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Benchmark 1 Social Studies Study Guide
Writethe number of each amendment that matches each description
______1. Right of the people to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures
______2. No forced housing of soldiers in your home
______3. Can’t force a person to testify against him or herself or be tried for the same crime twice.
______4. Right to bear arms
______5. Freedom of religion, Freedom of the press, Freedom of Speech, Freedom to peaceably assemble, Freedom to petition the government
______6. No cruel or unusual punishment
______7. All powers not specified fall to the states or people (not the national government)
______8. Right to fast and fair trial with good representation
______9. Right of a jury trial in civil cases
______10. All rights not specified belong to the people
Fill in the blank with the correct answer
1. Mallory is sentenced to life in jail for stealing a pen from Wal-Mart. This cannot happen to Mallory because of which amendment? ______
2. Choosing to attend school to get a higher education would be an example of which amendment? ______
3. The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution are known as the ______.
4. Where can the basic rights of all Americans be found? ______
5. What are your responsibilities as a citizen?
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6. ______led the raid on Harpers Ferry. Why did he do this? ______
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7. ______wrote a book about slavery. This book is called ______.
How did this book influence the tensions between the North and the South? ______
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8. ______and states’ rights were the two main causes of the Civil War. States’ Rights are when the ______have more power than the ______government.
9. Many slaves escaped because slavery was ______in the North.
10. The Civil War began at ______.
11. Sherman’s ______to the ______is where he and his troops marched from Atlanta to ______destroying everything in their path that could help the south win the war.
12. Gettysburg is the ______.
13. General Lee surrendered to General ______at ______.
14. Which battle cut all of the supply routes off to the south and ended with Atlanta being burnt? ______
15. The north is also called the ______.
16. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and South Carolina all formed the ______. This is another name for the south.
Write the name of the person who matches each description.
17. He was a Union general who captured Atlanta in 1864. He burned and destroyed cities, farms, and industries in Georgia as he marched from Atlanta to Savannah.
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18. He was Lee’s most gifted general. He helped Lee win key battles, often leading his troops to cover many miles of territory in a single day. He earned his nickname at the 1st Battle of Bull Run. He died of pneumonia after his own troops shot him by accident at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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19. He served as overall commander of the Union Army during the final months of the war. He accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox courthouse.
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20. He became the first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
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21. He was the president of the United States during the Civil War.
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22. He was a gifted general that commanded the Confederacy’s Army of Northern Virginia and won many battles in which he was outnumbered. However he didn’t have enough men or resources to keep fighting and surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in April, 1865.Abraham Lincoln- ______
23. ______laws enforced separation of African-Americans and whites.
24. Describe sharecropping. ______
25. ______Amendment - abolished slavery.
26. ______Amendment – Gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
27. ______Amendment – Gave all men over the age of 21 the right to vote.
28. The ______provided clothing, food, and education to former slaves.