Second Semester Review - 8th Grade
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- Q1
Private ownership of property, limited government interference, citizens spend their money freely, started by Alexander Hamilton
Mercantilism
Free Enterprise System
Triangular Trade
Republicanism
30s - Q2
Which of the choices below are causes of the War of 1812?
Slavery
Tariffs
Impressment of U.S. sailors
States' Rights
30s - Q3
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?
Better transportation networks (roads, canals, railroads)
Freedom to make and spend money freely with little government interference
All of the choices
Ownership of private property
30s - Q4
North - Manufacturing Midwest - ? South - Cotton Plantations
Which one is missing?
Immigrants started small farms that raised food crops such as wheat
Immigrants worked in coal mines
Immigrants worked in factories
Commercial fishing
30s - Q5
Industrialization started in New England because...
Plenty of capital or money
Lots of goods transportation systems (roads, canals, railroads)
All of the choices
An abundance of labor (immigrants)/Poor climate and soil for farming
30s - Q6
What happened to the rural population in America throughout the 1800s during the Industrial Revolution?
It decreased because of the availability of stable jobs in urban areas in factories
It was fine until the Civil War
It stayed about the same
It increased because of the Cotton Gin
30s - Q7
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?
Steel Plow
Tractor
Mechanical Reaper
Cotton Gin
30s - Q8
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?
Transcontinental Railroad
Cumberland Road
National Road
Erie Canal
30s - Q9
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?
Corrupt Bargain
XYZ Affair
Monroe Doctrine
Monroe Declaration
30s - Q10
The Election of 1824 is often known as the Corrupt Bargain. What was different in 1828 when Jackson won in a landslide?
People did not forget what happened and got revenge
Jackson's supporters cheated in order to win
Land ownership qualifications in order to vote were lifted which gave more common people the ability to vote
Now 18 year olds could vote
30s - Q11
Why did the U.S. Government want the Indians moved from the East to the West?
Gold discovered in Georgia
All of the choices
Safety for Americans moving west
The land and its natural resources
30s - Q12
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?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Gold Rush
The Compromise of 1850
The Mexican War
30s - Q13
Which of the choices below led to people joining reform movements to make sure that more people were treated equitably?
The Second Great Awakening
The Constitutional Convention
Transcendentalism
Free Enterprise System
30s - Q14
Which of the following choices produced artists that were the first to paint natural landscapes, plants, and animals?
Berlin University of the Arts
London School of Art
Hudson River School
Chicago School of Art
30s - Q15
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?
Gold mining
A new beginning or the future
Expanding slavery to new territories
Ranching Industry
30s