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8th Grade Midterm Review

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Women were granted the right to vote in 

1919

1920

1921

2020

The Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson decided 

Separate but equal 

Together and equal

Separate but unequal

Together but unequal 

Prior to the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, Americans typically traveled by 

airplane 

railroads 

steamships

cars 

Idenitfy one advantage of the Transcontinetal Railroad was 

it connected economies in the east and west 

it cost more to travel on

it helped to increase the buffalo population 

Native Americans became more wealthy. 

Which of the following is not a push factor? 

War

Poverty 

Surplus of job opportunites 

High taxes 

Immigrants from Europe typically entered America through

Angel Island 

Ellis Island 

Texas 

D

Factories were typically built near 

farms 

oceans 

the coast 

rivers 

Following the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution 

increased the amount of items made at home 

Americans moved to farms 

Big Business helped Americans 

New machines increased productivity in factories

With the growth of industry, 

more Americans left the country. 

it resulted in the increase of immigrants. 

More Americans worked on farms 

less jobs were available 

What incident resulted in the death of about 150 employees? 

Triangle Mine explosion 

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 

Square Factory Fire 

Camia factory explosion 

During the Progressive Era, big business controlled 

CVMS 

Middletown 

the government 

Mrs. Camia 

Which President was the first enforce the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 

Teddy Roosevelt 

Mrs. Camia 

Donald Trump 

Woodrow Wilson 

Child Labor can be discribed as 

luxury 

fun

easy 

evil 

Children experienced all of the following while working in factories EXCEPT 

losing fingers 

extreme heat and poor ventilation 

attending school in the morning 

falling into dangerous machine 

Which Muckraker photographed child labor 

Upton Sinclair 

Lewis Hines 

Jane Addams 

Samuel Gompers 

Muckrakers helped create change in all of the following ways except 

Creating political cartoons 

Writing articles 

Publishing photographs 

Yelling at politicians 

At the end of his presdiency George Washington encouraged the United States to practice the policy of 

imperialism 

isolationism 

containment 

appeasement 

The main reason the United States built the Panama Canal was 

to improve relations with Colombia 

increase trade with France 

protect Cuba 

shorten trade routes between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans 

William Seward helped purchase 

Russia 

Alaska 

Louisiana 

Cuba 

Who do the men in the back of the room represent? 

Trusts 

Senators 

Presidents 

Child Labor 

What event is depicted in this newspaper? 

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 

Spanish Revolution 

Sinking of the Titantic 

Sinking of the USS Maine 

Journalists used this time of writing to persuade the audience....

Orange Journalism 

Yellow Exaggeration 

Yellow Journalism 

Muckraking 

As a result of the Spanish American War, the United States gained all of the following terriorties EXCEPT 

Guam 

Puerto Rico 

Philippines 

Cuba 

What concept is shown in this image? 

JIm Crow Laws 

Literacy Tests 

Poll Tax 

Plessy V. Ferguson 

Southerns regained control of the South after the Civil War by 

forcing Whites to move to cities 

End Black Codes 

Limiting African Americans right to vote 

Forcing African Americans to move North 

What President is represented in this cartoon? 

William Taft

Theodore Roosevelt 

Franklin D. Roosevelt 

Woodrow Wilson 

Immigrants entering the United States on the West Coast entered through 

Angel Island 

Ellis Island 

Mexico 

Devil Island 

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D

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B

C

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