8th Grade SS Exam Review QUIZS

What year was Jamestown founded?

• 1776
• 1803
• 1607
• 1620

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• 1812
• 1787
• 1803
• 1776

What was the battle in the Civil War that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in half?

• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg
• Yorktown

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

• Gettysburg
• Lexington
• Antietam
• Ft. Sumter

•Intolerable Acts imposed •First Continental Congress convened •Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published All the events listed above occurred during — 

• the era of westward expansionOption 1*
• the Era of Good Feelings
• the Revolutionary Era
• the Jacksonian Era

What was one major impact of this novel?

• The profits from book sales funded early labor organizations
• Congress was inspired to pass laws outlawing the abuse of slaves
• The Supreme Court overturned fugitive slave laws
• Support grew for the abolitionist movement.

The primary goal of the American Temperance Society was to —

• ban the spread of slavery to new territories
• decrease the consumption of alcohol
• gain the release of mentally ill people from prisons
• create a self-sufficient utopian society

Which precedent was established by the Supreme Court ruling in Marbury v. Madison?

• The federal government has the power to regulate trade among the states
• State governments lack the authority to regulate federal bureaus
• Federal court determine the constitutionality of a law
• State court lack the authority to hear cases challenging federal law

After General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, the main priority of the United States was to —

• elect a new president and vice president
• complete construction of the Capitol
• establish Union forts in the former  Confederate states
• implement a plan to bring Confederate states back into the Union

Which battle ended the Revolutionary War?

• Yorktown
• Lexington
• Saratoga
• Bull Run