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WorksheetsSTAAR Review II 8th Grade Social Studies
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 3590secs
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?
a)
ruralization
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
2.
What effect did the steam engine have on factories?
a)
Factories still had to be located next to rivers and streams.
b)
Factories could be located anywhere.
c)
The production of factories decreased.
d)
Factories were closing down.
3.
What is the process in which a society transforms from agriculture to manufacturing?
a)
Socialism
b)
Industrialization
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Collective Bargaining
4.
Which individual is given credit for the steel blast furnace and the process of mass producing steel?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Henry Bessmer
c)
Alexander Bell
d)
Thomas Edison
5.
What effect did the cotton gin have on cotton?
a)
Cotton was more expensive.
b)
Cotton could not be produce quickly.
c)
Cotton was made cheaper.
d)
The value of cotton decreased.
6.
What was one major effect of the opening of the Erie Canal?
a)
The volume of trade passing through southern ports increased.
b)
The cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased.
c)
The number of ships passing through northern ports decreased.
d)
The cost of shipping goods on eastern roads increased.
7.
An economic system in which businesses have the freedom to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulations.
a)
Free Enterprise
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Profit
8.
An invention by Eli Whitney that speeded the cleaning of cotton fibers and in effect, increased the need for slaves.
a)
Steamboat
b)
Mechanical Reaper
c)
Steel Plow
d)
Cotton Gin
9.
What was the purpose of labor unions?
a)
Negotiate as a group for bigger factories
b)
Negotiate as a group for better working conditions
c)
Negotiate as a group for a political revolution
d)
Negotiate as a group for a social revolution
10.
This machine separated the seed from cotton fibers.
a)
Spinning Mule
b)
Spinning Jenny
c)
Steam Engine
d)
Cotton Gin
11.
Mass production led to:
a)
Products being more superior in quality
b)
goods became less expensive
c)
laborers received higher wages
d)
industries moved to rural areas
12.
How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?
a)
Made goods and services more expensive & harder to ship
b)
Made goods and services cheaper & easier to ship
c)
Gave people safer transportation
d)
Opened new land for exploring and settlements
13.
Which invention increased the capacity and speed for river travel helping to lower the cost of manufactured goods?
a)
Mechanical Reaper
b)
Cotton Gin
c)
Steamboat
d)
Telegraph
14.
The time after War of 1812 where America experiences a sense of Nationalism and pride for the country was called the__
a)
Immigration Explosion
b)
Time of Our Lives
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
Era of Good Feelings
15.
What is the man made water route that improved steam boat trade from New York to Ohio River Valley, stimulating the growth of New York?
a)
Erie Canal
b)
Transcontinental Canal
c)
The Great Lakes
d)
The River of Man
16.
What is the invention that led to the sending of electrical impulses usually in code language, along a wire?
a)
Telegraph
b)
Electronic Mail
c)
Wired Transfer
d)
Electrical Coding
17.
Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the US in the mid-1800s?
a)
opportunity for free land in the midwest
b)
prospect of religious freedom
c)
economic boom in the west
d)
possibility of a free education
18.
Stole blue prints of the textile and spinning mills turning yarn into thread for cloth weaving.
a)
Samuel Morse
b)
John Deere
c)
Frances Lowell
d)
Samuel Slater
19.
Hired girls between the ages of 15 to 25 years of age to work on his textile mills weaving clothes.
a)
Henry Miller Shreve
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Frances Lowell
20.
Inventor of the steel plow used to break up tough soil.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Robert Fulton
c)
John Deere
d)
Cyrus McCormick
21.
What court case said that the Federal Government controls interstate trade (trade between states)?
a)
Gibbons v Ogden
b)
Marburry v Madison
c)
Fletcher v Peck
22.
Which of these was an effect of the Industrial Revolution on US women in the early nineteenth century?
a)
women in unions gained bargaining power with employers
b)
government passed laws to improve safety for women in the workplace
c)
women seeking work migrated from rural communities to cities
d)
state governments called conventions for women's suffrage
23.
What was the name of the journey made by Cherokee Indians after they were removed from their land?
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Trail of Sorrows
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Nullification Act
24.
The nullification crisis occurred when
a)
the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
b)
Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
c)
South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
d)
Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.
25.
Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?
a)
He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
b)
He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
c)
He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
d)
He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.
26.
Jackson's policy toward American Indians was
a)
to honor treaties that protected Indian land.
b)
to use force to remove Indians from their land.
c)
to give Indians fertile land for farming.
d)
to help Indians create their own government.
27.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move
a)
to Oklahoma
b)
to Florida
c)
to the Louisiana Purchase
d)
to Canada
28.
President Andrew Jackson gave hope to fellow citizens,by being relatable, he was representing the
a)
rich
b)
common man
c)
Old Hickory
d)
Federalists
29.
President Andrew Jackson gave jobs to his closest supporters and fellow friends called the
a)
jobs
b)
spoils system
c)
veto
d)
WHIGS
30.
What was significant about the election of Andrew Jackson
a)
Men were allowed to vote only if they own property.
b)
Men were allowed to vote even if they didn't own property for the first time.
c)
John Quincy Adams won the presidency after the House of Representatives voted for him.
d)
Sacajawea helped Louis and Clark explore the Louisiana Purchase
31.
This senator from South Carolina believed a state could nullify or ignore a federal law.
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
John Quincy Adams
c)
John Adams
d)
Daniel Webster
32.
Between 1824 and 1828, states changed voting requirements by
a)
Allowing women to vote
b)
Allowing African Americans to vote
c)
Allowing men who didn't own property to vote
d)
Allowing immigrants to vote.
33.
This is disagreements between the different regions.
a)
Convention of 1818
b)
Bi-Partisan
c)
Nationalism
d)
Sectionalism
34.
In the Missouri Compromise....
a)
If a slave state was added, a free state must also be added to the Union
b)
Slavery could spread to the North
c)
The children of all slaves would be freed
d)
Slavery was outlawed
35.
Which land acquisition gave the U.S. full access to the Pacific coast, and came from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo following U.S. victory in the Mexican-American War?
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Louisiana Purchase
c)
Oregon
d)
Gadsden Purchase
36.
Which land acquisition was purchased from France in 1803 and doubled the size of the U.S.?
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Louisiana Purchase
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Gadsden Purchase
37.
Which land acquisition is described as the NW corner of the U.S, and came from a treaty with Great Britain in 1846?
a)
Oregon
b)
Gadsden Purchase
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Red River Basin
38.
Which land acquisition came as a result of the Adams-Onis treaty with Spain in 1819?
a)
Florida
b)
Texas
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Oregon
39.
This land acquisition happened in 1853, came from Mexico, and was bought to build a transcontinental railroad to the Pacific.
a)
Texas
b)
Louisiana Purchase
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Gadsden Purchase
40.
The religious movement that swept through the states in the 1800s, was called the -
a)
2nd Great Awakening
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
Transcendentalism
41.
The reform to ban alcohol was called -
a)
Temperance
b)
Abolition
c)
Women's Suffrage
d)
Transcendentalism
42.
This reformer helped improve prison conditions and treatment of the mentally ill
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Frederick Douglass
43.
Henry David Thoreau practiced _______________, which means to protest the government in a non-violent way.
a)
civil disobedience
b)
civil rights
c)
civil liberties
d)
civilian law
44.
This reformer was the most well-known African American abolitionist. He was a former slave, who escaped and taught himself how to read & write.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Horace Mann
45.
This reformer wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which described the cruelty of slavery.
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
46.
This artist became famous for his drawings of birds, mammals, and plants.
a)
John James Audubon
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
Henry David Thoreau
47.
This reformer was one of the lead conductors of the Underground Railroad, which helped many slaves escape to the North.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Mercy Otis Warren
c)
Abigail Adams
d)
John James Audubon
48.
This group of painters became known for their paintings of American landscapes and nature.
a)
Hudson River School
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Sons of Liberty
d)
American Colonization Society
49.
What was an important effect of the 2nd Great Awakening?
a)
Andrew Jackson was elected President
b)
President Jackson refused to renew the National Bank
c)
movements began to end slavery and achieve other reforms
d)
Congress supported the 1st Amendment separating Church & state
50.
The event that launched the settlement of California was:
a)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
The Gadsden Purchase
c)
California Gold Rush
d)
Mexican Cession
51.
What was one major impact of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
a)
profit from the book sales funded early labor unions
b)
Congress was inspired to pass laws outlawing the abuse of slaves
c)
the Supreme Court overturned fugitive slave laws
d)
support grew for the abolition movement
52.
A tourist might go to Seneca Falls in New York to visit...
a)
the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Women's Rights National Historic Park
b)
historic Jamestown in Colonial National Park
c)
Independence Hall
d)
George Washington's farmhouse
53.
The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted...
a)
spiritual revival and the need for social reform
b)
the use of scientific theory
c)
states' rights and government reform
d)
mercantilism and global trade
54.
Which group was the first to call to an end to slavery?
a)
American Indians
b)
Quakers
c)
British loyalists
d)
Puritans
55.
The Hudson River School artists were influenced by...
a)
success of social reform movements in the US
b)
migration of settlers to the western frontier
c)
natural landscape of the US
d)
environmental effects of US industrialization
56.
Women's Rights Suffrage
a)
Reforms that altered the system of public schools
Horace Mann
Horace Mann
b)
Dorthea Dix
responsible for improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S
responsible for improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S
c)
An organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption.
d)
equality under the law, divorce rights, suffrage rights; Seneca Falls Convention, 1848- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony
57.
Education
a)
equality under the law, divorce rights, suffrage rights; Seneca Falls Convention, 1848- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony
b)
Reforms that altered the system of public schools
Horace Mann
Horace Mann
c)
Dorthea Dix
responsible for improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S
responsible for improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S
d)
Against Slavery
Fredrick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
Fredrick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
58.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
59.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
60.
What battle was a turning point of the war?
a)
2nd Battle of Bull Run
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
7 Days Battle
61.
Battle where the north STARVED out the South, finally controlling the Mississippi River and splitting the South in two
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Chancellorsville
c)
Fredericksburg
d)
Vicksburg
62.
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
Jimmy Kimble
c)
Bruce Willis
d)
John Wilkes Booth
63.
The years after the Civil War were called the time of ______________.
a)
Rejoining
b)
Reconstruction
c)
rejoined
d)
Rebuilding
64.
What happened at Appomattox House
a)
General Lee surrendered
b)
General Grant surrendered
c)
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
d)
Abraham Lincoln was killed
65.
What was a major strength of the Union?
a)
education
b)
slavery
c)
more churches
d)
factories
66.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Fort Western
d)
Fort Apache
67.
Who was the main general of the Union?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
68.
The years the Civil War was fought
a)
1860-1865
b)
1861-1865
c)
1862-1866
d)
1871-1875
69.
Advised that the secession of the South was illegal and that his goal was to preserve the Union
a)
Ulysses S. Grant's Farewell Address
b)
Ulysses S. Grant's Inaugural Address
c)
Lincoln's Farewell Address
d)
Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address
70.
The single bloodiest day of the war in which both sides suffered heavy losses. Lincoln claimed the retreat of Lee's forces a victory and uses it to take action against slavery
a)
Battle of Vicksburg
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Bull Run
d)
Battle of Antietam
71.
Advised that that war was nearing an end and that the country needed to work on healing its wounds and bringing the South back into the Union
a)
The Gettysburg Address
b)
Lincoln's State of the Union Address
c)
Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address
d)
Lincoln's Farewell Address
72.
The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Alexander Stephens
73.
Southern states passed "Black Codes" in order to-
a)
limit the effects of Reconstruction amendments
b)
increase the labor supply for factories in the North
c)
decrease the number of northern representatives in Congress
d)
improve relations with the Democratic Party
74.
Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v Sanford?
a)
The Dawes Act
b)
The 14th Amendment
c)
The Compromise of 1877
d)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
75.
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by-
a)
providing them with voting rights
b)
guaranteeing their freedom of speech
c)
providing them with access to the Court system
d)
guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery
76.
Which of the following was a job that the Freedmen's Bureau performed?
a)
Established Schools
b)
Certified applications for political office
c)
Granted small business loans
d)
Provided funds for farming supplies
77.
Poll taxes and Literacy tests are examples of ways Southern states weakened the effects of the-
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
15th amendment
c)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
d)
Dred Scot v Sanford decision
78.
What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?
a)
Agricultural workers organized labor unions
b)
Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt
c)
Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses
d)
Land owners sold property to pay wages to former slaves
79.
Who was the commander of the Union Army who led the March to the Sea, and led the Siege of Atlanta?
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
William T. Sherman
d)
General Braxton Bragg
80.
Who became known as the national leader who tried to resolve sectional disputes through compromise?
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Daniel Webster
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