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8th Grade TAKS Review Questions KEY Colonial and Revolutionary Times Famous People: Answers Thomas Jefferson George III Benjamin Franklin Samuel Adams Thomas Paine Questions Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence? Who was the King of England during the American Revolution? Who was an inventor, scientist, and a minister to France? Who was a leader of the Sons of Liberty and against British taxation? Who Wrote Common Sense supporting American independence from Great Britain? Famous Dates: Answers 1776 1778 1607 Questions In what year was the Declaration of Independence written? In what year was the U.S. Constitutional Convention held? In what year was the first permanent settlement English settlement at Jamestown founded? In what years was the American Civil War fought? In what year did the U.S. purchase the Louisiana Territory? 1861-1865 1803 Famous documents and Governments: Answers Declaration of Independence Mayflower Compact Articles of Confederation Magna Carta English Bill of Rights House of Burgesses Fundamental Orders of Conn Famous Events: Answers French and Indian War Lexington and Concord Yorktown Saratoga Paris Questions What was the document that declared the U.S. was an independent nation? What was the agreement in 1620 that established the concept of self government? What was the first Constitution of the United States? What was the document signed in 1215 which granted Englishmen basic human rights? What was the document passed in 1689 which guaranteed Englishmen certain individual rights? This was the first representative assembly in the Colonies. This was the first written constitution in the Colonies. Questions What conflict caused the British to tax the colonists? What were the opening battles of the American Revolution? Which battle ended the American Revolution? Which battle was the turning point of the American Revolution because France joined the Americans? What treated ended the American Revolution? Geography/Social/Economic: Questions Answers Mercantilism What was the economic system where a colony provided raw materials to England and served as a market for its finished products? (Colonies could only do business with England) Shipbuilding, fishing, lumber What was the economy in the New England Colonies based on? Agriculture What was the economy in the Southern Colonies based on? Slavery What is the buying and selling of humans for forced labor? Freedom of Religion What is the right to practice one’s religious beliefs without interference from the government? 8th Grade TAKS Review Questions Name__________________________ U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights Famous People: Answers George Washington James Madison Alexander Hamilton Support Constitution Patrick Henry Famous Compromises: Answers Great Compromise Three-fifths Compromise Senate House of Representatives Federalists Anti-Federalists Principles of the Constitution: Answers Separation of Powers Republicanism Federalism Checks and Balances Limited Government Structure of Government: Answers Legislative Executive Judicial Bill of Rights Unalienable Rights Bill of Rights Questions Who was commander in chief of the Continental Army, president of the Constitutional Convention, and the first president of the U.S.? Who was known as the “Father of the Constitution”? Co-wrote The Federalist Papers with John Jay and James Madison. Why The Federalist Papers were written. Anti-Federalist from Virginia who opposed the ratification of Constitution. Was also known for a famous speech during the American Revolution. Questions What compromise set up our present government? What was the compromise on how slaves would be counted for representation in Congress? Which House of Congress has two representatives for each state? Which House of Congress has the number of representatives based on a state’s population? People who were for the Constitution. People who were against the Constitution. Questions What principle divides the powers of government among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches? What principle says that people hold the powers of government through their elected representatives? What principle distributes the powers of government between the national and state governments? What principle gives each branch of government powers over the other two branches so that no branch becomes too powerful? What principle places restrictions on the powers of government and requires everyone to obey all laws? Questions Branch of government that makes the laws. Branch of government that carries out the laws. Branch of government that enforces and interprets the laws. First 10 Amendments to the Constitution which protect individual rights Rights that cannot be taken away. Added to the Constitution to get support from Anti-Federalists. 8th Grade TAKS Review Questions Name________________ Manifest Destiny and Early National Period Famous Presidents: Answers George Washington James Madison Thomas Jefferson No European powers in Western Hemisphere Andrew Jackson Questions Who was the first President of the United States? Who was the President of the U.S. during the War of 1812? Which President purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803? What was stated in the Monroe Doctrine? Famous Events: Answers Northwest Ordinance War of 1812 Questions This allowed an orderly procedure to admit states into the U.S. What conflict happened because of impressment and the British capturing American ships? What was the attempt by South Carolina in 1832 to declare the federal tariff law null and void? What agreement in 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine a free state? What was the name given to the journey taken by the Cherokee Indians in which a number of them died? Nullification Crisis Missouri Compromise Trail of Tears Acquisition of Land: Answers Louisiana Territory Texas Florida U.S-Mexican War Oregon Moving West: Answers More farmland Manifest Destiny Annexation Dates and Documents: Answers Washington’s Farewell Address Marbury vs Madison Laws cannot violate Constitution 1803 Monroe Doctrine Indian Removal Act Key Concepts: Answers Federalist Democratic-Republican Sectionalism Free Enterprise Which President was the first one elected by the common people? Questions What land did the U.S. buy from France in 1803? What independent country became part of the U.S. in 1845? This led to the U.S.Mexican War. What land did the U.S. acquire from Spain in 1819? What conflict fought by the U.S in 1846 led to the acquisition of California and the American Southwest? What land did the U.S gain in 1846 in a treaty with Great Britain? Questions Why did the U.S. government want to take lands that the Indians lived on? What was the belief in the 19th century that the U.S. would run from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans? What is the process of adding new territory by a country? This happened to Texas in 1845. Questions What document warned Americans against political parties, foreign entanglements, and regional differences? What was the U.S. Supreme Court case that established Judicial Review? What is Judicial Review? What year did the U.S. purchase the Louisiana Territory? What was the document in which the U.S. warned European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere? What law passed in 1830 required all Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River? Questions Which political party revolved around Alexander Hamilton who believed in a strong government and was supported by industry? Which political party revolved around Thomas Jefferson who believed in a weak central government and was supported by farmers? What is the support and loyalty to a certain region of a country? What is the economic system where businesses are free to trade with little governmental control? 8th Grade TAKS Review Questions Name________________ Civil War and Reconstruction Famous People: Answers Lincoln Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis Ulysses S. Grant Civil War Events: Answers Fort Sumter Appomattox Court House Gettysburg Vicksburg Causes of the Civil War: Answers States’ Rights Succession Slavery Republican Protective Tariff Famous Documents: Answers Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address Reconstruction Amendments: Answers 13th 15th 14th Suffrage Questions Who was President of the U.S. during the Civil War? Who was the commander of the Confederate (South) Army during the Civil War? What was the president of the Confederate States of American during the Civil War? Who was the commander of the Union (North) Army during the Civil War? Questions What was the battle which started the Civil War? Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant to end the Civil War? Which Civil War battle was the turning point in the East (the South could not mount another offensive after this battle)? Which Civil War battle was the turning point in the West (the North controlled the Mississippi River and split the South in two after this battle)? Questions What is the belief that states did not have to follow a federal law if they believed it violated the Constitution? What is the act of a state leaving the union of states of a country? What was the practice in the South of forced labor of African Americans? Which political party was formed to end slavery? What is a tax on imports meant to protect U.S. industries? Questions Issued by Abraham Lincoln in freeing the slaves in areas of rebellion. Speech issued after battle recommitting the U.S. to bringing the Southern states back into the Union. Speech in which Lincoln stated the North would not interfere with slavery but would preserve the Union by force if necessary. Speech in which Lincoln called for an end to slavery and binding up the wounds of the nation. Questions Which amendment abolished slavery and made it illegal? Which amendment granted black men the right to vote? Which amendment defined citizenship and guaranteed it at all levels? What term means the right to vote? 8th Grade TAKS Review Questions Name________________ American Economy in the 19th Century Northern and Southern Economies: Answers Cotton Gin Agriculture Cotton Plantations Virginia Industry Interchangeable Parts Industrialization Getting Around: Answers Railroads Transportation Steamboat Canals Eli Whitney Increased demand John Deere Cyrus McCormick Improved communication Questions What invention by Eli Whitney which separated the cotton seed from the fiber? It created a high demand for slaves. What was the Southern economy based on? What was the main cash crop of the South before the Civil War? What is the name given to large farms that grow cash crops? Slavery began in this colony. What was the Northern economy based on? What is replacing a broken part with an exact duplicate of the part? Eli Whitney came up with this concept. What is the production of goods and products in factories by machines? Questions What used steam engines and tracks to move people and goods across the land? What is the movement of people and goods across land and water? What was the form of water transportation invented by Robert Fulton that used the steam engine to sail up and down rivers? Made travel faster and cheaper. What connected waterways and transported people and goods? Invented the Cotton Gin. The Cotton Gin had this effect on slavery. Invented the Steel Plow. Invented the Mechanical Reaper. Effect of Samuel Morse’s invention of the Telegraph.
