US History: significant dates & terms

US History: significant dates & terms

8th Grade

28 Qs

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US History: significant dates & terms

US History: significant dates & terms

Assessment

Quiz

History

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

CCSS
RI.3.5, RL.4.1, RL.5.1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The main person who wrote the Declaration of Independence. 

King George III
Thomas Jefferson
a colonist
King Henry IV

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Why is July 4, 1776 an important date in U.S. history?

Common Sense was published.
The Olive Branch Petition sent to King George III.
The American Revolution ends.
The Declaration of Independence is signed.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The colonists decided to fight a war against England to become their own...

country
person
Constitution
state

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The purchase of the ________________ doubled the size of the United States in 1803.

Louisiana Territory
Northwest Territory
New Mexico Territory
Kansas Territory

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Select a fact about the Louisiana Purchase.

It removed the Spanish from claiming land in North America
It happened in 1308
Thomas Jefferson was against the purchase
Doubled the size of the US

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened in the year 1803

Mayflower compact
Jamestown founded
Monroe Doctrine
Louisiana Purchase

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account

Primary 
Secondary 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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