FTCE Elementary Education k-6 Social
Science Exam Question & Answers
2025
Columbus landing in the New World - (1451-1506) -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Believed earth was a sphere.
4 voyages in effort to find a route to the east. Discovered
Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe,
Jamaica, Central/South America. Opened western
hemisphere to economic and political development by
Europeans (Spanish, English, French).
French and Indian War (1754-1763) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔An extension of European 7 years war.
Battle over colonial territory and wealth by French and
English. Ended French cultural/political influence in N.
America. England gained land but weakened rapport with
Native Americans. Led to Revolutionary War.
The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔American war of independence. 13
colonies: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia. Wanted right of self-governance. Treaty
of Paris recognized sovereignty in US.
Declaration of Independence (1776) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Author Thomas Jefferson. Adopted by
,FTCE Elementary Education k-6 Social
Science Exam Question & Answers
2025
Second Continental Congress. Starts with necessity for
document and why sought freedom. Laid foundation for
new government.
The Industrial Revolution (1830's) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Transition from manual labor to machines. Creation of
textiles, iron, and steam
The Civil War (1861-1865) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Conflict between the Union and Confederacy. 11 slave
states wanted to secede. It ended slavery. 1862 Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation and strengthened the fed.
Gov.
Westward Expansion (1807-1912) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Louisiana Purchase. Lewis and Clark/pioneer families
swept westward. Removal of Native Americans under
Andrew Jackson.
WWI (1914-1918) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Initiated
by conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Between
Entente (Allied) powers: (Russian Empire, UK, France,
Canada, Australia, Italy, Japan, Portugal, US) and Central
, FTCE Elementary Education k-6 Social
Science Exam Question & Answers
2025
Powers: German, Austria-Hungarian, Ottoman Empire
(Turkey), and Bulgaria. Led to WWII.
WWII (1939-1945) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Between
Allies: Great Britain (Churchhill), USA (Roosevelt/Truman),
Russia (Stalin), France (De Gaulle), China (Chiang Kai-
shek). Axis Powers: Germany (Hitler), Italy (Mussolini),
Japan (Hirohito). U.S. and USSR emerged as world
superpower. Led to Cold war for 45 years. United Nations
formed to prevent further global conflicts.
Korean War (1950-1953) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
Division in Korea (communist North and American
occupied south) caused by WWII. Peach treaty signed at
Panmunjom.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Ended a 100 year quest by African Americans for
racial equality. Outlawed racial segregation in US. Voided
Jim Crow laws in southern states, prohibited racial
discrimination in schools, public places, and places of
employment.
Science Exam Question & Answers
2025
Columbus landing in the New World - (1451-1506) -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Believed earth was a sphere.
4 voyages in effort to find a route to the east. Discovered
Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe,
Jamaica, Central/South America. Opened western
hemisphere to economic and political development by
Europeans (Spanish, English, French).
French and Indian War (1754-1763) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔An extension of European 7 years war.
Battle over colonial territory and wealth by French and
English. Ended French cultural/political influence in N.
America. England gained land but weakened rapport with
Native Americans. Led to Revolutionary War.
The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔American war of independence. 13
colonies: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia. Wanted right of self-governance. Treaty
of Paris recognized sovereignty in US.
Declaration of Independence (1776) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Author Thomas Jefferson. Adopted by
,FTCE Elementary Education k-6 Social
Science Exam Question & Answers
2025
Second Continental Congress. Starts with necessity for
document and why sought freedom. Laid foundation for
new government.
The Industrial Revolution (1830's) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Transition from manual labor to machines. Creation of
textiles, iron, and steam
The Civil War (1861-1865) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Conflict between the Union and Confederacy. 11 slave
states wanted to secede. It ended slavery. 1862 Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation and strengthened the fed.
Gov.
Westward Expansion (1807-1912) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Louisiana Purchase. Lewis and Clark/pioneer families
swept westward. Removal of Native Americans under
Andrew Jackson.
WWI (1914-1918) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Initiated
by conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Between
Entente (Allied) powers: (Russian Empire, UK, France,
Canada, Australia, Italy, Japan, Portugal, US) and Central
, FTCE Elementary Education k-6 Social
Science Exam Question & Answers
2025
Powers: German, Austria-Hungarian, Ottoman Empire
(Turkey), and Bulgaria. Led to WWII.
WWII (1939-1945) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Between
Allies: Great Britain (Churchhill), USA (Roosevelt/Truman),
Russia (Stalin), France (De Gaulle), China (Chiang Kai-
shek). Axis Powers: Germany (Hitler), Italy (Mussolini),
Japan (Hirohito). U.S. and USSR emerged as world
superpower. Led to Cold war for 45 years. United Nations
formed to prevent further global conflicts.
Korean War (1950-1953) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
Division in Korea (communist North and American
occupied south) caused by WWII. Peach treaty signed at
Panmunjom.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Ended a 100 year quest by African Americans for
racial equality. Outlawed racial segregation in US. Voided
Jim Crow laws in southern states, prohibited racial
discrimination in schools, public places, and places of
employment.
