5th Grade Social Studies Test Practice
Baseball Challenge!
Today’s Game is pitched by
Mrs. Leigh Daley 5th Grade Social Studies Test Practice
Batter Up!
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Home Single #1 – Which industry depended most on slave labor?
*tobacco farming*
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*coal mining*
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Home Single #2 – The fishing industry would be important in which region of Virginia?
*ridge and valley*
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*coastal plain*
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Home Single #3 – Which of these was a result of the French and Indian War?
*Parliament decided that the colonists would pay for part of the war cost*
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*The fur trade stopped*
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Home Single #4 – Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?
*Thomas Jefferson*
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*Patrick Henry*
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Home Single #5 – Which is true about indentured servants?
*They were mostly criminals and remained the property of their masters*
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*They worked for their masters long enough to pay for their passage to America*
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Home Single #6 – This battle was the turning point in the Revolutionary War?
*Battle of Saratoga*
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*Battle of San Juan Hill*
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Home Single #7 – The Magna Carta was part of English law and gave rights to whom?
*Englishmen*
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*The King*
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Home Single #8 – The Legislative Branch of the government does what?
*decided if laws are fair*
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*makes the laws*
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Home Single #9 – The Legislative Branch consists of whom?
*The House of Representatives and The Senate*
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*The Supreme Court and Executive Leaders*
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Home Single #10 – The Louisiana Purchase did what?
*Gave the land back to the Native Americans*
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*doubled the size of the United States*
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Home Single #11 – The Judicial Branch of the Government does what?
*Decides if laws are fair*
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*carries out the laws*
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Home Single #12 – The Judicial Branch consists of whom?
*The Court systems*
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*The Senate and House of Representatives*
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Home Single #13 – The Executive Branch of the government consists of whom?
*The President, Vice President and Cabinet Members*
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*The Supreme Court and Federal Court system*
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Home Single #14 – The Executive Branch of the government does what?
*Decides if the laws are fair*
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*Carries out the laws*
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Home Single #15 – Which describes the Southern states before the Civil War?
*They were primarily a farming region and believed in States’ Rights*
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*They were a manufacturing region with large towns and cities*
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Visitor Single #1 – Textiles are…?
*fabrics made by knitting or weaving*
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*parts of buildings*
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Visitor Single #2 – Economy is the use of resources, money and ________ to meet peoples' wants and needs.?
*computers*
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*goods*
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Visitor Single #3 – Agriculture is ______________.
*farming*
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*the study of animals*
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Visitor Single #4 – What is Tennessee’s state bird?
*bluebird*
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*mockingbird*
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Visitor Single #5 – What is Tennessee’s state flower?
*Iris*
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*rose*
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Visitor Single #6 – Which state does NOT border Tennessee?
*Georgia*
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*West Virginia*
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Visitor Single #7 – What is Tennessee’s Nickname?
*Tennessee looks good to me!*
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*The Volunteer State*
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Visitor Single #8 – Who was Tennessee’s very first congressman?
*Andrew Jackson*
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*Andrew Johnson*
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Visitor Single #9 – Who was the first governor of Tennessee?
*Andrew Jackson*
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*John Sevier*
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Visitor Single #10 – In June of 1861, what did Tennessee join?
*The Confederacy*
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*The Union*
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Visitor Single #11 – What Tennessee General said that he would only accept “Unconditional Surrender?
*Robert E. Lee*
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*Ulysses S. Grant*
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Visitor Single #12 – What US President from Tennessee was the first President to ever be impeached?
*Bill Clinton*
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*Andrew Johnson*
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Visitor Single #13 – What citrus soft drink that was invented in Tennessee derived its name from moonshine?
*Sprite*
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*Mountain Dew*
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Visitor Single #14 – What is the current capital of Tennessee?
*Knoxville*
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*Nashville*
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Visitor Single #15 – People who wanted to end slavery were called?
*abolitionists*
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*carpet baggers*
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Double #1 – Abraham Lincoln wanted to end?
*slavery*
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*equal rights*
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Double #2 – The capital of the Confederacy was?
*Washington DC*
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*Richmond*
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Double #3 – The Underground Railroad helped slaves escape by?
*hiding them on their way north*
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*supplying them with weapons*
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Double #4 – Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant at _____________in Virginia?
*Appomattox*
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*Yorktown*
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Double #5 – Who was the father of the Constitution?
*Thomas Jefferson*
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*James Madison*
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Double #6 – This lists the basic rights granted to all Americans by the U.S. Constitution?
*The Articles of Confederation*
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*The Bill of Rights*
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Double #7 – Our Nation’s first Constitution was called?
*The Articles of Confederation*
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*The Mayflower Compact*
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Double #8 – Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?
*Benjamin Franklin*
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*George Washington*
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Double #9 – The first Capital of Tennessee was?
*Knoxville*
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*Chattanooga*
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Double #10 – Another city that was once capital of Tennessee was?
*Atlanta*
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*Kingston*
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Double #11 –Who was an abolitionist who led an attack on Harper's Ferry?
*John Brown*
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*Paul Revere*
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Double #12 – Who won the Presidential election of 1860?
*Abraham Lincoln*
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*George Washington*
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Double #13 – What was the first state to secede from the Union?
*Tennessee*
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*South Carolina*
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Double #14 – Which Confederate state was the first to rejoin the Union?
*South Carolina*
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*Tennessee*
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Double #15 – What city lies in the very center of Tennessee?
*Murfreesboro*
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*Knoxville*
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Triple #1 – The rights that all Americans should have are?
*Civil Rights*
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*The Bill of Rights*
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Triple #2 – This amendment guarantees freedom of speech?
*1st*
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*5th*
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Triple #3 – This amendment protects you from incriminating yourself?
*1st*
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*5th*
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Triple #4 – This amendment guarantees you a trial by your peers?
*5th*
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*7th*
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Triple #5 – This amendment gives you the right to own a gun?
*2nd*
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*1st*
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Triple #6 – This amendment guarantees freedom of religion?
*1st*
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*2nd*
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Triple #7 – The introduction to the Constitution is called the?
*Bill of Rights*
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*Preamble*
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Triple #8 – This document was a letter addressed to the King of England stating that the colonies wanted to be free?
*The Declaration of Independence*
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*The Constitution*
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Triple #9 – Which of the following is an example of economic independence?
*people growing their own food*
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*importing goods from other countries*
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Triple #10 – Which of the following contributed to the Stock Market crash of 1929?
*people investing in the stock market*
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*banks buying and selling bank stocks*
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Triple #11 – During the Great Depression…?
*many people had jobs*
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*many people lost their jobs*
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Triple #12 – Hoovervilles were during which time period?
*The Great Depression*
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*World War I*
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Triple #13 – What war did the bombing of Pearl Harbor get American involved in?
*World War I*
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*World War II*
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Triple #14 – Which port did most immigrants from Europe come through?
*Ellis Island*
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*Angel Island*
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Triple #15 – Someone who buys stock in a company is?
*a consumer*
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*an investor*
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Homer #1 – Someone who buys goods is a?
*consumer*
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*producer*
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Homer #2 – How can a bill that passed in Congress NOT become a law?
*the states veto it*
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*the President vetoes it*
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Homer #3 – Ghost towns were formed when?
*mines ran out of gold and silver*
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*Native Americans attacked the settlers*
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Homer #4 – The vertical lines on a map are called?
*longitude*
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*latitude*
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Homer #5 – Why is democracy referred to as selfgovernment?
*the government runs itself*
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*people elect representatives to make decisions for them*
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Homer #6 – Why did President Hoover drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
*as revenge for Pearl Harbor and to win votes in the election*
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*to save the lives of American soldiers by ending the war*
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Homer #7 – What is economics?
*The study of the production and distribution of goods and services*
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*The study of past events and the impact they’ve had on people*
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Homer #8 – The 15th amendment, which was passed after the Civil War, gave the right to vote to whom?
*women*
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*black americans*
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Homer #9 – The 19th amendment granted the right to vote to whom?
*women*
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*non citizens*
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Homer #10 – The government can NEVER take your rights way.
*false*
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*true*
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Homer #11 – Because of our system of checks and balances, Congress can override which of the following?
*a Presidential veto*
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*a Supreme Court decision*
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Homer #12 – What was the cause of the Korean War?
*South Korea attacked North Korea to stop communism*
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*North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism*
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Homer #13 – Which of the following did the Cold War involve?
*an arms race*
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*a battle in Germany*
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Homer #14 – Why was there fighting in Vietnam?
*North Vietnam wanted to make South Vietnam a colony*
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*North Vietnam wanted to make South Vietnam communist*
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Homer #15 – Which was first used for warfare during World War II?
*poison gas*
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*the airplane*
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