Social Studies TCAP Review

Study Guide

Air, water, or soil can become less healthy from:

• Pollution

How does trade help a region?

• Trade increases the variety of goods its consumers can buy

What is conservation?• It protects natural resources by not

using so much of the natural resources

How do people choose where they live?

• For jobs and enjoyable activities

What are some examples of capital resources?

• Tractors and computers

What is the difference between physical maps and political

maps?

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

What is the largest mountain range in the eastern United

States?

• Appalachian Mountains

How are the powers of each branch of the national

government limited?

• by checks and balances

What amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

• Fifteenth Amendment

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

What did the American colonists want?

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

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

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

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

How did Abraham Lincoln feel about slavery?

• Slavery was morally and socially wrong

What was the war fought over slavery against the North and

South of the U.S.?

•Civil War

What laws segregated African Americans from other Americans and made it

difficult for them to vote?

•Jim Crow Laws

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

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

What amendment allowed African Americans to have full

citizenship?

• the Fourteenth Amendment

Where did most battles take place in the Civil War?

• In the South

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

Why did the Great Plains buffalo almost become extinct?

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

Who were the progressives?

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

How did Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle help society?

• It led to new laws that made food safer

In the late 1800’s what invention made communication easier?

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

What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

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

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

• Germany began attacking American ships

What did many American’s experience during the Great

Depression?

• they lost their jobs and became homeless

What did Americans buy on credit in the 1920’s?

• vacuum cleaners, washing machines, dryers, radios

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

What was V-J day?

• The day Japan surrendered in World War II.

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

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

What is bias?

• It expresses someone’s strong opinion about an issue

What was the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s?

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

How did U.S. immigration change after 1965?

• The laws allowed immigrants from more countries

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

• Memorial Day

What are some things that describes TN’s culture?

• blues, blue grass, country, and rock music

• walking horses, festivals

What would be needs that people need?

• food, shelter, clothing

What would be wants that people want?

• Phones, cars, computers, games

What does the 19th Amendment allow?

• Women can vote

What does the First Amendment state?

• freedom of religion, press, assembly, and speech

Why did people immigrate to the U.S.?

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

What is the U.S. Constitution?

• It outlines the country’s government, the laws

Who was Clara Barton?

• During the Civil War she nursed the sick and wounded

What was the Dust Bowl?

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

In what ways did immigrants from other countries help the

U.S.?

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

Who was Austin Peay?

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

Who was Admiral Albert Gleaves?

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

Who was Anne Dudley?

• She fought for women’s rights

Who worked for immigrants and kids to have better working

conditions?

• Sammuel Gompers: he was the president of AFL too

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)

Who was Fredrick Douglas?

• He was an abolitionist who fought for African American rights

Who was Jane Adams?

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

What famous court case led to the desegregation of

schools?

• Brown vs Board of Education

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

Who used nonviolent ways to protest against slavery?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was the union general during the Civil War?

• Ulysses S. Grant

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

1970’s?

• To gain rights promised by the government

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

government?

• Local: mayor

• State: governor

• Federal: president

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

• Jefferson Davis

What material did the people of the Great Plains build their

homes out of?

• sod

Who was Robert E. Lee?

• He was a general for the confederate army

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 don’t have as many jobs, they are not buying and selling things