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WorksheetsEOC Review Grade 8
Total questions: 126
Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins
Who wrote Washington's Farewell Address?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton & James Madison
Martha Washington
What did Washington warn us about and the dangers that would result due to its creation?
Army
Courts
Political Parties
Central Government
What area of Policy did George Washington give advice about?
Domestic Policy
Foreign Policy
Trading Policy
None of the above
What was George Washington’s advice in the Farewell Address (1796)?
Stay neutral in foreign affairs
Always choose a side in foreign affairs
What was George Washington’s advice in the Farewell Address (1796)?
Avoid political parties
Political Parties will benefit the country
identical machine parts developed by Eli Whitney that made it easier to mass produce goods
interchangeable parts
Urban
cotton gin
factory system
Type of economy where products, prices, and services are determined by the market, not the government.
Rural
urbanization
Free enterprise system
factory system
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.
Factory System
Erie Canal
Interchangeable Parts
Urbanization
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
Cotton Gin
Erie Canal
Interchangeable Parts
Industrial Revolution
Train route across the U.S., connecting East and West
Cotton Gin
Erie Canal
Interchangeable Parts
Transcontinental Railroad
Invention that made it easier to pick the seeds out of cotton, and led to the higher demand of slaves in Southern states.
Cotton Gin
Factory System
Erie Canal
urbanization
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.
Cotton Gin
Factory System
Erie Canal
urbanization
Which British Act governed trade between the colonies and Britain?
Bribe Act
Smuggling Acts
Triangular Trade
Navigation Acts
What did the Proclamation of 1763 stop colonists from doing?
Moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
Trading with India
Quartering British soldiers
Drinking tea
Which law taxed goods like legal documents, wills, newspapers, playing cards, etc.?
Navigation Acts
Pamphlet Act
Stamp Act
War Debt Act
Which act made colonists give food & drinks to British soldiers and allowed them to live in their homes?
Penny Act
Quartering Act
Food Act
Tea Act
Which act was the considered the WORST EVER, closed the port of Boston, and limited town meetings?
Intolerable Acts
Perfectly Tolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
What does boycott mean?
To send a letter demanding change
To refuse to buy goods
To sneak goods in or out
To spread news
What does petition mean?
To write a slogan
To cover someone with tar
To refuse to buy a good
To send a document demanding change
What slogan did the colonists use as a protest?
No taxation without representation
No tea without the sea
We make noise till you hear our voice
No acts without the facts
Group that makes laws in Britain
Congress
Petition
Parliament
King
Why did Britain pass taxes in the colonies?
They wanted to buy more gold
To pay French and Indian War debt
The King needed new clothes
To punish the colonists for disobeying laws
Which of the following was not a reaction to the Stamp Act?
The Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act Congress
Tarring and Feathering
Which Act hurt colonial tea merchants?
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Milk Act
- 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
Which of the following is most likely a creation from the Hudson River School?
The Hudson River School had a specific topic to their art that usually focused on...
landscapes, rivers, countrysides
factories, industry, machines
shipbuilders of the northeast
slavery in the south
Where did the scalawags and carpetbaggers come from?
The West
The North
Who suffered the most from the scalawags?
The wealthy
The middle class
The poor
What occupation did most of the carpetbaggers have before coming south?
School Teacher
Lawyers
Store Clerks
What political party worked the hardest to remove scalawags?
The Republicans
The Democrats
What do you call a change to the Constitution?
amendment
introduction
preamble
articles
How many amendments have been made to the Constitution?
27
21
10
26
Uncle Tom's Cabin intensified Northern dislike of slavery.
True
False
How did Dorothea Dix help lead to change and greater awareness to the was focused on reforming?
She led protests in the nations capital.
She opened several hospitals for the mentally ill.
She became a doctor for people with mental illnesses.
She boycotted hospitals.
Which Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Marbury v. Madison
Gibbons v. Ogden
Dred Scott v. Sandford
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
To encourage citizens to monitor the federal government
To prevent conflicts between state and local governments
To limit the authority of the federal government
To increase the participation of citizens in state government
Why did the Siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power during the Civil War?
Several important Confederate generals were killed.
Union troops were pushed back across the Ohio River.
The Confederate territory was divided in half.
Severe casualties were inflicted on Union forces.
• 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?
The First Amendment
The Second Amendment
The Fifth Amendment
The Tenth Amendment
Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War?
The British victory extended the fighting for another year.
The American defeat led many soldiers to desert the Continental army.
The British defeat marked the beginning of a steady decline in British military superiority.
The American victory convinced France to ally with the United States.
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
Federalism
Due process
A bicameral legislature
The social contract
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
To declare independence from all European nations
To form a social contract among themselves
To demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians
To establish trade relations with other colonies
How did the Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia affect American Indians?
The ruling gave the state authority over relations with American Indians.
The state ignored the ruling and distributed Cherokee lands to white settlers.
More American Indian tribes decided to grant licenses to missionaries to live on tribal lands.
D Reservation policies were overturned and replaced with land grants to individuals
According to the Northwest Ordinance, which condition did a U.S. territory have to meet in order to apply for statehood?
Have a population of sixty thousand free settlers
Hold a vote on whether to become a free or slave territory
Establish one public school per district
Have a territorial governor appointed by the president
Controlled Congress during Reconstruction; Wanted to use Reconstruction as a way to punish the South
Freedmen's Bureau
Impeachment
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Radical Republicans
1st African American elected to the U.S. Senate
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Hiram Rhodes Revels
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.
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
Radical Republican
Freedmen
What connected the Mississippi River and the Hudson River making transportation of goods easier?
The Hudson Bridge
The Erie Canal
The National Road
Railroads
Why did the Transatlantic Slave Trade develop?
Slaves were needed to grow cash crops
Slaves were needed to build a rail road
Slaves were needed for textile manufacturing
Slaves were used in shipyards
What did Dorothea Dix do to contribute to the prison reform movement in the early 1800s?
founded an organization of women that worked together to educate people to become teachers
spoke of the horrid conditions of prisons and inspired the building of separate facilities for the mentally ill
brought America's attention to the need for education reform for women
fought Congressmen for equal rights for Native Americans
Before the war, Mexico claimed that the border between the U.S. and Mexico was the...
Rio Grande River
Nueces River
Mississippi River
Before the war, the U.S. claimed that the border between Mexico and the U.S. was the...
Rio Grande River
Nueces River
Missouri River
The Civil War was fought during what time period?
1860-1867
1857-1860
1861-1865
1845-1851
