U.S. History Quiz

U.S. History Quiz

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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Katharine Edwards

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the economic system where citizens are free to choose how to make a living, with very little government intrusion?

Socialism

Free Enterprise

Communism

Feudalism

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803?

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

James Madison

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which court decision in 1803 gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review?

McCulloch v. Maryland

Gibbons v. Ogden

Marbury v. Madison

Dred Scott v. Sandford

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the right to determine whether a law violates the Constitution called?

Judicial Review

Legislative Oversight

Executive Privilege

Constitutional Amendment

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which case in 1819 determined that the National Bank is constitutional and states can't tax it?

Marbury v. Madison

McCulloch v. Maryland

Gibbons v. Ogden

Plessy v. Ferguson

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who helped to strengthen the power of the federal government over the states?

John Jay

John Marshall

Roger Taney

William Rehnquist

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the act of forcing people to serve in a foreign country's army or navy called?

Conscription

Draft

British Impressment

Enlistment

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