Chapter 14 8th Grade American History

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8th Grade Quizzes & Trivia

Covers Woman's Suffrage, the Underground Railroad, Abolition, and much more.


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  • 1. 
    What was the temperance movement?
    • A. 

      A movement to create better living conditions in prisons

    • B. 

      A movement to stop the drinking of alcohal

    • C. 

      A movement to make men have better tempers

  • 2. 
    The labor union was a group of workers who band together to seek better living conditions.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 3. 
    Population Growth means that-
    • A. 

      A land has become overcrowded.

    • B. 

      Population increases all around the world.

    • C. 

      Tree population has grown

  • 4. 
    During agricultural changes...
    • A. 

      The landlords would change the agriculture

    • B. 

      Hurricanes would occur

    • C. 

      The landlords would force tenants off of land

  • 5. 
    Crop failures lead to the tomatoe famine.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 6. 
    During the industrial revolution, _________ were replaced by factory goods.
  • 7. 
    Who was known as public education's "Great Equalizer"?
    • A. 

      Horace Mann

    • B. 

      Dorthea Dix

    • C. 

      Fredrick Douglass

  • 8. 
    Who was the reformer of living conditions for the mentally ill/poor?
    • A. 

      Noah Webster

    • B. 

      Harriet Tubman

    • C. 

      Dorthea Dix

  • 9. 
    What was the Movement to end slavery known as?
    • A. 

      Suffrage

    • B. 

      Abolition

    • C. 

      Temperance

  • 10. 
    Fredrick Douglass
    • A. 

      Was a former slave

    • B. 

      Was a white man who owned a Plantation home

    • C. 

      Opposed slavery

    • D. 

      Fought as a Confederate Soldier in the Civil War

    • E. 

      Fought against oppression of blacks

    • F. 

      Fought against oppression of women

    • G. 

      Was a Conductor of an Underground Railroad

    • H. 

      Was Known as the "Great Equalizer" of Public Education

  • 11. 
    Sojourner Truth-
    • A. 

      Spoke the truth

    • B. 

      Was a former slave and spoke for abolition

    • C. 

      Was a famous Underground Railroad conductor

  • 12. 
    An Above ground series of escape routes from the South to the North was known as the-
    • A. 

      Underground Railroad

    • B. 

      Underground Route

    • C. 

      Abolition Railroad

  • 13. 
    Harriet Tubman-
    • A. 

      Spoke for Women's Rights

    • B. 

      Made 19 Journeys to free enslaved persons

    • C. 

      Was one of the most famous Underground Railroad Conductors

    • D. 

      Was Married to Fredrick Douglass

    • E. 

      Made 20 Journeys to free enslaved persons

  • 14. 
    Who decided to hold a convention for women's rights in Seneca?
    • A. 

      Sojourner Truth

    • B. 

      Susan B. Anthony

    • C. 

      Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  • 15. 
    Suffrage was-
    • A. 

      The right to vote

    • B. 

      The freeing of enslaved persons

    • C. 

      Women's rights

  • 16. 
    _____ ______ fought for equal rights for women.
  • 17. 
    Who published a dictionary that gave American spellings and included American Slang?
    • A. 

      Daniel Webster

    • B. 

      John Webster

    • C. 

      Noah Webster

  • 18. 
    Who published an anti-slavery newspaper called The LIberator?
    • A. 

      Lloyd William Garrison

    • B. 

      William Lloyd Garrison

    • C. 

      Garret Lloyd Williamson

  • 19. 
    Susan B. Anthony-
    • A. 

      Worked in the temperance movement

    • B. 

      Was a former slave

    • C. 

      Worked in the anti slavery movemnet

    • D. 

      Built the women's movement into a national organization

    • E. 

      Married Horace Mann

  • 20. 
    Push Factors were-
    • A. 

      Freedom

    • B. 

      Population Growth

    • C. 

      Agricultural Changes

    • D. 

      Economic Opportunity

    • E. 

      Crop Failure

    • F. 

      Industrial Revolution

    • G. 

      Religious and Political Turmoil

    • H. 

      Abundant Land

  • 21. 
    Pull Factors were-
    • A. 

      Freedom

    • B. 

      Population Growth

    • C. 

      Agricultural Changes

    • D. 

      Economic Opportunity

    • E. 

      Crop Failure

    • F. 

      Industrial Revolution

    • G. 

      Religious and Political Turmoil

    • H. 

      Abundant Land

  • 22. 
    Push Factors were _____ ______ ______ ______ ______
  • 23. 
    Pull Factors were _______ ________ ________
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