8th US History Overview

What state was the first European settlement in?

• Virginia (Jamestown)

• Massachusetts (Plymouth)

• Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

• New York (New York City)

All of the Colonies developed their own strong self governing bodies due to which European Nation allowing them to do so?

• Virginia

• France

• England

• Spain

Which of the following is NOT a reason colonists began creating their own governments?

• Distance from Great Britain

• Need for a law making body / sturcture

• Traditional Rights of the English People

• The English King was very controlling of the colonies

Which TWO Enlightenment thinkers influenced Colonial leaders when creating their governments?

• Locke

• Penn

• Montesquieu

• Paine

Which colonial region was the at the center of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?

• Middle

• New England

• Southern

• Virginial

People who fought to abolish slavery and equality for all as

the Declaration of Independence intended.

• Abolitionist

• Angels

• Fugitives

• Union

(a)   was the main crop grown in the South

_____________ system in which a country/region produces goods and service.

• Production

• Dichotomy

• Society

• Economy

the order by Abraham Lincoln in which he freed all slaves in the

Confederate States of America.

• Gettysburg Adress

• First Inaugural Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Second Inaugural Address

Lincoln’s speech that he gave at the end of the Civil War where he stated the sacrifice of people’s lives were for the ideas of the Declaration of Independence.

• First Inaugural address

• Gettysburg Address

• Second Inaugural address

• Emancipation Proclamation