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EOC Review Grade 8

Total questions: 126

Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote Washington's Farewell Address?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Alexander Hamilton & James Madison

d)

Martha Washington

2.

What did Washington warn us about and the dangers that would result due to its creation?

a)

Army

b)

Courts

c)

Political Parties

d)

Central Government

3.

What area of Policy did George Washington give advice about?

a)

Domestic Policy

b)

Foreign Policy

c)

Trading Policy

d)

None of the above

4.

What was George Washington’s advice in the Farewell Address (1796)?

a)

Stay neutral in foreign affairs

b)

Always choose a side in foreign affairs

5.

What was George Washington’s advice in the Farewell Address (1796)?

a)

Avoid political parties

b)

Political Parties will benefit the country

6.

identical machine parts developed by Eli Whitney that made it easier to mass produce goods

a)

interchangeable parts

b)

Urban

c)

cotton gin

d)

factory system

7.

Type of economy where products, prices, and services are determined by the market, not the government.

a)

Rural

b)

urbanization

c)

Free enterprise system

d)

factory system

8.

System of manufacturing that began in the 19th century (1800s) with the development of the power loom (machine used to weave thread into cloth) and steam engine. Opposite of the domestic system.

a)

Factory System

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Interchangeable Parts

d)

Urbanization

9.

A period of change during the 19th century (1800s) where there was use of steam power, growth of factories, and cities, and the mass production of manufactured goods

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Interchangeable Parts

d)

Industrial Revolution

10.

Train route across the U.S., connecting East and West

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Interchangeable Parts

d)

Transcontinental Railroad

11.

Invention that made it easier to pick the seeds out of cotton, and led to the higher demand of slaves in Southern states.

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Factory System

c)

Erie Canal

d)

urbanization

12.

Artificial waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River, to the Atlantic Ocean. Made it cheaper to send goods across America, and contributed to the growth of towns and cities along the canal like New York City.

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Factory System

c)

Erie Canal

d)

urbanization

13.

Which British Act governed trade between the colonies and Britain?

a)

Bribe Act

b)

Smuggling Acts

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Navigation Acts

14.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 stop colonists from doing?

a)

Moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

Trading with India

c)

Quartering British soldiers

d)

Drinking tea

15.

Which law taxed goods like legal documents, wills, newspapers, playing cards, etc.?

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Pamphlet Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

War Debt Act

16.

Which act made colonists give food & drinks to British soldiers and allowed them to live in their homes?

a)

Penny Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Food Act

d)

Tea Act

17.

Which act was the considered the WORST EVER, closed the port of Boston, and limited town meetings?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Perfectly Tolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

18.

What does boycott mean?

a)

To send a letter demanding change

b)

To refuse to buy goods

c)

To sneak goods in or out

d)

To spread news

19.

What does petition mean?

a)

To write a slogan

b)

To cover someone with tar

c)

To refuse to buy a good

d)

To send a document demanding change

20.

What slogan did the colonists use as a protest?

a)

No taxation without representation

b)

No tea without the sea

c)

We make noise till you hear our voice

d)

No acts without the facts

21.

Group that makes laws in Britain

a)

Congress

b)

Petition

c)

Parliament

d)

King

22.

Why did Britain pass taxes in the colonies?

a)

They wanted to buy more gold

b)

To pay French and Indian War debt

c)

The King needed new clothes

d)

To punish the colonists for disobeying laws

23.

Which of the following was not a reaction to the Stamp Act?

a)

The Boston Tea Party

b)

Stamp Act Congress

c)

Tarring and Feathering

24.

Which Act hurt colonial tea merchants?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Milk Act

25.
Why did the election of 1828 include many first-time voters?
a)
Southern states gave voting rights to women.
b)
African Americans were voting for the first time.
c)
New states gave voting rights to all white men.
d)
A new federal law required all men and women to vote.
26.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
a)
the idea that the common people should control their government
b)
the political party that supported Jackson in the election of 1828
c)
the notion that the rich and upper class should have the most power
d)
the nickname Andrew Jackson earned in the War of 1812
27.
How was President Jackson different from other Presidents?
a)
He served more than two terms
b)
He owned slaves
c)
He came from a poor family
d)
He was a military general
28.
Jackson's election as president was a victory for - 
a)
ordinary working Americans.
b)
American Indians.
c)
upper class Americans.
d)
Republicans.
29.
The spoils system gave jobs to who?
a)
The most qualified people
b)
Jackson's Friends
c)
Republicans
d)
Native Americans
30.
Passed in 1830, this authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Worcester v. Georgia
c)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
d)
Trail of Tears
31.
What was the harsh journey of the Cherokee from their homeland to Indian Territory called?
a)
spoils system
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
Whig Party
32.
How did Jackson get rid of the National Bank?
a)
He signed a law
b)
He created a new bank
c)
He vetoed its charter
d)
He nullified it
33.
The Nullification Crisis was triggered by strong opposition to the -
a)
Force Bill.
b)
Indian Removal Act.
c)
Tariff of Abominations.
d)
Bank of the United States.
34.
Why was Jackson called 'King Jackson I'? 
a)
He wore a crown to all the meetings
b)
He used his force and authority without regard for Constitution
c)
He wanted to be called emperor instead of president
d)
He was from England 
35.
This map shows the results of the - 
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Tariff of Abominations
c)
Election of 1824
d)
War of 1812
36.
The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the 
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Gadsen Purchase
37.
This president was a strong believer in expanding the nation westward
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
James K. Polk
38.
Mexico argued that the Texas border was the Nueces River, while the U.S. believed it was the ________ river
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Mississippi
c)
Colorado
39.
The Mexican war ended in what year?
a)
1848
b)
1849
c)
1851
40.
U.S. citizens believed it was their God-Given fate to travel westward, which they titled what?
a)
American Expansion 
b)
Westward Ho!
c)
Manifest Destiny
41.
How much did the U.S. government pay Mexico for what is now known as Arizona and New Mexico under the Gadsen Purchase?
a)
8 million
b)
10 million 
c)
11 million
42.
Which of these was NOT a cause for the Mexican American War
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Texas/Mexico Border
d)
Personal grudge held by President Polk
43.
What year did the Mexican American war begin?
a)
1946
b)
1746
c)
1846
d)
2046
44.
Andrew Johnson became President after the death of?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
U.S. Grant
d)
William McKinley
45.
Andrew Johnson's main conflict with Congress was over?
a)
Lunch
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Firing of Sec. of War E. Stanton
d)
Tenure of Office Act
46.
Congress held impeachment hearing of Andrew Johnson for the violation of?
a)
Sherman anti-trust Act
b)
Gold Standard
c)
Tenure of office Act
d)
Pendleton Act
47.
What states are colored grey on the map?
a)
Union States
b)
Confederate States
c)
Border States
d)
Neutral States
48.
Which one of the following does not describe Robert E. Lee?
a)
opposed secession
b)
urged Southerners to accept defeat at end of the war
c)
did not believe the Union should be held together by force
d)
supported the Union blockade of the Confederate Coastline
49.
Which one of the following correctly pairs an individual with his role in the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson Davis - Confederate President
b)
Robert E. Lee - General in Union Army
c)
U.S. Grant - General in Confederate Army
d)
Abraham Lincoln - Confederate President
50.
What is described by the following?
 - written by Abraham Lincoln
 - freed slaves in the "states in rebellion"
 - issued after the Union victory at Antietam
 - added a new purpose to the Civil War
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Liberator
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Articles of Secession
51.
The Civil War began when Confederates in South Carolina began firing on this location.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Manassas/Bull Run
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Fort Sumter
52.
The first major battle of the Civil War took place here.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Manassas/Bull Run
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Appomattox Court House
53.
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Manassas/Bull Run
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Appomattox Court House
54.
Lee surrendered to Grant here, bringing an end to the Civil War.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Manassas/Bull Run
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Appomattox Court House
55.
The Northwest Territory was made up of land ___________ of the Mississippi River.
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
56.
In the Northwest Territory, slavery was ___________.
a)
legal
b)
accepted
c)
allowed
d)
illegal
57.
The Land Ordinance of 1785 decided how land in the Northwest Territory would be ____________
a)
sold
b)
measured and divided
c)
given to the Indians
d)
given back to the British
58.

Which of the following is most likely a creation from the Hudson River School?

a)
b)
c)
d)
59.

The Hudson River School had a specific topic to their art that usually focused on...

a)

landscapes, rivers, countrysides

b)

factories, industry, machines

c)

shipbuilders of the northeast

d)

slavery in the south

60.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
61.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
62.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
63.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
64.
What was Reconstruction?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
65.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
laws that made segregation legal
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
66.
The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?
a)
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
b)
Free Food Bureau
c)
Jobs and Education Bureau
d)
Freedman's Bureau
67.
Laws that required the African-Americans be separated from white in public places are...
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Grandfather Codes
d)
Integration Laws
68.
System of farming where farmers gave part of their crop to pay for the land they rented
a)
Family-Farming
b)
Sharecropping
c)
Groupcropping
d)
Split-Farming
69.

Where did the scalawags and carpetbaggers come from?

a)

The West

b)

The North

70.

Who suffered the most from the scalawags?

a)

The wealthy

b)

The middle class

c)

The poor

71.

What occupation did most of the carpetbaggers have before coming south?

a)

School Teacher

b)

Lawyers

c)

Store Clerks

72.

What political party worked the hardest to remove scalawags?

a)

The Republicans

b)

The Democrats

73.
Why were Black Codes enacted?
a)
Provide free farmland to African Americans
b)
Restrict the rights of former slaves
c)
Guarantee civil rights to AA
d)
Support the Freedman's Bureau
74.
A Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War, during the Reconstruction era (1865-1877).
a)
Freedmen
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Amnesty
75.
A secret society organized after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence.
a)
Freedmen
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Amnesty
76.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
77.
What political party was made up of Freedmen, Scalawags, and Carpetbaggers?
a)
Republican
b)
Democrat
c)
Democratic-Republicans
d)
Socialist
78.
Small farmers who supported the Republicans to benefit politically and economically were called ___________.
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Freedmen
d)
Tenant Farmers
79.
Scalawags were
a)
Southern Republicans
b)
Southern Democrats
c)
Northerners who moved south
d)
Johnson supporters
80.
Carpetbaggers moved south to
a)
Control politics
b)
Stop violence against African Americans
c)
Take advantage of southern economic conditions
d)
All of the above
81.
What was the first Amendment?
a)
freedom of religion, speech, and the press; right of petition and assembly
b)
right to bear arms
c)
right to trial by jury in civil cases
d)
the right to color with the color blue
82.
What is the name of the first ten amendments?
a)
The Preamble
b)
Constitution
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
The Bible
83.
When was the constitution written?
a)
November 20, 2017
b)
May 25, 1787
c)
June 6, 1944
d)
December 25, 1789
84.

What do you call a change to the Constitution?

a)

amendment

b)

introduction

c)

preamble

d)

articles

85.

How many amendments have been made to the Constitution?

a)

27

b)

21

c)

10

d)

26

86.
Which of the following is necessary to propose a new amendment to the Constitution?
a)
approval by a popular vote held in every state
b)
approval by two thirds of the House and Senate
c)
approval by three quarters of the House and Senate
d)
approval by the legislatures in at least three fourths of the states
87.
What are the two steps to amending the U.S. Constitution?
a)
Proposal and Voting
b)
Introduction and Voting
c)
Proposal and Ratification
d)
Introduction and Voting
88.
The first plan of government for the US was the 
a)
Constitution
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Declaration of Independence
89.
There are 435 members of the ____.
a)
Senate
b)
Cabinet
c)
Supreme Court
d)
House of Representatives
90.
Checks and balances make sure no branch or individual is too powerful. An example of this is
a)
Laws are passed by Congress and approved by Presidents.
b)
The President chooses a Cabinet to help with the many tasks.
c)
The Supreme Court has 9 justices.
d)
To run for office, senators must be US Citizens for 9 years or more.
91.

Uncle Tom's Cabin intensified Northern dislike of slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

92.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this influential book that caused many in the North to become anti-slavery after reading it.
a)
Nat Turner's Revolt
b)
The Liberator
c)
The Bugler
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
93.
Most famous conductor of the Undergroud Railroad.
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Harriet Stanton
d)
Harriet Marshall
94.
Shared his personal testimony of being a slave himself, he made listeners realize the brutality and horrors of slavery
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
John Brown
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Benjamin Rush
95.
Was published by William Lloyd Garrison
a)
The Liberator
b)
The North Star
c)
Harper's Weekly
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
96.
Which group lost the most from the Pacific Railway Act?
a)
Settlers
b)
Western citizens
c)
The government
d)
Native Americans
97.
The first railroad to cross the United States was the....
a)
Union Pacific Railroad
b)
Central Pacific Railroad
c)
Missouri Railroad
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
98.
What caused the Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?
a)
The railroads scared away the buffalo.
b)
The railroad destroyed their land.
c)
The railroad were built in the middle of their reservations.
d)
The railroad prevented them from migrating.
99.
Where did the two parts of the TRR meet?
a)
Promontory, UT
b)
New York, NY
c)
San Francisco, CA
d)
Omaha, NE
100.

How did Dorothea Dix help lead to change and greater awareness to the was focused on reforming?

a)

She led protests in the nations capital.

b)

She opened several hospitals for the mentally ill.

c)

She became a doctor for people with mental illnesses.

d)

She boycotted hospitals.

101.
Leader of the Education Reform 
a)
Horace Mann
b)
Eli Whitney 
c)
Dorothea Dix 
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
102.
What does this picture represent?
a)
Self-Reliance
b)
Spirituality
c)
Civil Disobedience
d)
Simplicity
103.
Susan B. Anthony wanted....
a)
the colonists to be free from British rule.
b)
to be the first woman president
c)
to be a nurse
d)
all women to have the right to vote
104.

Which Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

105.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. —U.S. Constitution, Tenth Amendment

a)

To encourage citizens to monitor the federal government

b)

To prevent conflicts between state and local governments

c)

To limit the authority of the federal government

d)

To increase the participation of citizens in state government

106.

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.

107.

• Passing laws to aid a religious institution • Requiring individuals to attend religious services • Punishing individuals for their religious beliefs • Levying taxes to support religious institutions. Which amendment prohibits federal and state governments from carrying out these actions?

a)

The First Amendment

b)

The Second Amendment

c)

The Fifth Amendment

d)

The Tenth Amendment

108.

Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War?

a)

The British victory extended the fighting for another year.

b)

The American defeat led many soldiers to desert the Continental army.

c)

The British defeat marked the beginning of a steady decline in British military superiority.

d)

The American victory convinced France to ally with the United States.

109.

No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. —Magna Carta, 1215

a)

Federalism

b)

Due process

c)

A bicameral legislature

d)

The social contract

110.

We whose names are underwritten . . . do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience. —Mayflower Compact, 1620

a)

To declare independence from all European nations

b)

To form a social contract among themselves

c)

To demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians

d)

To establish trade relations with other colonies

111.

How did the Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia affect American Indians?

a)

The ruling gave the state authority over relations with American Indians.

b)

The state ignored the ruling and distributed Cherokee lands to white settlers.

c)

More American Indian tribes decided to grant licenses to missionaries to live on tribal lands.

d)

D Reservation policies were overturned and replaced with land grants to individuals

112.

According to the Northwest Ordinance, which condition did a U.S. territory have to meet in order to apply for statehood?

a)

Have a population of sixty thousand free settlers

b)

Hold a vote on whether to become a free or slave territory

c)

Establish one public school per district

d)

Have a territorial governor appointed by the president

113.

Controlled Congress during Reconstruction; Wanted to use Reconstruction as a way to punish the South

a)

Freedmen's Bureau

b)

Impeachment

c)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

d)

Radical Republicans

114.

1st African American elected to the U.S. Senate

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

115.
Gave citizenship and equal protection to anyone born in the U.S. 
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
116.
Abolished Slavery in all of the United States
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
117.
What is represented by "A" on this map?
a)
Missouri River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Ohio River
d)
Columbia River
118.
What does "NULLIFY" mean?
a)
To declare a law invalid
b)
To ignore a law
c)
To obey a law
d)
To argue against a law
119.

Members of the Republican party who believed the Confederacy should be punished for their actions and believed African Americans were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites.

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Scalawag

c)

Radical Republican

d)

Freedmen

120.

What connected the Mississippi River and the Hudson River making transportation of goods easier?

a)

The Hudson Bridge

b)

The Erie Canal

c)

The National Road

d)

Railroads

121.

Why did the Transatlantic Slave Trade develop?

a)

Slaves were needed to grow cash crops

b)

Slaves were needed to build a rail road

c)

Slaves were needed for textile manufacturing

d)

Slaves were used in shipyards

122.

What did Dorothea Dix do to contribute to the prison reform movement in the early 1800s?

a)

founded an organization of women that worked together to educate people to become teachers

b)

spoke of the horrid conditions of prisons and inspired the building of separate facilities for the mentally ill

c)

brought America's attention to the need for education reform for women

d)

fought Congressmen for equal rights for Native Americans

123.
Which thinker introduced the idea of separation of powers for effective government?
a)
John Locke
b)
Baron de Montesquieu
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
Thomas Jefferson
124.

Before the war, Mexico claimed that the border between the U.S. and Mexico was the...

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

Nueces River

c)

Mississippi River

125.

Before the war, the U.S. claimed that the border between Mexico and the U.S. was the...

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

Nueces River

c)

Missouri River

126.

The Civil War was fought during what time period?

a)

1860-1867

b)

1857-1860

c)

1861-1865

d)

1845-1851