8th Grade 2nd Semester Test

In the election of 1824, the four candidates were all ____.

• Whigs

• Republicans

• Democratic Republicans

• Nationalists

he Erie Canal was one reason that manufacturers had to increase the prices of goods being shipped to the Midwest.

• True

• False

In the early 1800s, the territory of New Mexico included Texas and California.

• True

• False

What was De Witt Clinton's contribution to water travel?

• He invented the steamboat.

• He built the first factory along a river.

• He developed a plan for the Erie Canal.

• He built a large port in New York City.

____ showed that the United States was becoming more democratic during the Jackson era.

• Use of the spoils system

• Changes in state requirements to vote

• An increase in political parties

• Use of tariffs to protect American goods

What was one result of steamboat travel?

• More people moved to the suburbs.

• The cost of shipping goods was reduced.

• People began engaging in leisure activities.

• Work on new canals stopped.

Private property is one major part of a/an ____ system?

• supply and demand

• industry

• free enterprise

• factory

The Great Train Wreck of 1856 involved two trains traveling on the same track.

• True

• False

The invention of the thresher helped farmers ____.

• increase the crop yield

• cut through hard-packed soil

• speed up the harvesting of wheat

• separate grain from stalks

Who explored the Warrior's Path through the Appalachian Mountains?

• Daniel Boone

• George Washington

• Robert Livingston

• Robert Fulton