
Second Semester Review - 8th Grade
Quiz by Dale Driskill
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Private ownership of property, limited government interference, citizens spend their money freely, started by Alexander Hamilton
Which of the choices below are causes of the War of 1812?
After the War of 1812 in order for people to move west and start up businesses and create trade opportunities as part of the Free Enterprise System what had to be in place?
North - Manufacturing  Midwest - ?  South - Cotton Plantations
Which one is missing?
Industrialization started in New England because...
What happened to the rural population in America throughout the 1800s during the Industrial Revolution?
Plantations grew throughout the South in the 1800s as well as the use of African American slaves. What invention below made it very profitable to grow cotton with slave labor?
Which of the choices below was one of the first transportation improvements that opened up the west for free enterprise and made Northeastern cities like New York boom?
Which of the choices below was a statement made to the rest of the world that no longer would European colonization be allowed in the Western Hemisphere?
The Election of 1824 is often known as the Corrupt Bargain. What was different in 1828 when Jackson won in a landslide?
Why did the U.S. Government want the Indians moved from the East to the West?
Which of the choices below led to more support for the abolitionist movement, split the North and South even more, and ultimately led to the Civil War?
Which of the choices below led to people joining reform movements to make sure that more people were treated equitably?
Which of the following choices produced artists that were the first to paint natural landscapes, plants, and animals?
Toward the end of the Civil War, the government persuaded people to move west. What did the west represent to people during this time period?
Which of the reform movements below contributed to more women participating in social reform?
Which of the choices below represent the 1800s concept of Manifest Destiny?
Which of the choices below were reasons for Manifest Destiny?
The Mexican War led to the acquisition of the Mexican Cession which allowed ______________ in the Compromise of 1850 to decide if slavery would spread west.
Which of the choices below was acquired by a treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain over the top border of the United States?
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
Stephen Douglas' Kansas Nebraska Act allowed slavery to expand with popular sovereignty and resulted in...
Which of the choices below were a reason for Henry Clay's Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850?
Which section of the country had the most plantations and slaves?
Which case below decided that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that an African American was not a citizen, only property.
Which territory was acquired from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the end of the Mexican War?
The first shots of the Civil War on April 12, 1861 was at...
Who did Lincoln eventually find in order to become the commanding general of the Union armies to force Lee into a surrender and win the war?
Gettysburg is often known as the Turning Point battle of the Civil War. Why?
Which of the choices below got his famous nickname from the battle at First Bull Run and devastated the Union army under General Burnside at Fredericksburg. He was later killed accidentally by one of his own men after the victory at Chancellorsville. Who was it?
What was significant about the Civil Rights Act of 1866 during the Reconstruction Era?
Who became the first African American to be elected as Senator in 1870?
Which of the choices below do not describe the Reconstruction Era?
Which choice below was used to stop freedmen after the Civil War from having civil rights the same as everyone else?
The amendment to the Constitution added in 1865 ending slavery forever in the United States was the...
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was added in 1870 in order to give...
Which section of the country depended on slavery for a huge source of labor for their economy that was based on agriculture?