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History 8 Test 6

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What revived trade in the East?

a)

the Renaissance

b)

The Bubonic Plague

c)

the crusades

d)

the Great Expansion

2.

What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?

a)

Quebec

b)

Plymouth

c)

Roanoke

d)

Jamestown

3.

Who was the author of History of Plymouth Plantation?

a)

William Bradford

b)

John Winthrop

c)

George Washington

d)

Booker T. Washington

4.

What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?

a)

Webster's Dictionary

b)

the Bible

c)

New England Primer

d)

Blueback Speller

5.

What was the final battle of the War for Independence?

a)

Battle of New Orleans

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Bull Run

6.

What established the first U.S. government after the War for Indpendenec?

a)

U.S. Constitution

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Articles of Confederation

7.

What type of government did the U.S. Constitution provide for?

a)

a democratic republic

b)

a federal republic

c)

a democracy

d)

a monarchy

8.

Who was the best-known evangelist of the Second Great Awakening?

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

George Whitefield

c)

Adoniram Judson

d)

Billy Graham

9.

Who first promoted public primary school for all children?

a)

George Whitefield

b)

Horace Mann

c)

Miriam Webster

d)

William Bradford

10.

Which abolitionist led a raid at Harper's Ferry?

a)

John Brown

b)

Phylis Wheatley

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Stephen A. Doulgas

11.

Which amendment outlawed slavery in the United States?

a)

Thirteenth

b)

Fourteenth

c)

Fifteenth

d)

Sixteenth

12.

Who founded Tuskegee Institute?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Stephen A. Douglas

c)

George Washington

d)

Abraham Lincoln

13.

Which Civil War battle meant the Confederate loss of the Mississippi River?

a)

Antietam

b)

Chattanooga

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Shiloh

14.

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Antietam

15.

In which Civil War battle did Stonewall Jackson earn his famous nickname?

a)

Chattanooga

b)

Gettysburg

c)

First Bull Run

d)

Shiloh

16.

What was the most decisive battle of the Civil War?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

First Bull Run

c)

Shiloh

d)

Vicksburg

17.

Which Civil War battle cleared the way for a Union invasion of Georgia?

a)

Antietanm

b)

Chattanooga

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Gettysburg

18.

Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest single day of the war?

a)

First Bull Run

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Antietam

d)

Shiloh

19.

Which colony set a precedent for religious freedom in America?

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Maryland

d)

Connecticut

20.

Who is remembered as the most powerful voice of the First Great Awakening?

a)

David Brainerd

b)

Jonathan Edwards

c)

John Wesley

d)

George Whitefield

21.

What was the government policy that prevented European colonization of the Western Hemisphere?

a)

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Treaty of Greenville

d)

Adams-Onis Treaty

22.

Who invented the reaping machine?

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Francis Lowell

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

John Deere

23.

Who founded Five Points Mission as the first settlement house in New York City?

a)

Dorothea L. Dix

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Phoebe Palmer

d)

Sojourner Truth

24.

Who was the author of the Blue-Backed Speller?

a)

William H. McGuffey

b)

Horace Mann

c)

Noah Webster

d)

Stephen Paxson

25.

Who established a large settlement in Texas?

a)

Stephen Austin

b)

Davy Crockett

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Winfield Scott

26.

Who was the nationally famous Tennessee frontiersman, marksman, and former Congressman that fought at the Alamo?

a)

Stephen Austin

b)

Davy Crockett

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Winfield Scott

27.

Who negotiated the purchase that completely settled the southern border of the United States?

a)

James Gadsden

b)

Stephen Kearney

c)

John Slidell

d)

John C. Fremont

28.

Who presented the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Daniel Webster

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Stephen Douglas

29.

Whom did Abraham Lincoln debate during his Illinois senatorial campaign?

a)

Daniel Webster

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Stephen A. Douglas

30.

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Virginia

c)

Alabama

d)

Georgia

31.

Who was the first president to be impeached?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Rutherford B. Hayes

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Andrew Johnson

32.

What law divided the former Confederacy into five military districts with military officers to govern them?

a)

Amnesty Act

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

Black Codes

d)

Reconstruction Act of 1867

33.

Whose presidency officially ended Reconstruction in the South?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Rutherford B. Hayes

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Andrew Johnson

34.

In what year was the Webster-Ashburton Treaty written?

a)

1814

b)

1842

c)

1858

d)

1865

35.

What year was the Treaty of Paris created?

a)

1620

b)

1783

c)

1803

d)

1814

36.

In what year did the Civil War end?

a)

1814

b)

1842

c)

1858

d)

1865

37.

In what year was the Louisiana Purchase made?

a)

1803

b)

1814

c)

1842

d)

1858

38.

In what year was the Treaty of Ghent created?

a)

1620

b)

1783

c)

1803

d)

1814

39.

In what year was the Pilgrim landing at New Plymouth?

a)

1620

b)

1783

c)

1803

d)

1814

40.

Why was the Missouri Compromise significant?

a)

It abolished slavery in the Union.

b)

It established that any state added to the Union would be a free state.

c)

It stated that any state west of the Mississippi River would be a free state.

d)

It provided a balance by admitting Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

41.

Why was the Civil War fought?

a)

The South upheld states' rights; the North completely ignored states' rights.

b)

The South supported the high tariffs; the North disagreed with the high tariffs.

c)

The South wanted to preserve states' rights and slavery; the North south to preserve the Union.

d)

The South supported Henry Clay to be president; the North supported Abraham Lincoln.

42.

How did the North and South compare to each other during the Civil War?

a)

The South fought in familiar territory for most of the war, but the North had more manpower for their military.

b)

The South had better rail systems for transportation, but the North had the sympathy of several European nations.

c)

The South had a large naval fleet, but the North had access to more port cities.

d)

The South had more factories to provide supplies, but the North had a head start in preparation.

43.

When was the Constitutional Convention?

a)

1765

b)

1774

c)

1787

d)

1820

44.

When was the Missouri Compromise?

a)

1774

b)

1787

c)

1820

d)

1849

45.

When did the Stamp Act Congress convene?

a)

1765

b)

1774

c)

1849

d)

1863

46.

When was the California Gold Rush?

a)

1787

b)

1820

c)

1849

d)

1863

47.

When was the Emancipation Proclamation made?

a)

1787

b)

1820

c)

1849

d)

1863

48.

Who captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson for the Union?

a)

George B. McClellan

b)

William Tecumseh Sherman

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

49.

Who was the Union general that led the Peninsula Campaign?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

George B. McClellan

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

George G. Meade

50.

Who was the Union general that led the March to the Sea from Atlanta?

a)

Thomas J. Jackson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

George G. Meade

d)

William Tecumseh Sherman

51.

Who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

George B. McClellan

c)

George G. Meade

d)

William Tecumseh Sherman

52.

Who defeated the Confederate army at Gettysburg?

a)

George G. Meade

b)

George B. McClellan

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Thomas J. Jackson

53.

What did Christopher Columbus name the island he first landed on?

a)

Mexico

b)

Maui

c)

San Salvador

d)

Plymouth Rock

54.

What Battle was a major turning point of the War for Independence?

a)

Yorktown

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Mill Springs

d)

Saratoga

55.

What was the name of the Cherokee forced relocation?

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Movement West

c)

Reservation Road

d)

Operation Relocation

56.

Who developed the first successful steamboat?

a)

Cyrus McCormick

b)

Robert Fulton

c)

John Deere

d)

Thomas Edison

57.

What is the name given to a person to risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas?

a)

risk-taker

b)

inventor

c)

businessman

d)

entreprener

58.

Who is known as the Father of American Missions?

a)

Adoniram Judson

b)

George Whitefield

c)

Billy Graham

d)

Jim Elliot

59.

Who was the first elected president of the Republic of Texas?

a)

Santa Anna

b)

Daniel Boone

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Davy Crockett

60.

What was the name given to the largest wagon train ever to go west?

a)

Great Gravy Train

b)

Great Migration

c)

Oregon Trail

d)

Westward Expansion

61.

What was the half-million square miles of land granted to the United States by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo known as?

a)

Gadsden Purchase

b)

Oregon Territory

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Mexican Cession

62.

What was the name given to the series of escape routes for slaves escaping the South?

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Underground Tunnel

63.

Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Phoebe Palmer

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Phylis Wheatley

64.

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Robert E. Lee

65.

Who was remembered as the Angel of the Battlefield?

a)

Phylis Wheatley

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Phoebe Palmer