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8th SS Era Review

Total questions: 108

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tripoli - 1st Barbary War

a)

Washington's Presidency

b)

Adams' Presidency

c)

Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Madison's Presidency

e)

Monroe's Presidency

2.

Sherman's "March to the Sea"

a)

American Revolution

b)

Mexican American War

c)

American Civil War

d)

War of 1812

e)

French and Indian War

3.

Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant

a)

War of 1812

b)

Mexican American War

c)

American Revolution

d)

French and Indian War

4.

Passage and Ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution

a)

American Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

Westward Expansion

d)

Age of Jackson

e)

Reconstruction

5.

Texas re-admitted to the Union

a)

Texas Revolution

b)

Westward Expansion

c)

War of 1812

d)

American Civil War

e)

Reconstruction

6.

Battle of Saratoga

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

Shay's Rebellion

d)

War of 1812

e)

American Civil War

7.

Dispute over the boundary between Texas and Mexico

a)

French and Indian War

b)

War of 1812

c)

Mexican American War

d)

American Civil War

8.

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

a)

French & Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

9.

Louisiana Purchase

a)

Washington's Presidency

b)

Adams' Presidency

c)

Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Madison's Presidency

e)

Jackson's Presidency

10.

1st Treaty of Paris

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

11.

Battle of Gettysburg

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

12.

Texas Annexation

a)

1801

b)

1836

c)

1845

d)

1855

e)

1864

13.

Mexican Cession

a)

1725

b)

1801

c)

1848

d)

1877

e)

1892

14.

Alien and Sedition Acts

a)

Washington's Presidency

b)

Adams' Presidency

c)

Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Madison's Presidency

e)

Jackson's Presidency

15.

Battle of New Orleans

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

16.

Formation of Political Parties

a)

President Washington's Presidency

b)

John Adams Presidency

c)

Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Madison's Presidency

e)

Lincolns' Presidency

17.

Monroe Doctrine

a)

1750

b)

1803

c)

1823

d)

1850

e)

1865

18.

"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

19.

Northwest Ordinance

a)

Pre-Revolution

b)

Revolution

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

President Washington's Presidency

e)

John Adams' Presidency

20.

"Spoils System"

a)

George Washington's Presidency

b)

Thomas Jefferson's Presidency

c)

John Quincy Adams' Presidency

d)

Andrew Jackson's Presidency

e)

Abraham Lincoln's Presidency

21.

French Revolution Begins

a)

1620

b)

1750

c)

1789

d)

1820

22.

General Washington

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

23.

Gibbons vs. Ogden

a)

1770

b)

1812

c)

1824

d)

1840

e)

1865

24.

Impeachment of President Johnson

a)

Pre-Revolution

b)

Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Reconstruction

e)

American Civil War

25.

Mr. Madison's War

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Texas Revolution

e)

Mexican American Revolution

26.

Robert Fulton's steamboat

a)

Washington's Presidency

b)

Adams' Presidency

c)

Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Andrew Jackson's Presidency

e)

James Monroe's Presidency

27.

Lincoln elected to 1st terms as POTUS

a)

1754

b)

1800

c)

1824

d)

1860

e)

1876

28.

Gadsen Purchase

a)

1801

b)

1823

c)

1853

d)

1870

e)

1877

29.

Nullification Crisis

a)

Pre-Revolution

b)

Revolution

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Era of Good Feelings

e)

Age of Jackson

30.

John Paul Jones "I have not yet begun to fight!"

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

31.

"Jim Crow" laws

a)

Westward Expansion

b)

Era of Good Feelings

c)

Constitutional Convention

d)

Age of Jackson

e)

Reconstruction

32.

Burning of Washington, D.C.

a)

Texas Revolution

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

33.

Battle of Antietam

a)

French and Indian War

b)

War of 1812

c)

American Revolution

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

34.

Emancipation Proclamation

a)

1801

b)

1819

c)

1845

d)

1863

e)

1877

35.

Spanish Cession/Florida Acquisition

a)

1775

b)

1801

c)

1819

d)

1833

e)

1845

36.

Battle of Saratoga

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

37.

"The Great Compromise"

a)

The Albany Convention

b)

1st Continental Congress

c)

2nd Continental Congress

d)

Constitutional Convention

e)

Seneca Falls Convention

38.

Washington's Farewell Address

a)

1796

b)

1804

c)

1816

d)

1820

e)

1787

39.

Trail of Tears

a)

Pre-Revolution

b)

Revolution

c)

New Republic

d)

Age of Jackson

e)

American Civil War

40.

Hiram Revels

a)

American Revolution

b)

New Republic

c)

Westward Expansion

d)

American Civil War

e)

Reconstruction

41.

Marbury vs. Madison

a)

Pre-Revolution

b)

Revolution

c)

Washington's Presidency

d)

Jefferson's Presidency

e)

Jackson's Presidency

42.

Midnight Appointments

a)

Washington's Presidency

b)

Adams' Presidency

c)

Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Madison's Presidency

e)

Monroe's Presidency

43.

Invention of the Telegraph

a)

1780 - 1800

b)

1800 - 1830

c)

1830 - 1850

d)

1850 - 1870

44.

Battle/Siege of Vicksburg

a)

American Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

Mexican American War

d)

American Civil War

e)

Shay's Rebellion

45.

Whisky Rebellion

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Washington's Presidency

e)

Adams' Presidency

46.

2nd Great Awakening

a)

1630's

b)

1730's

c)

1830's

d)

1930's

47.

2nd Great Awakening

a)

Pre-Revolution

b)

American Revolution

c)

Westward Expansion

d)

American Civil War

48.

Declaration of Independence

a)

1765

b)

1771

c)

1776

d)

1783

e)

1787

49.

Albany Plan of Union

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

50.

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, VA

a)

1801

b)

1824

c)

1836

d)

1859

e)

1877

51.

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, VA

a)

Washington's Presidency

b)

Jackson's Presidency

c)

Antebellum

d)

Civil War

e)

Reconstruction

52.

Appomattox Courthouse

a)

American Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

Mexican American War

d)

American Civil War

53.

"Total War"

a)

American Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

Mexican American War

d)

American Civil War

54.

Battle of Bunker Hill

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

American Civil War

55.

Gettysburg Address

a)

Pre-Revolution

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Antebellum

e)

Civil War

56.

Crispus Attucks

a)

Pre-American Revolution

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Antebellum

e)

American Civil War

57.

Crispus Attucks

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Battle of Bunker Hill

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Boston Tea Party

e)

Stamp Act Congress

58.

2nd Treaty of Paris

a)

1750

b)

1763

c)

1783

d)

1796

59.

2nd Treaty of Paris

a)

Antebellum America

b)

Era of Good Feelilngs

c)

American Revolution

d)

European Exploration

60.

Boston Massacre

a)

1763

b)

1770

c)

1776

d)

1783

61.

Boston Tea Party

a)

1763

b)

1773

c)

1787

d)

1790

e)

1800

62.

William Tecumseh Sherman

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

New Republic

d)

American Civil War

e)

Reconstruction

63.

Bleeding Kansas begins

a)

1815

b)

1840

c)

1854

d)

1865

e)

1877

64.

Quasi War

a)

Washington's Presidency

b)

Adams' Presidency

c)

Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Madison's Presidency

e)

Monroe's Presidency

65.

End of Reconstruction

a)

1770

b)

1800

c)

1825

d)

1845

e)

1877

66.

Dred Scott decision

a)

1823

b)

1838

c)

1857

d)

1872

67.

Siege of Fort Sumter

a)

1790

b)

1833

c)

1861

d)

1877

68.

Colonel Washington

a)

American Civil War

b)

War of 1812

c)

French and Indian War

d)

American Revolution

e)

Shay's Rebellion

69.

Lewis and Clark Expedition

a)

George Washington's Presidency

b)

John Adam's Presidency

c)

Thomas Jefferson's Presidency

d)

James Madison's Presidency

e)

James Monroe's Presidency

70.

Jefferson Davis

a)

American Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

French and Indian War

d)

American Civil War

e)

Reconstruction

71.

Seneca Falls Convention

a)

1815

b)

1828

c)

1848

d)

1868

e)

1877

72.

Seneca Falls Convention

a)

War of 1812

b)

Antebellum

c)

Civil War

d)

Reconstruction

73.

Treaty of Ghent

a)

1763

b)

1783

c)

1814

d)

1836

e)

1865

74.

Magna Carta

a)

Twelfth Century

b)

Thirteenth Century

c)

Fourteenth Century

d)

Fifteenth Century

75.

Magna Carta

a)

1215

b)

1315

c)

1415

d)

1515

76.

1st Battle of Bull Run

a)

1778

b)

1800

c)

1814

d)

1836

e)

1861

77.

1st Battle of Bull Run

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

78.

U.S. Constitution is ratified

a)

1750

b)

1776

c)

1788

d)

1801

e)

1815

79.

English Bill of Rights

a)

16th Century

b)

17th Century

c)

18th Century

d)

19th Century

80.

First Great Awakening

a)

Age of Exploration

b)

Colonial Era

c)

Revolution

d)

Age of Jackson

81.

Suffrage is expanded to include all white males due to many states eliminating property ownership requirement

a)

pre-Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

Age of Jackson

d)

Antebellum America

e)

Reconstruction

82.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day, July 4th, ______________________?

a)

1796

b)

1803

c)

1826

d)

1845

e)

1865

83.

1st National Bank is created

a)

Washington's Presidency

b)

Adams' Presidency

c)

Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Madison's Presidency

e)

Monroe's Presidency

84.

George Washington dies......

a)

1776

b)

1789

c)

1799

d)

1810

85.

Black Codes first passed

a)

Westward Expansion

b)

American Revolution

c)

American Civil War

d)

Reconstruction

e)

Antebellum America

86.

Shay's Rebellion

a)

Era of Good Feelings

b)

War of 1812

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Age of Jackson

e)

Reconstruction

87.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published

a)

1801

b)

1824

c)

1836

d)

1852

e)

1863

88.

War of 1812

a)

Washington's Presidency

b)

Adams' Presidency

c)

Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Madison's Presidency

e)

Monroe's Presidency

89.

Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist

a)

American Revolution

b)

Constitutional Convention

c)

Albany Convention

d)

Stamp Act Congress

e)

New Republic

90.

Embargo Act of 1807

a)

Washington's Presidency

b)

Adams' Presidency

c)

Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Madison's Presidency

e)

Monroe's Presidency

91.

Dolly Madison saves portrait of George Washington from approaching British troops

a)

American Revolution

b)

Shay's Rebellion

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

92.

"These are the times that try men's soul....." Thomas Paine

a)

1st Great Awakening

b)

American Revolution

c)

New Republic

d)

Age of Jackson

e)

American Civil War

93.

Freedman's Bureau

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Mexican American War

d)

Reconstruction

e)

Antebellum America

94.

Battle of Tippecanoe

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

95.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

a)

1790

b)

1858

c)

1825

d)

1877

96.

Mexico wins its independence from Spain

a)

1795

b)

1821

c)

1845

d)

1865

97.

John Wilkes Booth

a)

George Washington's presidency

b)

John Polk's Presidency

c)

Andrew Jackson's Presidency

d)

Abraham Lincoln's Presidency

e)

James Monroe's Presidency

98.

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

a)

American Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

Texas Revolution

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

99.

Introduction of railroads in America

a)

President Washington's terms

b)

President Jefferson's terms

c)

President Monroe's terms

d)

President Jackson's terms

e)

President Lincoln's terms

100.

Stonewall Jackson

a)

American Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

French and Indian War

d)

American Civil War

e)

Reconstruction

101.

Hamilton-Burr Duel

a)

George Washington's Presidency

b)

John Adams' Presidency

c)

Thomas Jefferson's Presidency

d)

Andrew Jackson's Presidency

102.

Worcester vs. Georgia

a)

Era of Good Feelings

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Age of Jackson

d)

Antebellum America

e)

Reconstruction

103.

War on the 2nd National Bank

a)

George Washington's presidency

b)

Thomas Jefferson's presidency

c)

John Quincy Adams' presidency

d)

Andrew Jackson's presidency

e)

James Polk's presidency

104.

Star Spangled Banner

a)

American Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Mexican American War

e)

American Civil War

105.

Salem Witch Trials

a)

1492

b)

1607

c)

1692

d)

1720

e)

1750

106.

XYZ Affair

a)

Washington's presidency

b)

John Adams' presidency

c)

Jefferson's presidency

d)

Monroe's presidency

e)

Madison's presidency

107.

"Give me liberty, or give me death!" (Patrick Henry)

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

Texas Revolution

e)

American Civil War

108.

Francis Scott Key

a)

Age of Jackson

b)

Westward Expansion

c)

American Revolution

d)

War of 1812

e)

Shay's Rebellion