NAME:__________________________________________DATE:______________PERIOD:____
United States History 8th Grade Final Exam REVIEW Ch. 1-14
1.Colony that disappeared __________________________
2.Pilgrim's ship__________________________
3.First written constitution in America__________________________
4.showed Pilgrims how to grow corn__________________________
5.also known as King Philip__________________________
6.taxes on foreign imported goods__________________________
7.doubled the size of the United States__________________________
8.explored with Lewis and Clark__________________________
9.demand of Barbary pirates__________________________
10.burned the Philadelphia__________________________
11.Andrew Jackson's opponent in 1828 __________________________
12.mistrusted strong central government __________________________
13.wanted strong central government __________________________
14.defended "liberty and union" __________________________
15.Sauk leader __________________________
16.painted birds __________________________
17.practiced civil disobedience __________________________
18.wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin __________________________
19.demanded woman suffrage __________________________
20.discovered a comet __________________________
21.British mercenaries __________________________
22.Patriot fighter __________________________
23.African American Patriot __________________________
24.a militia group __________________________
25.guerrilla leader __________________________
26.Patriot forces __________________________
27.African American Patriot __________________________
28.drilled Patriots at Valley Forge __________________________
29.merchant war ships __________________________
30.hit-and-run war technique __________________________
31.Who publicly condemned the cruel treatment of Native Americans by the Spanish? __________________________
32.
The majority of the events listed on this time line occurred in what century?
__________________________
33.
According to the map, which of the items listed below did not travel in both directions in the Columbian
Exchange? __________________________
34.
What is represented by the number 40 on this map of North Central New Mexico?
__________________________
35.
Study the chart of the Columbian Exchange. What sort of good is the most commonly exchanged?
__________________________
36.Puritans formed the New England Company and received a royal charter to establish the
__________________________.
37.Religious settlements established in California by the Spanish were called __________________.
38.Who claimed Newfoundland for Queen Elizabeth? __________________________
39.
Based on the map, which nationality was not represented by the settlers of South Carolina?
__________________________
40.
Based on the map, how many miles is it from the top of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico?
__________________________
41.Who led the Green Mountain Boys? __________________________
“WHEN, in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to
dissolve the Political Bands, which have connected them with another, and to assume,
among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature
and of Nature's GOD entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires
that they should declare the Causes which impel them to the Separation.
“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are
endowed, by their CREATOR, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. . . .”
–Declaration of Independence
42.
When did the delegates to the Second Continental Congress vote to accept the Declaration of Independence?
__________________________
43.The Hessians main goal for winning the war was __________________________
44.The British promised to withdraw all troops from American territory in the __________________________
“[T]he flag of the United States [will] be 13 stripes alternate red and white; . . . the Union
[will] be 13 stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation.”
–June 14, 1777
45.
The design of the first flag of the United States, described in this passage, was decided by
__________________________
46.The division of powers between the national government and the states is a __________________________
Article I.
“No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be
molested on account of his mode of worship.
Article II.
“The inhabitants . . . shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus,
and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature,
and of judicial proceedings according to the course of common law. . . .
Article III.
“Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of
mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good
faith shall always be observed towards the Indians. . . .”
47.
These articles from the Northwest Ordinance function as a part of a __________________________for settlers in
the Northwest Territory.
“The Americans, almost to a man, believed that God Almighty had made that river a highway
for the people of the upper country to go to sea by.”
–John Jay, in the 1780s
48.
The attitude of the Southern states to use of “that river” in this quotation troubled relations between the United
States and Spain. Which river was it? __________________________
“I consent to this Constitution because I expect no better and because I am not sure, that it
is not the best.”
–at the Constitutional Convention, September 17, 1787
49.
In this sentence Benjamin Franklin says that he approves of the Constitution because he thinks that it is
__________________________.
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it
to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
–United States Constitution, Amendment X
50.
James Madison hoped that the Tenth Amendment would allow him to use
__________________________as protection against the powers of the national
government.
“. . .[A]n assumption of the debts of the particular States by the Union, and a like provision
for them as for those of the Union, will be a measure of sound policy and substantial
justice.
“It would, in the opinion of the Secretary, contribute, in an eminent degree, to an
orderly, stable, and satisfactory arrangement of the national finances. . . . [N]o greater
revenues will be required whether that provision be made wholly by the United States, or
partly by them and partly by the States separately. . . .
“If all the public creditors receive their dues from one source, distributed with an equal
hand, their interest will be the same. And, having the same interests, they will unite in the
support of the fiscal arrangements of the Government . . . These circumstances combined
will insure to the revenue laws a more ready and more satisfactory execution. . . .”
–Alexander Hamilton, ”Report on the Public Credit,” January 1790
51.
In this excerpt, Alexander Hamilton argues that the new United States government
should __________________________.
52.
Study the map. In what direction is Greenland from Africa?
__________________________
53.Jefferson thought government should do all of things except __________________________
54.After what battle did Tecumseh join forces with British troops? __________________________
55.A nation not involved in a conflict had __________________________
56.Who built a strong confederacy among Native Americans? __________________________
“. . . [In] choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from
each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or
members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to
a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the
right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following,
then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other
constitutional disability of the President.
–from the United States Constitution, Amendment XII
57.
The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was passed following a deadlock between
__________________________ and __________________________ in the presidential election
of__________________________
“May the Lord bless King George, convert him, and take him to heaven, as we want no more of
him.”
–Reverend John Gruber, to his Baltimore congregation
58.
The Reverend Gruber offered the blessing quoted here during which war? __________________________
59.
Which country claimed the land that Zebulon Pike explored in 1807? __________________________
60.
The ship icons on the War of 1812 map represent what aspect of that war? __________________________
“We did not call ourselves ladies. We did not forget that we were working girls, wearing aprons
suitable to our work, and that there was some danger of our becoming drudges.”
–Lucy Larcom recalling her factory work at Waltham, Massachusetts
61.
62.
This quotation from a textile-mill worker indicates young workers’ awareness of __________________________.
The Gulf of Mexico forms the western border of Florida. Which body of water forms the eastern border?
__________________________
63.John Tyler became president because __________________________
64.More than 80 percent of which group voted in the 1840 presidential election? __________________________
65.Who, along with federal troops, led the Cherokee west on the Trail of Tears? __________________________
We are aware that some persons suppose it will be for our advantage to remove beyond the
Mississippi. We think otherwise. . . .
“We wish to remain on the land of our fathers. We have a perfect and original right to
remain without interruption or molestation. The treaties with us, and the laws of the United
States made in pursuance of treaties, guaranty our residence and our privileges, and secure us
against intruders. Our only request is, that these treaties may be fulfilled, and these laws
executed.”
–Letter from the Cherokee, 1835
66.
The statement that best interprets this passage is that the Cherokee __________________________
67.Who was the Tennessee backwoodsman who lost his life at the Alamo? __________________________
68.Who was the African American who called the war with Mexico "disgraceful" and
"cruel"?__________________________
69.Which man replaced the Bear Flag with that of the United States? __________________________
70.What group of Southerners measured their wealth partly by the number of enslaved people they controlled?
__________________________
“Resolved, that the Creator has made all equal.
“Resolved, that in the first formation of government, no man gives up to others his
original right of soil and becomes a smith, a weaver, a builder, or other mechanic or laborer
without receiving a guaranty that reasonable toil shall enable him to live as comfortably as
others.
“Resolved, that the rights of the rich, or, in other words, the employer, are not greater
now than they were then.
“Resolved, that the rights of the poor or the employed are not less.”
–New York Working Men’s Party proclamation,
New York Morning Courier, April 30, 1839
71.
On which document is the language of this excerpt modeled? __________________________
72.
What can be determined from the information provided in the maps? __________________________
73.
Which of the following statements can be made using just the information provided in the circle graphs?
__________________________
74.
Of the three immigrant groups shown in the graph, which group immigrated in the lowest numbers in the
1830s and in the highest numbers in the 1850s? __________________________
75.The first college for African Americans was ____________________.
“The noise was like the roar of Niagara. . . . Some of the people were singing, others
praying, some crying for mercy in the most piteous accents, while others were shouting
most vociferously. . . . At one time I saw at least five hundred swept down in a moment as
if a battery of a thousand guns had been opened upon them, and then immediately followed
shrieks and shouts that rent the very heavens.”
–James Finley, describing a camp meeting during the Second Great
Awakening
76.
The events described in this passage took place in the __________________________.
“Follow the Drinking Gourd”
Follow the drinking gourd,
Follow the drinking gourd,
For the old man is a-waiting
For to carry you to freedom,
Follow the drinking gourd.
77.
The famous spiritual ”Follow the Drinking Gourd” refers to __________________________.