MW Social Studies Grade 8 Review - Quiz 1b

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  1. In the United States, political parties developed because
  2. Your answer:
    Congress passed an act requiring them
    citizens had differing views on important issues
    the Supreme Court decided they were necessary
    elections could not be held without them


  3. Which statement best describes the typical New York farming family in the late 1700's?
  4. Your answer:
    Family members put very little value on the ownership of land.
    The family depended completely on the government for help in time of need.
    The family was expected to be nearly self-sufficient.
    Family members enjoyed a large amount of leisure time.


  5. In the 1800's, the temperance and suffrage movements were both concerned with
  6. Your answer:
    making social and political reforms
    preventing amendments to the Constitution
    giving more power to states
    doing away with all government


  7. Before the Civil War, which group most actively supported the emancipation movement and the Underground Railroad?
  8. Your answer:
    abolitionists
    Native American Indians
    plantation owners
    factory workers


  9. Abraham Lincoln's statement "A house divided against itself cannot stand" referred to the conflict between
  10. Your answer:
    Great Britain and its colonies
    Congress and the President
    Texas and Mexico
    the Northern States and the Southern States


    Telling the World

  11. The cartoon is referring to a United State policy concerning
  12. Your answer:
    racial segregation
    the American economy
    immigration
    forgein affairs


  13. A primary source of information about the Civil War is a
  14. Your answer:
    novel about a hero of the war
    statue of General Robert E. Lee erected in 1990
    letter written by President Abraham Lincoln to General Ulysses Grant
    newspaper article written on the 100th anniversary of the war


  15. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,... Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door." -Emma Lazarus Inscription on the Statue of Liberty This quotation supports a policy of
  16. Your answer:
    nativism
    open immigration
    expansionism
    manifest destiny


  17. In the United States during the late 1800's, increased immigration, the expansion of industry, and improved transportation systems contributed to
  18. Your answer:
    widespread economic decline
    the rapid growth of cities
    government ownership of industries
    better working conditions in factories


  19. Monopolies, trusts, and holding companies were business organizations designed to
  20. Your answer:
    benefit factory workers
    lower consumer costs
    control government spending
    eliminate competition



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