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8th Grade American History
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Objective 1: Issues and Events
1. Which of the following events
belongs in the blank space on the
timeline?
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3. Use the excerpt and your knowledge
of social studies to answer the following
question.
…A geographical line has been drawn
across the Union, and all the States
north of that line have united in the
election of a man to the high office of
President of the United States whose
opinions and purposes are hostile to
Slavery. He is to be entrusted with the
Administration of the common
Government, because he has declared
that “Government cannot endure
permanently half slave, half free,” and
that the public mind must rest in the
belief that Slavery is in the course of
ultimate extinction.
-December 4, 1860
A. Underground Railroad begins
functioning
B. Thirteenth Amendment passed
C. President Johnson impeached
D. Reconstruction ends
2. Which of the following eras in United
States history was set apart by the
development of political parties, the
Louisiana Purchase, and the War of
1812?
A. Exploration
B. Colonization
C. Revolutionary
D. Early Republic
Which of the following Presidents was
referenced in this quote?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Franklin Pierce
C. James K. Polk
D. Andrew Jackson
4. Founding of Virginia : _________::
Founding of Pennsylvania : __________
A. Religious reasons, economic reasons
B. Economic reasons, religious reasons
C. Religious reasons, political reasons
D. Political reasons, economic reasons
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Objective 1: Issues and Events
5.
Dear Sister,
I have arrived in this wonderful new
world. I am now resolved that I am lucky
to have this new chance. Certainly this
lush green area is preferable to serving in
a cold, dank prison as I had no possibility
of paying my debts. There appears to be
good land to farm, and that is what I
resolve to do.
Love, Jack
Who would most likely have written this
letter?
A. A settler in Pennsylvania
B. A settler in Massachusetts
C. A colonist in Georgia
D. A colonist in New York
6.
"With malice toward none, with charity
for all, with firmness in the right as God
gives us to see the right, let us strive on
to finish the work we are in, to bind up
the nation's wounds, to care for him
who shall have borne the battle and for
his widow and his orphan, to do all
which may achieve and cherish a just
and lasting peace among ourselves and
with all nations."
— Abraham Lincoln,
Second Inaugural Address, 1865
In his second inaugural address,
President Lincoln expressed his desire to
A. end slavery throughout the South
B. obtain peace through compromise
C. reunite the nation following the war
D. recognize the Confederacy as a
separate country
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7. Use the information below and your
knowledge of social studies to answer
the following question.
British defeated at the battle of New
Orleans!
Enemy Captured Washington, DC
U.S.S. Constitution "Old Ironsides" Won
Great Victory!
American Sailors Kidnapped by
British!
To which event do these headlines
refer?
A. War of 1776
B. War of 1812
C. French and Indian War
D. War for Independence
8. Why was Andrew Jackson's election
in 1828 significant to the development
of American politics?
A. It was more democratic as more
white males could vote.
B. It was the first election when black
males could vote.
C. It led to the development of the
Republican Party.
D. It was the first to impose a poll tax
on voters.
9. What law passed under the Articles
of Confederation allowed for the
creation of new states and the
expansion of the United States?
A. Judiciary Act
B. Virginia Resolution
C. Northwest Ordinance
D. Virginia Statute for Religious
Freedom
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Objective 1: Issues and Events
10. Where were the first shots of the
Civil War fired?
A. Bull Run
B. Gettysburg
C. Appomattox
D. Fort Sumter
11. Who was the supreme military
leader of the Union army during the Civil
War from 1864 to 1865?
A. Robert E. Lee
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. William T. Sherman
D. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
12. Before the Civil War, Northern
industrialists favored a tariff MAINLY
because they believed it would —
A. improve the quality of Americanmade goods
B. decrease the price of raw materials
from the West
C. result in more revenue for the federal
government
D. increase the demand for American
manufactured goods
13.
"Go west young man, go west."
— Horace Greeley, New York Tribune
In the excerpt above, Greeley's advice
reflected which American expansionist
idea?
A. States' Rights
B. Manifest Destiny
C. Popular Sovereignty
D. Emancipation Proclamation
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14. The Three-Fifths Compromise at the
Constitutional Convention concerned
which of the following issues?
A. The counting of slaves for purposes
of determining representation and
taxation
B. The manner in which bills and
amendments would become law
C. The portion of federal revenues that
would come from large and small states
D. The establishment of upper and lower
legislative bodies
15. Which of the following occurred at
the Appomattox Court House?
A. The Emancipation Proclamation was
issued.
B. The Dred Scott decision was
announced.
C. The Confederate Army surrendered.
D. The Civil War started.