Essay Questions for the Social Studies Chapter 5 Test:
Select any two questions. Do ONLY TWO!
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Summarize: How did life change for the Narragansett when they lost much
of their native land to the Europeans?
Solve Problems: What problems do you think an immigrant might face
when moving to a new country? How might those problems be solved?
Main Idea and Details Write at least three details to support the following
main idea: An important reform movement that grew in the Northeast
was the abolitionist movement.
Sequence What events led to women winning the right to vote? Write
them in the order in which they happened.
See last page of this handout for Question 20, which does not require
information in essay form.
When selecting among questions 16-19, do the following:
A. Copy the question on notebook paper or onto the computer. If you do the
question on the computer, you can cut and paste the question from above.
Failure to copy the question will result in a half point deduction.
B. Make a bullet outline of all the details you can find from the textbook on the
subject you are writing about. Failure to make a bullet outline will result in a
half point deduction.
C. After making your bullet outline, combine all the bullet information into
complete sentences.
D. Sentences must be in your own words – do not merely copy word for word
from the book.
E. The question, the bullet outline, and the sentences must all be turned in
together.
See an example on the next page
Example:
Question: Summarize: What made people want to move from England to
Maryland in the 1600s?
Bullet Outline
 People starving in England
o Not enough land to grow crops
o More land in America
 Orphans had no future in England
o could be indentured servants in Maryland
 Joined relatives who were already in Maryland
 Adventurers came to help set up a new colony
Essay:
There were many reasons people came from England to begin a new life in
Maryland. With no opportunities to make their way in England, orphans could
change their future by going to America where they could make a new beginning
for themselves as indentured servants and eventually earn their own land to raise
crops. Because so many people were starving in England, as there was not
enough land for everyone to grow enough crops, coming to Maryland was a way
for people to become land owners with plenty of land to grow crops. Another
reason people came was to reunite with loved ones who had already moved to
Maryland. Also, a trip to Maryland held special appeal to adventurers who could
get in on the ground floor of building a new colony in the new world.