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8th Grade Final

Total questions: 126

Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ______________________ proposed to divide the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories where the question of slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty.

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

d)

The Great Compromise

2.

What was the law that made it a crime to assist runaway slaves?

a)

Wilmot Provisio

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

3.
The idea that "Americans" had a God-given right to expand West is called???
a)
Preamble Scramble
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
God's Gift West
4.

Which one of these would describe the meaning of Manifest Destiny?

a)

Clear Choice

b)

People's Future

c)

Obvious Fate

d)

Humanity's Goal

5.
What "issue" was manifest destiny tied up with? 
a)
Voting Rights
b)
Slavery
c)
Citizenship
6.
Which Southern Democrat won the election of 1844?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
James K. Polk
c)
Sam Houston
7.
What did Mexico consider to be a "stolen province?"
a)
Arizona
b)
California
c)
Texas
8.
What were huge, Mexican farming operations that were run by using Native American labor?
a)
Mission Systems
b)
Subsistence Farms
c)
Share Cropping
9.
What were vaqueros?
a)
Mexican Priests
b)
Cowboys who took care of cattle and sheep
c)
Spanish soldiers
10.
Early California settlers were called:
a)
Mountain Men
b)
Westerners
c)
Californios
11.

Who was the leader of the Texas army?

a)

Stephen F. Austin

b)

William B. Travis

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Jim Bowie

12.

At the end of the Texas Revolution, Texas became their own country.

a)

True

b)

False

13.
Slavery became a major issue in the 1840s and 1850s because:
a)
The northern states tried to abolish slavery in the southern states
b)
The nation was expanding to the West
c)
The southern states demanded the end of slavery
d)
None of these
14.
Texas joined the United States through a process called
a)
expedition
b)
veto
c)
annexation
d)
joint resolution
15.
True or False: The United States had better weapons during the Mexican-American War.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
I don't know
16.
What was the cause of the Mexican American War?
a)
Mexico never got over losing Texas in the Texas Revolution
b)
Mexico claimed Nueces River as boundary and U.S. supported claim of the Rio Grande River
c)
U.S. leaders angry its citizens ordered to leave Mexican territory of California U.S. wanted California
d)
all of the above
17.
After Texas won Independence, what type of government did it become?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Republic
d)
Oligarchy
18.
What is Manifest Destiny?
a)
The right for all people to be free
b)
U.S. was destined to span North America to the Pacific Ocean
c)
Mexico was destined to span North America to the Pacific Ocean
d)
End of slavery
19.
Who was President during the Mexican American War?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Anson Jones
c)
James Polk
d)
Henry Clay
20.
U.S. citizens believed it was their God-Given fate to travel westward, which they titled what?
a)
American Expansion 
b)
Westward Ho!
c)
Manifest Destiny
21.
The ______________ was a rebellion by a group of American settlers in which they declared California an independent nation.
a)
Bear Flag Revolt
b)
Californio's Rebellion 
c)
War Against California
22.
The treaty signed in 1848 that ended the war U.S. war with Mexico and granted the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico and California
a)
Treaty of Velasco
b)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
Kangawa Treaty
d)
Webster Ashburton Treaty
23.
The aquisition of land in the continental U.S. that was completed in 1853 when the U.S. paid Mexico 10 million for a strip of land in southern New Mexico and Arizona
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
Gasden Purchase
d)
Louisiana Purchase
24.
 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 
a)
1492
b)
1619
c)
1776
d)
1848
25.

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush?

a)

Raiders

b)

Carpet Baggers

c)

Surfers

d)

Forty Niners

26.
Which grouped came from overseas to join the gold rush?
a)
Russians
b)
Chinese
c)
Germans
d)
Gauls 
27.
Who did Texas want its independence from?
a)
Mexico
b)
United States
c)
England
28.
What was the feast called that they had every year?
a)
Indian Feast
b)
Jedediah
c)
Rendezvous
d)
They never had one.
29.
Why were Mormons going on the Mormon Trail?
a)
They were being persecuted 
b)
People wanted their lands 
c)
Natives didn't want them on their land 
d)
All of the above
30.
What were the difficulties of the Oregon Trail/Mormon Trail?
a)
Length of the journey
b)
Disease
c)
Weather
d)
All of the above
31.

Mountain men were primarily interested in:

a)

trapping/trading fur

b)

mining gold

c)

farming

d)

colonizing Texas

32.

This group was stranded by mountain snows, and may have participated in cannibalism to survive:

a)

The Donner Party

b)

Lewis & Clark

c)

The Empasarios

d)

The Blitzen Party

33.

This trail took travelers to the Oregon Country:

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Mississippi Trail

c)

Washington Trail

d)

Donner Trail

34.

This mountain range was a major challenge for those traveling west:

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

California Mountains

d)

Patagonia Mountains

35.

This slogan became popular after the battle at the Alamo

a)

34 or Fight!

b)

Remember The Alamo!

c)

To the Ocean, and Beyond!

d)

Fight for the Chesapeake!

36.

This ended the war with Mexico:

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Rio Grande

d)

Treaty of Texas

37.
The first breakthroughs of the Industrial Revolution took place in this industry. 
a)
railroads
b)
steamboats
c)
textiles
d)
mining
38.
The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods is known as this.  
a)
interchangeable parts
b)
assembly line
c)
mass production
d)
industrialization
39.
This period of rapid growth introduced machines in manufacturing and production. 
a)
Transportation Revolution
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
Urbanization Revolution
d)
New Era Revolution 
40.
These parts are made from pieces that are exactly the same. 
a)
assembly line parts
b)
interchangeable parts
c)
interdependent parts
d)
retractable parts
41.
The Industrial Revolution began first in this country.
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Spain
d)
United States
42.
This American inventor promised to produce 10,000 muskets in two years.
a)
Samuel Slater
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
John Deere 
43.
Which system was a strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks?
a)
The Slatersville System
b)
The Whitney Convention
c)
The Rhode Island System
d)
The Lowell System
44.
Whom did the Lowell System look to hire to work in the factories? 
a)
families
b)
unmarried men
c)
unmarried women
d)
children 
45.
What replaced wood as the main source of power for locomotives? 
a)
iron
b)
wind
c)
coal
d)
ethanol
46.
What invention made river travel faster?
a)
canoes
b)
steamboats
c)
rafts
d)
lifebuoy 
47.
Of the following, who invented the mechanical reaper? 
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Isaac Singer
c)
John Deere
d)
Samuel Morse
48.
Dots and dashes are used to stand for each letter of the alphabet in what system?
a)
morse code
b)
hieroglyphics
c)
braille 
d)
cyrillic code 
49.
What device did Isaac Singer help to improve? 
a)
cotton gin
b)
sewing machine
c)
spinning jenny
d)
telegraph
50.
What device could send information over wires across great distances? 
a)
morse conductor
b)
morse deductor
c)
telegraph
d)
morse transmitter 
51.
Who was Nat Turner?
a)
The inventor of the cotton gin
b)
The man who led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
c)
The man who led one of the bloodiest slave revolts
d)
The man who introduced Christianity to the slaves
52.
Most white people in the South owned slaves.
a)
True
b)
False
53.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations
b)
It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton
c)
It helped improve the working conditions for slaves
d)
It had no significant impact on slaves or slavery
54.
About what number of people in the South owned slaves?
a)
50% (1/2)
b)
75% (3/4)
c)
33% (1/3)
d)
66% (2/3)
55.
What is the main reason that slaves would be forbidden from learning how to read and write?
a)
Slaveowners did not believe in school
b)
Slaveowners did not want their slaves to be smarter than them
c)
Slaves did not have time for school
d)
Slaveowners did not want slaves to be educated and organize/rebel
56.
True or False
Most African Americans in the South were slaves
a)
True
b)
False
57.
Who had the most power in the South?
a)
Free African Americans
b)
White non-slaveowners
c)
White Male Slaveowners
d)
Slaves
58.

How was Nat Turner killed?

a)

Died while trying to escape

b)

He was shot

c)

He was stabbed

d)

He was hanged

59.
In order to be considered a planter, you had to have at least ______ slaves.
a)
10
b)
20
c)
30
d)
40
60.
What were slaves legally considered?
a)
People
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
Children
61.
Which of these was the most common way slaves resisted slavery.
a)
by killing their owners
b)
by escaping to the North
c)
by organizing uprisings
d)
by finding ways to quietly rebel
62.
In general, which slaves had the hardest life? 
a)
field workers
b)
house servants
c)
skilled carpenters
d)
kitchen gardeners
63.
What did slaves fear the most?
a)
Being sold away from their families
b)
Being sent back to Africa
c)
Being disrespectful to their owners
d)
Being forced to learn new skills
64.

What was the law that made it a crime to assist runaway slaves?

a)

Wilmot Provisio

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

65.

Mississippi native who was elected president of the Confederacy

a)

John C. Calhoun

b)

John Brown

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

James Buchanan

66.

After the election of 1860, many southern states seceded from the Union to form the _________________________ States of America.

a)

United

b)

Constitutional

c)

Democratic

d)

Confederate

67.

In 1854, members of various political parties joined to form the _______________________ Party, which united against the spread of slavery in the West.

a)

Whig

b)

Democratic

c)

Free-Soil

d)

Republican

68.

The act of formally withdrawing from the Union.

a)

leave

b)

secession

c)

withdraw

d)

escape

69.

What was the abolitionists' violent response to the Sack of Lawrence in Kansas?

a)

The Shot Heard Around the World

b)

The Pottawatomie Massacre

c)

The Boston Massacre

d)

Bear River Massacre

70.

In order to influence the debate over slavery, Harriet Beecher Stowe

a)

exposed the harsh reality of slave life through her book Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

pushed for the start of the Civil War.

c)

accused the federal government of obeying the southern states.

d)

attacked political figures who supported slavery in the South.

71.

The rebellion staged by a group of abolitionists at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

a)

Pottawatomie Massacre

b)

John Brown's raid

c)

Wilmot Proviso

d)

Freeport Doctrine

72.

The ____________________________ settled most of the disputes between slave and free states over the issue of admitting California to the Union.

a)

Wilmot Provisio

b)

The Great Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Freeport Doctrine

73.

_____________________ was a slave who sued for freedom in federal court after living in free territory in Illinois.

a)

Anthony Burns

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

John Brown

d)

Dred Scott

74.
An abolitionist is 
a)
a person who put the welfare of the country above their region
b)
a person in favor of slavery
c)
a person who wanted to end slavery
d)
a person who wanted to end the spread of slavery
75.

How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the U.S.?

a)

slavery would not be permitted in unofficial states

b)

states/territories would decide to permit slavery

c)

slavery would not be permitted anywhere

d)

federal government would have final say on slavery

76.

Republican who won Election of 1860

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Roger Taney

d)

Henry Clay

77.
John Brown was convicted of treason in court and hanged.
a)
True
b)
False
78.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
79.
The place where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Sherman's March to Sea
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
80.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
81.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
82.
The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War
a)
Sherman's March to Sea
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Atlanta Campaign
d)
Fort Sumter
83.
What was Sherman's strategy of total war?
a)
destroying all civilian and military resources
b)
killing prisoners of war
c)
attacking from land and sea
d)
killing all the slaves in the south
84.

How many lives were lost in the Civil War?

a)

5,000,000

b)

90

c)

500

d)

620,000

85.

Who gave the Gettysburg Address?

a)

Katelyn BOSS

b)

Ulysess S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Victoria Alexander

86.
What was the main cause of the Civil War? 
a)
Debate over slavery
b)
Debate over land ownership
c)
Debate over religion
d)
Debate over taxes
87.

Which of the following was the first major land battle during the Civil War?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Vicksburg

c)

The First Battle of Bull Run

d)

Gettysburg

88.
What group was the lead on attacking Fort Wagner in South Carolina?
a)
54th Massachusetts Infantry
b)
29th Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry
c)
8th Kansas Colored Heavy Artillery
d)
100th Tennessee Colored Infantry
89.
The Emancipation Proclamation  
a)
freed all of the slaves in the Union.
b)
freed the slaves in the Confederate States that were still in a state of rebellion against the Union.
c)
freed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmland.
d)
freed all of the slaves Union.
90.
True or False: The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in American History.
a)
True
b)
False
91.
The Monitor and the Merrimac were
a)
iron clad ships
b)
battles in the North
c)
Confederate pirate ships
d)
Union war ships
92.
What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Blockade Plan
93.
Ended Southern control of the Mississippi River Valley; fought in Tennessee
a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Battle of Little Big Horn
c)
Battle of Shiloh
d)
Battle of Fort Sumter
94.
The "Gateway" to the Mississippi is 
a)
New Orleans
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Memphis
d)
Savannah
95.

What Confederate General died on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh?

a)

Johnston

b)

Beauregard

c)

Lee

d)

Bragg

96.

The __________Amendment outlawed slavery.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

97.

This group used fear & violence to prevent African Americans from voting in the South following Reconstruction

a)

Black Codes

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Carpetbaggers

98.
What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?
a)
telephone
b)
telegraph
c)
Internet
d)
electrical services
99.
The airplane was invented by:
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Mercedes Benz
100.
Who invented the first automobile, assembly line?
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
101.
He invented the electric light bulb in 1879 at his laboratory in New Jersey called Menlo Park.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
The Wright Brothers
102.
Which industrialist is best known for his work in the steel industry?
a)
Charles Lindberg
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John Rockefeller
103.
Oil industry
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Abraham Lincoln
104.
Steel changed people's lives in making possible the...
a)
Building of Skyscrapers
b)
Establishment of Time Zones
c)
Development of Electricity
d)
Use of Kerosene
105.
Complete control of an industry
a)
Monopoly
b)
Subsidy
c)
Tariff
d)
Vertical Integration
106.
What are poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings called?
a)
Steerage
b)
Tenement
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
Mass Transit
107.
What was Ellis Island?
a)
An amusement park
b)
A prison center 
c)
An immigration center in New York
d)
The first capital of the United States
108.
A sweatshop is a
a)
Name for workshops because of long hours and hot, unhealthy working condition
b)
An eating place
c)
A hotel
d)
A department store
109.
What journalist and photographer became famous for exposing the horrible conditions in New York City tenements?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Mr. Hamm
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Frederick Olmsted
110.
What present day states were acquired from the Mexico Cession?
a)
CA, NM, AZ, WY, CO, UT, NV
b)
WA, TX, KS, HI, CT, FL, GA
c)
AL, MS, LA, TN, KT, SC, NC
d)
MN, IL, IA, ND, SD, NB, OH
111.

What did the Plains Indians depend on?

a)

Llama and camel

b)

Horse and duck

c)

Horse and buffalo

d)

Buffalo and llama

112.

What are areas of land set aside for Native Americans?

a)

Reservations

b)

Reserves

c)

Reservoirs

d)

Rest stops

113.

Who was the Sioux leader who ambushed and killed 81 cavalry troops?

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Red Cloud

c)

Crazy Horse

d)

Tecumseh

114.

Who led a group of soldiers and tried to force the Sioux of their reservation on the Black Hills?

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

George Armstrong Custer

c)

William Armstrong

d)

George Tecumseh

115.

Who was the Sioux leader who refused to leave the Black Hills when gold was discovered?

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Red Cloud

c)

Crazy Horse

d)

Chief Jospeh

116.

What was the US army's worst defeat, the Sioux's last major victory, and also known as Custer's Last Stand?

a)

Massacre at Wounded Knee

b)

Sand Creek Massacre

c)

Battle of Sitting Bull

d)

Battle of Little Bighorn

117.

What was the last major event on the Great Plains in which 150 Sioux were killed by US military?

a)

Massacre at Wounded Knee

b)

Sand Creek Massacre

c)

Battle of Sitting Bull

d)

Battle of Little Bighorn

118.

What invention caused the end of the drives to the north?

a)

barbed wire

b)

windmill

c)

steel plow

119.

Where did the Cattle Kingdom stretch?

a)

Virginia to California

b)

Texas to Canada

c)

Texas to Dakota

d)

California to Kansas

120.
What do you call a town that experiences a sudden growth?
a)
exoduster
b)
boom town
c)
reservation
d)
vigilante
121.
This is where the Union and Pacific railroads met.
a)
Promontory Point
b)
Sand Creek
c)
Little Bighorn
d)
Wounded Knee
122.

What are "Sooners?"

a)

People who didn't participate in the land rush

b)

People who came to the race before the legal entry time

c)

People who didn't get any land in the land rush

d)

People who came to the land rush at the legal entry time

123.

Which state was the first to give women the right to vote?

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Wyoming

c)

Nebraska

d)

South Dakota

124.

What was Clara Barton's nickname?

a)

Angel of the Battlefield

b)

Union Army guide

c)

Nurse for the Red Cross

d)

Miss Red Cross

125.
America's first multi-millionaire, started American Fur Company.
a)
Santa Fe Trail
b)
John Jacob Astor
c)
Gadsden Purchase
d)
Manifest Destiny
126.
Which summary best describe the main idea of this book?
a)
Harriet Tubman worked hard as a slave, got married twice, and ran away using the Underground Railroad. Later she wrote books about her life.
b)
Harriet Tubman was a slave woman who escaped and then led many others to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
c)
Harriet Tubman is best known for being daring during her youth and later helping others in the southern army.
d)
Harriet Tubman worked in a network called the Underground Railroad which helped slaves leave the North.

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