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8th Grade US History STAAR Review

Total questions: 130

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was Jamestown founded?

a)

1607

b)

1787

c)

1620

d)

1776

2.

What year was the Constitution written?

a)

1607

b)

1787

c)

1803

d)

1620

3.

What year was the Louisiana Purchase made?

a)

1607

b)

1787

c)

1803

d)

1620

4.

What year was the Mayflower Compact written?

a)

1607

b)

1803

c)

1787

d)

1620

5.

What year was the Declaration of Independence written?

a)

1607

b)

1776

c)

1620

d)

1803

6.

What group of people believed in a strict interruption of the Constitution?

a)

Republicans

b)

Federlists

c)

Anti-Federlists

d)

Democrats

7.

This ended the American Revolution....

a)

Treaty of Paris 1763

b)

Treaty of Ghent

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Paris 1783

8.

The group believed in a loose interruption of the Constitution.

a)

Federalists

b)

Republicans

c)

Anti-Federalists

d)

Democrats

9.

Who was the General of the Continental Army?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

George Washington

d)

John Adams

10.

Who was the first president of the United States?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

11.

Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

James Madison

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

George Washington

12.

Who was the third president of the United States?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

13.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

King George III

14.

I was George Washington's Secretary of Treasury.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

15.

I was the leader of the Federalist Party.

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

Alexander Hamilton

16.

Freedom of Speech, Assembly, Press, Religion, Petition are all included in this amendment.

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

17.

This amendment allows freedom against unlawful search and seizure.

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

18.

I bought the Louisiana Territory from France.

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

19.

I was the leader of the Anti-Federalist Party.

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

20.

This treaty ended the War of 1812.

a)

Treaty of Paris 1763

b)

Treaty of Paris 1783

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Ghent

21.

This treaty ended the French and Indian War.

a)

Treaty of Paris 1763

b)

Treaty of Paris 1783

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Ghent

22.

This established Judicial Review.

a)

McCullough v. Maryland

b)

Scott v. Marshall

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Jefferson v. Hamilton

23.

This act of Congress said that representation would be based on population in one house and equal representation in the other house.

a)

3/5th Compromise

b)

Great Compromise

c)

Legislative Branch

d)

Judicial Branch

24.

This was the turning point of the American Revolution.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Yorktown

d)

Bull Run

25.

This plan was also known as the Large State Small State Plan.

a)

3/5th Compromise

b)

Great Compromise

c)

Legislative Branch

d)

Judicial Branch

26.

This was the last battle of the American Revolution.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Yorktown

d)

Bunker Hill

27.

This was the first battle of the American Revolution.

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Yorktown

d)

Bunker Hill

28.

This was the "Shot Heard Around the World."

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Yorktown

d)

Bunker Hill

29.

This is the Principle of Government that means Shared Powers.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Republicanism

c)

Federalism

d)

Limited Government

30.

This is the Principle of Government that means "We the People."

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Federalism

c)

Limited Government

d)

Individual Rights

31.

This boundary line by King George III forbid the colonists from moving west.

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Ohio River

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Proclamation of 1783

32.

The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution.

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Federalism

33.

The Principle of Government in which the government is broken down into 3 branches.

a)

Federalism

b)

Separation of Power

c)

Limited Government

d)

Individual Rights

34.

This president ran on the platform that he was a "Common Man."

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Thomas Jefferson

35.

He was a Supreme Court Justice.

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Monroe

d)

John Marshall

36.

This prohibited any colonization in the United States.

a)

Treaty of Ghent

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Federalism

37.

This was the first form of self-government.

a)

Fundamental Order of Connecticut

b)

Virginia House of Burgesses

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Declaration of Independence

38.

This was the first written constitution.

a)

Fundamental Order of Connecticut

b)

Virginia House of Burgesses

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Declaration of Independence

39.

This was the first representative form of government.

a)

Fundamental Order of Connecticut

b)

Virginia House of Burgesses

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Declaration of Indepence

40.

This is a way of making sure that one branch of government does not have more power than another.

a)

Federalism

b)

Individual Rights

c)

Limited Government

d)

Checks and Balances

41.

Certain freedoms guaranteed to people.

a)

Individual Rights

b)

Limited Government

c)

Federalism

d)

Republicanism

42.

This principle of government states that everyone must obey the laws.

a)

Individual Rights

b)

Limited Government

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Republicanism

43.

Exercising the power to vote.

a)

Popular Soveriety

b)

Individual Rights

c)

Republicanism

d)

Limited Government

44.

What is the Cherokee Indian path of relocation called?

a)

Mormon Trail

b)

Santa Fe Trail

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

California Trail

45.

This amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

46.

The amendment states that citizens do not have to quarter soldiers.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

47.

This amendments protects someone from double jeopardy.

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

48.

This amendment gives a person the right to a speedy and public trial.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

49.

This amendment ensures that civil cases over 20 dollars can have a jury trial.

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

50.

This amendment protects people from cruel and unusual punishment.

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

51.

This amendment protects individual rights that are not listed in the Constitution.

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

52.

This amendment states that it is the rights reserved for the states.

a)

10

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

53.

What is the boundary for the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

Ohio River Valley

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

54.

Colonist dumped tea in the harbor.

a)

Boston Tea Act

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Boston Massacre

55.

List of grievances sent to King George III

a)

U.S. Constitution

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Bill of Rights

56.

What is the Government of the United States?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

U.S. Constitution

57.

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness

a)

Unalienable Rights

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Individual Rights

d)

Declaration of Independence

58.

This was the first government of the U.S. that was too weak.

a)

U.S. Constitution

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Declaration of Independence

59.

Farmer's upset over taxes.

a)

Shay's Rebellion

b)

Whiskey Rebellion

c)

Jefferson's Rebellion

d)

Washington's Rebellion

60.

Representation based on population

a)

New Jersey

b)

Mississippi Plan

c)

Virginia Plan

d)

Pennsylvania Plan

61.

Plan based on Equal Representation

a)

New Jersey Plan

b)

Mississippi Plan

c)

Virginia Plan

d)

Pennsylvania Plan

62.

What does Bicameral mean?

a)

Three house legislature

b)

One house legislature

c)

Four house legislature

d)

Two house legislature

63.

Which branch of government makes the laws?

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

d)

Principal

64.

Which branch of government enforces the laws?

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

d)

Principal

65.

Which branch of government determines if the laws are constitutional?

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

d)

Principal

66.

What are the three (3) branches of government?

a)

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

b)

Legislative, Judicial, Principal

c)

Legislative, Principal, Executive

d)

Principal, Executive, Judicial

67.

What act passed by Parliament made colonists house and feed soldiers?

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Quartering Act

68.

What was a tax placed on sugar?

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

69.

What was the tax placed on lead and glass?

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

70.

What was the fight between colonists and British soldiers?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Civil War

71.

Who was the first person to die at the Boston Massacre?

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Crispus Attucks

d)

Samuel Adams

72.

What was the tax placed on tea?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Intolerable Act

73.

What was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Intolerable Act

74.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

75.

This set the standards for how a territory becomes a state.

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Rules for Entering the Country

c)

State Requirements

d)

Northwest Territory

76.

Population of 60,000;5,000 free men; 50 acres

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Rules for Entering the Country

c)

State Entry Rules

d)

Northwest Territory

77.

2/3 of all states; 2/3 of Congress; 3/4 approval of states: this explains what?

a)

Electing a President

b)

Electing a Senator

c)

Amendment Process

d)

Allowing a state to enter the Union

78.

Who was the Father of the Constitution?

a)

James Madison

b)

James Monroe

c)

James Anderson

d)

James Marshall

79.

Who was the 4th President?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

80.

Pennsylvania farmers protest tax

a)

Shays' Rebellion

b)

Whiskey Rebellion

c)

Washingons Rebellion

d)

Jeffersons Rebellion

81.

Don't have foreign alliances; don't form political parties; don't go into debt

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

XYZ Affair

c)

Washington's Farewell Address

d)

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

82.

I was the second president of the United States.

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

83.

I defended the soldiers at the Boston Massacre.

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

John Marshall

c)

John Adams

d)

Paul Revere

84.

I wrote letters to my husband encouraging him to fight to women's rights.

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Dolly Madison

c)

Mary Todd Lincoln

d)

Martha Washington

85.

I was the fifth president.

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

James Monroe

86.

Law against Freedom of Speech passed during the presidency of John Adams.

a)

XYZ Affair

b)

Alien and Sedition Act

c)

Pinckney Act

d)

Monroe Doctrine

87.

3 French guys want a bribe

a)

Alien and Sedition Act

b)

XYZ Affair

c)

Pinckney Act

d)

Monroe Doctrine

88.

I invented the Cotton Gin.

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

John Deere

d)

Eli Whitney

89.

I invented the Telegraph

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Robert Fulton

c)

John Deere

d)

Eli Whitney

90.

I invented the Steel Plow.

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Robert Morse

c)

John Deere

d)

Eli Whitney

91.

I invented the Steam Boat.

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Robert Fulton

c)

John Deere

d)

Eli Whitney

92.

What belief is based on "from sea to sea."

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Northwest Ordinance

c)

Pinckney Affair

d)

Manifest Destiny

93.

Which treaty ended the U.S. Mexican War?

a)

Treaty of Paris 1783

b)

Treaty of Paris 1763

c)

Treaty of Ghent

d)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago

94.

What land did Mexico lose as a result of the U.S. Mexican War?

a)

New Mexico Territoy

b)

Texas Territory

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Mississippi River Valley

95.

What city was founded by the Mormons?

a)

Salt Lake City

b)

New York City

c)

Richmond

d)

Chicago

96.

What group of people moved from the east to the west to escape religious persecution?

a)

Quakers

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Mormons

d)

Puritans

97.

I am a former slave; I am a famous writer, speaker and abolitionist.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

George Washington

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Wentworth Cheswell

98.

I was a famous leader of the Underground Railroad.

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriett Tubman

d)

George Washington

99.

What famous book about slavery did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

Common Sense

c)

A Country Divided

d)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

100.

I am the leader of Women's Rights during the Reformation Movement.

a)

Dolly Madison

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Martha Washington

101.

This event during Andrew Jackson's Presidency declared federal laws unconstitutional.

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Nullification Crisis

c)

XYZ Affair

d)

National Bank Crisis

102.

This compromise allowed Maine to enter as a free state and Missouri to enter as a slave state.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

3/5th Compromise

103.

This compromise allowed California to enter as a free state and ended slave trade in Washington DC.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

3/5th Compromise

104.

This court case denied a freed slave his right to citizenship.

a)

McCullough v. Maryland

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

d)

Gibbons v. Ogden

105.

This act allowed citizens to vote on slavery in their territory.

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Missouri Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Nullification Crisis

106.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.

a)

Bull Run

b)

Antietam

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Vicksburg

107.

This was the turning point of the Civil War.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Antietam

108.

The Union gains control of the Mississippi River at this battle.

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Bull Run

d)

Vicksburg

109.

Where Lee surrendered to Grant.

a)

Washington DC

b)

Appomattox Courthouse

c)

Boston, Massachusetts

d)

Richmond, Va

110.

He was the 16th President of the United States.

a)

George Washinton

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

111.

He was the commander of the Confederate Army.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis

112.

He was the Commander of the Union Army.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis

113.

He was the President of the Confederate States of America.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis

114.

The document freed the slaves in the rebelling states (the South).

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Lincoln's Inauguration Address

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Lincoln's Farewell Address

115.

First African American to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.

a)

Phillip Bazaar

b)

William Carney

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

John Wilkes Booth

116.

Navy Seaman from Chile to win the Medal of Honor.

a)

Phillip Bazaar

b)

William Carney

c)

John Wilkes Booth

d)

Robert E. Lee

117.

Assassinated Abraham Lincoln

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

John Madison

118.

This amendment freed all slaves.

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

119.

This amendment gave all those born in the US citizenship.

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

120.

This amendment allowed all adult men to vote.

a)

12

b)

13

c)

14

d)

15

121.

These were laws that were passed in the South that considered African Americans 2nd class citizens.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Segregation Laws

c)

Black Codes

d)

15th Amendment

122.

These laws in the South forced racial segregation in public facilities.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Segregation Laws

c)

Black Codes

d)

15th Amendment

123.

This court case upheld segregation laws in the South.

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

McCullough v. Maryland

d)

Gibbons v. Odgen

124.

People who moved from the North to the South after the Civil War to get involved in politics.

a)

Scalawag

b)

Opportunists

c)

Carpetbagger

d)

Freedmans

125.

These people worked with Republicans; They were from the South and considered traitors.

a)

Scalawags

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Freedmans

d)

Southern Sympathizers

126.

This act gave the head of the family 160 acres of land to make improvements on.

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Homestead Act

127.

This targeted African American voters proving you had to read and write before you could vote.

a)

Freedman's Bureau

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Poll Tax

d)

Homestead Act

128.

Lincoln's Plan: 10% of registered voters pledge loyalty and agree with the 13th Amendment.

a)

10% Plan

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Anaconda Plan

129.

Ended Reconstruction

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Compromise of 1860

c)

Compromise of 1877

d)

Compromise of 1876

130.

South has 5 military districts; must pass 14th Amendment

a)

Morrill Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Reconstruction Act

d)

Civil Right Act

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