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SS SOL Review
7th Grade Social Studies Review: 1877 to Present
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Great Plains are typically flatlands, but how does the land change as you move from east to west? | gradually rises |
| Over the years, land in the Great Plains has been eroded by what? | Wind & Water |
| 2 Key weather features of the Great Plains are what? | low rainfall & dust storms |
| Farming life in the Great Plains became easier because of what? | New Technologies: Barbed Wire, Steel Plow, Dry Farming, Wind Mills... |
| During the 1800, New England became well known as the center of what industry? | Textile Industry |
| The railroad system made it easier to get products to markets, but also to move what to eastern factories? | Natural Resources |
| The steel industry was based in what city? | Pittsburgh |
| New York and New Jersey are 2 key states in what region? | Northeast |
| Delaware and Louisianna are 2 key states in what region? | Southeast |
| Wisconsin and Minnesota are 2 key states in what region? | Midwest |
| A key southwest state is what? | Texas |
| People were attracted to move west in pursuit of what? | Opportunities for land ownership |
| Immigrants were attracted to the US for what reasons? | Religous Freedom and Adventure |
| People looking for jobs would move from the farms to the cities- how else can those 2 areas be described? | From rural to Urban |
| 2 Key inventions that contributed to industrial growth were what? | electricity and telephone service |
| What 2 cultural groups experienced significant discrimination as immigrants? | Chinnese and Irish |
| "Jim Crow" laws were what? | laws to discriminate against African Americans |
| racial discrimination typically focused on what areas of life? | Work, housing, and education |
| Brooker T. Washington believed equality could be acheived how? | through vocational education |
| Big buisnesses benefited from transportation advances(like the RR), which meant they could sell their products to a what? | National market |
| The 3 big buisnesses of the late 1880s were what? | railroad(Biltmore0, oil(rockefeller), stell(Carnegie) |
| After the Civil War, it became possible for farms to produce more with less work due to what? | Mechaniztion, like the reaper |
| One negative of industrialization was what? | Long hours for Low wages |
| Workers were helped by the formation of what? | Unoins (like the AFL-American Federation of Labor) |
| The Progressive Movement was ket in helping to do what? | Improve saftey conditons and reduce work hours |
| Women's suffrage was supported by what? | 19th amendment |
| Groups opposed the making and drinking of alcohol were part of what? | Prohibition or the Temperance Movement |
| What do we call exaggerated News reports of events? | Yellow Journalsim |
| One key result of the Spanish American War was what? | US emerged as a world power |
| One reason the US had trouble staying nuetral during WWI was what? | German Sumbarine Warfare |
| Woddrow Wilson prepared a peace plan, the League of Nation, which did what? | kept the peace around the world |
| Two figures in the Harlem Renaissane were who? | Jacob Lawerence and Langston Hughes |
| Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were both famous what? | Jazz composers |
| One cause of the Great Depression is that people borrowed money they were unable to repay when what happened ? | Stock Prices crashed |
| What percentage of Americans were without work during the Depression? | 25% |
| One cause of WWI was what? | High war debt owed by Germany |
| 2 Examples of Fascist dictators are who? | Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo |
| the Lend-Lease Act was a way of helping the British at the beginning of WWI-Whose idea was it? | Franklin Roosevelt's |
| Which Event set off the war in Europe? | Germany invading Poland |
| Which Pacific battle was the turning point in the war effort? | Battle of Midway |
| Germany invaded the Soviet Union, but lost what key battle? | Battle of Stalingrad |
| Where did the US drop 2 atomic bombs? | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| What is the Holocaust? | Systematic elemination of Jewish people |
| Thousands of jobs in defense plants during WWII were held by who? | American Women |
| At home, how did Americans support the war? | conserving and rationing resources |
| Some Japanese Americans served in the military during WWII, but many were forced were? | Internment Camps |
| What Plan did the US follow to help rebuild europe after WWII? | The Marshall Plan |
| When Germany was split into 2 parts, which part remained free? | West Germany |
| Which WWII enemy of the US quickly became a strong alli of the US? | Japan |
| After the war, men returned to the work force and women returned were? | Home for family responsibilities |
| Labor Unions became more powerful, which helped workers get what? | New benefits and higher salaries |
| By the 1960s, due to economic properity and technology, what happened to the next generation of women? | They re-entered the work force in large numbers |
| South korea and the US resisted aggression from which 2 countries? | North Korea and China |
| The tension between the Soviet Union and the US is referred to as what? | The Cold War |
| In the 1960s, the Us entered another war when they tried to stop communism from spreading to what country? | Vietnam |
| Whay symbol of the Cold War and of communism was destroyed in 1989? | The Berlin Wall |
| What law was passed the gave educational and employent benefits to WWII veterans? | GI Bill of Rights |
| The US Armed Forces was desegergated be who? | President Harry S. Truman |
| Segregation included seperate facilities for what activities? | Restrooms, Drinking Fountains, and Restaurants |
| Plessy V. Ferguson put what rule inton place regarding segregation? | Seperate BUT Equal |
| MLK Jr. and Rosa Parks were key figures in what? | Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| The Equal Right Amendment did not pass, but helped to do what for women? | Created a wider range of options for women in the workforce |
| New technologies in the last 50 years include? | Telecommunications, Satelites, and Computers |
| New Technologies have impacted American society by making communication what? | Cheaper and More Convient |
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