Quiz Bowl Review--Social Studies

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• To help farmer farmers rebuild after the Civil War

• To help rebuild the South’s buildings after the Civil War

• To help former slaves adjust to Society after the Civil War

What was the purpose of the Buffalo Soldiers?

• Protect the Buffalo

• Protect the free slaves after the Civil War

• Protect the settlements/settlers of the western frontier

What era do the following events take place? (KKK, 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment & Black Codes)

• Civil War

• Civil Rights

• Reconstruction

What event marked an end to the open range and closed the frontier?

• Railroads

• Barbed Wire

• Windmills

A famous Indian Civil Right leader who helped achieve India’s independence from Great Britain:

• Nelson Mandela

• Martin Luther King

• Rosa Parks

• Mohandas Gandhi

What are the similarities of the Populist and Progressive Movements?

• Both movements wanted to be able to have 8 hour workdays

• Both movements wanted to be able to participate in elections

• Both are for the working class and wanted economic equality

30 Degrees N, 90 Degrees W is an example of which type of location:

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

What is the proper title for this map? (States Rights, Slavery &Sectionalism)

• Why Texas Seceded from the Union

• Why Texas wanted to join the U.S.

• Why Texas wanted to secede from Mexico

Some signs a country is less developed, or developing include:

• A low literacy rate

• A low life expectancy

• Low per capita GDP

• All of the above

Mr. Krabs represents which factor of production:

• Land

• Labor

• Capital

• Entrepreneurship