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TCAP Review 8th

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Thomas Paine trying to get to support the Revolution with Common Sense?

a)

Rich people

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

common people

d)

the French

2.

Which best describes Thomas Paine's Common Sense?

a)

Persuaded the colonists that America should be independent

b)

Instilled fear of the war in the cities

c)

Petitioned King George to end the quarrel between the colonies and Great Britain

d)

Convinced colonies to remain loyal to Britain

3.

What does it mean when the government receives its powers from "the consent of the governed"?

a)

citizens give governments permission to govern them

b)

citizens must list their grievances with the King

c)

government has absolutely no power

d)

politicians give citizens permission vote

4.

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

To become independent from Great Britain

b)

To agree to pay taxes to Great Britain

c)

A last ditch attempt to achieve peace with Great Britain

d)

To declare war against Great Britain

5.

__________________________ are people who opposed the Constitution

a)

James Madison

b)

Federalist

c)

Three-Fifths Compromise

d)

Anti-Federalist

6.

_____________________ are people who supported the Constitution

a)

Federalist

b)

Anti-Federalist

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Constitutional Convention

7.

The _________________________________ was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.

a)

Constitutional Convention

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Great Compromise

d)

Federalism

8.

______________________________________ was the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.

a)

Northwest Ordinance of 1785

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Constitution Convention

d)

Federalist

9.

Several counties in what is today Tennessee tried to form their own independent state known as the __________________________________, by 1788 because of conflict with the United States and Native Americans it fell apart.

a)

Great Compromise

b)

Constitution Convention

c)

Lost State of Franklin

d)

Articles of Confederation

10.

__________________________ provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the northwest territory.

a)

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

b)

Land Ordinance of 1785

c)

Great Compromise

d)

Anti-Federalist

11.

He proposed the creation of a national bank to regulate currency and interest rates

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

12.

Forcing people into the service of another country

a)

import

b)

export

c)

impressment

d)

trade

13.

_____________________ led an army of Tennessee militia and volunteers to fight the British at the port of New Orleans.

a)

Martha Washington

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Dolley Madison

d)

Francis Scott Key

14.

The ­­­­­­­­­­________________________________________ was a treaty between the United States and Britain that set the 49th parallel of latitude as the boundary between Canada (British) and the United States across the West.

a)

Treaty of Ghent

b)

Adams-Onis Treaty

c)

Embargo Act

d)

Convention of 1818

15.

The ________________________ was between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815. It began over alleged British violations of American shipping rights, such as the impressment of seamen. There was no clear winner in the war.

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Embargo Act

c)

War of 1812

d)

Barbary Pirates

16.

__________________________________ was a U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States.

a)

Embargo Act

b)

Convention of 1818

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Marbury v. Madison

17.

The ____________________________________ was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Treaty of Ghent

d)

Monroe Doctrine

18.
Which territory was added through the Adam-Onis treaty with Spain?
a)
Oregon
b)
Louisiana
c)
Texas 
d)
Florida
19.
What was the term for the idea that expansion was the right of the US?
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Righteous Growth
c)
Sovereign Development
d)
Due Process
20.

What did the 13th amendment accomplish?

a)

It mad slavery illegal

b)

Grants citizenship & equal protection

c)

Guarantees voting rights

21.

What did the 14th amendment accomplish?

a)

Freedom of religion

b)

Grants citizenship and equal protection

c)

Made slavery illegal

d)

Guarantees voting rights

22.

What did the 15th amendment accomplish?

a)

Grants citizenship & equal protection

b)

Right to bear arms

c)

Bans slavery

d)

Guarantees voting rights

23.

He would have said, "It is more important to preserve the Union and reconcile rather than punish the South"

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

24.
Who was the famous abolitionist who published the Liberator?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Frederick Douglass 
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
25.

Abolitionists wanted what practice to end immediately?

a)

The Civil War

b)

Women's voting

c)

Unclean meat

d)

Slavery

26.

What was the reason for The Declaration of Sentiments?

a)

Men's rights

b)

Immigrant's rights

c)

African American's rights

d)

Woman's rights