TCAP 8th History Review

What caused the defeat of Fort Loudoun during the French and Indian War?

• the lack of trade networks between the colonists and American Indians

• the British army's failure to capture land in the Ohio River Valley

• the weakened relationship between the western settlers and Cherokee Indians

• the British colonists' lack of trade relations with Spanish colonies

Which number on this map shows the location of colonial New York?

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Read the list and answer the question.

Which factor BEST completes the list?

• Large population of indentured servants

• Many wealthy plantation owners

• Large inland port on the bank of the Mississippi River

• Many well-built roads through the Smoky Mountains

Read the diagram and answer the question.

What is the next step to BEST complete this process?

• Citizens voted for officials who were in favor of ratifying the constitution

• The states sent edits to the document in order to support ratification

• Citizens signed petitions in their states for ratifying the Constitution

• The constitution was adopted when nine states voted in favor of ratification

Read the source and answer the question.

The Supreme Court's interpretation of this section of the Constitution increased congressional power by

• enabling the federal government to increase military spending

• creating a federal agency to collect taxes from states

• authorizing the federal regulation of interstate commerce

• allowing the federal government to issue money to the states

Which TWO factors influenced the election of these representatives?

• expanding trade after the Civil War

• adoption of new federal tariffs

• passage of the 15th Amendment

• increasing migration of Exodusters

• political involvement following emancipation

Which headline describes an action Congress was unable to accomplish under the Articles of Confederation?

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Based on this chart, why was the election of 1876 considered controversial?

• Hayes wont the Electoral College vote but did not win the popular vote

• There were no third party candidates running for office.

• Tilden was unable to win the Electoral College vote or the popular vote

• More than half of the states favored a Democratic candidate

The Transylvania Purchase was important because it

• limited the western boundaries of Virginia and the Carolinas

• included lands which would become part of middle Tennessee

• served as a refuge for pioneers escaping from British troops

• forces the removal of Cherokees refusing to leave the lands.

According to this platform, Douglas would MOST likely support legislation that would

• end the plantation system

• require wages for enslaved people

• follow the ideals of abolitionists

• protect slavery where it already exists