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WorksheetsSocial Studies STAAR Review - 8th Grade
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 36mins
People will remember George Washington as the __________.
"Father of our Country"
"Father of the World"
"Mr. Universe"
"Big Daddy"
This writing was published during the American Revolution and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.
Rights of man
The American Crisis
Common Sense
Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
George Washington
Ludwig van Beethoven
Francis Scott Key
Christopher Columbus
In 1830, President ____________________ pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
Who was known as the Great Compromiser or Great Pacificator?
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
George Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What was the impact of the Marbury v Madison case?
The case gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review, it also allowed them to make laws and passed by Congress to be unconstitutional.
The case impacted nothing
It gave the courts power
Free African American who wrote the newspaper the North Star
John Brown
William Lloyd Garrison
Fredrick Douglass
Elijah Lovejoy
Which of the following represents the best definition for temperance movement?
a widespread effort by few people to increase the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)
a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)
a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of tobacco. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)
the fight for equal rights such as education,voting, and workplace rights for women.
What was Thoreau's book titled at the end of this story?
Concord
1841
Walden
Animal Happenings
What was Harriet's book called
magic road to freedom
Uncle Beecher's house
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Stowe's Cabin
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
George Harrison
Eli Whitney
Thomas Singleton
Matthew Pershing
Who tested a model steamboat in 1803 in France?
Peter Cooper
Samuel F. B. Morse
Robert Fulton
Issac Singer
Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Who is known as the leader of the Federalists?
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
The Delegates (Representatives) who signed the U.S Constitution are known as:
Free Masons.
leaders of the New U.S.
Founding Fathers.
Anti-Federalists.
The ___________ are for the ratification (approval) of the U.S Constitution.
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Whiggs
Representatives
The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention was the very first women's rights convention _____ the United States.
in
on
under
by
