SOCIAL STUDIES
8th Grade Social Studies
Curriculum Based Assessment (CBA)
#4
8th Grade Social Studies CBA 4th 6 weeks
8.13B Identify the economic factors that brought about rapid industrialization and urbanization
1. Which economic factor most contributed to urbanization during the 1800’s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
High population density worsened pollution and disease.
Capitalist factories led agricultural workers to settle in nearby cities.
New factories and manufacturing increased consumer demand.
Police forces and hospitals attracted farmers to settle northern cities
8.7C Analyze the impact of slavery on different sections of the United States.
2.How did the admissin of new western states prior to the Civil War contribute to sectionalism?
F.
G.
H.
J.
New western states may be admitted as a slave or free state.
New western states may create governments with strong governors.
New western states may upset the economic balance between the North and South.
New western states may have cultural differences from states in the East.
8.13B Identify the economic factors that brought about rapid industrialization and urbanization
3.During the early 1800’s, industrialization in the northern United States was encouraged by the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Growth in slave labor
Lack of a skilled labor force
Presence of fast flowing rivers
Decrease in foreign investment
8.10A Locate places and regions of importance in the United States during the 17th, 18th,
and 19th centuries.
4.Which shaded state was the main destination of American Indians forced to relocate as part of
Of the Trail of Tears? (See next page)
F
H
G
J
8.5G Analyze the reasons for the removal and resettlement of Cherokee Indians during the
Jacksonian era, including the Indian Removal Act, Worchester v. Georgia, and the Trail of
Tears
5.Which Supreme court case declared the Cherokee Nation in the state of Georgia to be
“a distinct community, occupying its own territory” in which the “laws of Georgia can
have no force”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Worcester v. Georgia
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sanford
8.13B Identify the economic factors that brought about rapid industrialization and urbanization
6.Developed by Francis Lowell and his partners, the shareholder corporation is
distinguished by its use of F. steam power to drive the machinery in their factories, replacing horses and
mules, and making the process much more efficient.
G. shares of stock that are sold to wealthy investors as a means to raise capital to fund
business undertakings.
H. a vertical structure that streamlined the manufacturing process by housing all of the
materials and production in one factory.
J. assignments of small “piece” tasks to individual workers to complete at home,
which would be assembled at the factory.
7.The building of canals, like the Erie Canal, proved vital to the growing industrial revolution
In the United States by A. linking roadways to major industrial centers and reducing the amount of time to export
raw materials to foreign ports.
B. linking centers of trade and production, providing a quicker route to transport goods, and
creating the ability to transport heavier loads on barges.
C. providing a means into the interior of the country and linking U.S. industrial centers
with Canadian export hubs.
D. providing routes to inland waterways, linking agricultural centers to industrial centers,
and reducing transport time for raw materials to inland factories.
8.A partial outline is shown below.
1.______________________
A. Mechanized Production
B. Economics of Scale
C. Water Power
D. Central Factories
E. Production Uniformity
Which of the following would be the best title for the outline?
F. The Making of the Modern Economic Factory System
G. Factors that contributed to the Rapid Rise of the Industrial Revolution
H. The Enclosure Movement: How the Death of the Cottage Industry
Revolutionized New england Industry.
J. Industrial Innovations and their effect on Western Culture
8.15D Analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government,
republicanism checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty,
and individual rights
9.The constitutional principle of popular sovereignty established A.
B.
C.
D.
states’ rights in the South.
consent of the governed.
slavery in the territories.
democracy in the colonies.
8.7D Identify the provisions and compare the effects of congressional conflicts and
compromises prior to the Civil War, including the roles of John Quincy Adams, John C.
Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster
10.The agreement that banned slavery in the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase, but
allowed
Missouri to form as a slave state was known as the F. Missouri Compromise.
G. Emancipation Proclamation.
H. Slavery Prohibition Act.
J. Northwest Compromise of 1820
8.10C Analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors on major historical and
contemporary events in the United States.
Looking at the map above, what did the Louisiana Purchase give the U. S. access to?
A. river routes to the Great Lakes
B. the port of New Orleans
C. vast resources on the west coast