Social Studies TCAP Review

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Social Studies TCAP Review

• Study Guide

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Air, water, or soil can become less healthy from

• Pollution

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How does trade help a region?

• Trade increases the variety of goods its
  consumers can buy

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What is conservation?

• It protects natural resources by not using so
  much of the natural resources

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How do people choose where they live?

• For jobs and enjoyable activities

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What are some examples of capital resources?

• Tractors and computers

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What is the difference between physical maps and
political maps?

• Physical maps show landforms and political maps
  show states, cities, and capitals.

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What is the largest mountain range in the eastern
United States?

• Appalachian Mountains

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How are the powers of each branch of the national
government limited?

• by checks and balances

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What amendment gave African American men the
right to vote?

• Fifteenth Amendment

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Name the three branches of government and tell
what each branch does.

• legislature branch makes laws
• executive branch the president can veto or
  reject the law
• judicial branch the supreme court decides if the
  law is constitutional or unconstitutional

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What did the American colonists want?

• Freedom from Great Britain's control, taxes, and
  soldiers

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What is the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson and other early American leaders
  wrote the Declaration of Independence to declare
  the colonists free from British rule, today it is
  a symbol of American freedom and personal rights
  for all

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Why was slavery so important to many people in
the South?

• They wanted more enslaved people to help produce
  cotton
• They wanted the slaves to help take care of their
  plantations and farms

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What are abolitionists?

• People who are against slavery

• What did some abolitionists do to try to end
  slavery?
• They printed antislavery newspapers and spoke
  against slavery

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How did Abraham Lincoln feel about slavery?

• Slavery was morally and socially wrong

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What was the war fought over slavery against the
North and South of the U.S.?

• Civil War

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What laws segregated African Americans from
other Americans and made it difficult for them to
vote?

• Jim Crow Laws

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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It made the war a war to end slavery in the South

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What amendment allowed African Americans to have
full citizenship?

• the Fourteenth Amendment

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Where did most battles take place in the Civil
War?

• In the South

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What is the difference between a primary source
and a secondary source?

• A primary source includes words from the original
  document from the person who said it, a secondary
  source gives second hand information about an
  event or document

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Why did the Great Plains buffalo almost become
extinct?

• Settlers destroyed their habitat, their cattle
  brought deadly diseases, and hunters killed them

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Who were the progressives?

• People who wanted to improve the lives of
  citizens and protect workers

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How did Upton Sinclairs book The Jungle help
society?

• It led to new laws that made food safer

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In the late 1800s what invention made
communication easier?

• The telephone which was invented by Alexander
  Graham Bell in 1876

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What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

• To give nations a way to solve problems
  peacefully without war

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What caused the U.S. to enter World War I?

• Germany began attacking American ships

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What did many Americans experience during the
Great Depression?

• they lost their jobs and became homeless

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What did Americans buy on credit in the 1920s?

• vacuum cleaners, washing machines, dryers, radios

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Why did the U.S. join the conflict of World War
II?

• the U.S. was attacked by Japan on Pearl Harbor,
  so the U.S. wanted to fight back

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What was V-J day?

• The day Japan surrendered in World War II.

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What did the Navajo code talkers do in World War
II?

• They created a secret code that the Japanese
  could not understand.

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What is bias?

• It expresses someones strong opinion about an
  issue

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What was the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s?

• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses
  was illegal, gave more rights to African Americans

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How did U.S. immigration change after 1965?

• The laws allowed immigrants from more countries

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Which holiday honors all of the U.S. soldiers who
died in wars?

• Memorial Day

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What are some things that describes TNs culture?

• blues, blue grass, country, and rock music
• walking horses, festivals

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What would be needs that people need?

• food, shelter, clothing

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What would be wants that people want?

• Phones, cars, computers, games

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What does the 19th Amendment allow?

• Women can vote

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What does the First Amendment state?

• freedom of religion, press, assembly, and speech

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Why did people immigrate to the U.S.?

• Greater freedoms, religious freedoms, more jobs,
  a better life

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What is the U.S. Constitution?

• It outlines the countrys government, the laws

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Who was Clara Barton?

• During the Civil War she nursed the sick and
  wounded

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What was the Dust Bowl?

• The Great Plains people suffered from droughts,
  some moved, and crops died

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In what ways did immigrants from other countries
help the U.S.?

• they built railroads, dug mines, and worked in
  factories

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Who was Austin Peay?

• Governor of TN who worked to build better roads
  for TN and improve education

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Who was Admiral Albert Gleaves?

• In WWI, he commanded the ships that carried
  American soldiers to war.

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Who was Anne Dudley?

• She fought for womens rights

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Who worked for immigrants and kids to have better
working conditions?

• Sammuel Gompers he was the president of AFL too

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What was the Dred Scott Decision?

• It was when Chief Justice Roger Taney said that a
  slave that was free had no rights (Dred Scott was
  the freed slave who took his case to the Supreme
  Court)

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Who was Fredrick Douglas?

• He was an abolitionist who fought for African
  American rights

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Who was Jane Adams?

• She founded the Hull House to help the immigrants
  out, she helped them learn job skills

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What famous court case led to the desegregation
of schools?

• Brown vs Board of Education

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What made bus companies loose money because they
refused to ride the bus? Who helped start this
movement by refusing to give up her seat on the
bus for a white person?

• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Rosa Parks

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Who used nonviolent ways to protest against
slavery?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

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Who was the union general during the Civil War?

• Ulysses S. Grant

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What was the purpose of the American Indian
Movement (AIM) during the 1960s and 1970s?

• To gain rights promised by the government

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Who is responsible for leading the local,
state, and federal government?

• Local mayor
• State governor
• Federal president

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Who was the president of the Confederacy during
the 1860s?

• Jefferson Davis

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What material did the people of the Great Plains
build their homes out of?

• sod

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Who was Robert E. Lee?

• He was a general for the confederate army

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What is the difference between an economic boom
and an economic bust?

• Economic boom
• the economy is good, people have jobs and are
  buying and selling things

• Economic bust
• the economy is bad, people dont have as many
  jobs, they are not buying and selling things