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Grade 5: Social studies subject test

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1. Use the historical notes. A card dates the independence declaration to 1776. Which choice best fits?Declaration of IndependenceStamp ActBoston Tea PartyContinental Congress

2. Use the historical notes. A card describes enslaved people pursuing freedom amid the war. Which choice best fits?Patriot positionLoyalist positionAvoiding sidesIndependent community aims

3. Use the historical notes. A card notes many people remained excluded from voting. Which choice best fits?Diplomatic allianceTreaty of Paris in 1783Unresolved inequalityMilitary action

4. Use the historical notes. A card notes exclusion from political participation. Which choice best fits?Political actionLimit of practicePrincipleGrievance

5. Use the civic distinctions. A card describes a formal change to the constitutional text. Which choice best fits?AmendmentArticles of ConfederationConstitutional frameworkRatification

6. Use the civic distinctions. Residents write a collective request for a policy change. Which choice best fits?SpeechPressPeaceful assemblyPetition

7. Use the civic distinctions. A card describes rights promised but obstructed in practice. Which choice best fits?Fourteenth AmendmentFifteenth AmendmentEnforcement gapThirteenth Amendment

8. Use the civic distinctions. A card notes that sex-based protection did not eliminate every eligibility barrier. Which choice best fits?Petition and advocacyContinuing barrierLegal changeOrganizing

9. Use the historical notes. A card describes people forced away from established homes. Which choice best fits?DisplacementLouisiana PurchaseExplorationSettlement

10. Use the historical notes. A card identifies a governmental statement presenting relocation as beneficial. Which choice best fits?Removal policyForced relocationResistanceOfficial justification

11. Use the historical notes. A card describes people providing shelter and guidance to freedom seekers. Which choice best fits?AbolitionismFreedom seekingUnderground RailroadEnslavement

12. Use the historical notes. A card describes a political dispute about slavery’s expansion. Which choice best fits?Economic motiveSlavery debateNative sovereigntySettler land claim

13. Use the historical sequence and context. A card describes shortages faced by noncombatants. Which choice best fits?Civilian experienceSecessionUnionConfederacy

14. Use the historical sequence and context. A card identifies national abolition by amendment. Which choice best fits?Emancipation ProclamationFreedom-seeking actionMilitary implementationThirteenth Amendment

15. Use the historical sequence and context. A card describes discriminatory restrictions undermining participation. Which choice best fits?Constitutional changePolitical participationObstructionFreedmen’s Bureau

16. Use the historical sequence and context. A card identifies changed citizenship protection after ratification. Which choice best fits?CauseConsequenceChangeContinuity

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