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8th US History Overview

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What state was the first European settlement in?

a)

Virginia (Jamestown)

b)

Massachusetts (Plymouth)

c)

Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

d)

New York (New York City)

2.

All of the Colonies developed their own strong self governing bodies due to which European Nation allowing them to do so?

a)

Virginia

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Spain

3.

Which of the following is NOT a reason colonists began creating their own governments?

a)

Distance from Great Britain

b)

Need for a law making body / sturcture

c)

Traditional Rights of the English People

d)

The English King was very controlling of the colonies

4.

Which TWO Enlightenment thinkers influenced Colonial leaders when creating their governments?

a)

Locke

b)

Penn

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Paine

5.

Which colonial region was the at the center of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?

a)

Middle

b)

New England

c)

Southern

d)

Virginial

6.

People who fought to abolish slavery and equality for all as

the Declaration of Independence intended.

a)

Abolitionist

b)

Angels

c)

Fugitives

d)

Union

7.

(a)   was the main crop grown in the South

8.

_____________ system in which a country/region produces goods and service.

a)

Production

b)

Dichotomy

c)

Society

d)

Economy

9.

the order by Abraham Lincoln in which he freed all slaves in the

Confederate States of America.

a)

Gettysburg Adress

b)

First Inaugural Address

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Second Inaugural Address

10.

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.

a)

First Inaugural address

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Second Inaugural address

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

11.

Law that allowed slave owners find runaway slaves and bring them back to their plantation.

a)

Fugitive Slave act

b)

Runaway slave act

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

Ex slave act

12.

granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.

a)

1th amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

15th Amendment

d)

14th amendment

13.

guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

a)

13th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment`

d)

Jim Crow Laws

14.

What did the Sugar Act put a tax on

a)

Popular imported goods

b)

Tea

c)

Paper

d)

Ink

15.

Who fought against each other in the Revolutionary War?

a)

The American Colonies vs. The British

b)

The Union vs. the Confederates

c)

England vs. France

d)

The American Colonists vs. The French Monarchy

16.

Who won the Revolutionary War?

a)

The British

b)

The Americans

c)

The French

d)

The Spanish

17.

Before the US Constitution was written, what famous document served as the United States 1st constitution?

a)

The Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Articles of Confederation

d)

The Bill of Rights

18.

How many American colonies were there right before the Revolutionary War?

a)

13 Colonies

b)

7 Colonies

c)

3 Colonies

d)

10 Colonies

19.

What number on the map is Great Britian?

a)

#1

b)

#2

c)

#3

d)

#4

20.

A big cause of the Revolution War was taxes. Early Americans disagreed with paying taxes to the British. What are taxes?

a)

Money that is payed to support the operation of country

b)

Money that is collected as a fine to prevent people from leaving a country

c)

Money that is payed to support a church

d)

Money that is payed to enemies to prevent them from attacking you

21.

What kind of government does the United States have?

a)

A Monarchy

b)

A Oligarchy

c)

A Democracy

d)

Communism