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8th Grade History - Pre-test

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 4hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
NATIVE AMERICANS WERE HERE BEFORE THE EUROPEANS.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
2.

Why was the Louisiana Purchase an important event?

a)

It doubled the size of the country

b)

Lewis and Clark discovered it

c)

It was given to us by the Spanish

d)

It provided more land for growing crops

3.

What document is considered to be the Supreme Law of the land in the United State?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Constitution

d)

Magna Carta

4.

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

a)

Manifest destiny

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Expansion Act

5.

What European country settled the original 13 colonies in North America?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Germany

6.

What was the first permanent settlement in the American colonies?

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

Plymouth

d)

Portsmouth

7.

Texans fight for independence against what country?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Mexico

c)

France

d)

Canada

8.

An "Abolitionist..."

a)

wants to get rid of alcohol

b)

fights for better education

c)

wants to eliminate slavery

d)

wants to get rid of government

9.

The Underground Railroad was...

a)

Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech

b)

A system of hiding places and routes that led slaves to the North

c)

A railroad that went through a tunnel into Pennsylvania

d)

The first subway built in the United States

10.

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Bull Run

c)

Manassas

d)

Raleigh

11.

To break away from a country

a)

leave

b)

secede

c)

escape

d)

sanction

12.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three branches of government?

a)

Legislative

b)

Presidential

c)

Judicial

d)

Executive

13.

Where was the first battle of the American Revolution?

a)

Yorktown

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Valley Forge

d)

Gettysburg

14.

This was named for the movement of Native Americans being relocated to the west.

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Wounded Knee

15.

What is the year 1776 famous for?

a)

Thomas Jefferson drafting the Declaration of Independence.

b)

The first battle of the American Revolution.

c)

Jamestown was founded.

d)

The end of the Revolutionary War

16.

Who was the first President of the United States?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Abraham Lincoln

17.

Which colony was founded for religious freedom for Quakers?

a)

Ohio

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Georgia

d)

Virginia

18.

How many original colonies were there?

a)

10

b)

15

c)

13

d)

8

19.

Why did the colonists want to leave England?

a)

To have a better life and escape religious persecution

b)

To take a vacation

c)

To visit their family

d)

a warmer climate

20.

Who was NOT an Allie of the United States during World War II?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

21.

Which court ruling did Brown v. Board overturn?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

c)

Roe v. Wade

22.

_________________ assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at __________________ in April of 1865.

a)

Robert E. Lee ; the White House

b)

Lee Harvey Oswald ; Ford's Theatre

c)

John Wilkes Booth ; Dealey Plaza

d)

John Wilkes Booth ; Ford's Theatre

23.

The largest migration in American history was known as _________.

a)

The Texas migration

b)

The Mormon migration to Utah

c)

"Alabama Fever"

d)

The California Gold Rush

24.

The ______________ freed the slaves by outlawing slavery in 1865.

a)

14th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

25.

The term suffragette or suffragist refers to ____________.

a)

a man who supported the women's right to vote

b)

a chocolate candy popular in the nineteenth century

c)

a woman who suffered an injury on the job

d)

a women fighting for the right to vote

26.

The _____ Laws took citizenship away from Jewish Germans.

a)

Berlin

b)

Paris Accords

c)

Nuremberg

d)

United Nations

27.

The _________ finally brought the US into WWII.

a)

sinking of the Reuben James

b)

American outrage over racism in Nazi Germany

c)

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

formation of the Atlantic Charter

28.

This was a direct result of the use of atomic weapons during WWII:

a)

a nuclear arms race between the US and the Soviet Union

b)

the UK and France emerging as global superpowers

c)

Germany's immediate surrender to the US

d)

the use of nuclear energy transforming the US's landscape

29.

In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans

a)

organized restaurant sit-ins

b)

organized a bus boycott

c)

formed the first Black Panther group

d)

formed the NAACP

30.

The sit-in movement began when four college students staged a demonstration in

a)

Little Rock, Arkansas

b)

Jackson, Mississippi

c)

Selma, Alabama

d)

Greensboro, North Carolina

31.

The owner of Standard Oil Company:

a)

J.P. Morgan

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

32.
What is the main idea of this cartoon?
a)
The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.
b)
The best way to support the Standard Oil Company was to form proprietorships.
c)
Foreign competition with the Standard Oil Company was hurting American companies.
d)
Government regulations were strangling the Standard Oil Company.
33.

.... this sign represents what laws in the South

a)
Racial Rules
b)
Lincoln Laws
c)
Black Codes 
d)
Jim Crow Laws
34.

Which event triggered WWI?

a)

The Moroccan Crisis

b)

The Bosnian Crisis

c)

The Franco-Prussian War

d)

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

35.

Propaganda is

a)

biased/convincing advertisements

b)

posters

c)

motivational

d)

militarism