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Worksheets8th Grade Social Studies Pre-Test
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 9hrs 40mins
Who was the first European to pass through the South Bend Area?
Christopher Columbus
Sieur de la Salle
John Smith
Leif Erikson
What Native American tribe lived in the South Bend area before explorers came?
What European country colonized the United States first?
What was the first permanent English settlement in America?
What religious group came to Massachusetts in 1630 and helped establish
American virtues such as hard work and community democracy?
What nation controlled the South Bend region from 1679 to 1763?
Who won the French-Indian War?
The Native American Confederacy
In what year did the United States declare its independence?
What document did the US use to declare their independence?
Who did the US fight against in the American Revolution?
What document established our current day government?
What are the three branches of our government?
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
What were the names of the two men who explored the west and claimed it for the United States?
Who was the first President under our constitution?
What country did the United States fight in the War of 1812?
What is the name of our National Anthem?
What president in the 1830s expanded the right to vote and started the Democratic Party?
What did the United States get from Mexico after their defeat in the Mexican-American War?
In what state was gold discovered in 1848?
What kind of government is the US government?
Parliamentary
Republic
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that cannot be taken away by anyone, even the government
What did the abolitionists want?
Why did the South rely on slavery?
Who won the Civil War?
The Confederacy (South)
The Union (North)
What President led the Union during the Civil War?
True or False: the 13th Amendment ended all slavery in the United States
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
What was the name of the forced relocation of Native Americans to the west into Indian Territory?
What freedoms does the First Amendment protect?
What is the highest level court in the US?
What is checks and balance?
A system that prevents one branch from becoming too powerful
How many US Senators are there?
How many members are there in the US House of Representatives?
True or False: The United States was built on the unpaid and forced labor of enslaved people
True
False
