
8th Grade History Mid-Term
Quiz by Lca School
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What events revived trade in the East?
The first permanent settlement in the New World?
Who is the author of "History of Plymouth Plantation"?
The most widely used textbook was?
What was the final battle of the War for Independence?
The first U.S. government after the War for Independence was established by?
What type of government did the U.S. Constitution provide?
Who was the best known evangelist of the Second Great Awakening?
Public primary school for all children was first promoted by whom?
The abolitionist who led a raid at Harper's Ferry was Stephen A. Douglas.
Slavery in the United States was outlawed through the Thirteenth Amendment.Â
Tuskegee Institute was founded by Booker T. Washington.
In what battle did the confederates lose the Mississippi River?
First Battle of the Civil War?
In which battle did Stonewall Jackson earn his famous nickname?
Which battle was the most decisive battle of the Civil War?
What battle cleared the way for a Union invasion of Georgia?
What was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War?
Which colony set a precedent for religious freedom in America?
Who is remembered as the most powerful voice of the First Great Awakening?
What was the government policy that prevented European colonization of the Western Hemisphere?
Who invented the reaping machine?
Who founded the Five Points Mission as the first settlement house in New York City?
Who was the author of the Blue-Backed Speller?
Who established a large settlement in Texas?
Who was the nationally famous Tennessee frontiersman, marksman, and former congressman that fought at the Alamo?
Who negotiated the purchase that completely settled the southern border of the United States?
Who presented the Compromise of 1850?
Whom did Abraham Lincoln debate during his Illinois senatorial campaign?
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
Who was the first president to be impeached?
What law divided the former Confederacy into five military districts with military officers to govern them?
Whose presidency officially ended Reconstruction in the South?
In what year did the Webster-Ashburton Treaty take place?
In what year did the Treaty of Paris take place?
In what year did the Civil War end?
In what year did the Louisiana Purchase take place?
In what year did the Treaty of Ghent take place?
In what year did the Pilgrims land at New Plymouth?
Why was the Missouri Compromise significant?
Why was the Civil War fought?
How did the North and South Compare to each other during the Civil War?
In what year did the Constitutional Convention take place?
In what year did the Missouri Compromise take place?
In what year was the Stamp Act Congress formed?
In what year did the California Gold Rush take place?
In what year did the Emancipation Proclamation take place?
Which military leader captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson for the Union?
Which Union general led the Peninsula Campaign?
Which Union General led the March to the Sea from Atlanta?
Who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
Which military leader was responsible for the defeat of the Confederate army at Gettysburg?
Christopher Columbus first landed on a n island that he named?
A major turning point of the War for Independence was the Battle of?
The Cherokee forced relocation was called the_____________?
The first successful steamboat was developed by_______?
A person who risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas is called a(n)?
The Father of American Missions was_________?
The first elected president of the Republic of Texas was?
The largest wagon train ever to go west was known as the______?
The half-million square miles of land granted to the United States by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was known as the_______?
The series of escape routes for slaves escaping the South were called the ______?
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin is?
The president of the Confederate States of America was_________?
The person that is remembered as the Angel of the Battlefield is_______?
Type the correct number from the picture for the location of the Mississippi River.

Type the correct number from the picture for the location of Lake Huron.

Type the correct number from the picture for the location of Richmond.

Type the correct number from the picture for the location of Maine.

Type the correct number from the picture for the location of the Ohio River.

Type the correct number from the picture for the location of Atlanta.

Type the correct number from the picture for the location of the Nebraska.

Type the correct number from the picture for the location of Albany.
