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Colonial America and Early U.S. History Review (Grade 8)

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 45mins

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Class
Date
1.

What were the main reasons for European exploration?

a)

Fur trading only

b)

wealth, religion, expand empires, claim territory, new trade routes to Asia through Northwest Passage

c)

Religious freedom only

d)

Cash crops and plantations

2.

What lands did Spain claim in the New World?

a)

Rich farmland for grain

b)

Land for fur trading

c)

Florida, Texas, California; built missions

d)

Rocky soil and harbors

3.

Why did France claim land in the New World?

a)

For cash crops

b)

to profit from fur trading

c)

For religious freedom

d)

To build missions

4.

What were the New England colonies like?

a)

Fertile soil, warm climate, cash crops

b)

Fur trading posts

c)

Rich farmland, moderate climate

d)

rocky soil, cold climate, harbors, fishing, lumber, and shipbuilding; founded for religious freedom

5.

Who founded Rhode Island and why?

a)

Roger Williams left Massachusetts to escape religious persecution

b)

Catholics in Maryland

c)

Quakers in Pennsylvania

d)

Puritans in Virginia

6.

What was Massachusetts known for?

a)

Cash crops and plantations

b)

New England colony; Puritans/Pilgrims founded for religious freedom; Boston major port city

c)

Fur trading

d)

Anti-slavery Quakers

7.

What were the Middle colonies like?

a)

Warm climate and cash crops

b)

rich farmland, moderate climate, grew oats, wheat, grain, and raised livestock

c)

Rocky soil and fishing

d)

Missions

8.

Who were the Quakers?

a)

Puritans in Massachusetts

b)

Pilgrims in Virginia

c)

first anti-slavery group; lived in Pennsylvania

d)

Catholics in Maryland

9.

What were the Southern colonies like?

a)

Moderate climate, livestock

b)

Rocky soil, religious freedom

c)

fertile soil, warm climate, cash crops; Transatlantic Slave Trade provided slave labor for plantations; founded mainly for economic reasons; Jamestown, Virginia

d)

Fur trading

10.

Why was Maryland founded?

a)

For cash crops

b)

For Catholics seeking religious freedom

c)

For shipbuilding

d)

For fur trading

11.

What caused the growth of representative/self-government?

a)

Slavery

b)

Wealth and religion

c)

distance from Britain, Pilgrim's Mayflower Compact (social contract), Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, First Great Awakening, John Locke

d)

Fur trading

12.

What was mercantilism?

a)

Plantation economy

b)

British controlled colonial trade; angered colonists

c)

Fur trade system

d)

Religious freedom policy

13.

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

law prohibited colonists from moving west of Appalachian Mountains; colonists ignored

d)

Declaration of Independence

14.

What is "consent of the governed"?

a)

Slave labor rights

b)

belief British should have colonists' permission to pass taxes; main reason for American Revolution

c)

Fur trading rights

d)

Religious toleration

15.

What were the Intolerable Acts?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

British response to Boston Tea Party; colonists formed the 1st Continental Congress and sent list of complaints to KG3

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Proclamation of 1763

16.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Locke

c)

Thomas Jefferson; list of grievances/complaints against KG3; right to create new gov't

d)

Alexander Hamilton

17.

What are unalienable rights?

a)

Religious rights

b)

States' rights

c)

rights all people have from birth: life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness; Declaration of Independence

d)

Voting rights

18.

What happened at Saratoga?

a)

Treaty signing

b)

turning point of war; France supported the Americans

c)

British surrender site

d)

Last major battle

19.

What happened at Yorktown?

a)

French alliance

b)

Proclamation

c)

last major battle; British defeated and signed Treaty of Paris recognizing U.S. independence

d)

Turning point

20.

What were the Articles of Confederation?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

1st gov't; weak because feared abuse of power; NO: executive branch, regulate trade; YES: negotiate treaties, declare war

d)

Strong central government

21.

What was the Northwest Ordinance?

a)

Three-Fifths Compromise

b)

Great Compromise

c)

process for admitting new states to U.S., population requirement to apply = 60,000 settlers; territories govern themselves

d)

Proclamation of 1763

22.

What was the Great Compromise?

a)

Checks and balances

b)

New state admission

c)

decided how many representatives large and small states would send to the bicameral Congress

d)

How slaves counted

23.

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

New territories

c)

agreement over how slaves would count for representation and taxation purposes

d)

State representation

24.

Who were the Federalists?

a)

Abolitionists

b)

Quakers

c)

supported Constitution, wanted strong central gov't, believed it created a more stable Union; Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

d)

Wanted more state power and bill of rights

25.

Who were the Anti-Federalists?

a)

Supported strong central government

b)

against Constitution, wanted more power given to state gov'ts, wanted a bill of rights; Patrick Henry and George Mason

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Puritans

26.

What are checks and balances?

a)

New state process

b)

Great Compromise

c)

each branch of government has some power over the other two branches; helps to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

d)

Three-Fifths rule

27.

What are citizen responsibilities?

a)

Trade regulation

b)

Military service

c)

serve on juries, vote in elections, stay informed, obey laws

d)

Pay taxes only

28.

What is the Bill of Rights?

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Northwest Ordinance

c)

protects individual liberties; inspired by the English Bill of Rights; addressed some grievances listed in the DoI

d)

Articles of Confederation

29.

What does the 1st Amendment protect?

a)

No cruel punishment

b)

Speedy trial

c)

freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition; gives citizens the right to make their own choices regarding religion; prohibits government from passing laws regarding religion

d)

No unreasonable search

30.

What does the 4th Amendment protect?

a)

States' rights

b)

Speedy trial

c)

no unreasonable search or seizure

d)

Freedom of speech

31.

What does the 6th Amendment protect?

a)

Freedom of religion

b)

No cruel punishment

c)

right to a fair, speedy, and public trial

d)

No search

32.

What does the 8th Amendment protect?

a)

Speech

b)

Search protection

c)

freedom from cruel or unusual punishment and excessive bails and fines

d)

Speedy trial

33.

What does the 10th Amendment do?

a)

No cruel punishment

b)

Speedy trial

c)

rights not given to the federal gov't are given to the states; created federalism which prevents abuse of power by central gov't

d)

Freedom of speech

34.

What was Hamilton's Financial Plan?

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

to stabilize the new economy: 1) establish National Bank, 2) pay off war debt, 3) pass whiskey tax, 4) protective tariff

d)

Farewell Address warnings

35.

What did Washington's Farewell Address warn about?

a)

Interstate trade

b)

Judicial review

c)

having permanent foreign alliances and creating political parties

d)

National bank

36.

What did the Federalist Party want?

a)

Fur trading

b)

Religious freedom

c)

led by Alexander Hamilton; wanted: 1) a stronger federal gov't, 2) an industrial economy, 3) a national bank

d)

Agricultural economy, state banks

37.

What did the Democratic-Republican Party want?

a)

Missions

b)

Cash crops only

c)

led by Thomas Jefferson; wanted: 1) less federal gov't power, 2) an agricultural economy, 3) state banks

d)

Strong federal government

38.

What did Marbury v. Madison establish?

a)

War of 1812

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

judicial review, which gave Supreme Court power to declare laws unconstitutional

d)

Federal trade power

39.

What did Gibbons v. Ogden establish?

a)

Farewell Address

b)

National bank

c)

federal rule over interstate trade

d)

Judicial review

40.

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Gold Rush

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

1803; doubled size of the U.S.; U.S. gained fertile farmland and access to Mississippi River

d)

Oregon Territory

41.

What was a main cause of the War of 1812?

a)

Religious issues

b)

Slavery debates

c)

British impressment of U.S. sailors

d)

Annexing Texas

42.

What was the Monroe Doctrine?

a)

Judicial review

b)

U.S. policy warning European nations not to establish new colonies or interfere in the Western Hemisphere

c)

Creation of a national bank

d)

A law limiting interstate trade

43.

What was Jacksonian Democracy?

a)

Landscape art

b)

Indian Removal

c)

Democratic Party; voting increased; viewed by opponents as too powerful; spoils system; favored commoners—not the wealthy

d)

Nullification Crisis

44.

What was the Nullification Crisis?

a)

Art movement

b)

Indian removal

c)

did South Carolina have the right to nullify (overturn) a federal law; argument over states' rights vs federal rights

d)

Voting increase

45.

What happened in Worcester v. Georgia?

a)

Spoils system

b)

Nullification

c)

Indian Removal Act forced Natives off lands; Cherokee sued to keep land; Court favored Natives; Jackson ignored the Court and forced Natives to relocate to present-day Oklahoma

d)

Voting rights

46.

What was the Hudson River School?

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Nullification

c)

artists painted landscapes and nature

d)

Indian removal

47.

What was an effect of the War of 1812?

a)

Judicial review

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

U.S. manufacturing increased because of boycott of British goods

d)

Louisiana Purchase

48.

What was the Industrial Revolution in America?

a)

Free enterprise only

b)

Interchangeable parts only

c)

new inventions helped farming and helped factories make goods faster; goods became cheaper; need for workers grew

d)

Cotton gin only

49.

What did the cotton gin do?

a)

Canals

b)

Factory work for women

c)

expanded cotton production and the need for more agricultural labor (slaves)

d)

Mass production

50.

What were interchangeable parts?

a)

Supply and demand

b)

Textile mills

c)

more efficient way to produce goods; led to mass production; price of goods decreased

d)

Cotton expansion

51.

What is free enterprise?

a)

Industrial inventions

b)

Cotton gin

c)

economy with little gov't regulation; based off supply & demand; developed in response to strong colonial trade laws

d)

Interchangeable parts

52.

How did women’s roles change in the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Irish immigration

c)

started working outside the home, mainly in textile mills

d)

Moved to cities

53.

What were canals?

a)

Urbanization

b)

Telegraph

c)

man-made rivers; price of goods decreased; Northeast cities grew along canals (New York City); Erie Canal

d)

Steamboats and railroads

54.

What were steamboats and railroads?

a)

Immigration

b)

City growth

c)

resulted in faster, more efficient transportation of goods; price of goods decreased

d)

Rapid communication

55.

What was the telegraph?

a)

Potato famine

b)

Factory cities

c)

invention by Samuel Morse used to communicate rapidly over long distances

d)

Transport

56.

What was urbanization?

a)

Slave/free balance

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

people moved to northern cities for factory work; cities grew rapidly

d)

Immigration causes

57.

Who were many immigrants during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Southern planters

b)

Telegraph

c)

Irish came to U.S. because of potato famine, others came to U.S. for economic opportunity; worked in northern factories; blamed by nativists for taking jobs away

d)

City growth

58.

What was the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Telegraph

b)

Urbanization

c)

temporarily relieved sectional differences by maintaining the balance between the number of free and slave states in the Union

d)

Immigration

59.

What was Manifest Destiny?

a)

Gold Rush

b)

Mexican War

c)

U.S. desire to own land from coast to coast; James K. Polk; causes: 1) land = wealth, 2) population boom

d)

Oregon division

60.

What happened with the Oregon Territory?

a)

Chinese railroad

b)

Gold Rush

c)

land divided between U.S. and Britain in a treaty; U.S. achieved goal of Manifest Destiny

d)

Annexed Texas

61.

What caused the U.S.-Mexican War?

a)

Gold discovery

b)

Oregon treaty

c)

caused by U.S. annexing Texas; border dispute between Texas and Mexico

d)

Manifest Destiny belief

62.

What was the Mexican Cession?

a)

Chinese immigration

b)

Gold Rush

c)

land U.S. acquired after U.S.-Mexican War in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; led to debates over expansion of slavery into new territories

d)

Oregon

63.

What was the California Gold Rush?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Border dispute

c)

population increased; Chinese immigrants came to the U.S. and later worked on Transcontinental Railroad and faced discrimination

d)

Mexican Cession

64.

What was the Second Great Awakening?

a)

Abolition

b)

Temperance

c)

encouraged people to be more religious; caused social reform leading to Reform era

d)

Prison reform

65.

Who was Dorothea Dix?

a)

Women's rights

b)

Abolitionist

c)

worked to improve prison conditions and create facilities for the mentally ill

d)

Temperance leader

66.

What was the temperance movement?

a)

Individualism

b)

End slavery

c)

led by women; fought to decrease alcohol consumption

d)

Prison reform

67.

Who were key abolitionists?

a)

Prison reform

b)

Women's rights

c)

worked to end slavery by exposing its hardships; Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom's Cabin), Frederick Douglass (The North Star), Harriet Tubman (Underground Railroad), William Lloyd Garrison (The Liberator)

d)

Temperance

68.

What was transcendentalism?

a)

Religious revival

b)

Temperance

c)

led by Emerson and Thoreau; focused on ideal societies and individualism; used civil disobedience as a form of protest

d)

Abolition

69.

What was the women's rights movement?

a)

Prison reform

b)

Abolition

c)

Seneca Falls Convention called for women's suffrage (right to vote); Declaration of Sentiments; Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Transcendentalism

70.

What was sectionalism?

a)

1850 Compromise

b)

Southern economy only

c)

region's geography impacted its economy; North built factories, South farmed, West mined; a cause of the Civil War

d)

Northern economy only

71.

What was the Northern economy like?

a)

Free state only

b)

Mining

c)

textile mills, trade, factories, immigrant labor, some trade-related slave labor

d)

Plantation, cotton

72.

What was the Southern economy like?

a)

Trade only

b)

Mining

c)

plantation system, slave labor; cotton produced and sent to Northern factories

d)

Factories, immigrants

73.

What was the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Kansas-Nebraska

b)

Fugitive Slave Act alone

c)

North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed

d)

Sectionalism

74.

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

Republican Party

b)

Prohibited slavery

c)

part of the Compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters

d)

Allowed vote on slavery

75.

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Lincoln's party

b)

1850 Compromise

c)

allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited

d)

Fugitive Slave Law

76.

What was the major slavery debate before the Civil War?

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Fugitive slaves

c)

major debate leading up to Civil War; Republican Party (Lincoln) against its spread into new territories

d)

Kansas violence

77.

Who was Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War?

a)

Appomattox

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Civil War U.S. president; against secession; wanted to preserve the Union

d)

Union advantages

78.

What were Union advantages?

a)

Surrender site

b)

Mississippi River

c)

more factories, railroads, and money, and leadership of General Grant

d)

Preserve Union

79.

What happened at Vicksburg?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Advantages

c)

Union captured Mississippi River, dividing the Confederacy in half

d)

Surrender

80.

What happened at Appomattox Court House?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Union advantages

c)

Confederacy surrendered to Union in Virginia; ended the Civil War

d)

Vicksburg

81.

What was Reconstruction?

a)

14th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

after the Civil War, South in financial ruin and divided into 5 military districts

d)

Radical Republicans

82.

Who were Radical Republicans?

a)

Voting rights

b)

Citizenship

c)

took control after Lincoln’s death; punished Confederate leaders and Southerners for Civil War

d)

Abolished slavery

83.

What did the 13th Amendment do?

a)

Black Codes

b)

Voting rights

c)

abolished slavery; African Americans were free to move wherever they wanted

d)

Allowed vote on slavery

84.

What did the 14th Amendment do?

a)

Freedmen's Bureau

b)

Voting rights

c)

granted citizenship to African Americans; all Americans were to be treated equally under the law; reversed the Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling

d)

Abolished slavery

85.

What did the 15th Amendment do?

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Abolished slavery

c)

gave voting rights to African American males; Southerners resisted by creating poll taxes

d)

Citizenship

86.

Who was Hiram Rhodes Revels?

a)

Railroad

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

1st African American U.S. Senator

d)

Black Codes

87.

What were Black Codes?

a)

Railroad

b)

Citizenship

c)

laws that limited the new freedom of former slaves

d)

Voting rights

88.

What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?

a)

Railroad

b)

Sharecropping

c)

worked to help newly freed slaves by providing: 1) education, 2) clothing/food, 3) jobs

d)

Black Codes

89.

What was sharecropping?

a)

Poll taxes

b)

Railroad

c)

farming system in which former slaves and poor whites were trapped in a cycle of debt

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

90.

What was the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

15th Amendment

b)

Black Codes

c)

encouraged settlement of the West; opened new markets to sell goods; price of goods decreased; built by Irish and Chinese immigrants

d)

Sharecropping