8th Grade U.S. History Midterm Benchmark Review Quiz

Who filled the growing labor needs of the economy of the middle colonies?

• Slaves

• Women

• Indentured Servants

• Native Americans

Who provided labor for the southern rice fields?

• Slaves

• Women

• Indentured Servants

• Native Americans

What document was added Constitution to protect citizens’ rights?

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• First Amendment

• The Emancipation Proclamation

What Act prohibited the United States from trading with all other countries?

• The Sugar Act

• The Navigation Acts

• The Embargo Act

• The Intolerable Acts

What Act prohibited the United States from trading with any other country other than Britain?

• The Sugar Act

• The Navigation Acts

• The Embargo Act

• The Intolerable Acts

What Act upset the colonists because it was the first time Parliament had tried to tax colonists directly but putting a tax on paper goods?

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Embargo Act

• The Intolerable Acts

What action demonstrated how unhappy colonists were with new British laws by throwing tea into the harbor?

• The Whiskey Rebellion

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Boston Massacre

• The Intolerable Acts

Loyalists were colonists who sides with George Washington.

• True

• False

What was the last battle of the American Revolution?

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown