Worksheets8th US History Overview
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins
What state was the first European settlement in?
Virginia (Jamestown)
Massachusetts (Plymouth)
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
New York (New York City)
All of the Colonies developed their own strong self governing bodies due to which European Nation allowing them to do so?
Virginia
France
England
Spain
Which of the following is NOT a reason colonists began creating their own governments?
Distance from Great Britain
Need for a law making body / sturcture
Traditional Rights of the English People
The English King was very controlling of the colonies
Which TWO Enlightenment thinkers influenced Colonial leaders when creating their governments?
Locke
Penn
Montesquieu
Paine
Which colonial region was the at the center of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
Middle
New England
Southern
Virginial
People who fought to abolish slavery and equality for all as
the Declaration of Independence intended.
Abolitionist
Angels
Fugitives
Union
(a) was the main crop grown in the South
_____________ system in which a country/region produces goods and service.
Production
Dichotomy
Society
Economy
the order by Abraham Lincoln in which he freed all slaves in the
Confederate States of America.
Gettysburg Adress
First Inaugural Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Second Inaugural Address
Lincoln’s speech that he gave at the end of the Civil War where he stated the sacrifice of people’s lives were for the ideas of the Declaration of Independence.
First Inaugural address
Gettysburg Address
Second Inaugural address
Emancipation Proclamation
Law that allowed slave owners find runaway slaves and bring them back to their plantation.
Fugitive Slave act
Runaway slave act
Underground Railroad
Ex slave act
granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
1th amendment
Jim Crow Laws
15th Amendment
14th amendment
guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
14th Amendment`
Jim Crow Laws
What did the Sugar Act put a tax on
Popular imported goods
Tea
Paper
Ink
Who fought against each other in the Revolutionary War?
The American Colonies vs. The British
The Union vs. the Confederates
England vs. France
The American Colonists vs. The French Monarchy
Who won the Revolutionary War?
The British
The Americans
The French
The Spanish
Before the US Constitution was written, what famous document served as the United States 1st constitution?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The Bill of Rights
How many American colonies were there right before the Revolutionary War?
13 Colonies
7 Colonies
3 Colonies
10 Colonies
What number on the map is Great Britian?
#1
#2
#3
#4
A big cause of the Revolution War was taxes. Early Americans disagreed with paying taxes to the British. What are taxes?
Money that is payed to support the operation of country
Money that is collected as a fine to prevent people from leaving a country
Money that is payed to support a church
Money that is payed to enemies to prevent them from attacking you
What kind of government does the United States have?
A Monarchy
A Oligarchy
A Democracy
Communism
