1. Grade 4 Social Studies Test Chapter 10 KEY Out of 21 Part 1
Watertown City School District
Grade 4
Social Studies Test
Chapter 10
Part 1
Multiple Choice
Part 2
Constructed Response Questions
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Print your name and the name of your school on the lines above.
The test has two parts.
Part I contains several multiple-choice questions.
Part II consists of several short-answer questions. Write your answers to Part II in this test booklet.
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2. Answer all Questions in this part.
Part I
Answer all Questions in this part.
1. What does the Statue of Liberty represent?
(A) a declaration of independence
(B) a song of praise or dedication
(C) the importance of laws in the United States
(D) a symbol of freedom for people coming to the Unite States
2. Children in China celebrate the New Year by receiving red envelopes with money and by watching dragon parades. These activities are examples of Chinese
(A) needs (C) customs
(B) foods (D) responsibilities
3. When people move from other countries to live permanently in the United States, it is called
(A) immigration (C) industrialization
(B) revolution (D) naturalization
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3. Base your answer to question 4 on the graph below.1 2 3
Immigration to the United States
Millions of People
1820-
1830
1830-
1840
1840-
1850
Decades
Source: F. Daniel Larkin et. Al. New York Yesterday and Today, Silver Burdett Co.
4. During which decade did about 1.5 million people come into the United States?
(A) 1820 – (C) 1840 – 1850
(B) (D)
Base your answer to question 5 on the table below.
New York City
Buffalo
Albany
Rochester
Syracuse
1,206,299
155,134
90,758
89,366
51,792
1,515,301
94,923
133,896
88,143
Population of New York’s Largest Cities,
1880
1890
5. Which city grew by about 100,000 people between 1880 and 1890?
(A) New York City (C) Albany
(B) Buffalo (D) Rochester
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4. Base your answer to question 6 on the graph below.
6. Based on this graph, which group had the largest number of immigrants in 1870?
(A) Hungarians (C) Polish
(B) Italians (D) Russians
Base your answer to question 7 on the graph below.
7. According to this graph, which three national-origin groups had the same percentage of people in New York State in 1990?
(A) African, English, and German (C) Irish, Italian, African
(B) English, German, and Irish (D) German, Irish, Italian
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5. (A) oral history (C) written biographies
8. Generation after generation, people tell stories to their children about their ancestors. When this happens, it is called
(A) oral history (C) written biographies
(B) historical artifacts (D) library research
9. In a small Northern New York town, there were three hundred farms in 1876, but in 1996 there were only thirty farms. This is an example of
(A) economic change (C) political independence
(B) climate change (D) culture and tradition
Base your answer to question 10 on the graph below.
9. Since 1900, how did New York State’s population change?
(A) increased (C) stayed the same
(B) decreased
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6. (A) Many came to the United States in search of gold.
11. Why did many immigrants give the Untied States names like “The Golden Land”?
(A) Many came to the United States in search of gold.
(B) The United States had large sources of gold.
(C) Most people who came to the United States became rich.
(D) They hoped to find the chance to make a better life for themselves and their
families.
12. What did Kate Mullany and a large group of shirt collar workers do when business owners refused to give them better pay?
(A) quit their jobs
(B) went on strike until the owners met their demands
(C) got better paying jobs at another factory
(D) continued to work and decided to wait six months before asking for another raise
13. How did the “forever wild” amendment improve life for New Yorkers?
(A) It protected the Adirondacks and Catskills for future generations to enjoy.
(B) It allowed families to build homes in the Adirondacks and Catskills.
(C) It created many factory jobs in the Adirondacks and Catskills.
(D) It made transportation easier in the Adirondacks and Catskills.
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7. (A) They had to travel far from the city to buy food.
14. Which of the following describes a hardship faced by many immigrants in New York City?
(A) They had to travel far from the city to buy food.
(B) Children did not have any place to play.
(C) There was a shortage of housing.
(D) There was a shortage of jobs.
15. Why did more immigrants settle in New York than any other state?
(A) New York had more factories and more jobs than the other states.
(B) New York’s climate was the warmest.
(C) New York had more farms than any other state.
(D) Immigrants that came to New York did not have to pass inspections that
were required by other states.
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8. / 1 16. In 1960, which business operates in this town? Gas Station
Part II
Directions: Read each document and answer the question or questions that follow each document in the space provided.
Base your answer to question 16 on the pictures below that show how a town can change over time.
/ In 1960, which business operates in this town?
Gas Station
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9. (A) listened to the radio (B) played games
Base your answer to question 17 and 18 on the information below and on your knowledge of Social Studies.
… If you had been growing up in 1920’s, your family might have been buying a radio for the first time. The radio was a new and exciting invention. It brought news from all over the world as well as music and other entertainment. Many families spent the evening listening to the radio, just as a family today might watch television together. During the 1920’s, radio stations began to spring up in cities across the state. One of the first was WGY in Schenectady…
/ Based on the picture, what are two different ways that people entertained
themselves in the 1920’s?
(A) listened to the radio
(B) played games
possible answers could also include: reading / knitting
/ Give two different examples of how family entertainment in the home has changed since the 1920’s.
(A) Then listened to radio / now watch TV
(B) Then played cards / now video games
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10. looking for better opportunities
Base your answer to question 19 on the information below and on your knowledge of Social Studies.
From 1881 until 1920, almost 24 million immigrants came to the United States. While immigrants came form all over the world, the greatest number of them were from Europe. They traveled here on ships to Ellis Island in New York Harbor. Many immigrants made New York City their new home. Some looked for opportunities in other cities along the East Coast. Other immigrants traveled to the middle of the United States and worked as farmers.
/ 3 19a. What word is used to describe people who move from one country to live in another country?
immigrant
19b. Give one reason people moved from Europe to the United States between the years 1881 and 1920.
looking for better opportunities
19c. Which symbol of American freedom welcomed many of these people as they entered New York Harbor?
Statue of Liberty
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