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8th grade pre-assessment

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are cash crops?

a)

Trees that grow money

b)

Crops that are grown to be sold for profit

c)

Plants that are really, really tall

d)

Crops that are grown for the farmer to consume

2.
Which of the following is not one of the original 13 colonies?
a)
Alabama
b)
South Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Connnecticut
3.
Which of the following is not one of the original 13 colonies?
a)
Maryland
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Kentucky
d)
Georgia
4.
What did the settlers build to protect themselves?
a)
adobe apartments
b)
tee pees
c)
longhouses
d)
a fort
5.
What became Jamestown's "gold"?
a)
gold
b)
tobaccco
c)
water
d)
tomatoes
6.
In which event were 5 unarmed colonists killed by British soldiers?
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Stamp Act Riots
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Townshend Act Boycott
7.
Which event was considered an act of Civil Disobedience?
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Stamp Act Riots
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Smuggling Of Dutch Tea
8.
Which British laws were passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Tea Act
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Stamp Act
9.

Which document was issued on July 4 1776?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

10.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Samuel Adams

11.

Who led the Continental army?

a)

John Adams

b)

George III

c)

George Washington

d)

Charles Cornwallis

12.
Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?
a)
Britain was in debt and needed money
b)
That was the agreement with the Native Americans
c)
They made too much money
d)
Townshend Acts
13.
What was this poster's meaning?
a)
The Colonies needed to be united
b)
Serpents can grow back together
c)
Colonies need to be independent
d)
Ben Franklin didn't know why he made this
14.

How did the colonists protest against the tea tax?

a)

Dressed up like Native Americans

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Dumped tea into Boston harbor

d)

Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea

15.

What is the name of the document that creates our Government ?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Magna Carta

d)

The Treaty of Paris

16.

How is power divided among the Branches of government?

a)

The Executive Branch has the most power

b)

The Legislative Branch has the most power

c)

The Judicial Branch has the most power

d)

All Branches have equal power

17.
What is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?
a)
Amendment
b)
Preamble
c)
Ratification
d)
Compromise
18.
Which of the following correctly describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?
a)
Slaves count as 3/5th of a person for population and representation in congress. 
b)
The Virginia Plan and New Jersey plan would combined to form a bicameral legislature.
c)
The Bill of Rights appeased the Anti-Federalists.
d)
The preamble states "we the people" evidence of popular sovereignty.
19.
Which of the following explains the Constitutional principle called republicanism?
a)
Power is divided between state and federal government
b)
Power is divided into 3 government branches
c)
Elected representatives make and enforce laws
d)
Individuals have guaranteed liberties
20.
Many of our individual liberties are protected by which document?
a)
The Articles of Confederation
b)
The Declaration of Independence
c)
The Bill of Rights
d)
The Fundamental Orders 
21.

Which President is associated with the Indian

Removal Act?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

George Washington

22.

What is manifest destiny?

a)

The belief that there is only one god

b)

The belief that all men are created equal

c)

The belief that Americans had the god given right to expand west

d)

The belief Mr. Fastlaben is actually a good teacher

23.

The deadly 1,200 mile journey that the Cherokee were forced to walk to new land in the west was known as...

a)

The Trail of Sorrow

b)

The Trail of Tears

c)

The Oregon Trail

d)

The Mormon Trail

24.

What year was the Louisiana Purchase and why is it so important?

a)

Mo' land, Mo' problems.

b)

1803 & it doubled the size of the United States!

c)

1703 & it tripled the size of the United States!

d)

1830 & it doubled the size of the United States!

25.

In what direction did the railroad help America expand?

a)

North

b)

West

c)

South

d)

East

26.

US acquired _____ after a treaty with Spain (Adams-Onis Treaty)

a)

Texas

b)

Florida

c)

California

d)

Oregon

27.

The Mexican-American war resulted in the US acquiring (getting) _____.

a)

Texas

b)

Oregon

c)

California and the southwest

d)

Florida

28.

What invention provided faster land transportation?

a)

The Smart phone (cellular devices)

b)

The kayak

c)

Steamboat

d)

Steam Locomotive

29.
People who traveled and settled in the newly explored Western United States
a)
Pioneers
b)
49ers
c)
Mormons
d)
Mountain Men
30.
Factories coming to the United States marked the beginning of what in America?
a)
Prince and the Revolution
b)
End of Agricultural Society
c)
The Industrial Revolution
d)
The American Revolution
31.

What area is A

a)

Florida

b)

Ohio River Valley

c)

ceded by Great Britain

d)

Original 13 Colonies

32.

The Oregon Trail was the only way for settlers to get across the

a)

ocean

b)

deserts

c)

mountains

d)

valleys

33.

The _______ was the only practical route to the entire western United States.

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Interstate Highway

c)

Oregon Trail

d)

Space Shuttle

34.

The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill the started the

a)

Mexican War.

b)

attack at the Alamo.

c)

the impeachment of the president.

d)

gold rush.

35.

With the admission of California as a free state, _________ became an issue once again.

a)

taxes

b)

voting rights

c)

women's rights

d)

slavery

36.
Slaves were captured from _____.
a)
England
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
France
37.
Many slaves worked on large farms called ______.
a)
plantations
b)
villages
38.
How did cotton relate to slavery?
a)
The desire to grow cotton led to increased slavery
b)
It did not relate to slavery
c)
All slaves were required to grow cotton
d)
Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa
39.
Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  
a)
James Monroe
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
40.
The term means that people in the state would VOTE to make decisions about being a free state or a slave state.
a)
independent choice
b)
popular sovereignty
c)
popular election
41.

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act,

a)

all territories above the 36°30’ N line would be free, while those below it would allow slavery.

b)

the people in each territory would vote on whether they wanted to allow slavery or not.

c)

the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as slave states.

d)

the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as free states.

42.

Which event occurred first?

a)

the Louisiana Purchase

b)

the Missouri Compromise

c)

the 1855 Kansas election

d)

the Kansas-Nebraska Act

43.

Why would Harriet Tubman go back to the south?

a)

to save other slaves

b)

to find animals

c)

to find her owners

d)

to travel

44.

When did the Civil War war start?

a)

1861

b)

1822

c)

1894

d)

1868

45.
Frederick Douglass believed in aboliton through political action.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
How did Harriet Tubman help slaves?
a)
She helped injured and sick slaves hurt their masters.
b)
She brought food to the slaves who were starving.
c)
She offered the escaped slaves a place to live.
d)
She helped them escape through the Underground Railroad.
47.
A person who believed in getting rid of slavery was called ______________.
a)
an abolitionist
b)
a soldier
c)
a civilian
48.
Which section of the US felt more strongly in favor of states’ rights?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
Border states
49.

Where would you MOST LIKELY find an abolitionist?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Border states

50.
The Southern economy was based MOSTLY on:
a)
Paid workers
b)
Industry
c)
Agriculture
d)
Goods & Services
51.

The Northern economy was based MOSTLY on:

a)

Unpaid workers

b)

Industry

c)

Agriculture

d)

Goods & Services

52.

Who was elected President in 1860 that led to the secession of 11 southern states?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Robert E. Lee

53.
To withdraw from something, such as a nation
a)
states' rights
b)
secede
c)
abolitionist
d)
amendment
54.

When was the Civil War?

a)

1861-176

b)

1861-1865

c)

1870-1876

d)

2015-2019

55.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The East

d)

The West

56.

In the Civil War what was the name given to the northern army?

a)

Confederates

b)

Americans

c)

Military

d)

Union

57.

In the Civil War what was the name given to the southern army?

a)

Confederates

b)

Union

c)

Americans

d)

Military

58.

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

59.

Agricultural & economic practice where a land owner allows a tenant farmer to work his land for a share of his crop

a)

sustenance farming

b)

sharecropping

c)

carpetbagger

d)

slavery

60.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge

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