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8th grade American History

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This is an unfair economic system where the mother colony benefits from its colonies.
a)
limited government
b)
precedent
c)
mercantilism
d)
dictatorship
2.
Why did the PILGRIMS and PURITANS come to America?
a)
gold
b)
slaves
c)
tobacco
d)
religious freedom
3.
What was the first constitution in the colonies called?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
4.
Which of the following was an ECONOMIC characteristic of the New England colonies?
a)
plantations
b)
shipping, trade, banks
c)
farming
5.
Jamestown was founded in 1607 and is known as the first permanent _______________ settlement?
a)
Spanish
b)
Dutch
c)
African
d)
English
6.
Puritans settled which area?
a)
New England

b)
Texas
c)
Middle States
d)
Southern States
7.
 The Stamp Act was a tax on ________________________.
a)
Tea
b)
Documents
c)
Sugar
d)
Imported Goods
8.
Thomas Jefferson wrote a Declaration  to claim independence from _____________________.
a)
Spain
b)
Mexico
c)
Canada
d)
Britain
9.
The turning point of the Revolutionary War was at the Battle of ________________.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Yorktown
c)
Saratoga
d)
Lexington and Concord
10.
Which country helped the United States in the Revolutionary War?
a)
Ireland
b)
Great Britain
c)
France
d)
Mexico
11.
"Father of the Constitution"
a)
George Washington
b)
Crispus Attucks
c)
James Madison
d)
Thomas Jefferson
12.
 The United States first attempt at a national government was ________________________.
a)
Olive Branch Petition
b)
US Constitution
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
The Federalists Papers
13.
Popular Sovereignty means a government created by _____________ in order to govern themselves.
a)
the King
b)
the President
c)
the people
d)
the Supreme Court
14.
Power of the government is divided between state and national governments is ___________.
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Federalism
c)
Checks and Balances
d)
Republicanism
15.
 When people are represented in government by elected representatives.
a)
Republicanism
b)
Federalism
c)
Popular Soveriegnty
d)
Limited Government
16.
Which amendment gives you freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Petition and Assembly?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
17.
Which amendment gives protection from unreasonable search and seizure?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
18.
Which amendment gives you right to a jury in civil cases?
a)
7th
b)
8th
c)
9th
d)
10th
19.
The president during the War of 1812 is _______________.
a)
Adams
b)
Jeffreson
c)
Madison
d)
Monroe
20.
President Monroe issued the _______________ _______________ to stay out of European affairs.
a)
US Constution
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Federalists Papers
d)
Magna Carta
21.
Which factor DID NOT lead to industrialization in the US?
a)
War of 1812
b)
Inventions
c)
better transportation
d)
Native Americans
22.
What was NOT added during Manifest Destiny?
a)
Canada
b)
Mexican cession
c)
Texas
d)
Oregon Territory
23.
Which did NOT contribute to improved transportation during the 18th century?
a)
Canals
b)
Steamboat by Fulton
c)
automobiles
d)
Steam power
24.
 Abolitionists want to rid the US of __________________.
a)
Alcohol
b)
Poverty
c)
Slavery
d)
Democrats
25.
To have little to no alcohol is the _____________________ Movement.
a)
Temperance
b)
Abolition
c)
Education
d)
Labor
26.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book about the cruelties of slavery in the South?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Anne Hutchinson
c)
Clara Barton
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
27.
Which state seceded from the Union first prior to the Civil War?
a)
Georgia
b)
Virgnia
c)
South Carolina
d)
Texas
28.
Single bloodiest battle of the Civil War
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Antietam
d)
Gettysburg
29.
Emancipation Proclamation
a)
Freed slaves in Southern States
b)
Freed all slaves across America
c)
Freed slave in Northern states
d)
increased slavery in the West
30.
 The Civil War lasted from __________ to ___________.
a)
1865-1867
b)
1776-1787
c)
1861-1865
d)
1812-1815
31.
The era after the Civil War is called ________________________.
a)
Colonization
b)
Independence
c)
Westward Expansion
d)
Reconstruction

32.
First black citizen to be elected to the US Senate (1870 - 1871) 
a)
Fredrick Douglas
b)
Hiram Rhodes Revels
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Crispus Attucks
33.
The first political parties in the United State were established in the 1790s largely because of political differences between--
a)
John Adams and Benjamin Franklin
b)
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Paine
c)
George Washington and James Madison
d)
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
34.
Which of the following is NOT a reason for exploration?
a)
Religion
b)
Wealth
c)
Soccer
d)
Glory
35.

What year was the 1st permanent English Colony settled?

a)

1500

b)

1504

c)

1601

d)

1607

36.

When was the 2nd English Colony settled?

a)

1500

b)

1620

c)

1675

d)

1776

37.

Who were the pilgrims that came on Plymouth boat in 1620?

a)

Quakers

b)

Soildiers

c)

Puritans

38.

What happened in 1776?

a)

The 1st Amendment was added

b)

Bill of right was introduced

c)

Constitution was signed

d)

Declaration of Independence

39.

What year was the Lousiana Purchase?

a)

1700

b)

1500

c)

1803

40.

What did the Louisiana Purchase do?

a)

Nothing really

b)

Doubled the size of America

c)

Tripled the size of America

d)

Quadrupled the size of America

41.

What is the date of the U.S. Constitution?

a)

1700

b)

1745

c)

1776

d)

1787

42.
Cash Crops
a)
crops grown for money
b)
tax on imports or exports
c)
to not get involved 
d)
crops grown for England
43.
Boycott
a)
to change or add to
b)
to come to an agreement
c)
producing goods in America
d)
refusal to buy or use 
44.
Amend
a)
refusal to buy or use
b)
to change or add to
c)
to take back/revoke
d)
compromise
45.
Which is the most accurate description of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
a)
High rates of the Tariff of 1828 were removed.
b)
The Embargo of 1807 was finally lifted.
c)
Native Americans were to be moved west of the Mississippi River.
d)
Fugitive slaves living in the North were to be shipped back to their owners in the South.
46.
The Trail of Tears is associated with . . .
a)
 the relocation of the Cherokee tribe
b)
difficulties on the Oregon Trail
c)
deaths at Donner Pass
d)
the expatriation of pro-British Americans
47.
What is a tariff?
a)
It allows America to trade freely with any country it wants to
b)
It is a fee imposed on imported goods in America
c)
It is a fee landowners pay to the national government
d)
It allows owners of slaves to import slaves directly from Africa
48.
The purpose of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was to ____________________.
a)
announce the beginning of the Civil War
b)
surrender to certain demands of the Confederacy
c)
Remind Americans about the reasons why the war was being fought
d)
declare the official end of the Civil War
49.
The Freedmen's Bureau was a/an _____________.
a)
Organization established by Congress to aid poor southerners after the Civil War.
b)
Organization made up of a group of newly freed African Americans.
c)
Group created to establish rules and regulations for freedmen in the United States.
d)
Group designed to aid Reconstruction by building the economy of the South.
50.
What did ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment mean for African Americans?
a)
It gave African Americans the same economic opportunities as white Americans.
b)
It provided African Americans with compensation for their labor during slavery.
c)
It gave African Americans citizens the right to vote.
d)
It provided African Americans with a future free from slavery.
51.
The Black Codes were ________________.
a)
laws passed that limited the freedom of African Americans
b)
laws passed that provided economic support for freed slaves
c)
identification numbers assigned to individual slaves
d)
demands from African Americans to southern governments
52.
Which of the following best describes the spoils system?
a)
It eased citizens' distrust of corrupt politicians and political practices.
b)
It helped many untrained and unqualified workers get government jobs.
c)
It marked the conclusion of a cycle of major government reforms.
d)
It allowed skilled people to replace unskilled workers in civil service jobs.
53.

Which of these occurred as a result of the 15th Amendment?

a)

African American families divided by slavery are reunited

b)

Newly freed men and women move west to claim free land

c)

African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election

d)

Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship

54.

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states

b)

It provided financing for canal construction.

c)

It rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states.

d)

It temporarily relieved sectional tensions.

55.

The principle of government that protects certain privileges and rights of citizens.

a)

Protective Rights

b)

Declarative Rights

c)

Individual Rights

d)

Duplication Rights

56.

The power of the judicial branch of the US government to determine if laws are constitutional.

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Veto

c)

Constitutional Reveiw

d)

Impeachment

57.

First battles of the America n Revolution, the "shot heard 'round the world".

a)

Boston

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Yorktown

d)

Delaware

58.

Act that helped slave owners recover their runaway slaves from the North. (Part of Compromise of 1850)

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Morrill Act

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

59.

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

a)

Fort Jackson

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Appotmattox

60.

The Confederates were located in the North?

a)

True

b)

False

61.

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are------

a)

transferable

b)

legislated

c)

unalienable

d)

inherited

62.

The Whiskey Rebellion challenged the idea that----

a)

The federal government had the power to pass and enforce tax laws

b)

a national military was needed for dealing with foreign threats

c)

the federal government could raise tariffs to protect industries

d)

A national court system was needed for resolving disputes between states

63.

Why did the Siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power during the Civil War?

a)

Several important Confederate generals were killed

b)

Union troops were pushed back across the Ohio River

c)

The Confederate territory was divided in half

d)

Severe casualties were inflicted on Union forces

64.

According to Manifest destiny, the US should expand to the

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Appalachian mountains

c)

Pacific ocean

d)

China

65.
What was the issue around the creation of the 3/5 compromise?
a)
establishment of upper and lower body governent
b)
counting of enslaved people towards representation
c)
none of the above
d)
3/5 votes required to amend the constitution
66.
What was a result of the proclamation line of 1763? 
a)
imposed taxes on Great Britain goods
b)
none of the above
c)
limited expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains
d)
created a line between southern and northern colonies
67.
Who wrote the reading Common Sense in an attempt to persuade public opinion?
a)
Thomas Hooker
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
Eliza Pickney
d)
none of the above
68.

Who is this person from US History?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

George Washington

69.

Who is this person from US History?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

George Washington

70.

Who is this person from US History?

a)

JFK

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Teddie Roosevelt

d)

Frederick Douglas

71.
Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
a)
King Arthur
b)
King George III
c)
Henry VIII
d)
Hamlet
72.
What was the name of the first African American killed at the Boston Massacre?
a)
Crispus Attucks
b)
Wentworth Cheswell
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Frederick Douglas
73.
Who became president in the election of 1824?
a)
John Quincy Adams
b)
Henry Clay
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Andrew Jackson
74.
Which state threatened to secede during the Nullification Crisis?
a)
South Carolina
b)
Texas
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Georgia
75.

Which answer best completes the diagram?

a)

War of 1812

b)

American Revolution

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Civil War

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