5th Grade Social Studies Test Practice

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5th Grade Social
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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
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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
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*They worked for their masters

long enough to pay for their
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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
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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
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The Supreme Court and Executive

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Home Single #10 The

Louisiana Purchase did
what?
Gave the land back to the Native
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doubled the size of the United

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Home Single #11 The

Judicial Branch of the
Government does what?
Decides if laws are fair*

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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

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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

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Home Single #14 The

Executive Branch of the
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Decides if the laws are fair*

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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

Tennessees state bird?

bluebird*

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mockingbird*
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Visitor Single #5 What is

Tennessees 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

Tennessees Nickname?

Tennessee looks good to me!*

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The Volunteer State*

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Visitor Single #8 Who was

Tennessees 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
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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 Nations 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
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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?
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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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Triple #4 This amendment

guarantees you a trial by your
peers?

5th*

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Triple #5 This amendment

gives you the right to own a
gun?
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Triple #6 This amendment

guarantees freedom of
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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
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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

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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

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Homer #6 Why did President

Hoover drop atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
as revenge for Pearl Harbor and
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to save the lives of American

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Homer #7 What is
economics?
The study of the production and
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The study of past events and the

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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?
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non citizens*
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Homer #10 The government

can NEVER take your rights
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Homer #11 Because of our

system of checks and
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Homer #12 What was the

cause of the Korean War?
South Korea attacked North
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North Korea attacked South

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Homer #13 Which of the

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Homer #14 Why was there

fighting in Vietnam?
North Vietnam wanted to make
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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?
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the airplane*
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