Mrs. Griffin's 8th Social Studies Final Exam
This quiz will review you for the final exam of the year! Then on to 9th grade where you will excel in World Geography!
- 1.Who won the election of 1800?
- A.
George Washington
- B.
Thomas Jefferson
- C.
Alexander Hamilton
- D.
Aaron Burr
- 2.Who was the main commander for the Union Army during the Civil War?
- A.
Robert E. Lee
- B.
William T. Sherman
- C.
Ulysses Grant
- D.
Jeb Stuart
- 3.Interchangable parts, assembly lines, and factories all have to do with which time period?
- A.
Industrial Revolution
- B.
Civil War
- C.
Era of Good Feeling
- D.
War of 1812
- 4.Which major man-made waterway connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River?
- A.
St. Lawrence River
- B.
Mississippi River
- C.
Cayuga-Seneca Canal
- D.
Erie Canal
- 5.What is another word for commerce?
- A.
Economy
- B.
Trade
- C.
Politics
- D.
Friendship
- 6.What piece of land was explored during after the purchase in 1803?
- A.
Florida
- B.
Louisiana Territory
- C.
Mexican Cession
- D.
Texas
- 7.What president purchased the Louisiana Territory?
- A.
George Washington
- B.
Ulysses Grant
- C.
Andrew Jackson
- D.
Thomas Jefferson
- 8.What was the first state to secede from the Union during the Civil War?
- A.
Alabama
- B.
South Carolina
- C.
North Carolina
- D.
Mississippi
- 9.Where did the Mormons end up settling after leaving Nauvoo, Illinois?
- A.
San Diego, California
- B.
Salt Lake City, Utah
- C.
Oregon City, Oregon
- D.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 10.Which person was president during the "Age of the Common Man"?
- A.
Abraham Lincoln
- B.
James Monroe
- C.
Andrew Jackson
- D.
Thomas Jefferson
- 11.The area where the Indians were forced to move after the Indian Removal Act is known as what state today?
- A.
Texas
- B.
Florida
- C.
South Carolina
- D.
Oklahoma
- 12.What was one major reason the War of 1812 began?
- A.
Impressment of U.S. Citizens
- B.
Slavery
- C.
Election of 1860
- D.
Taxation without Representation
- 13.Which area was more industrialized?
- A.
North
- B.
South
- 14.Which amendment granted all men the right to vote?
- A.
15th
- B.
1st
- C.
13th
- D.
14th
- 15.Which area was more populated at the time of the Civil War?
- A.
North
- B.
South
- 16.Which state became a free state because of the Compromise of 1850?
- A.
Missouri
- B.
Maine
- C.
Kansas
- D.
California
- 17.Which document freed all slaves living in the South?
- A.
Emancipation Proclamation
- B.
Gettysburg Address
- C.
Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address
- D.
Declaration of Independence
- 18.Which group of people were NOT known to mainly work in factories?
- A.
Children
- B.
Women
- C.
Immigrants
- D.
White men
- 19.Which best describes the idea that Americans were destined to acquire land all the way to the Pacific Ocean?
- A.
Monroe Doctrine
- B.
Manifest Destiny
- C.
Land Ordinance of 1785
- D.
Treaty of Paris
- 20.Which of the following reformers was at one time a slave?
- A.
William Lloyd Garrison
- B.
John Brown
- C.
Harriett Beecher Stowe
- D.
Frederick Douglass
- 21.What year did the Civil War end?
- A.
1860
- B.
1861
- C.
1865
- D.
1855
- 22.Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
- A.
Thomas Jefferson
- B.
Andrew Johnson
- C.
Abraham Lincoln
- D.
Jefferson Davis
- 23.Who led the raid at Harper's Ferry prior to the start of the Civil War?
- A.
Hiram Rhodes
- B.
John Brown
- C.
Robert E. Lee
- D.
William Sherman
- 24.Who started the American Red Cross?
- A.
Clara Barton
- B.
Harriett Beecher Stowe
- C.
Harriett Tubman
- D.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- 25.What reform movement took part in the Seneca Falls Convention with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony?
- A.
Abolitionist
- B.
Women Rights
- C.
Temperance
- D.
Education
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