds of the
    ____________.

120
  • The first ten amendments to the Constitution are
    called the ________________.

121
  • What five rights does the First Amendment
    guarantee?

122
  • What rights are guaranteed by the Second
    Amendment?

123
  • What does the Fourth Amendment say about
    searches?

124
  • What two rights of the accused are guaranteed in
    the Fifth Amendment?

125
  • Which amendment abolished slavery?

126
  • What does the 14th Amendment state?

127
  • Explain the 15th Amendment.

128
  • Which amendment gives women the right to vote?

129
  • What is the Electoral College?

130
  • Who did the Electoral College elected as the
    first president of the United States?

131
  • As Secretary of the Treasury, what was Alexander
    Hamiltons main goal?

132
  • Who favored paying the United States war debt in
    fullAlexander Hamilton or James Madison?

133
  • Hamilton proposed that the federal government
    take over the states debt from the Revolutionary
    War. Why did Jefferson and Madison oppose
    Hamiltons proposal?

134
  • Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison worked out a
    compromise on the issue of state debt which
    involved moving the nations capital from
    _____________ in the North to ________________ in
    the South.

135
  • The Elastic Clause of the Constitution gives
    Congress what?

136
  • In George Washingtons farewell address, what did
    he say about Americas relations with foreign
    countries?

137
  • In George Washingtons farewell address, what did
    he say about political parties?

138
  • What did Washington believe good government was
    based on?

139
  • What political party did Hamilton lead?

140
  • What political party did Jefferson lead?

141
  • Which party favored a strong central (federal)
    government?

142
  • Which party favored the states retaining much of
    their authority?

143
  • The Federalists wanted power in the hands of the
    _____________ and the ________ while the
    Democratic-Republicans wanted power in the hands
    of the ________.

144
  • Which party wanted the nations economy based on
    manufacturing, shipping and commerce?

145
  • Which party wanted the nation to remain
    agricultural?

146
  • Who became the second president of the United
    States?

147
  • Adams appointed ______________ as Chief Justice
    of the Supreme Court.

148
  • What were John Marshalls views about the
    conflict between the national government and the
    states?

149
  • Which Supreme Court case established the idea of
    judicial review?

150
  • With judicial review, who has the right to
    declare whether laws passed by Congress were
    constitutional or not?

151
  • Which famous Supreme Court case states that
    Congress alone has the power to regulate
    interstate commerce (business)?

152
  • Can the Supreme Court declare a state law to be
    unconstitutional (illegal)?

153
  • Social Studies Grad Exam Study Guide
  • Chapter Four Part A -Growth of a New Nation
    (1783-1860)
  • Directions Answer the following completely as
    you read pages 47-54 of the grad exam workbook.

154
  • Which treaty ended the Revolutionary War between
    the United States and Great Britain?

155
  • What act allowed land area from the Ohio River to
    the Mississippi River to be made into states with
    the same rights as the original thirteen?

156
  • What ordinance prohibited slavery in the
    territory that would later become the states of
    Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois?

157
  • What country did the United States buy the
    Louisiana Purchase from and when was the
    territory bought?

158
  • Which president bought the Louisiana Purchase and
    how much did he pay for it?

159
  • Did the Louisiana Purchase double or triple the
    size of the United States?

160
  • Many native Americans were forced to move into
    tiny parcels of land after the United States
    purchased the Louisiana Purchase in order to make
    room for white settlers. What are these tiny
    parcels of land called?

161
  • Which two men led an expedition to find a water
    route to the Pacific Ocean which, in turn, led to
    rapid migration to the Pacific Northwest?

162
  • What was the name of the very talented native
    American woman who became a translator to Lewis
    and Clark?

163
  • What year did Alabama become a state?

164
  • What is the phrase used to describe the period of
    national unity and optimism during the presidency
    of James Monroe?

165
  • What is the name of the policy in which the
    United States declared it would not interfere in
    the affairs of European countries and, perhaps
    more importantly, said America would oppose any
    European intervention into the affairs of nations
    in North and South America?

166
  • Who invented the cotton gin?

167
  • How did the invention of the cotton gin affect
    crops in the South?

168
  • Who is associated with the invention of the steam
    boat in 1807?

169
  • Which British engineer is widely credited with
    the invention of the steam-powered locomotive
    engine?

170
  • Which prominent senator proposed a plan for
    national improvement called the American System?

171
  • What are the three important parts of the
    American System?
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.

172
  • What stretched westward from Cumberland, Maryland
    to Wheeling, Virginia and then later, under Henry
    Clays influence, eventually extended to
    Vandalia, Illinois?

173
  • What provided a new shipping route from Buffalo,
    New York to Albany, New York?

174
  • How did the Erie Canal affect New York City?

175
  • Who was the first man to rise from poverty to
    become president of the United States?

176
  • Why has Jacksons presidency become known as
    Jacksonian Democracy?

177
  • What is the Spoils System?

178
  • Which president started the Spoils System?

179
  • What does the Doctrine of Nullification state?

180
  • Who proposed the Doctrine of Nullification?

181
  • What is the name of the act proposed by Andrew
    Jackson that forced the removal of five Native
    American tribes into reservation?

182
  • What five Indian tribes were affected by the
    Indian Removal Act?

183
  • About one quarter of Native Americans died on
    this _______________ from disease, starvation,
    and the exposure to the cold.

184
  • List the four major trails that became routes for
    settlers heading to the West.
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.

185
  • Mormons were a religious group persecuted for
    their belief in polygamy. What is polygamy?

186
  • Many Mormons left Illinois and traveled to what
    present-day state?

187
  • When gold was found at Sutters Mill, California
    in 1848, what was the name of the huge migration
    of people to California?

188
  • During the 1820s, which nation had control of
    Texas?

189
  • What is the name of the old mission in San
    Antonio where many Texans fought bravely to the
    death for their independence from Santa Anna,
    dictator of Mexico?

190
  • Which president, believing in Manifest Destiny,
    led the United States to fight Mexico in the
    Mexican-American War (1846-1848)?

191
  • Which two territories did America purchase for
    18 million dollars at the conclusion of the
    Mexican-American War?

192
  • Social Studies Grad Exam Study Guide
  • Chapter Four Part B- Growth of a New Nation
    (1783-1860)
  • Directions Answer each question completely
    as you read pages 55-58 of the grad exam
    workbook.

193
  • Describe the belief known as Manifest Destiny.

194
  • Early American writers created a literature that
    mirrored the newly forming United States of
    America. What term is used to describe using
    settings and themes unique to our country?

195
  • Who wrote the first American dictionary of the
    English language?

196
  • Who was the leader of the transcendental
    movement?

197
  • What did transcendentalists believe?

198
  • Who wrote the book Walden and believed in a
    simple life apart from society?

199
  • Who wrote The Scarlet Letter?

200
  • What famous two short stories did Washington
    Irving write?

201
  • Who was the famous poet who wrote about
    mysterious tales in such works as The Raven?

202
  • Who became known as Americas first great writer
    and what famous novel did he write?

203
  • What were Emily Dickinsons poems about?

204
  • Who wrote the novel Moby Dick?

205
  • In theory, what is a utopian community?

206
  • List 4 groups that started utopian communities.

207
  • Where did the Amish settle?

208
  • What are some of the basic beliefs of the Amish?

209
  • Who established the Shaker movement?

210
  • What was the Shaker belief about marriage?

211
  • Who founded the Quaker religious group?

212
  • Why did the Quakers shake?

213
  • List 3 things the Quakers objected to.

214
  • What is the name famous educator who helped set
    up the first state board of education (which
    happened to be in Massachusetts)?

215
  • What was the name of the woman who promoted
    legislation to improve mental institutions and
    prisons?

216
  • What is the name of the movement that wanted to
    get people to at first monitor their use of
    alcohol and then abstain entirely from drinking?

217
  • What did the abolitionist want to end?

218
  • List five prominent abolitionists from 1830-1865.
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.

219
  • What was the Underground Railroad?

220
  • Which woman was a prominent Underground Railroad
    leader?

221
  • Who was the abolitionist who wrote the book Uncle
    Toms Cabin?

222
  • Why was Uncle Toms Cabin so influential?

223
  • Who was Sojourner Truth?

224
  • Who published the anti-slavery newspaper The
    Liberator and established the American
    Anti-Slavery Society?

225
  • Name the two women who started the Womens Rights
    Movement in the 1850s.

226
  • What convention did Stanton organize to help
    promote womens rights?

227
  • What is a suffragette?

228
  • What amendment gives women the right to vote and
    when did it go into effect?

229
Social Studies Graduation Exam Study
GuideChapter Five Secession and Resistance
Directions Answer the following completely as
you read pages 62-69 of the grad exam workbook.
230
  • What does the word secede mean?

231
  • The South based its economy on _________________
    while the North based its economy on
    ____________________.

232
  • What is the name of the tax levied (placed) on
    foreign companies that bring products into the
    United States to sell them?

233
  • Which side favored high tariffs? Which side
    favored low tariffs?

234
  • The ________________ Compromise allowed Missouri
    to be admitted as a slave state while the state
    of _________________ was admitted as a free
    state. According to the Compromise, all states
    north of the 30-degree longitude line would be
    ____________ states and all states sough of that
    line would be _____________________ states.

235
  • The Compromise of 1850 allowed which state into
    the union as a free state?

236
  • What does the term popular sovereignty mean?

237
  • Which two territories were allowed to determine
    whether they want slavery or not with the
    Compromise of 1850?

238
  • What laws (which were very unpopular in the
    North) mandated that northern cities forcibly
    return slaves to their owners in the South?

239
  • Which act allowed the previously free and
    unorganized territories of Kansas and Nebraska to
    choose whether or not to permit slavery?

240
  • Kansas became known as ________________ as armed
    clashes between pro-slavery forces and
    abolitionist settlers became commonplace.

241
  • Which party began by opposing slaverys expansion
    into the newly acquired American territories?

242
  • What happened to Republican Senator Charles
    Sumner?

243
  • The Dred Scot Decision by the Supreme Court led
    to turmoil in the United States. Dred Scot, a
    slave in Missouri who was taken by his owner into
    a northern state, sued to get his freedom. The
    Supreme Court made 4 major rulings in that 1857
    case. What were they?
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.

244
  • Who ran against and debated Abraham Lincoln for a
    Senate seat in Illinois and participated with
    Lincoln in a series of public debates?

245
  • Describe the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

246
  • Who stated the Freeport Doctrine and what was the
    doctrine about?

247
  • Who was John Brown?

248
  • Explain the difference in views of the Northern
    Democrats and the Southern Democrats in the
    election of 1860?

249
  • Who was the Republican candidate elected as
    president in 1860?

250
  • Which southern state was the first to secede from
    the Union?

251
  • Who was Jefferson Davis?

252
  • Where was the first capitol of the Confederate
    States of America located?

253
  • Which president blamed the abolitionists for the
    critical condition of the nation leading up to
    the Civil War?

254
  • True or False. Lincoln would not allow the
    Southern states to secede from the Union without
    a fight.

255
  • The attack at ________________ by Confederate
    soldiers began the Civil War.

256
  • What years were the Civil War?

257
  • Which county in Alabama proclaimed its neutrality
    during the Civil War?

258
  • Which counties in Virginia tried to form a
    separate government in support of the Union when
    Virginia joined the Confederacy?

259
  • What did these counties eventually become in
    1863?

260
  • What advantages did the North have in the Civil
    War?

261
  • What was the Norths number one goal in the Civil
    War?

262
  • What three things did the North need to do to
    accomplish its goal?

263
  • What was the Norths Anaconda Plan?

264
  • What was the Souths major goal in the Civil War?

265
  • What two things did the South need to do to
    accomplish its goal?

266
  • What two advantages did the South have in the
    Civil War?

267
  • Did most people think at the beginning of the
    Civil War that it would be a rather quick and
    decisive war?

268
  • Social Studies Graduation Exam Study Guide
  • Chapter Six/Part A The Civil War and
    Reconstruction
  • Directions Answer the following completely as
    you read pages 73-77 of the grad exam workbook.

269
  • The First Battle of Bull Run was the first major
    battle of the Civil War. What was the result of
    the battle?

270
  • What battle of the Civil War was the bloodiest of
    the Civil War and how many people died in this
    battle?

271
  • Who was Robert E. Lee?

272
  • After which battle of the Civil War did Abraham
    Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

273
  • Which Northern general was victorious at the
    Battle of Vicksburg?

274
  • Which area came under Union control after the
    Battle of Vicksburg?

275
  • Identify/define the Gettysburg Address.

276
  • Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a
    turning point?

277
  • After the Battle of Chattanooga, which state did
    the Confederates abandon?

278
  • Who was the Northern Admiral who cut off an
    important rebel supply port at the Battle of
    Mobile Bay?

279
  • Which southern city did Northern General Sherman
    burn to the ground?

280
  • Explain the significance of Shermans March from
    May till December of 1864?

281
  • Explain the outcome of the Battle of Appomattox.

282
  • Who suspended Habeas Corpus in Maryland during
    the Civil War?

283
  • Define Habeas Corpus.

284
  • In what war was the draft first used in the
    United States of America?

285
  • How much could a person pay to avoid the draft in
    the Union states (the North)?

286
  • Which ethnic group resented the provision that
    allowed a person to buy his way out of the draft?

287
  • How many African-Americans received the
    Congressional Medal of Honor?

288
  • What was the Homestead Act (1862) and what area
    of the country did that act help settle?

289
  • The Morrill Land Grant Act gave federal lands to
    the states. What were the states required to do
    with this land?

290
  • Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation on
    January 1, 1863?

291
  • Explain the provisions of the Emancipation
    Proclamation.

292
  • Which amendment abolished slavery in the United
    States?

293
  • How many men were killed in the Civil War?

294
  • Many men died of disease during the Civil War.
    What diseases did these men die of?

295
  • How did the Civil War affect the Union federal
    budget?

296
  • How was industrial production in the North
    affected by the war?

297
  • What is a recession and why did it occur in the
    North at the end of the war?

298
  • Explain 4 effects on the South of the Civil War.
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.

299
  • Who were the Freedmen?

300
  • What three difficulties did the freedmen face?
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.

301
  • What is a sharecropper?

302
  • Explain the impact of slavery on the family life
    of the slaves.

303
  • Social Studies Graduation Exam Study Guide
  • Chapter Six/Part B The Civil War and
    Reconstruction
  • Directions Answer the following completely as
    you read pages 78-84 of the grad exam workbook.

304
  • Which organization became one of the largest all
    black churches in the United States after the
    Civil War?

305
  • At the end of the Civil War, who built schools to
    ensure that blacks learned some math and basic
    literacy skills?

306
  • Who was the leader of the Radicals in the
    Congress after the Civil War?

307
  • Who were the Radicals?

308
  • How did President Lincoln want the Southern
    states to be treated after the Civil War?

309
  • Who assassinated President Lincoln and when did
    this occur?

310
  • Who became President after Lincolns death?

311
  • What was Johnsons plan for dealing with the
    South after the Civil War?

312
  • What was the reaction in Congress after Johnson
    readmitted the Southern states when the Southern
    states elected Democrats who tried to keep blacks
    in servitude?

313
  • Which amendment says that anyone born in the
    United States is a citizen of the U.S.?

314
  • List the four major provisions of the
    Reconstruction Act of 1867?
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.

315
  • Which president was impeached for firing the
    Secretary of War after Congress had attempted to
    limit his power of appointment?

316
  • Was he convicted in the Senate and was he allowed
    to finish out his term as president?

317
  • Explain a few factors that led to Ulysses S.
    Grant being elected president in 1868?

318
  • Who was Hiram R. Revels?

319
  • Which amendment gives all men the right to vote
    regardless of color or race?

320
  • List the 5 major reasons the South had bitter
    feelings regarding the North and Northerners?
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.

321
  • Who were the Carpetbaggers?

322
  • Who were the Scalawags?

323
  • Why was the Ku Klux Klan founded and what were
    its designs?

324
  • What is martial law?

325
  • Which acts gave the President the authority to
    declare martial law in the South in order to stop
    the KKK from terrorizing blacks and prevent them
    from voting?

326
  • Which presidential administration was plagued by
    corruption in dealing with bribes from the Union
    Pacific Railroad?

327
  • Who was the Democratic presidential candidate in
    1876?

328
  • Who was the Republican presidential candidate in
    1876?

329
  • Who got the most votes in that election?

330
  • Who did the Electoral Commission decide the
    election belonged to?

331
  • Explain the four provisions of the Compromise of
    1877.
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.

332
  • What were the Jim Crow laws?

333
  • When were the Jim Crow laws finally done away
    with?

334
  • Social Studies Graduation Exam Study Guide
  • Chapter Seven/Part A Expansion and
    Industrialization (1860-1914)
  • Directions Answer the following completely as
    you read pages 89-94 of the grad exam workbook.

335
  • After Reconstruction, which part of the United
    States saw a massive increase in settlement?

336
  • What became the chief means of transportation
    during the second half of the 1800s (nineteenth
    century)?

337
  • Who were Cornelius and William Vanderbilt?

338
  • What were the settlers looking for in Colorado
    and the Dakotas?

339
  • How did the Plain Indians depend on the buffalo?

340
  • How did the settlers use the buffalo?

341
  • As settlers began moving westward, what two
    options did the Indians (Native Americans) face?

342
  • What were the reservations?

343
  • Who protected the settlers when the Indians
    decided to fight back for their traditional
    lands?

344
  • Define the Frontier Wars.

345
  • Define the Buffalo Soldiers.

346
  • How many buffalo roamed the Great Plains in 1800?
    How many were left by 1889?

347
  • Which two Indian tribes were very dependent on
    buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter?

348
  • After the buffalo population was decimated
    (severely reduced), what became of the Indians?

349
  • What happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn in
    1876?

350
  • Which Indian tribes were finally forced to
    surrender in 1877?

351
  • Where were they forced to move?

352
  • What area of the United States did the Nez Perce
    Indians claim?

353
  • Who was the Nez Perce leader?

354
  • What did the Nez Perce Indians do when settlers
    began to claim parts of Oregon?

355
  • Define the Dawes Act (General Allotment Act).

356
  • Why did many Indians fail as farmers?

357
  • Who was Wovoka?

358
  • What is the Ghost Dance?

359
  • What did the army believe about Sitting Bull, the
    Sioux Indian leader?

360
  • What occurred at Wounded Knee Creek?

361
  • What is the Bessemer Process?

362
  • Who was given the patent for manufacturing the
    six-shot revolver?

363
  • Who invented the steel plow and what is the
    significance of this invention?

364
  • What is the windmill used for?

365
  • Joseph Glidden invented Barbed Wire. Why was
    this invention significant?

366
  • How did the railroad aid farmers?

367
  • How did the farmers use the Grange?

368
  • What political party was formed in 1892 to
    address the concerns of the farmers?

369
  • Why did the party disappear from the national
    scene?

370
  • What is the Black Belt of Alabama?

371
  • What was the main product associated with the
    Black Belt?

372
  • Why are boll weevils such a threat to cotton
    (read the diagram on page 93)?

373
  • What major mineral deposits were found outside of
    Birmingham during this era?

374
  • What industry became a major operator in
    Birmingham in 1907?

375
  • Why was Mobile important during this time era of
    the late 1800s and early 1900s?

376
  • Which industry used convict labor in Alabama
    during this time?

377
  • Who was Cyrus West Field and what did he do of
    significance?

378
  • Who made the first telephone transmission in
    1876?

379
  • What famous invention is Guglielmo Marconi known
    for?

380
  • Why was the radio so important in early American
    life?

381
  • How did Industrialization affect the people of
    the United States?

382
  • What became the new centers of people, ideas, and
    culture in the United States in the late 1800s
    and early 1900s?

383
  • Social Studies Graduation Exam Study Guide
  • Chapter Seven/Part B Expansion and
    Industrialization (1860-1914)
  • Directions Answer the following completely as
    you read pages 94-101 of the grad exam workbook.

384
  • Who were the nineteenth century businessmen who
    acquired much of their wealth by exploitation and
    ruthlessness?

385
  • List the three most famous robber barons?

386
  • The robber barons believed in Social Darwinism.
    What is this philosophy?

387
  • Which robber baron owned the Standard Oil Company
    and created a monopoly in the oil industry?

388
  • Which robber baron owned a steel company,
    controlled iron and coal mines, and owned
    railroads and believed in the Gospel of Wealth?

389
  • What is the Gospel of Wealth?

390
  • Who wrote many childrens stories about people
    gaining wealth through hard work and diligence?

391
  • In response to worsening labor work conditions,
    workers organized into _____________.

392
  • Unions put pressure on the employers in an
    industry to do what?

393
  • List three examples of laws regulating the
    workplace that Unions fought to have put in place?

394
  • Which law in 1882 prohibited Chinese from legally
    immigrating to the United States?

395
  • Which act of 1921 attempted to limit immigration
    from Southern and Eastern Europe?

396
  • The National Origin Act of 1924 reduced the
    number of immigrants from Southern and Eastern
    Europe to _____ percent and prohibited all
    immigration from _______.

397
  • Which movement developed in response to growing
    corruption of politicians by the forces of big
    business?

398
  • Progressives championed the causes of whoever was
    being _____ in society.

399
  • Progressives fought to bring down _______ who
    gained enormous wealth and power through bribery
    and corruption.

400
  • Who were the leading intellectuals of the time
    who wrote stories about the abuses of big
    businesses on workers and consumers?

401
  • What book by Upton Sinclair exposed the miserable
    working conditions and dangerous food quality in
    meat processing plants in Chicago?

402
  • What was the name of the book Ida Tarbell wrote
    about the ruthless practices of Standard Oil in
    building a monopoly in the oil business?

403
  • Horace Mann began to push for ______ in the early
    nineteenth century.

404
  • Which amendment gave the Congress the power to
    tax business and individual income?

405
  • Which amendment allowed the people of each state
    to elect their own senators instead of the state
    legislatures?

406
  • Define the 18th Amendment.

407
  • Define the 19th Amendment.

408
  • Who was the progressive president who initiated
    several major reforms while in office?

409
  • Which president established the National Park
    Service?

410
  • Who was the Democratic candidate who won the
    election of 1912 because Taft and Roosevelt split
    the Republican vote?

411
  • What is the name of the commission that has the
    power to investigate companies for unfair
    business practices?

412
  • What act made sure that businesses couldnt use
    the antitrust laws to break up union?

413
  • What is the name of the journey many black
    citizens took from the South to the North in
    order to escape unfair treatment in the South?

414
  • Who founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for
    black citizens?

415
  • The Tuskegee Institute provided training in the
    _____ and _____ fields.

416
  • What was the name of Booker T. Washingtons
    speech that appealed to many black and white
    people with its call for blacks to excel
    educationally?

417
  • Which African American became famous for his
    agricultural experiments with soybeans, cotton,
    and peanuts?

418
  • Who was the first black graduate of Harvard
    University who wrote several papers attacking the
    philosophy of Booker T. Washington?

419
  • What was the name of the organization founded by
    black and white intellectuals and joined by
    W.E.B. Dubois that called for an end to
    segregation?

420
  • What Supreme Court case stated that segregation
    was lawful as long as the separate facilities
    were equal?

421
  • The Alabama Constitution of 1901 added the
    requirement of a _____ test or _____ ownership to
    be able to vote.

422
Social Studies Graduation Exam Study
GuideChapter Eight/Part A World War One and
the 1920s
Directions Answer the following completely as
you read pages 106-112 of the grad exam workbook.
423
  • Define Imperialism.

424
  • Who were the imperialists in America?

425
  • Between 1870-1914, what three parts of the world
    did several European countries seek to control
    and colonize?

426
  • What three reasons were there for imperial
    feelings in the United States?

427
  • What crop did many American businessmen begin to
    invest in during the 1850s in the Hawaiian
    Islands?

428
  • Who was the leader of the Hawaiian natives who
    opposed the American settlers at the time?

429
  • When did the Hawaiian Islands become a territory
    of the United States?

430
  • Which country had control of Cuba in the 1890s?

431
  • Which two American newspapers began to stir up
    sympathies toward the Cuban peoples plight by
    writing sensational stories about abuses in Cuba?

432
  • Define Yellow Journalism.

433
  • What American battleship anchored off the coast
    of Cuba exploded on February 15, 1898?

434
  • Who did America blame for the loss of this
    battleship?

435
  • The Spanish-American War lasted only one year.
    When did it occur?

436
  • What two parts of the world did America and Spain
    fight over?

437
  • Explain what Commodore Dewey did in the fight
    against Spain.

438
  • Who were the Rough Riders?

439
  • Who was the leader of the Rough Riders?

440
  • What famous charge did Roosevelt lead in Cuba?

441
  • What territories did the United States receive
    from Spain after the war?

442
  • Why did the victory over Spain in the
    Spanish-American war make the United States a
    world power?

443
  • Which American Secretary of State came up with
    the Open Door Policy?

444
  • Identify the Open Door Policy.

445
  • Why did President Theodore Roosevelt want a canal
    built through Panama?

446
  • After the Panamanians gained their independence
    from Colombia, how did America acquire land for
    the building of the Panama Canal?

447
  • What two diseases killed many of the workers who
    were attempting to build the canal?

448
  • Who was Colonel William C. Gorgas?

449
  • Why did he attempt to drain the areas of standing
    water in the Canal Zone?

450
  • What year did the Panama Canal finally open?

451
  • Explain Theodore Roosevelts policy known as the
    Roosevelt Corollary.

452
  • Which country in Central America was the United
    States repeatedly involved in militarily from
    1909-1933

453
  • There are four long-term causes of World War One.
    Briefly explain how each contributed to the
    outbreak of the war.
  • Nationalism
  • Imperialism
  • Military Expansion
  • Alliances

454
  • Which countries were in the Triple Alliance
    during World War One?

455
  • Which countries were in the Triple Entente during
    World War One?

456
  • How did the assassination of Archduke Francis
    Ferdinand cause World War One?

457
  • There were four major new battle tactics and
    innovations that occurred during World War One.
    List them.

458
  • What was the significance of the Battle of
    Verdun?

459
  • Who built the first military airplanes?

460
  • Who were the Aces?

461
  • What four events caused the United States to
    enter World War One?

462
  • What were the U-Boats?

463
  • What was the reaction in the United States when a
    German U-Boat sank the Lusitania?

464
  • Explain the significance of the Zimmerman
    Telegraph.

465
  • What event triggered President Wilson into asking
    Congress to declare war against Germany on April
    6, 1917?

466
  • Which group set up a communist government in
    Russia?

467
  • What did the Bolsheviks do to stabilize Russia?

468
  • At the end of World War I, America was fighting
    Germany with which two main countries as its
    allies?

469
Chapter Eight/Part B World War One and the
1920s
Directions Answer the following completely as
you read pages 112-117 of the grad exam workbook.
470
  • How is Poland created?

471
  • At the conclusion of World War One, the
    Austro-Hungarian Empire was broken up. What new
    countries were created by the breakup of this
    empire?

472
  • Who was required to register for the draft in the
    United States in preparation of future world
    wars?

473
  • Name the treaty that ended World War One.

474
  • Which country in the treaty accepted
    responsibility for causing World War One?

475
  • The Treaty of Versailles required Germany to pay
    war reparations. What are war reparations?

476
  • How did Adolf Hitler use the Treaty of Versailles
    to help his rise to power?

477
  • Which American president promoted the League of
    Nations?

478
  • What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

479
  • Did the United States ever join the League of
    Nations?

480
  • Why didnt the United States support Wilsons
    position on the League of Nations?

481
  • Why did the League of Nations fail?

482
  • Who wrote the Great Gatsby?

483
  • What did Fitzgerald write about?

484
  • Who was Ernest Hemingway?

485
  • Why were Hemingways novels so effective and
    popular?

486
  • List 4 of Hemingways most famous works.

487
  • What was the Harlem Renaissance that lasted from
    1920-1940?

488
  • What two forms of musical expression came out of
    the Harlem Renaissance?

489
  • Who was Langston Hughes?

490
  • Explain how Zora Neale Hurston influenced the
    Harlem Renaissance.

491
  • Who was Claude McKay and what novel did he write?

492
  • Who was Louis Armstrong?

493
  • Explain the significance of W.C. Handy.

494
  • What American woman is known for her advocacy of
    contraception?

495
  • What were the Comstock Laws?

496
  • List 7 mass media and mechanical inventions that
    became popular during the Roaring Twenties.

497
  • What was the result of these new inventions on
    the way people lived and worked?

498
  • What was Marcus Garveys Back to Africa movement?

499
  • When did race relations in America reach an
    all-time low?

500
  • How many members did the Ku Klux Klan claim to
    have during the 1920s?

501
  • What three groups did the Klan attack?

502
  • What did the Communist Bolsheviks who came to
    pow
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