SOCIAL STUDIES

REVISION

IMPERIALISM

1. If a colony was run by ____, local elites were removed from power and replaced
with a new set of o cials from the mother country. Direct Rule
2. The only free states remaining in Africa by 1914 were Liberia and Ethiopia
3. Lord Macaulay designed a new school system in India to train Indian children to
serve in the colonial government and army

4. ______________ was the President of the United States who was interested in
obtaining the Philippines as a colony. President Mckinley
5. European’s used the phrase “_______________” to describe the responsibility of
European’s to bring civilization and religion to the “dark continent’ or Africa. White
Man’s Burden

6. The New York Herald hired _____________ to search for David Livingstone after
the latter went missing in Africa. Henry Stanley

7. The conservative elites in Mexico chose ____ to lead a revolt against Spanish
rule. Agustín de Iturbide
8. Two conditions driving colonization by major European countries were the search
for new markets and new sources of natural resources
9. Two conditions driving colonization by major European countries were Simon
Bolivar and Jose de San Martin
10.The British government ruled India directly through a British of cial known as a
____________. Viceroy
11. Which of the following was a term that referred to a person born in Spain but
representing Spanish interests in the New World? Peninsulare
12. France had the largest presence in which of the following areas of Africa? Wes
13. was a freedom ghter who fought against the occupation of the Philippines by
the United States. Emilio Aguinaldo
14. Which of the following was NOT an effect of British rule in India? Thousand of
Indians were forced into concentration camps
15. President James Monroe issued the ____________, guaranteeing the
independence of the new Latin American nations and warning against European
intervention in the Americas. Monroe Doctrine

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CIVIL WAR
1. How many states eventually ended up seceding from the Union? Eleve
2.Where were the rst shots of the war red? Fort Sumte
3. Where were the rst shots of the war red? 18621
4. What other battle was going on while the Battle of Gettysburg was being fought in
Pennsylvania? Vicksburg
5. What did Lincoln call his "greatest and most enduring contribution to the history of
the war”? The Emancipation Proclamation
6. Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Civil War? Disagreement over
the electoral college process
7. What brought the Confederate Army troops to Gettysburg, Penn. for the decisive
battle? The roads went trough there
8. What were the names of the two ironclad ships that battled it out during the Civil
War at the Battle of Hampton Roads? Merrimack and Monitor
9. How many days after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox was Abraham
Lincoln was shot and killed? Five
10. About how many American soldiers lost their lives in the Civil War? 600,000
11.  Which of the following is NOT another name for the American Civil War? War of
the people
12. What was the South's view of slavery during the Civil War? Slavery was
necessary to its economy and was constitutionally protected
13. What city was chosen as the confederate capital in 1861? Richmond, VA
14.  What popular battle was also called the Battle of Manassas? Battle of Bull Run
15. How many versions of the Gettysburg address are there? At least ve
16. Which battle was the bloodiest of the Civil War? Battle of Gettysburg
17.  Which of the following allowed a male citizen aged 20 to 45 exemption from the
draft? Providing a substitute or paying $300
18. What percentage of the Union Army was African-American? 10 percent
19. Why are there often two names for the same battle? The Union and the
Confederacy named them differently
20. Who won the American Civil War? The North
21.  The Civil War killed more Americans than WWI, WWII, the Korean War and the
Vietnam War combined. True

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22. Which of these claimed the most lives during the Civil War? Disease
23. What did Lincoln suggest doing to African-Americans when the war started?
Sending them out of the country
24. Who became president once Lincoln was assassinated? Johnson
25. What happened to John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Lincoln?
He was killed by Union troops
26. Which 1865 Constitutional amendment abolished slavery? 13th
27. Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant, nally ending the bloody
battle? Virginia
28. Which side relied on hot air balloons for reconnaissance missions during the Civil
War? Both sides
29. Which side used submarines during battle in the Civil War? South
30. How many formerly enslaved people were freed thanks to the Civil War? 4
million

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