TEKS Social Studies Grade 8 - Topic: 8.23-8.26 Culture
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- Q 1/37Score 0What led to the conflict referred to in this excerpt?29The Battle of TippecanoeThe passage of the Dawes ActThe adoption of Indian removal policiesThe Louisiana Purchase
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- Q1What led to the conflict referred to in this excerpt?The Battle of TippecanoeThe passage of the Dawes ActThe adoption of Indian removal policiesThe Louisiana Purchase60s8.23.C: Social Studies - Culture
- Q2This painting of a Missouri scene was completed in 1852. Such scenes would look dramatically different after the —expansion of the factory system into the Southemergence of Manifest DestinySecond Great Awakeningratification of the Fifteenth Amendment60s8.26.C: Social Studies - Culture
- Q3The New York City riots of 1863 were partly a result of —strong local opposition to federal taxesthe meager wages paid to military recruitshousing shortages affecting recent immigrantsthe economic uncertainty faced by the working class60s8.23.B: Social Studies - Culture
- Q4The speaker quoted above was a supporter of the movement to —end the international slave tradeestablish strict limits on immigrationdiscourage the consumption of alcoholic beveragesexpose corruption in the federal government60s8.24.B: Social Studies - Culture
- Q5Which headline provides the best example of a First Amendment guarantee in action?“Mormons Hold State Convention Downtown”“Protesters Arrested at Antiwar Rally”“Congress Declares a National Day of Remembrance”“Religious University Forced to Close by State”60s8.25.C: Social Studies - Culture
- Q6Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-1800s?An economic boom in the WestThe possibility of a free educationThe prospect of religious freedomAn opportunity for free land in the Midwest60s8.23.A: Social Studies - Culture
- Q7What was one result of the law described above?Religious groups left the abolitionist movement to avoid political controversy.Abolitionist societies began to focus their efforts on promoting women’s suffrage.Northerners who believed the law was unfair began to support the abolitionist movement.Southerners used the law to challenge the constitutionality of abolitionist goals.60s8.24.A: Social Studies - Culture
- Q8Which group was responsible for these contributions to American culture?German AmericansChinese AmericansAfrican AmericansItalian Americans60s8.23.D: Social Studies - Culture
- Q9A certain small town has many choices for people who want to attend religious services, including two churches, a synagogue, a cathedral, a mosque, and a temple. These choices are protected by the —Third AmendmentSixth AmendmentEighth AmendmentFirst Amendment60s8.25.C: Social Studies - Culture
- Q10Which movement did Emerson lead?The Second Great AwakeningAbolitionismTranscendentalismTemperance60s8.26.A: Social Studies - Culture
- Q11Which document was most influenced by this statute?The Bill of RightsThe Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutThe Articles of ConfederationThe Declaration of Independence60s8.25.A: Social Studies - Culture
- Q12This painting was completed in 1864, just before the end of the Civil War. At that time, what idea did the western frontier represent to many Americans?The abundance of wildlifeThe threat of industrial pollutionThe promise of a new beginning for the nationThe need to establish national parks60s8.26.C: Social Studies - Culture
- Q13Which quotation from this letter reveals the main reason for the surge in Irish immigration to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century?“I would advise all my friends to quit Ireland. . . .”“What you labour for is sweetened by contentment and happiness. . . .”“I am exceedingly well pleased at coming to this land of plenty.”“There is no failure in the potato crop. . . .”60s8.23.A: Social Studies - Culture
- Q14Which group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?Puritans, because the New England economy did not rely on slaveryAmerican Indians, because they viewed the plight of slaves as similar to their ownQuakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefsBritish loyalists, because Great Britain had ended the slave trade60s8.24.A: Social Studies - Culture
- Q15What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?Politicians were encouraged to promote states’ rights rather than federal unity.Religious leaders petitioned legislatures to extend suffrage to women.Churches turned away from public politics and focused on internal religious issues.People were inspired to join reform movements to address social problems.60s8.25.B: Social Studies - Culture
