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Worksheets8th Grade History - Pre-test
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 4hrs 12mins
Why was the Louisiana Purchase an important event?
It doubled the size of the country
Lewis and Clark discovered it
It was given to us by the Spanish
It provided more land for growing crops
What document is considered to be the Supreme Law of the land in the United State?
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Constitution
Magna Carta
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
Manifest destiny
Monroe Doctrine
Louisiana Purchase
Expansion Act
What European country settled the original 13 colonies in North America?
France
Spain
England
Germany
What was the first permanent settlement in the American colonies?
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Texans fight for independence against what country?
Great Britain
Mexico
France
Canada
An "Abolitionist..."
wants to get rid of alcohol
fights for better education
wants to eliminate slavery
wants to get rid of government
The Underground Railroad was...
Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech
A system of hiding places and routes that led slaves to the North
A railroad that went through a tunnel into Pennsylvania
The first subway built in the United States
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Manassas
Raleigh
To break away from a country
leave
secede
escape
sanction
Which of the following is NOT one of the three branches of government?
Legislative
Presidential
Judicial
Executive
Where was the first battle of the American Revolution?
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
Valley Forge
Gettysburg
This was named for the movement of Native Americans being relocated to the west.
Underground Railroad
Trail of Tears
Louisiana Purchase
Wounded Knee
What is the year 1776 famous for?
Thomas Jefferson drafting the Declaration of Independence.
The first battle of the American Revolution.
Jamestown was founded.
The end of the Revolutionary War
Who was the first President of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Which colony was founded for religious freedom for Quakers?
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Virginia
How many original colonies were there?
10
15
13
8
Why did the colonists want to leave England?
To have a better life and escape religious persecution
To take a vacation
To visit their family
a warmer climate
Who was NOT an Allie of the United States during World War II?
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Which court ruling did Brown v. Board overturn?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Roe v. Wade
_________________ assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at __________________ in April of 1865.
Robert E. Lee ; the White House
Lee Harvey Oswald ; Ford's Theatre
John Wilkes Booth ; Dealey Plaza
John Wilkes Booth ; Ford's Theatre
The largest migration in American history was known as _________.
The Texas migration
The Mormon migration to Utah
"Alabama Fever"
The California Gold Rush
The ______________ freed the slaves by outlawing slavery in 1865.
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
The term suffragette or suffragist refers to ____________.
a man who supported the women's right to vote
a chocolate candy popular in the nineteenth century
a woman who suffered an injury on the job
a women fighting for the right to vote
The _____ Laws took citizenship away from Jewish Germans.
Berlin
Paris Accords
Nuremberg
United Nations
The _________ finally brought the US into WWII.
sinking of the Reuben James
American outrage over racism in Nazi Germany
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
formation of the Atlantic Charter
This was a direct result of the use of atomic weapons during WWII:
a nuclear arms race between the US and the Soviet Union
the UK and France emerging as global superpowers
Germany's immediate surrender to the US
the use of nuclear energy transforming the US's landscape
In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans
organized restaurant sit-ins
organized a bus boycott
formed the first Black Panther group
formed the NAACP
The sit-in movement began when four college students staged a demonstration in
Little Rock, Arkansas
Jackson, Mississippi
Selma, Alabama
Greensboro, North Carolina
The owner of Standard Oil Company:
J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
.... this sign represents what laws in the South
Which event triggered WWI?
The Moroccan Crisis
The Bosnian Crisis
The Franco-Prussian War
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Propaganda is
biased/convincing advertisements
posters
motivational
militarism
