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US History 8th Grade (Colonization through Civil War)

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In this type of company, investors buy shares in a company.
a)
Fortune 500 Companies
b)
Joint Stock Companies
c)
Puritan Colonies
d)
Quaker Colonies
2.
What crop saved Jamestown by making money for the settlement's investors?
a)
Corn
b)
Rice
c)
Tobacco
d)
Wheat
3.
This early representative body was in Virginia:
a)
House of Burgesses
b)
Parliament
c)
Council of the High Order
d)
The Elders
4.
This picture shows Washington looking over his army at what famous location?
a)
Valley Forge
b)
Saratoga
c)
Trenton
d)
Alamance
5.
In this picture Washington is crossing what river?
a)
Delaware
b)
Mississippi
c)
Hudson
d)
St. Lawrence
6.
Which foreign nation assisted the United States in defeating the British?
a)
Germany
b)
France
c)
Portugal
d)
Japan
7.
This military tactic helped the American forces defeat the British:
a)
Run and gun warfare
b)
Guerrilla Warfare 
c)
Close Quarters Combat
d)
Long Range Warfare
8.
Who was the first person killed at the Boston Massacre?
a)
Gregory Peck
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Crispus Attucks
d)
David Williamson
9.
According to the Declaration of Independence, what are the inalienable rights?
a)
Laws of nature
b)
Life, liberty, and equality
c)
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness 
d)
Separate but equal stations
10.
Who has the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence?
a)
John Adams
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Hancock
d)
Herbie Hancock
11.
Hundreds of people, most of them women, were accused of witchcraft in which Massachusetts town?
a)
Boston
b)
Dorchester
c)
Plymouth
d)
Salem
12.
Regardless of where the colony was located, all 13 colonies were by this bed of water.
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean
13.
The trade route that delivered slaves to the Americas was called?
a)
The Triangular Trade
b)
The Atlantic Trade
c)
The Square Trade
d)
The Pacific Trade
14.
Who created this cartoon?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
George Washington
d)
John Adams
15.
The idea that the United States will expand from coast to coast is called?
a)
Manchurian Destiny
b)
Macadamia Destiny
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Marinara Destiny
16.
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
After the Electoral College determined the election was a tie, who cast the tie breaker?
a)
The Senate
b)
The House of Representatives
c)
The Supreme Court
d)
The Executive Branch
18.
Who famously led American Forces at the Battle of New Orleans?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
William Henry Harrison
19.
True or False: The United States and Britain had already signed a peace treaty when the Battle of New Orleans occurred.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Which poet famously wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" while watching the Bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Francis Scott Key
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
William Sakespeare
21.
A defeat of this French Emperor in Russia allowed the British to focus their military on the United States.
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Andre the Giant
c)
Charles de Gaulle
d)
Conan the Destroyer
22.
Those that wanted and pressed for war with Britain in the early 1800s were known as?
a)
Wareagles
b)
Screaming Mimi's
c)
Warhawks
d)
Warpigs
23.
Who is considered the "Father of Tennessee"?
a)
John Sevier
b)
William Blount
c)
Tecumseh
d)
Andrew Jackson
24.
Most families taught reading in their homes using what book?
a)
The Bible
b)
Webster's Dictionary
c)
Early Spelling Books
d)
Common Sense
25.
This is an image of what trail that cuts through the Southeast.
a)
The Natchez Trace
b)
Wilderness Road
c)
The Cumberland Gap
d)
The Appalachian Trail
26.
What is another meaning for popular sovereignty?
a)
"Power of the people"
b)
"Power of the government"
c)
"Power of the President"
d)
"Power of the Rich"
27.
What is the system called that limits the power of the 3 branches?
a)
System of overrule
b)
System of balances and checks
c)
System of checks and balances
d)
System of overview
28.
What is the purpose of the Legislative Branch?
a)
Make Laws
b)
Enforce Laws
c)
Interpret Laws
d)
Ignore Laws
29.
What is the purpose of the Executive Branch?
a)
Make Laws
b)
Enforce Laws
c)
Interpret Laws
d)
Deny Laws
30.
What is the purpose of the Judicial Branch?
a)
Make Laws
b)
Enforce Laws
c)
Interpret Laws
d)
Accept Laws
31.
George Washington was the first President to live in the White House.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
This political party heavily favored industry.
a)
Federalist
b)
Democratic-Republicans
33.
Who became the first Vice-President of the US after coming in second in 1796?
a)
John Adams
b)
George Washington
c)
Henry Knox
d)
Thomas Jefferson
34.
The Great Compromise settled what issue?
a)
Slavery
b)
Representation in Congress
c)
Regulation of interstate commerce
d)
Taxation
35.
Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution"?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
James Madison
d)
Benjamin Franklin
36.
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit this city in 1811.
a)
The New Madrid Earthquakes
b)
The Memphis Earthquakes
c)
The San Francisco Earthquakes
d)
The New Orleans Earthquakes
37.
What was the only state above the Missouri Compromise line that allowed for slavery?
a)
Missouri
b)
Nebraska
c)
Ohio
d)
Kansas
38.
What was the line that marked the Missouri Compromise?
a)
54 40'
b)
49
c)
36 30'
d)
29
39.
Where was the first Women's Rights Convention held?
a)
Seneca Falls, New York
b)
Albany, New York
c)
Columbus, Ohio
d)
Miami, Florida
40.
The practice of replacing current government employees with supporters of the winning team was called:
a)
Spoiler Alert System
b)
Winner's System
c)
Trump System
d)
Spoils System
41.
To break away from a union is: 
a)
Secession
b)
Nullification
c)
State Divorce
d)
Disunion
42.
What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?
a)
Mr. President
b)
Old Hickory Tennessee 
c)
Old Hickory Wood
d)
Old Hickory
43.
Who led the Mormons from Navoo to Salt Lake City?
a)
Joseph Smith
b)
Brigham Young
c)
God
44.
Davy Crockett, James Bowie, and William Travis were among those killed at what famous battle? 
a)
San Jacinto
b)
Alamo
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Concord
45.
What happened to the Texans at the Alamo?
a)
Hid in the basement
b)
Negotiated Independence
c)
They were defeated
d)
Won a major victory
46.
Which issue caused problems with California's admittance to the Union?
a)
Mormons
b)
Gold
c)
Slavery
d)
Vigilantes
47.
What was the system called that helped slaves escape to slavery?
a)
Halfway House
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Safe House
d)
Freedman's Bureau
48.
Which of the following abolitionists was an escaped slave?
a)
The Grimke Sisters
b)
Levi Coffin
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Stephen Douglas
49.
"A House Divided" was part of a speech by whom? 
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Donald Trump
d)
Barack Obama
50.
The Civil War began at 4:30 AM on April 12, 1861 when Confederates attacked which fort?
a)
Ticonderoga
b)
Monroe
c)
Knox
d)
Sumter
51.
What fraction of southerners owned slaves?
a)
1/4
b)
1/3
c)
1/2
d)
2/3
52.
True or False: Lincoln's always intended to rid the country of slavery. 
a)
True
b)
False
53.
Which battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
a)
Bull Run
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Shiloh
54.
What was the first state to secede from the Union during the Civil War era?
a)
Louisiana 
b)
Mississippi
c)
South Carolina
d)
Virginia
55.
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender his Army of Virginia, effectively ending the war?
a)
Appomattox Court House, VA
b)
Richmond, VA
c)
Atlanta, GA
d)
New Orleans, LA
56.

The organization that was created after the Civil War to aid newly freed slaves in establishing their lives was known as...

a)

The Federal Bureau

b)

The Credit Bureau

c)

The Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Lincoln's Syndicate

57.

This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, unless as punishment for a crime.

a)

The 12th Amendment

b)

The 13th Amendment

c)

The 14th Amendment

d)

The 15th Amendment

58.

This Constitutional Amendment protects the citizenship rights of all citizens born in or naturalized in the United States of America.

a)

The 12th Amendment

b)

The 13th Amendment

c)

The 14th Amendment

d)

The 15th Amendment

59.

This Constitutional Amendment gave African American men the right to vote.

a)

The 12th Amendment

b)

The 13th Amendment

c)

The 14th Amendment

d)

The 15th Amendment

60.

For which of these reasons did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?

a)

To reignite the Civil War

b)

To give the Confederacy a chance to win the war

c)

To "avenge" the south for the "wrong" that the U.S. government had done

d)

To start a new war with Canada

61.

True or False: Abraham Lincoln was the only person that was supposed to die on the night of his assassination.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

The Reconstruction Plan that was intended by President Lincoln was known as the...

a)

The 10% Plan

b)

The 100% Plan

c)

Order 66

d)

The Make Everything Better Plan

63.

Under this plan the south was divided into 5 military zones and the U.S. military would serve as the "law and order" of the south.

a)

Lincoln's 10% Plan

b)

Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

The Radical Republican Plan

d)

The "Plan" Plan

64.

True or False: Tennessee was forced to rewrite its Constitution in order to rejoin the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

True or False: The "Radical" Republicans and Andrew Johnson were good friends.

a)

True

b)

False

66.

A series of laws designed to restrict the rights of African Americans in the south were known as "black codes."

a)

True

b)

False

67.

The practice of tenant farming or renting land to cultivate for a rent price is also known as...

a)

Crop Lending

b)

Field Mortgage

c)

Tomato Loan

d)

Sharecropping

68.

A southerner that supported the rights of freedmen and supported Republican policies was known as a...

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Scalawag

69.

A northerner that moved to the south, post Civil War, and looked to take advantage of the struggling economy.

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Scallawag

70.

In order to secure the support needed to become President, Rutherford B. Hayes agreed to...

a)

Evacuated Federal Troops from the South

b)

Give the southern states the right to own slaves again

c)

Send the Navy to secure the Gulf of Mexico and bring it under control of the U.S.

d)

Ask Congress for the right to redeclare war on the south

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