Ch1 - 10 Socail Studies

Front 1

Which describes the relationship between religion and government in the Massachusetts colony?

Back 1

Puritans dictated both religious and governmental matters.

Front 2

The plantation system tended to create disparities in wealth because __________.

Back 2

the planter elite controlled all the wealth and power

Front 3

Immigrants who came from Europe included all EXCEPT __________.

Back 3

Spanish protestants who wanted to escape religious discrimination

Front 4

Colonists’ protests against the Stamp Act led to all of the following EXCEPT __________.

Back 4

the repeal of the Declaratory Act

Front 5

Why was Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense so important in changing the colonists’ views on independence?

Back 5

The pamphlet convinced the colonists that the monarch was a tyrant and responsible for British actions against the colonies.

Front 6

Which was NOT an advantage of the British forces at the beginning of the war?

Back 6

fighting on home ground

Front 7

What was the MAIN reason that Antifederalists opposed ratification of the new Constitution?

Back 7

They believed that the Constitution diminished states’ rights.

Front 8

Western Europeans studied __________ to construct the astrolabe—an instrument for determining direction, latitude, and local time.

Back 8

Arab texts

Front 9

What was the result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Back 9

It confirmed Spain’s claims to most of the newly discovered lands of America.

Front 10

Impacts of the Columbian Exchange included all of the following EXCEPT __________.

Back 10

Native Americans gaining medical technologies that helped them fight disease

Front 11

The Spanish were able to conquer the Aztec for all the following reasons EXCEPT __________.

Back 11

the Spanish outnumbered the Aztec

Front 12

Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the Revolutionary War?

Back 12

America’s victory in the battle convinced France to commit troops to the American cause.

Front 13

Democratic-Republicans feared that a strong federal government would _________.

Back 13

threaten the rights of the individual states

Front 14

Washington’s Farewell Address cautioned Americans about all the following EXCEPT __________.

Back 14

racism

Front 15

How did the Tariff of 1816 protect American manufacturers?

Back 15

It taxed imports, making the prices of American goods more attractive.

Front 16

How did the concept of interchangeable parts impact industrialization?

Back 16

It created faster, more efficient machines.

Front 17

The cotton gin increased the profitability of cotton by __________.

Back 17

removing the seeds from cotton bolls

Front 18

Why was it important for the Senate to combine Maine’s application for statehood with Missouri’s application?

Back 18

It preserved the balance of slave and free states in the Senate.

Front 19

John C. Calhoun wrote that states had the right to declare federal law void since __________.

Back 19

states had created the federal union

Front 20

The social reform movement of the early and mid-1800s did NOT target __________.

Back 20

child labor

Front 21

Manifest Destiny means the idea that __________.

Back 21

the nation was meant to spread to the Pacific

Front 22

In the Battle of San Jacinto, __________ helped Texan soldiers defeat the formidable Mexican army.

Back 22

a surprise attack

Front 23

Why did President Andrew Jackson not annex Texas?

Back 23

He did not want to increase tensions between the North and South by admitting Texas as a slave state.

Front 24

__________ proposed that citizens of each new territory acquired from Mexico should decide whether or not to permit slavery in that territory.

Back 24

The Wilmot Proviso

Front 25

Why did Stephen Douglas’s proposal to organize Nebraska and Kansas enrage Northern leaders?

Back 25

The proposal repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing slavery to expand westward.

Front 26

Which of the following accurately describes Abraham Lincoln’s position on the slavery issue?

Back 26

Although he was not an abolitionist, he opposed the spread of slavery in the western territories.

Front 27

Which BEST describes the reason why the Southern states seceded from the Union?

Back 27

They viewed Lincoln’s election as a threat to their society and culture.

Front 28

What marked the beginning of the Civil War?

Back 28

the firing on a federal supply ship by the Confederates in Charleston Harbor

Front 29

Which was the South’s GREATEST resource at the start of the Civil War?

Back 29

experienced military leaders

Front 30

General Ulysses S. Grant wanted to control the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers so that __________.

Back 30

the Union would be able to travel deep into Confederate territory

Front 31

For Civil War soldiers, which of the following posed the GREATEST threat?

Back 31

disease

Front 32

Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered the turning point of the war in the East?

Back 32

The victory ensured again that the British would not recognize the Confederacy.

Front 33

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Civil War?

Back 33

It brought the economic restoration of the South.

Front 34

The Freedmen’s Bureau was created to __________.

Back 34

feed and clothe war refugees in the South using surplus army supplies

Front 35

What event signaled the end of Reconstruction?

Back 35

President Hayes pulled federal troops out of the South.

Hint 35

Compromise of 1877

Front 36

Why did so many of the West’s boomtowns become ghost towns?

Back 36

Mining exhausted the ore deposits and miners moved on to other strikes.

Front 37

American cowhands learned their trade from __________.

Back 37

Hispanic herders

Front 38

The town of __________ yielded one of the richest strikes found in the Colorado mountains.

Back 38

Comstock

Front 39

Why was the railroad important to the open-range cattle industry?

Back 39

because the railroad transported the beef to eastern markets

Front 40

In what way did the Homestead Act support the settlement of the Great Plains?

Back 40

It provided a legal method for settlers to acquire property rights.

Front 41

What initiated the conflict between the Plains Indians and American settlers?

Back 41

encroachment of ranchers, miners, and farmers onto Native American territories

Front 42

After 1867, who ran the Native American reservations?

Back 42

federal agents from the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Front 43

Why did the Dawes Act fail to assimilate Native Americans?

Back 43

Many Native Americans had little training or enthusiasm to become farmers or ranchers.

Front 44

During the late 1800s, the American population growth impacted industry in all of the following ways EXCEPT by providing __________.

Back 44

the highly skilled workforce that industrial work required

Front 45

Gustavus Swift’s introduction of the __________ changed the American diet.

Back 45

refrigerated railroad car

Front 46

Thomas Edison revolutionized American business by introducing all of the following EXCEPT __________.

Back 46

the telephone

Hint 46

Alexander Graham Bell

Front 47

How did the federal government help finance the construction of a national railroad system?

Back 47

It provided land grants to railroad companies.

Front 48

__________ allowed corporations to produce goods more cheaply and quickly than small manufacturers could.

Back 48

Economies of scale

Front 49

Andrew Carnegie used vertical integration to __________.

Back 49

join all the processes of an industry under one company

Front 50

Which of the following is a TRUE statement about industrial work during the late 1800s?

Back 50

Factories’ unsafe, unhealthy conditions compounded the drudgery of industrial work.

Front 51

What triggered the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

Back 51

a wage cut

Front 52

What did the eastern European and Chinese immigrants of the late 1800s have in common?

Back 52

Both groups were fleeing rebellions in their homelands.

Front 53

What effect did rising nativism have on immigration policies during the late 1800s?

Back 53

Despite rising nativism, the relative ease with which immigrants entered the country remained unchanged.

Front 54

What new building technology allowed architects to begin designing skyscrapers in the late 1800s?

Back 54

steel frames

Hint 54

Otis's elevator beake

Front 55

Which is a TRUE statement about the political machine of the late 1800s?

Back 55

Defendants of the political machine claimed that party bosses addressed the needs of city dwellers.

Front 56

The philosophy of Social Darwinism appealed to industrialists because __________.

Back 56

they thought that the development of huge corporations proved the idea that only the fittest survive

Front 57

In the late 1800s, industrialization promoted entertainment and recreation in all of the following ways EXCEPT __________.

Back 57

the development of mass transit systems brought rural populations into the cities for nightly shows and sporting events

Front 58

Which of the following is a TRUE statement about the Social Gospel movement and Social Darwinism?

Back 58

Social Darwinism praised competition, while the Social Gospel movement saw competition as the cause of many social problems.

Front 59

__________ believed that people sometimes failed in life because of circumstances that were beyond their control.

Back 59

Naturalists

Front 60

A leading figure in the settlement house movement was __________, who founded the Hull House in Chicago in 1889.

Back 60

Jane Addams