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8th Grade Chapter 6-3 "Daily Life in Early America"

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This person is considered the "Father of American Music" who created unique American music including Swanee River, Camptown Races, and Beautiful Dreamer.

a)

James Fenimore Cooper

b)

Stephen Foster

c)

George Caleb Bingham

d)

Biz Markie

2.

Wrote about Natty Bumpo

a)

James Fenimore Cooper

b)

George Caleb Bingham

c)

Stephen Foster

d)

Washington Irving

3.

Thomas Jeffferson designed and planned his own house called_______

a)

Lemoncello

b)

Monticello

c)

Louisianaville

d)

Mt. Vernon

4.

Early American Painter

a)

Stephen Foster

b)

James Fenimore Cooper

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Caleb Bingham

5.

Early American Writer

a)

Washington Irving

b)

Stephen Foster

c)

George Caleb Bingham

d)

Toussaint Louverture

6.

A feeling of pride in a nation

(a)  

7.

Why did slavery in the North decline after the Revolutionary

War?

a)

Farming in the North came to depend

upon slavery.

b)

Farming in the North came to depend

upon families and paid workers, and

many Northern states passed laws

against slavery.

c)

Farming in the North came to depend

upon factories and needed free labor.

d)

Farming in the North came to depend

upon British laws and

many Northern states wanted free stuff.

8.

The name of the school known for it's paintings

a)

Hudson River

b)

New York College

c)

Liberty University

d)

Ohio Valley

9.

The rise of factories in the North created a growing

________class whose members often struggled to survive.

a)

slave

b)

working

c)

union

d)

lower

10.

During the early 1800s, Americans began to develop a unique

__________, including forms of literature, painting, music, and

architecture.

a)

culture

b)

performance

c)

military

d)

science