Grade 7 Social Studies Final Pre-Test

Grade 7 Social Studies Final Pre-Test

Grade 7 Social Studies Final Pre-Test “A”

Draw a line between the word on the left and its correct definition on the right.

1. PrecedentPeople who wanted to bring about change

2. DebtCreated an increased need for slaves

3. Federalist PartyLoyalty to a state rather than the whole country

4. ImpressmentEach state decides for itself whether or not to allow slavery

5. Protective TariffCampaign against drinking, started by reformers in the 1820’s

6. Monroe DoctrinePeople who wanted to end slavery in the United States

7. NullificationPeriod after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt

8. Manifest DestinyGovernment agency that helped former slaves by providing food and clothing and tried to find free slaves jobs

9. ReformersAn act or decision that sets an example for others to follow

10. AbolitionistsThe sum of money that is owed

11. Temperance MovementsLed by Alexander Hamilton and they drew their support from merchants, manufacturers and some southern planters

12. Women’s RightsAct of seizing men from a ship and forcing them to serve in the navy

13. Popular SovereigntyTax placed on imported goods to protect U.S. merchants and manufacturers from foreign competition

14. SectionalismProtected Latin America and Central America from European interference

15. Cotton GinDeclaring a federal law illegal

16. ReconstructionBelief that the U.S. had the right to all land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

17. Freedman’s BureauThe struggle of women for equality and suffrage (the right to vote)

  1. Who did the Federalists think should lead the nation?

19. The Federalists believed in a strong government?

  1. What did the Federalists feel the nations emphasis should be placed on?
  1. How did the Federalists believe the Constitution should be interpreted?
  1. What foreign nation did the Federalists side with?
  1. What kind of bank did the Federalists favor? Why?
  1. What is a protective tariff?
  1. Were the Federalists in favor of protective tariffs?
  1. Who did the Democratic Republicans (Republicans) believe should have the political power?

27. The Republicans believed in a strong government?

  1. What did the Republicans feel the nations emphasis should be placed on?
  1. How did the Republicans believe the Constitution should be interpreted?
  1. What foreign nation did the Republicans side with?
  1. Were the Republicans in favor of a National Bank?
  1. Did the Republicans favor a protective tariff?
  1. George Washington set three important precedents. What were they?

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2)

3)

  1. What was Hamilton’s Financial Plan?
  1. What was the X,Y,Z affair?
  1. How was our nation’s strength tested during the X,Y,Z affair?
  1. What people’s beliefs led to the creation of political parties and what were the names of their parties?
  1. The United States refused to take sides and remained neutral during the war between Britain and France and continued to engage in trade with both countries. As a result, Britain and France did something to the United States. What did Britain and France do?
  1. The actions of Britain and France against the United States caused President Thomas Jefferson to react. What did President Thomas Jefferson do in retaliation for the actions of Britain and France?
  1. What were the two advantages of the United States buying the Louisiana Territory?

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2)

  1. What were the three causes of the War of 1812?

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2)

3)

  1. What treaty ended the War of 1812 and what was the result of the War?
  1. The Monroe Doctrine was a policy statement of President James Monroe in 1823. What did the Monroe Doctrine do?
  1. What changes came about during the Industrial Revolution?

1)

2)

  1. The Erie Canal was built to link these lakes with two rivers. Name these lakes and the two rivers.

Lakes

and Rivers

  1. What were the four important things that the building of the Erie Canal did for New York?

1)

2)

3)

4)

  1. Britain had decided to rule Upper Canada and Lower Canada separately and in 1837 uprisings occurred in both Upper and Lower Canada because the Canadians wanted self-rule. By what means did Canada gain its independence?

and means.

  1. What country controlled Mexico and Latin America before their revolutions?
  1. What is declaring a federal law illegal called?
  1. Who decided the election of 1824 and why?
  1. Why did President Andrew Jackson pass the Indian Removal Act?
  1. What is suffrage?

53. How did suffrage rights grow during the Age of Jackson (period of time Andrew Jackson served as president)?

  1. What was the nullification crisis?
  1. What state threatened to secede because of the nullification crisis?
  1. What was the belief that the United States had the right expand into all land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans called?
  1. What three things caused the start of the Mexican War?

1)

2)

3)

  1. What president initiated the Mexican War?
  1. Who was the president that sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans?
  1. Why did the above president want to purchase New Orleans from the French?
  1. Ultimately, in 1803, the United States got more than it was hoping for. What did the United States buy? How much did they pay? What was this bargain called?
  1. Who offered the United States this bargain?
  1. In 1836, the United States refused to annex Texas into the Union. Why?
  1. In 1844, the President of Texas, Sam Houston signed a treaty of annexation with the United States, but the senate refused to ratify the annexation because it feared that annexing Texas to the Union would cause a war with Mexico. As a result, Sam Houston played a trick. What was the trick Sam Houston played so that the senate would annex Texas into the Union?
  1. In 1853, a few years after the Mexican War, the United States bought a strip of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico. How much money did the U.S. pay for this strip of land and what was the sale called?
  1. Why did Americans move west?
  1. Conflict arose when states wanted to be admitted into the Union. What were the two reasons for this conflict?

1)

2)

  1. What three advantages did Canals and Railroads add to the completion of the Manifest Destiny?

1)

2)

3)

  1. What were the people who wanted to bring about change called?
  1. People who wanted to end slavery in the United States were called?
  1. What was the struggle of women for equality and suffrage called?
  1. The movement against drinking started by reformers in the 1820’s was called?
  1. The ability for each state or territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery is called?
  1. Who invented the Cotton Gin and what did the Cotton Gin do?
  1. How did the invention of the Cotton Gin affect slavery in the south?
  1. What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls convention?
  1. Who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”? How did “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” become a cause of the Civil War?
  1. How did the Dred Scott decision describe slaves?
  1. What did the Free-Soil Party and the Republican Party have in common?
  1. Even though Abraham Lincoln lost in the senate election, he gained something out of the experience. What did he gain?
  1. The North and South differed on their views about tariffs. Which area supported tariffs and which did not? Why?

North:

South:

  1. After the Civil War the south went through a period of rebuilding. What was this period of rebuilding called?

82. What was the name of the agency that helped former slaves with food, clothing and also tried to find them jobs?

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