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8th Grade

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Social Studies Games

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act address which of these fundamental questions?

Should the U.S. expand westward?

Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

Should states be able to secede from the Union?

Answer explanation

All 3 of these acts by congress deal with the issue of slavery in new states.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?

By creating a segregated public education system

By shutting down all remaining offices of Freedmen’s Bureau

By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers and sharecroppers

Answer explanation

The Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed the right to vote to all African American males. During Reconstruction, President Andrew Johnson did not require southern states coming back into the Union to protect the rights of African Americans, so they were able to impose requirements that would prohibit African Americans from voting.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Which phrase best represents the U.S. principle of republicanism?

The creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people

The establishment of courts to interpret laws and government actions

The division of power between a federal government and state governments

The power of a court to declare a law unconstitutional

Answer explanation

U.S. republicanism includes the creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

Which action is one part of the official path to U.S. citizenship through the naturalization process?

Attending college in the United States

Being employed in the United States

Passing a U.S. civics exam

Working for the U.S. government

Answer explanation

Besides other necessary documents, passing the U.S. citizenship test (civics exam) is part of the path to becoming a naturalized citizen of the U.S.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An economic system in which custom decides what people do, make, buy, and sell.

Command Economy

Traditional Economy

Representative Gov.

All of the Above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Seperation of Powers: A division of power among the branches; a gov. that has 3 distinct branches: legislative, executive, & judicial.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Mexican ranchos had Native Americans working the land in exchange for food and shelter

True

False

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