8th Grade Social Studies Benchmark Test

What was the primary economic activity in 1861 in the South?

• Cotton Plantation
• Tobacco Plantation
• Indigo Plantation
• Rice Plantation

Who was the conductor of the Underground Railroad?

• Sojourner Truth
• Harriet Tubman
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, George Mason and other Anti-Federalist  argued against increasing the power of the national government.

• True
• False

California and Florida where both formerly owed by which country? 

• Britain
• France
• Spanish
• Mexico

Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country in which Treaty? 

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Treaty of Ghent
• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Paris

What State did the Cherokee Indians get relocated to during the Trial of Tears? 

• Oklahoma
• Kansas
• Missouri
• Texas

What religious group in the thirteen colonies argued against slavery because it violated their Christian principles? 

• Puritans
• Quakers
• Pilgrims
• Catholics

British blockages caused a disruption in trade and contributed to domestic industrial growth during what war? 

• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• Mexican-American War
• Civil War

What invention by Eli Whitney contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?

• Interchangeable Parts
• Steel Plow
• Mechanical Reaper
• Cotton Gin

During the early years of the Industrial Revolution production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.

• True
• False