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8th Grade History

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first commercial broadcasting station?

a)

KDKA

b)

KDCA

c)

ACDC

d)

CDCA

2.

Who made the first nonstop transatlantic flight?

a)

Lindburg

b)

Ariheart

c)

Wright

3.

What organization was created by leaders of Communism that met in Moscow?

a)

second international

b)

first international

c)

third international

4.

What US amendment outlawed slavery?

a)

14th

b)

13th

c)

15th

d)

16th

5.

Who is remembered as the March King?

a)

Sousa

b)

Sauce

c)

Soppa

d)

Slav

6.

President McKinley passed and act that only made what metal the only standard for monetary value?

a)

nickel

b)

iron

c)

aluminum

d)

gold

7.

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

a)

Bull Rush

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Bull Run

d)

Trafalgar

8.

What city was destroyed by a fire in 1871 that led to the architecture of the modern skyscraper?

a)

Chicago

b)

Boise

c)

New York

9.

What offered land and citizenship to the head of an Indian family?

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Reservation

d)

not this answer act

10.

Who was the man who was known for his architecture in skyscrapers?

a)

Mike

b)

Sullivan

c)

Gagarin

d)

Roebling

11.

Who was the first President to be impeached?

a)

Nixon

b)

Obama

c)

Johnson

d)

Raegan

12.

Who represented South Carolina?

a)

Calhoun

b)

Coolidge

c)

Johnson

13.

Who formed the Standard Oil Company?

a)

Carnigie

b)

Rockefeller

14.

What provided for Cuban independence?

a)

Braid Ammendment

b)

Platt Ammendment

15.

Who is considered the Father of Progressive Education?

a)

Carnigie

b)

Sullivan

c)

Dewey

d)

Nast

16.

What party was the first to express that the government could solve practically all problems?

a)

republican party

b)

democrat party

c)

populist party

17.

What amendment gave Congress the power to tax personal incomes?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

16th

d)

15th

18.

What act required men of specific ages to register with local draft boards?

a)

proactive service

b)

reactive service

c)

selective service

19.

Who was the greatest war hero from WWI?

a)

Alvin York

b)

Calvin York

c)

Earl

20.

What balanced the upset between slave and free states?

a)

compromise of 1870

b)

compromise of 1860

c)

compromise of 1850

21.

What senator declared his loyalty to the Union in the Seventh of March Speech?

a)

noah webster

b)

daniel webster

22.

Who founded NAACP?

a)

Du Bois

b)

Glenn

c)

Webster

23.

Who was the greatest inventor America has ever produced?

a)

Edison

b)

Hudson

c)

Einstein

24.

What country pulled out of WWI with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Russia

25.

In the Zimmerman note what country promised land from the US to Mexico?

a)

England

b)

Germany

c)

France

26.

What amendment prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages?

a)

15th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

18th

27.

What was the first state to grant women rights?

a)

Wyoming

b)

Kansas

c)

Texas

28.

What set a precedent for government regulation of business?

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Sherman Antitrust Act

29.

What is Elisha Otis known for inventing?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Safety Elevators

c)

Cars

30.

What tells a story using the scenery, customs, and dialect of a particular region of the country?

a)

Local Color

b)

Prose

c)

Informative

31.

Who was the Union commanding officer at the end of the Civil War?

a)

Sherman

b)

Lee

c)

Grant

32.

Who built the largest steel manufacturer in the world?

a)

Carnigie

b)

Rockefeller

33.

What controlled immigration of Japanese laborers to the US?

a)

Immigration Agreement

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Gentleman's Agreement

34.

Who established the first successful labor union?

a)

Gompers

b)

Harvey

c)

Coolidge

35.

What Union general let the March to the Sea form Atlanta?

a)

Gompers

b)

Sherman

c)

Coolidge

36.

Who is known as the Hoosier poet?

a)

Riley

b)

Whitcomb

c)

Carnegie

37.

Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Douglas

c)

Riley

38.

Who was one of the first men to reach the North Pole?

a)

Perry

b)

Whitcomb

c)

Rockefeller

39.

Who was the founder of the Grange?

a)

Kelley

b)

Otis

c)

Twain

40.

Who was the first US Vice President to sit in on cabinet meetings?

a)

Johnson

b)

Coolidge

c)

Lincoln

41.

The Teller Resolution stated that the US intended only to free what country?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Cuba

42.

What President served two terms non consecutively?

a)

Cleveland

b)

Johnson

c)

Coolidge

43.

What act created a privately controlled central banking system under the sponsorship of the government?

a)

Gold Act

b)

Federal Reserve Act

c)

Sherman Act

44.

Who founded the Hull House to help improve living conditions for women?

a)

Nightingale

b)

Addams

c)

Barton

45.

What President proposed the League of Nations?

a)

Coolidge

b)

Cleveland

c)

Wilson

d)

Taft

46.

What state was admitted to the Union during the Civil War?

a)

Texas

b)

Kentucky

c)

West Virginia

d)

Georgia

47.

What President popularized the progressive movement?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

48.

Who was the President during the Civil War?

a)

Washington

b)

Lincoln

c)

Taft

49.

What President supported Dollar Diplomacy?

a)

Taft

b)

Wilson

c)

Coolidge

50.

Who was one of the earliest progressive leaders?

a)

La Follette

b)

Taft

c)

Lee

51.

Who was the baseball evangelist from the 1900s?

a)

Hudson Taylor

b)

Billy Sunday

c)

Johnathan Edwards

52.

Who defended the Bible and won the Scopes trial?

a)

Bryant

b)

Bryan

c)

Benjamin

53.

What economic system successfully affected the Age of Industry in the US?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism