7th Grade History Mid-Term

Question 1 of 56

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Which of the following is the correct bodies of water surrounding the United States?

Select one of the following:

Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Gulf Of Mexico
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Indian Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Southern Ocean

Explanation

Question 2 of 56

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Which of the following sets of states are located in the MidWest?

Select one of the following:

Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania
Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona
Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Ohio and Minnesota
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky
California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado

Explanation

Question 3 of 56

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( Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass ) pushed for the 13th amendment and the 10% plan, which required ( 25%, 5%, 10%, 50% ) of the voters to pledge an allegiance to the Union and the state had to adopt a no-slave constitution.

Explanation

Question 4 of 56

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What were the push factors leading to immigration to the early to mid-1800s?

Select one or more of the following:

Population Growth
Agricultural Famine / Changes
Industrial Revolution
Religious and Political Changes
All of the Above

Explanation

Question 5 of 56

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What was the name of the US Army Commander at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Select one of the following:

Crazy Horse
Chief Gall
George Custer
Sitting Bull

Explanation

Question 6 of 56

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The ( Plains Indians, Cherokee, Lenai Lenape, Navajo ) used ( buffalo, prairie dogs, antelopes, monkeys ) as a main resource for food, clothing and shelter and tools.

Explanation

Question 7 of 56

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Which one is NOT a reason for westward expansion?

Select one of the following:

Free land
Railroads
Religious persecution
Gold and silver
Adventure and opportunity
Cattle

Explanation

Question 8 of 56

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Which one is not an industrialist or monopolist?

Select one of the following:

Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Jane Addams
Henry Ford

Explanation

Question 9 of 56

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Alaska and Hawaii fall into the ( Non-Contiguous, Northwest, Southwest, Mid-West ) region.

Explanation

Question 10 of 56

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A body of laws by Southern States, immediately after the Civil War to maintain SOCIAL control over the freed black slaves, restricting African Americans freedom and providing for low wage work, are called

Select one of the following:

Red Codes
Black Codes
Racial Segregation
Jim Crow Laws

Explanation

Question 11 of 56

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( Racial segregation, Ethnic cleansing, People Separation, Racial Inequality ) is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups.

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Question 12 of 56

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Which one of these is NOT a problem or policy of Reconstruction

Select one of the following:

Southern military leaders could not hold public office
African Americans could hold public office
African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the Civil Rights Act
The Chinese were discriminated against in 1882 by the Chinese Exclusion Act
The South didn't like "carpetbaggers" who took advantage of the South
Southern States made Black Codes to limit the freedom of former slaves

Explanation

Question 13 of 56

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What is the name of the region whose physical features included the lack of trees, semi-arid with little water, unpredictable weather, high wind, flat featureless areas, low hills and stream valleys?

Select one of the following:

Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Tundra
New England
Mid-Atlantic

Explanation

Question 14 of 56

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This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

Select one of the following:

13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
19th amendment

Explanation

Question 15 of 56

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This amendment provided equal protection for men under the law.

Select one of the following:

13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
19th amendment

Explanation

Question 16 of 56

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This amendment provided all men with the right to vote

Select one of the following:

13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
19th amendment

Explanation

Question 17 of 56

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This amendment gave all women the right to vote

Select one of the following:

13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
19th amendment

Explanation

Question 18 of 56

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Who was a frequent writer and speaker for the Black suffrage movement, who pushed for equal right and the right to vote for Blacks?

Select one of the following:

Frederick Douglass
Robert E. Lee
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cody Stanton

Explanation

Question 19 of 56

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This individual proposed a 50% plan for reconstruction but most Radical Republicans did not like it because it gave too much power to the South and didn't guarantee rights for freed slaves.

Select one of the following:

Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Frederick Douglass

Explanation

Question 20 of 56

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This Act was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.

Select one of the following:

The Civil Rights Act of 1866
13th amendment
19th amendment
15th amendment

Explanation

Question 21 of 56

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Which of the following are results of Reconstruction?

Select one or more of the following:

Freedman's Bureau
First blacks elected to Congress
Increase in discrimination with Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws (literacy tests, poll tax and grandfather clauses)
Cuba's freedom from Spain

Explanation

Question 22 of 56

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Plessy v. Ferguson was a court case in 1896 that stated that segregation is legal and created "separation but equal"

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 23 of 56

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Jim Crow Laws legalized the right to segregate men and women and restricted voting rights for women.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 24 of 56

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Which of these individuals believed that equality for African Americans could be achieved through vocational education, industrial training, and business ownership?

Select one of the following:

Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
Frederick Douglass

Explanation

Question 25 of 56

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Why were the Irish discriminated against in the mid to late 1800s?

Select one or more of the following:

They looked different
They didn't have industrial experience
They were from China
They were not to be trusted.

Explanation

Question 26 of 56

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Factory owners used children instead of adults because they cost them more money.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 27 of 56

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Who invented the assembly line?

Select one of the following:

Henry Ford
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie

Explanation

Question 28 of 56

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Check the statements that are correct

Select one or more of the following:

The purpose of Reconstruction was to bring the Southern States back into the United States.
Southern military leaders were allowed to vote and hold office during Reconstruction.
The Freeman's Bureau helped former slaves find work and get an education
Northerners who went south during Reconstruction were called "Scalawags" by southern whites.
To be President, Rutherford B. Hayes told Northern troops to stay in the South to support Reconstruction.
Northern troops were sent to the South to support reconstruction and protect African-American rights.

Explanation

Question 29 of 56

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What group did W.E.B. Du Bois help create to fight for the rights of African-Americans?

Select one of the following:

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National American Women Suffrage Association
National Freed Black Men Association
Chicago's Hull House

Explanation

Question 30 of 56

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LIst the five reasons that people went west

Select one or more of the following:

New technologies made it easier to live in the West
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave free acres of land to anyone willing to work on it for 5 years.
Gold and silver gave the possibility of wealth for miners
It offered a new beginning for slaves (Exodusters)
Adventure and opportunity

Explanation

Question 31 of 56

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The Homestead Act gave ( acres of land, homes, cars, railroads ) away free as long as the person agreed to work on it for ( 5 years, 10 years, 1 year, 3 years ).

Explanation

Question 32 of 56

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( Windmills, Steel Plows, Dry Farming, Barbed Wire ) pump up water from deep wells.

Explanation

Question 33 of 56

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( Steel plows, Windmills, Dry Farming, Sod Houses, Railroads ) break up the soil.

Explanation

Question 34 of 56

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The ❌ helped people to move west faster and safer than wagons did.

Select option below to complete the highlighted text

Railroads

Windmills

Sod Houses

Automobiles

Explanation

Question 35 of 56

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When cattle were taken from Texas to railroad cities, these were called what?

Select one of the following:

Long Drives
Windmills
Dry Farming

Explanation

Question 36 of 56

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The Dawes Act, which tried to make Indians adopt farming and American culture, was successful because Native Americans wanted to give up their traditional way of life just to survive.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 37 of 56

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Geronimo was the Chief of the Chiricahua Apaches. He led his tribe against white settlers in Arizona for more than ten years.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 38 of 56

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The U.S. government forced Native Americans on to ( reservations, the ocean, the Great Plains, mountains ) in order to get land back for white Americans.

Explanation

Question 39 of 56

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Which of the following things about inventions did not help industry grow?

Select one or more of the following:

Made industry more efficient
Broke all things and hurt men
Created new industries
Contributed to job growth

Explanation

Question 40 of 56

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A boom is when industry has bad times and a bust is when industry has good times.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 41 of 56

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This group used boycotts, strikes and protests to get better conditions for workers.

Select one of the following:

Unions
NAACP
National American Women Suffrage Association
Freedman's Bureau

Explanation

Question 42 of 56

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A ( philanthropist, monopolist, union worker, urbanist ) is a rich person who gives back to society.

Explanation

Question 43 of 56

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A ( monopoly, settlement house, tenement, political machine ) is a business with no competition. ( John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell ) owned the Standard Oil Company, which was one of these first businesses without competition. ( Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan ) owned a steel company that was also one of these.

Explanation

Question 44 of 56

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( Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt ) invented the electric light bulb. ( Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt ) invented the telephone. ( Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jane Addams, W.E.B. Du Bois, J.P. Morgan ) was successful in railroads and shipping. ( J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Cornelius Vanderbilt ) was a wealthy banker.

Explanation

Question 45 of 56

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What was the name of Jane Addams' settlement house?

Select one of the following:

Hull House
Ronald McDonald House
House of Cards
Ghetto House

Explanation

Question 46 of 56

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What does urbanization mean?

Select one of the following:

Growth of cities
Growth of rural areas
Movement of people into a country

Explanation

Question 47 of 56

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Which of these items is not a PULL factor for immigration?

Select one or more of the following:

Freedom of religion
Hope for better opportunities
Adventure
Escape from bad governments

Explanation

Question 48 of 56

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Immigrants from Europe came to America through ( Ellis Island, Angel Island, The Statue of Liberty, Gilligan's Island, Jamieson's Island ) in New York. Immigrants from Asia came to America through ( Angel Island, Ellis Island, Gilligan's Island, Cooper's Island, Tom Sawyer's Island ) in California.

Explanation

Question 49 of 56

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

A is a run-down building in a .

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Question 50 of 56

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What is a progressive?

Select one of the following:

A person who wanted to solve society's problems
A person who wanted to be president
A person who wanted to live on a reservation
A person who wins the lottery

Explanation

Question 51 of 56

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A ( muckraker, separatist, freedman, monopolist ) is a writer who exposes society's problems. ( Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, John D. Rockefeller ) wrote "The History of Standard Oil Company" and the negatives of monopolies. ( Upton Sinclair, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Ida Tarbell ) wrote "The Jungle" about Chicago's meatpacking industry. ( Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Andrew Carnegie ), while not a writer, did expose society's problems through photography.

Explanation

Question 52 of 56

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A trust is a small group that controls a whole industry.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 53 of 56

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The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a labor union, led by Samuel Gompers. Which of these things were they able to to accomplish?

Select one or more of the following:

Increase worker's pay
Decrease worker's pay
Improve safety conditions
Create bad accidents in workplaces
Lower work hours
Increase work hours

Explanation

Question 54 of 56

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What is yellow journalism?

Select one of the following:

Journalism that is based on sensationalism and crude exaggeration
Journalism that is accurate, fact-based and honest
Journalist that is only about one topic

Explanation

Question 55 of 56

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Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Spanish-American War?

Select one or more of the following:

Support of Cuba' independence
U.S. Interests in Cuba, such as businesses
Yellow Journalism
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
Free blacks in Cuba

Explanation

Question 56 of 56

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The causes of World War I can be described using the acronym M.A.I.N. Which of the following describe why World War I happened?

Select one or more of the following:

Militarism
Monkeys
Alliances
Apples
Imperialism
Imperfection
Nationalism
Nutcrackers

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7th Grade History Mid-Term

7th Grade History Mid-Term

Question 1 of 56

Which of the following is the correct bodies of water surrounding the United States?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 56

Which of the following sets of states are located in the MidWest?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 56

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Explanation

Question 4 of 56

What were the push factors leading to immigration to the early to mid-1800s?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 56

What was the name of the US Army Commander at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 56

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

The Plains Indians Cherokee Lenai Lenape Navajo( Plains Indians, Cherokee, Lenai Lenape, Navajo ) used buffalo prairie dogs antelopes monkeys( buffalo, prairie dogs, antelopes, monkeys ) as a main resource for food, clothing and shelter and tools.

Explanation

Question 7 of 56

Which one is NOT a reason for westward expansion?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 56

Which one is not an industrialist or monopolist?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 56

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

Alaska and Hawaii fall into the Non-Contiguous Northwest Southwest Mid-West( Non-Contiguous, Northwest, Southwest, Mid-West ) region.

Explanation

Question 10 of 56

A body of laws by Southern States, immediately after the Civil War to maintain SOCIAL control over the freed black slaves, restricting African Americans freedom and providing for low wage work, are called

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 56

Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

Racial segregation Ethnic cleansing People Separation Racial Inequality( Racial segregation, Ethnic cleansing, People Separation, Racial Inequality ) is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups.

Explanation

Question 12 of 56

Which one of these is NOT a problem or policy of Reconstruction

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 56

What is the name of the region whose physical features included the lack of trees, semi-arid with little water, unpredictable weather, high wind, flat featureless areas, low hills and stream valleys?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 56

This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 56

This amendment provided equal protection for men under the law.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 56

This amendment provided all men with the right to vote

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 56

This amendment gave all women the right to vote

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 56

Who was a frequent writer and speaker for the Black suffrage movement, who pushed for equal right and the right to vote for Blacks?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 56

This individual proposed a 50% plan for reconstruction but most Radical Republicans did not like it because it gave too much power to the South and didn't guarantee rights for freed slaves.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 56

This Act was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.

The ( Plains Indians, Cherokee, Lenai Lenape, Navajo ) used ( buffalo, prairie dogs, antelopes, monkeys ) as a main resource for food, clothing and shelter and tools.

Alaska and Hawaii fall into the ( Non-Contiguous, Northwest, Southwest, Mid-West ) region.

( Racial segregation, Ethnic cleansing, People Separation, Racial Inequality ) is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups.

The Homestead Act gave ( acres of land, homes, cars, railroads ) away free as long as the person agreed to work on it for ( 5 years, 10 years, 1 year, 3 years ).

( Windmills, Steel Plows, Dry Farming, Barbed Wire ) pump up water from deep wells.

( Steel plows, Windmills, Dry Farming, Sod Houses, Railroads ) break up the soil.