Social Studies - Chapter 5 - Test 4/22/14

Question 1

person owned as property

Answer 1

slave

Question 2

area of land set aside for Native Americans

Answer 2

reservation

Question 3

item that was brought in from another country to be sold

Answer 3

import

Question 4

settlement of people who come from one country to live in another

Answer 4

colony

Question 5

varied

Answer 5

diverse

Question 6

a fight to overthrow the government

Answer 6

revolution

Question 7

a hut made from wooden poles covered with bark

Answer 7

wigwam

Question 8

meeting held for a special purpose

Answer 8

convention

Question 9

item sent from one country to be sold in another

Answer 9

export

Question 10

union of groups, countries, or states

Answer 10

confederacy

Question 11

reformer who believed slavery should be illegal

Answer 11

abolitionist

Question 12

buying and selling of goods between different places

Answer 12

commerce

Question 13

a festival for Native Americans

Answer 13

powwow

Question 14

working together to get things done

Answer 14

cooperation

Question 15

this gave women the right to vote

Answer 15

19th Amendment

Question 16

this made slavery illegal in the United States

Answer 16

13th Amendment

Question 17

a huge immigration station that opened in 1892

Answer 17

Ellis Island

Question 18

Name 3 events leading to the founding of the United States.

Answer 18

1. The colonies protested England’s laws and taxes.
2. The American Revolution began in Lexington, Massachusetts.
3. Colonial leaders met in Pennsylvania to write and sign the Declaration of Independence.

Question 19

Where was the first capital of the United States.

Answer 19

New York City

Question 20

Name an important women’s rights reformer?

Answer 20

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 21

Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?

Answer 21

She was an important women’s right reformer.

Question 22

What are four problems immigrants might face?

Answer 22

1. Might not be able to speak the language so this could keep them from getting jobs to support their families.
2. Many had very little money and could not afford a decent place to live.
3. Tenements were overcrowded.
4. Some were forced to work in sweatshops.