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5th Grade Social Studies Test Practice

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5th Grade Social
Studies Test
Practice
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Home Single #1 – Which
industry depended most on
slave labor?

tobacco farming* Second

coal mining*
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Home Single #2 – The fishing
industry would be important in
which region of Virginia?

ridge and valley* Second

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 Second
war cost*

The fur trade stopped*


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Home Single #4 – Who was the
author of the Declaration of
Independence?

Thomas Jefferson* Second

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 Second
masters*

*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* Second

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* Second

The King*
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Home Single #8 – The
Legislative Branch of the
government does what?

decided if laws are fair* Second

makes the laws*


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Home Single #9 – The
Legislative Branch consists of
whom?

The House of Representatives


and The Senate* Second

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* Second

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* Second

carries out the laws*


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Home Single #12 – The
Judicial Branch consists of
whom?

The Court systems* Second

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* Second

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* Second

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’ Second
Rights*

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* Second

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* Second

goods*
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Visitor Single #3 – Agriculture
is ______________.

farming* Second

the study of animals*


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Visitor Single #4 – What is
Tennessee’s state bird?

bluebird* Second

mockingbird*
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Visitor Single #5 – What is
Tennessee’s state flower?

Iris* Second

rose*
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Visitor Single #6 – Which state
does NOT border Tennessee?

Georgia* Second

West Virginia*
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Visitor Single #7 – What is
Tennessee’s Nickname?

Tennessee looks good to me!* Second

The Volunteer State*


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Visitor Single #8 – Who was
Tennessee’s very first
congressman?

Andrew Jackson* Second

Andrew Johnson*
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Visitor Single #9 – Who was
the first governor of
Tennessee?

Andrew Jackson* Second

John Sevier*
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Visitor Single #10 – In June
of 1861, what did Tennessee
join?

The Confederacy* Second

The Union*
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Visitor Single #11 – What
Tennessee General said that
he would only accept
“Unconditional Surrender?
Robert E. Lee* Second

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* Second

Andrew Johnson*
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Visitor Single #13 – What
citrus soft drink that was
invented in Tennessee
derived its name from
moonshine?
Sprite* Second

Mountain Dew*
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Visitor Single #14 – What is
the current capital of
Tennessee?

Knoxville* Second

Nashville*
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Visitor Single #15 – People
who wanted to end slavery
were called?

abolitionists* Second

carpet baggers*
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Double #1 – Abraham Lincoln
wanted to end?

slavery* Second

equal rights*
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Double #2 – The capital of the
Confederacy was?

Washington DC* Second

Richmond*
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Double #3 – The Underground
Railroad helped slaves escape
by?

hiding them on their way north* Second

supplying them with weapons*


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Double #4 – Robert E. Lee
surrendered to Grant at
_____________in Virginia?

Appomattox* Second

Yorktown*
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Double #5 – Who was the
father of the Constitution?

Thomas Jefferson* Second

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* Second

The Bill of Rights*


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Double #7 – Our Nation’s first
Constitution was called?

The Articles of Confederation* Second

The Mayflower Compact*


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Double #8 – Who was the
Commander in Chief of the
Continental Army?

Benjamin Franklin* Second

George Washington*
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Double #9 – The first Capital of
Tennessee was?

Knoxville* Second

Chattanooga*
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Double #10 – Another city that
was once capital of Tennessee
was?

Atlanta* Second

Kingston*
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Double #11 –Who was an
abolitionist who led an attack
on Harper's Ferry?

John Brown* Second

Paul Revere*
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Double #12 – Who won the
Presidential election of 1860?

Abraham Lincoln* Second

George Washington*
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Double #13 – What was the
first state to secede from the
Union?

Tennessee* Second

South Carolina*
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Double #14 – Which
Confederate state was the first
to rejoin the Union?

South Carolina* Second

Tennessee*
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Double #15 – What city lies in
the very center of Tennessee?

Murfreesboro* Second

Knoxville*
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Triple #1 – The rights that all
Americans should have are?

Civil Rights* Second

The Bill of Rights*


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Triple #2 – This amendment
guarantees freedom of
speech?

1st* Second

5th*
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Triple #3 – This amendment
protects you from
incriminating yourself?

1st* Second

5th*
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Triple #4 – This amendment
guarantees you a trial by your
peers?

5th* Second

7th*
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Triple #5 – This amendment
gives you the right to own a
gun?

2nd* Second

1st*
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Triple #6 – This amendment
guarantees freedom of
religion?
1st* Second

2nd*
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Triple #7 – The introduction to
the Constitution is called the?

Bill of Rights* Second

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* Second

The Constitution*
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Triple #9 – Which of the
following is an example of
economic independence?

people growing their own food* Second

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* Second

banks buying and selling bank


stocks*
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Triple #11 – During the Great
Depression…?

many people had jobs* Second

many people lost their jobs*


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Triple #12 – Hoovervilles were
during which time period?

The Great Depression* Second

World War I*
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Triple #13 – What war did the
bombing of Pearl Harbor get
American involved in?

World War I* Second

World War II*


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Triple #14 – Which port did
most immigrants from Europe
come through?

Ellis Island* Second

Angel Island*
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Triple #15 – Someone who
buys stock in a company is?

a consumer* Second

an investor*
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Homer #1 – Someone who
buys goods is a?

consumer* Second

producer*
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Homer #2 – How can a bill that
passed in Congress NOT
become a law?

the states veto it* Second

the President vetoes it*


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Homer #3 – Ghost towns were
formed when?

mines ran out of gold and silver* Second

Native Americans attacked the


settlers*
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Homer #4 – The vertical lines
on a map are called?

longitude* Second

latitude*
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Homer #5 – Why is democracy
referred to as self-
government?
the government runs itself* Second

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* Second

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 Second
services*

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* Second

black americans*
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Homer #9 – The 19th
amendment granted the right
to vote to whom?

women* Second

non citizens*
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Homer #10 – The government
can NEVER take your rights
way.

false* Second

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* Second

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* Second

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* Second

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* Second

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* Second

the airplane*
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