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WorksheetsGrade 8 NCFE Practice
Total questions: 82
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the economic influence in the New England colonies?
a)
Shipping
b)
Cash Crops
c)
Slave Labor
2.
What was the economic influence in the Middle colonies?
a)
Shipping
b)
Cash Crops
c)
Slave Labor
3.
What was the economic influence of the Southern colonies?
a)
Shipping
b)
Cash Crops
c)
Slave Labor
4.
What was the "Shot Heard Round the World?"
a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Battle of Almanac
c)
Battle of Bull Run
d)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
5.
What was the Luisiana Purchase?
a)
Another name for the War of 1812
b)
The trail Lewis and Clark followed.
c)
The purchase of territories in the middle of the continent.
d)
The colonies first action towards independence.
6.
Why was the French and Indian War started?
a)
Disputes over cash crops
b)
The French wanted Native American lands.
c)
The colonies first action towards independence.
d)
Disputes over land
7.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
a)
A document that said the U.S. colonies would be free from British rule.
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Another name for the Mecklenburg Resolves.
d)
The colonies first action towards independence.
8.
What was a cause of the Mexican/American War?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
the annexation of Texas that was ended by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
c)
the Mexican Revolution against Spanish rule
d)
the colonies attempt to seize Mexico City
9.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Cubans were going to invade the U.S.
b)
The U.S. sent missiles to Cuba.
c)
Russia sent it's nuclear arsenal to Cuba to scare the U.S.
10.
What are the three regions of North Carolina and what are their primary sources of economic influence?
a)
Mountain - ski lodges
Piedmont - construction
Costal - fishing
Piedmont - construction
Costal - fishing
b)
Mountain - snow
Piedmont - banks
Costal - surf shops
Piedmont - banks
Costal - surf shops
c)
Mountain - logging, tourism
Piedmont - agriculture
Costal - ports, trading/shipping
Piedmont - agriculture
Costal - ports, trading/shipping
11.
What happened at the First Continental Congress?
a)
They discussed the coercive acts.
b)
Nothing.
c)
They declared war.
d)
They wrote the Declaration of Independence.
12.
What happened at the Second Continental Congress?
a)
Nothing.
b)
They managed the colonial war efforts and moved towards independence.
c)
They planned the Boston Tea Party.
d)
Britain gave the colonies representation.
13.
What were the Mecklenburg Resolves?
a)
The first alleged Declaration of Independence in the colonies.
b)
A broadway group from Mecklenburg.
c)
A battle in the American Revolution.
d)
A list of what the colonies wanted from Britain.
14.
What were the Halifax Resolves?
a)
A list of what Britain wanted from the colonies.
b)
Another name for the Declaration of Independence.
c)
First official action by the colonies to gain independence.
d)
The written plan for the Boston Tea Party
15.
What was the Battle of Alamance?
a)
The first battle of the Civil War.
b)
The first battle of the American Revolution.
c)
The last battle of the American Revolution.
d)
A battle that ended the regulator movement
16.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Another name for the Declaration of Independence
b)
A document creating the first central government
c)
The written letter stating the formation of the Confederate States
d)
A list stating what the people wanted from the government
17.
Which one of the options below is a strength of the Articles of Confederation?
a)
The U.S. can now deal with foreign affairs.
b)
The U.S. is too weak to enforce laws.
18.
Which one of the options below is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
a)
The U.S. has no central government
b)
The U.S. can now coin and borrow money
19.
What is the name of the Legislative Branch for the United States?
a)
Parliament
b)
General Assembly
c)
Congress, Senate
20.
What is the name of the Legislative Branch for North Carolina?
a)
Parliament
b)
General Assembly
c)
Congress, Senate
21.
How did the New Jersey Plan want votes based?
a)
One vote per state
b)
Based on population
22.
Why were the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
a)
Just because.
b)
To protect the rights of the people
c)
To explain the purpose of the constitution
23.
What is the purpose of the Preamble of the Constitution?
a)
To establish government by the people, for the people. Also to explain the governments new roles.
b)
To state that all men have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
c)
To state that all men are created equal.
24.
Which president signed into law the Indian Removal Act?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Andrew Jackson
25.
Which option below was not an example of reform that happened in North Carolina during the 1830's-1840's.
a)
Education
b)
Governor elected by the people
c)
N.C. constitution reform
d)
New tax laws
26.
What was not a change made when the N.C. state constitution was rewritten in 1835?
a)
Tax increase
b)
Bicameral Legislature
c)
Governor elected by the people
d)
Free African American men still could not vote
27.
Which option below was not a way that Archibald Murphey helped to make North Carolina more progressive?
a)
Education/transportation reform
b)
Proposed constitutional reform
c)
Make everyone pay more taxes
28.
What event caused South Carolina to secede?
a)
Abraham Lincoln was elected as president
b)
Tariffs
29.
How did the Industrial Revolution cause an increase in urbanization and immigration?
a)
Industry = jobs = people moving to cities for those jobs
b)
People moved to cities = people made more jobs = more industry
30.
What caused WW1?
a)
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
The assassination of the president of the United States
31.
Which option below is not a reason why so many American's were in support of prohibition?
a)
To make roads safer
b)
To reduce crime
c)
Religious people believed that drinking is a sin
d)
To improve family life
32.
What is the policy of "containment"?
a)
To prevent the spread of monarchy
b)
To prevent the spread of democracy
c)
To prevent the spread of communism
d)
To prevent the spread of anarchy
33.
How much money was loaned to Europe via the Marshall Plan?
a)
$3 million
b)
$3 billion
c)
$13 million
d)
$13 billion
34.
Which option below does not describe the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
The closest the U.S. and the S.U. ever came to nuclear conflict
b)
Cuba fired missiles towards the U.S.
c)
Cuba allowed Soviet Missiles to be stored there
35.
Which option below is not a major event that happened during the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
African American's were granted the right to vote
b)
Brown vs. B.O.E.
c)
Greensboro sit in
d)
MLK march on Washington and famous speech
36.
Why is the North Carolina coast known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic"?
a)
There are many people that drowned here.
b)
There are many sunken ships near the Outer Banks.
37.
The French and Indian War in 1754 caused a lot of debt for Britain. What did King George III do to the colonists to pay this debt?
a)
He taxed all of the colonists for everything that they bought and didn't give them any representation in Parliament.
b)
He made them pay more on their houses.
c)
He made them pay more for their groceries.
d)
He made them buy more unneeded things.
38.
The Manifest Destiny was the idea to move eastward. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
39.
________________ defined the social status of freedmen.
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Red Codes
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
40.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education for poor people in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
41.
Which of the following was created, in part, to provide for improved educational opportunities for former slaves?
a)
14th Amendment
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
15th Amendment
d)
Compromise of 1877
42.
____________________ was a disguised form of slavery.
a)
Company Store
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Corn husking
d)
Sharecropping
43.
The belief that white race is superior.
a)
Red Scare
b)
White supremacy
c)
Blue man group
d)
Yellow Journalism
44.
To lose the right to vote.
a)
veto
b)
fillabuster
c)
disenfranchisement
d)
infringement
45.
Exclusive control of an industry
a)
Charter
b)
Monopoly
c)
Twister
d)
Candyland
46.
Exaggerated, sensational reporting
a)
ghost writing
b)
Megyn Kelly
c)
Yellow diary
d)
Yellow journalism
47.
When a country takes over other lands.
a)
Imperialism
b)
Socialism
c)
Communism
d)
Dictatorism
48.
Made factories more efficient
a)
child labor
b)
assembly line
c)
telephone line
d)
rats
49.
helping others through generosity
a)
philanthropy
b)
tithing
c)
giveaphilia
d)
nice
50.
These people flew the first airplane.
a)
Wrong Brothers
b)
Wright Brothers
c)
Ringling Brothers
d)
Wayons Brothers
51.
This person was responsible for the tobacco monopoly in NC.
a)
Morton
b)
Trump
c)
Vanderbilt
d)
Duke
52.
_________________ made a lot of money in the steel industry.
a)
Carnegie
b)
Duke
c)
Vanderbilt
d)
Pitsburg
53.
This person was very important in the car industry during the 2nd Industrial Revolution.
a)
Carnegie
b)
Aston Martin
c)
Chevy
d)
Ford
54.
This person's importance during the 2nd Industrial Revolution was because of shipping and railroads.
a)
Carnegie
b)
Ford
c)
Vanderbilt
d)
Vanwilder
55.
The first English colony was established by Sir Walter Raleigh at which location:
a)
Roanoke Island
b)
Hatteras
c)
Wrightsville
d)
Plymouth
56.
The North Carolina flag bears the dates May 20, 1775. What event does this date refer to?
a)
The Halifax Resolves
b)
The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
c)
The founding of Raleigh
d)
The last time UNC won a bowl game
57.
Which of these is NOT a region of North Carolina?
a)
Mountain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Inter-coastal Waterway Region
d)
Coastal Plain
58.
Early colonial settlers in the Mountains thought taxes were unfair, why?
a)
They had to pay twice as often
b)
They were plantation owners who needed money for slaves
c)
Most of the representatives were in the eastern part of the state who had no concern over those settlers
d)
They could not pay for their taxes with moonshine.
59.
The Largest Native American tribe in NC prior to European Contact was:
a)
The Lumbee
b)
The Cheraw
c)
The Tuscarora
d)
The Cherokee
60.
These wars marked the last resistance to white European settlement in eastern NC:
a)
The Trail of Tears Wars
b)
The Tuscarora Wars
c)
The Sauratown Wars
d)
The Chowanoke Reservation Wars
61.
The middle region of the state, located between the Coastal Plain and the Mountain regions, is also a French word meaning "foot of the mountain."
a)
Vallee' Region
b)
Sandhills
c)
Fall Line
d)
Piedmont
62.
The _____________________ ____________, the largest range in the eastern United States, stretch from Canada to northern Alabama.
a)
Smoky Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Allegheny Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountains
63.
Early in 1960, a non-violent protest by young African-American students at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter occurred in this NC town and was forever known as:
a)
Raleigh Rally
b)
Charlotte March for Equal Rights
c)
Greensboro Sit-in
d)
Wilmington Riot
64.
During the years leading up to the American Revolution many North Carolina people became very angry with the way the provincial government was handling the colony’s affairs by corrupt elected officials this conflict became known as:
a)
The Battle of Little Raft Swamp
b)
The Battle of Shallow Ford
c)
The Battle of Hillsborough
d)
The Regulator Wars
65.
In 1588, John White returned three long years to the first colony in NC. But what he returned to was not that of a colony but of a ghost town. The area which was once a village was stripped of its people. Houses and other shelters were nowhere in site. What was left behind were some small cannons, an opened chest, a tall fence built around the perimeter of the former village site, and a single word inscription carved on a fence post, “Croatoan”. These people would be forever known as:
a)
The Vanished Village
b)
The Lumbee Indian Nation
c)
The Clan of the Ghost People
d)
The Lost Colony
66.
A citizen army.
a)
Partisan
b)
Militant
c)
Militia
d)
Reserve
67.
A form of protest where people refuse to buy or participate.
a)
repeal
b)
boycott
c)
skirmish
d)
veto
68.
If you want to change a document you might add one of these to it.
a)
amendment
b)
veto
c)
boycott
d)
provincial
69.
The legislation never became law because it was ___________.
a)
toried
b)
dabbed
c)
vetoed
d)
limited
70.
A synonym for Loyalist is _______.
a)
Partisan
b)
Patriot
c)
Loyalist
d)
Tory
71.
If the legislature cancels a law it has ______ it.
a)
rewarded
b)
vetoed
c)
repealed
d)
amended
72.
Patriot forces at the Battle of King's Mountain were referred to as the ______________.
a)
Over the Mountain Men
b)
Green Mountain Boys
c)
Bluegrass Boys
d)
Sons of Liberty
73.
The Southern part of the Continental Army was commanded by _________ during the latter part of the Revolution.
a)
John Harvey
b)
Nathanael Greene
c)
George Washington
d)
Lord Cornwallis
74.
Which side won the American Revolution?
a)
Americans
b)
British
c)
French
d)
Brazillians
75.
Name the treaty that ended the American Revolution.
a)
Toronto
b)
Rome
c)
Paris
d)
Florance
76.
Who commanded Patriot forces at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse?
a)
Geene
b)
Black
c)
Gray
d)
Cornwallis
77.
The French and Indian war resulted in all the land east of the ______ being gained by the British.
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Mississippi River
78.
What were the women at the Edenton Tea Party going to boycott?
a)
British tea
b)
Dutch tea
c)
Colonial tea
d)
Earl Gray tea
79.
Which is the correct phrase?
a)
No Representation without Taxation.
b)
No government without taxes.
c)
No Taxation without Representation.
d)
Taxes are needed but Representation is required.
80.
Which act said Parliament had the right to tax colonists?
a)
Declaratory
b)
Intolerable
c)
Repeal
d)
Taxation
81.
We organized boycotts, led protests and wrote articles, and generally worked against unfair British policies in the colonies.
a)
Continental Committee
b)
Brothers in Arms
c)
Sons of Anarchy
d)
Sons of Liberty
82.
The Townshend Acts imposed taxes on all of the following except ______.
a)
tea
b)
glass
c)
lead
d)
iron
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