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Grade 08 Unit 03 Content Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name of the People who explored the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
Lewis
b)
Clark
c)
Sacagawea
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
2.
Who was the President in office that bought the Louisiana Territory?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Monroe
e)
Benjamin Franklin
3.
Who was the second ambassador who went to France to negotiate the purchase of the Louisiana Territory?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Monroe
e)
Benjamin Franklin
4.
What made the Louisiana Territory so vital to the United States economy?
a)
Port at New Orleans
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Florida
d)
Both the Port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River
e)
It did not help the economy
5.
Who was the Emperor of France that we bought the Louisiana Territory from?
a)
King George
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Napoleon Dynamite
d)
Thomas Jefferson
e)
James Monroe
6.
What was the name of the war that happened in 1812
a)
The Civil War
b)
The American Revolution
c)
The War of 1812
d)
The American Revolution Part 2
e)
The Hundred Year War
7.
Who was the President that declared war on England?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Monroe
e)
James Madison
8.
What was the name of the congressmen who advocated we declare war in 1812?
a)
Wardogs
b)
Democrats
c)
Warhawks
d)
Republicans
e)
Men of Peace
9.
How much was the Louisiana Territory sold for?
a)
1 Million
b)
5 Million
c)
10 Million
d)
15 Million
e)
100 Million
10.
Who Wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
a)
Elvis
b)
Francis Scott Key
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
John Adams
e)
Benjamin Franklin
11.
What does Embargo mean?
a)
impose your will on another country
b)
impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity)
c)
To send something to another place
d)
To move something
e)
To take a hike
12.
What does Export mean?
a)
impose your will on another country
b)
impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity)
c)
To send something to another place
d)
To move something
e)
To take a hike
13.

Why might Francis Scott Key have written the Star-Spangled Banner?

a)

He must have felt joy and pride that the United States had been victorious at the battle of Fort McHenry.

b)

He might have wanted to be remembered as a hero of the Fort McHenry battle.

c)

He might have wanted to be remembered as a hero of the Fort McHenry battle.

d)

He must have known his poem would be a good national anthem for the new country.

e)

He hated America and was hoping that Britains flag would be flying.

14.

What is an event in which U.S. sailors were captured and forced to fight for the British Navy?

a)

Active duty

b)

Impressments

c)

Slavery

d)

Extra help

e)

Honor

15.

The War of 1812 finally established the U.S. reputation as a what?

a)

Independent

b)

Open territory

c)

World power

d)

French territory

e)

Pushovers

16.

Select two true statements about Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. (select 2)

a)

He became a national hero for his role in the Battle of New Orleans.

b)

He knew the war was over, but fought the Battle of New Orleans anyway.

c)

The Battle of New Orleans helped build his reputation.

d)

He wrote the Star Spangled Banner after the Battle of New Orleans.

17.

The Battle of New Orleans made many Americans feel like they _______________the war.

a)

won

b)

lost

c)

hated

d)

loved

18.

Select two causes of the War of 1812. (select 2)

a)

France gave weapons to the American Indians to fight settlers.

b)

Great Britain captured American sailors and forced them to serve in the British navy.

c)

War Birds urged Congress to declare war on Great Britain.

d)

Great Britain and France restricted trade with the United States.

19.

British soldiers who attacked Washington D.C. in 1814 burned the ______________________ and _____________________ as well as many other buildings. (select 2)

a)

The Empire State Building

b)

The White House

c)

The Capitol Building

d)

The Washington Monument

20.

Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the "Star Spangled Banner" after seeing the flag after the attack on __________________.

a)

Fort McKey

b)

Fort Jackson

c)

Fort Donelson

d)

Fort McHenry

21.

To buy or receive goods from another country

a)

import

b)

export

c)

impressment

d)

trade

22.

Forcing people into the service of another country

a)

import

b)

export

c)

impressment

d)

trade

23.

Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from

a)

the rich and well-born.

b)

Native Americans.

c)

the common people.

d)

states' rights supporters.

24.

Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as

a)

the spoils system.

b)

Jacksonian democracy.

c)

mudslinging.

d)

a corrupt bargain.

25.
Which group was most hurt by Jackson's removal policy?
a)
the rich and well-born
b)
Native Americans
c)
the common people
d)
states' rights supporters
26.
What was the name of the journey made by Cherokee Indians after they were removed from their land?
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Trail of Sorrows
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Nullification Act
27.

How did tariffs affect imported goods?

a)

Tariffs lowered the prices of imported goods.

b)

Tariffs made imported goods illegal to buy.

c)

Tariffs set weight restrictions for imported goods.

d)

Tariffs raised the cost of imported goods.

28.
The nullification crisis occurred when
a)
the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
b)
Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
c)
South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
d)
Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.
29.
When Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his closest supporters/allies it was called:
a)
support system
b)
the spoils system
c)
Jacksonian Democracy
d)
nullification
30.

John C. Calhoun believed that individual states had the right to nullify federal laws.

a)

True

b)

False

31.
"The Cherokees are nearly all prisoners. They have been dragged from their homes and encamped at the forts and military places, all over the nation.... The propert[ies] of many [have] been taken and sold before their eyes for almost nothing."This quotation from an eyewitness on the "Trial of Tears" describes events resulting from the---
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Lewis and Clark Expedition
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Indian removal Act
32.

What was President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis?

a)

He admitted that the Union was a "compact" of the states

b)

He offered to raise tariffs to keep South Carolina in the Union

c)

He conceded South Carolina's right to secede

d)

He threatened to use force against South Carolina if it did not repeal its nullification policies

33.
 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 
a)
1492
b)
1619
c)
1776
d)
1848
34.
Where was gold first discovered in California?
a)
Sutters Mill
b)
San Fransisco
c)
San Diego
d)
Sacramento
35.
What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 
a)
Surfers
b)
Coasters
c)
Forty Niners
d)
Raiders
36.

What was "gold fever?"

a)

A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold

b)

B. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California

c)

C. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold

d)

D. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring gold

37.
What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold? 
a)
Gold sifting
b)
Dirt panning
c)
Panning for gold
d)
Pan searching
38.

What is an entrepreneur?

a)

someone who moved to California looking for gold

b)

type of steamboat

c)

someone who takes a risk to start a business

d)

a boomtown

39.

Levi Strauss is famous for

a)

creating the first pair of blue jeans

b)

creating the first grocery store

c)

finding gold

d)

creating the telegraph

40.

Mexican and Chinese miners worked hard and found a lot of gold, but they also faced discrimination. What is discrimination?

a)

unfair treatment of people based on their race, gender, age, or other characteristic

b)

given fair treatment

c)

when others help each other out

d)

treating others like you want to be treated

41.

Why did the telegraph replace the Pony Express?

a)

the telegraph was more harder to use

b)

Pony Express riders went on strike

c)

weren't enough horses availble in the United States

d)

the telegraph could deliver messages more quickly than the Pony Express could

42.
The shift from the hand crafted system to machine technology and factories is called:
a)
Urbanization
b)
Revolution
c)
Industrialization
d)
Civilization
43.
What effect did the steam engine have on factories?
a)
Factories still had to be located next to rivers and streams.
b)
Factories could be located anywhere.
c)
The production of factories decreased.
d)
Factories were closing down.
44.
Name the inventor of the cotton gin.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Henry Bessmer
c)
Alexander Bell
d)
Thomas Edison
45.
What effect did the cotton gin have on cotton?
a)
Cotton was more expensive.
b)
Cotton could not be produce quickly.
c)
Cotton was made cheaper.
d)
The value of cotton decreased.
46.
In the factories, machinery was dangerous and accidents were common.
a)
True
b)
False
47.
How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization? 
a)
Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.
b)
Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers
c)
Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.
d)
Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.
48.
How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States? 
a)
It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue.
b)
It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.
c)
 It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills.  
d)
It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast.
49.
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
50.
Many slaves worked on large farms called ______.
a)
plantations
b)
villages
51.
Capturing, transporting, and selling people is called the 
a)
slave auction
b)
overseer
c)
slave trade
d)
Middle Passage
52.
The _____ is the voyage of slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean
a)
Triangular trade
b)
Middle Passage
c)
overseer
d)
master
53.
Slaves were forced to work on plantations which grew...
a)
Cotton, sugar and coffee
b)
Coffee, bananas and tea
c)
Tea, sugar and coffee
d)
Wool, Sugar and coffee
54.
The middle passage was...
a)
From Africa to the Americas carrying African slaves
b)
From Britain to Africa carrying manufactured goods
c)
Carrying sugar, tobacco, rum, rice, cotton and other goods back to Britain
d)
From Africa to Britain carrying slaves
55.
Why did Southerners who did not own slaves support slavery?
a)
They feared the power of the slaveholders.
b)
They believed they would be able to own slaves someday.
c)
They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.
d)
They understood that the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.
56.
What did Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad involve?
a)
As a freed slave, she led others to take a stand against slave owners.
b)
As a freed slave, she bought slaves and then gave them their freedom.
c)
As an escaped slave, she guided slaves from the South to freedom.
d)
As an escaped slave, she opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.
57.
A complete end to slavery
a)
abolition
b)
abolitionist
c)
emancipation
d)
dehumanization
58.

Choose two things that made Frederick Douglas famous:

a)

Suffrage Movement

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Writings against slavery

d)

Speeches supporting the Abolitionist Movement

59.

Name of Frederick Douglass' Book

a)

The Revolution

b)

The North Star

c)

The Underground Railroad

d)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

60.

Who was closely associated with the Seneca Falls Convention?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Maya Angelou

61.

Sojourner Truth was an important speaker for which two movements?

a)

Labor Movement

b)

Women's Rights Movement

c)

Civil Rights Movement

d)

Abolitionist Movement

62.

Moses was a nickname given to which one of the following...

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Susan B Anthony

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

63.

One of these activities led Sojourner Truth to travel throughout the United States...

a)

Speaking out against slavery

b)

Resettling former slaves in free states

c)

Helping slaves to run away to freedom

d)

Avoiding capture by slaveholders

64.

This is a photo of Harriet Tubman. Which one of the following is her BEST known accomplishment?

a)

American Indian Suffrage

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

African American Suffrage

d)

Underground Railroad

65.

A person who works for the right to vote is called a...

a)

Abolitionist

b)

Votist

c)

Suffragist

d)

Captitalist

66.

A person who works to end slavery is called...

a)

Suffragist

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Capitalist

d)

Humanist

67.

Women's Suffrage Movement was in favor of

a)

Women's right to vote

b)

Women's tea parties

c)

Women's right to assembly

d)

Women's right to bear arms

68.

Who is the slave or former slave that lost his case, then won his case, then lost his case and then took his case all the way to the Federal Supreme Court and lost his case trying to gain his freedom?

a)

Plessy Ferguson

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Stephen Douglas

69.

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...

a)

avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.

b)

ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.

c)

ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.

d)

ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the Untied States.

70.

The Compromise of 1850...

a)

allowed California to enter as a free state.

b)

gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.

c)

banned slavery in Texas

d)

ended the Fugitive Slave law.

71.

An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?

a)

outlawing alcohol

b)

limiting slavery to southern states

c)

ending slavery

d)

ending women's suffrage

72.

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Maine

c)

Nebraska

d)

Texas

73.

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Henry Clay

d)

John Brown

74.

What Did The Kansas Nebraska Act Do Between The North And The South?

a)

Created peaceful tensions between them

b)

Raised the tensions between the sides and started a mini war

75.

In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

Fugitive Slave Law

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Missouri Compromise

76.

Kansas earned this nickname as a result of the violence that broke out over disagreements for the expansion of slavery.

a)

Pottowatomie massacre

b)

The Jayhawk State

c)

Bleeding Kansas

d)

The mob state

77.

What was the secret organization that helped slaves to escape to freedom?

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

American Temperance Union

c)

Seneca Falls Convention

d)

National Road

78.

This construction helped increase manufacturing in the Northeast by bring raw materials from the midwest states

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Steamboat

c)

The Erie Canal

d)

The Steal Plow

79.
What crop became "King" in the South as a result of Eli Whitney's invention?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Ice Cream
c)
Cotton
d)
Corn
80.

The Compromise of 1850...

a)

allowed California to enter as a free state.

b)

gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.

c)

banned slavery in Texas

d)

ended the Fugitive Slave law.

81.

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The West

82.

What is the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Rewarding supporters with Government jobs

b)

Maintains the balance of power between slave and free states

c)

South Carolina attempts to cancel a federal law and threatens to secede

d)

Helped fugitive slaves get to the North and Canada

83.

Economy of the South

a)

Plantation agriculture, slavery

b)

Manufacturing and Industry

c)

Farming and Mining

84.

What was popular sovereignty?

a)

Allowed states in the north to vote for slavery

b)

Allowed states in the south to abolish slavery

c)

Allowed territories in the west to vote whether they wanted slavery or not

85.

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Kansas and Nebraska are allowed to vote for statehood

b)

Kansas and Nebraska are granted a local assembly

c)

Kansas and Nebraska can decide whether to be free or slave territories

86.

What was the name of one of Harriet Beecher Stowe's most famous novels?

a)
Harry Potter
b)
A Day in the Life of a Slave
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Harriet Tubman's Adventure
87.

What was the basis of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

a)

That slavery was taking away from American pride.

b)

That African Americans' rights were protected by the Constitution.

c)

That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

d)

That slavery should be abolished immediately.

88.
Where did John Brown attack in hopes of beginning a slave revolt?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Harpers Ferry
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Pottawatomie Creek
89.

Which choice includes candidates who were BOTH in the 1860 election

a)

Stephen Douglas, John Calhoun

b)

Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas

c)

John Breckinridge, Alexander Hamilton

d)

Abraham Lincoln, John Brown

90.
Which of these people ran for the Republican Party?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen A. Douglas
c)
John Breckinridge
91.

Which of these people ran for the Northern Democratic Party?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen A. Douglas

c)

Frederick Douglass

92.

Which of these people ran for the Southern Democratic Party?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

William Garrison

c)

John Breckinridge

93.
The Election of 1860 was won by the...
a)
Republican Party
b)
Northern Democratic Party
c)
Southern Democratic Party
d)
Constitutional Union Party
94.

During the Election of 1860...

a)

The Republican party was split over slavery.

b)

Whigs won easily

c)

The Democratic party was split over slavery

d)

Abraham Lincoln won over 80% of the popular vote

95.

Anti-slavery activists founded the ______________ Party in the northern states in 1854, largely in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

a)

Republican

b)

Democratic

c)

Libertarian

96.

The final tally of the ________________ determines the winner in a presidential election.

a)

popular vote

b)

Electoral College

97.

Approximately what percentage of the popular vote did Abraham Lincoln receive?

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

60%

d)

80%

98.

A voter in South Carolina in the 1860 presidential election likely voted for

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

They could not vote as there was no popular vote in South Carolina in 1860.

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

John Brown

99.

The chief justice who delivered the opinion in the Dred Scott case was named

a)

Stephen Douglas

b)

Alexander Campbell

c)

Roger B. Taney

d)

William K. Green

100.

John Brown was found guilty and sentenced to

a)

death by hanging.

b)

life in prison.

c)

death by firing squad

d)

community service.

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