The 'Social Studies Grade 8 CCA' quiz assesses understanding of American political history, focusing on Jeffersonian Democracy, laissez-faire economics, and the formation of political parties. It is designed to enhance critical thinking and knowledge of U. S. History.
Redcoats
Patriots
Tories
Native American Indians
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Bill of Rights.
Albany Plan of Union.
Declaration of Sentiments.
Federalist Papers.
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Gold was discovered.
Mexico abandoned it.
Free land was given to settlers.
The fur trade boomed.
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To persuade England to end slavery in America.
To list reasons the colonies should be free from England.
To provide a plan for financing the American Revolution.
To convince the king to grant colonists more land.
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Communism.
The factory system.
Sectionalism.
Republicanism.
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Provide a method to change the document.
Allow voters a voice in the legislative process.
Ensure that one branch of government would not gain too much power.
Allow for trial by jury in all civil and criminal cases.
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The American Revolution.
The admission of California to the Union.
The U.S.-Mexican War.
The acquisition of the Gadsden Purchase
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Valley Forge.
New Orleans.
Fort Ticonderoga.
The Alamo.
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A decrease in trade.
Abandonment of the rail lines.
A decrease in farming.
Expansion of trade between the east and midwest.
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Puritans--Georgia
Quakers--Pennsylvania
Pilgrims--Virginia
Catholics--Rhode Island
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Mayflower Compact
Treaty of Paris
Emancipation Proclamation
Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Fallen Timbers.
Proclamation of 1763.
Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Indian Removal Act.
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9 of 13
7 of 13
All or 13
12 of 13
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The average citizen is not able to take part in government.
Each citizen should play a part in a democracy.
Most citizens do not care about their liberties.
The federal government should be large and powerful.
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Bill of Attainment.
Bill of Rights.
The Preamble.
The Articles.
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Women's rights.
Temperance reform.
Labor union organization.
States' rights.
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They hoped to grow tobacco in their new colony.
They sought religious freedom in North America.
They wanted to learn Native American customs.
They sought the Northwest Passage.
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Defeated Spain.
Took control of Cuba.
Gained land from Canada.
Stayed independent from Britain
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Blackout.
Severe food shortage.
Tax on imports.
Ban on trade.
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Stay out of the conflicts between foreign nations.
Side with nations that had supported the American Revolution.
Build a strong army and navy to prepare for war.
Help warring nations resolve conflicts.
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The bankers' president
A states' rights president
The Native Americans' president
The common man's president
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The forced relocation of the Cherokees from the Southeast to Oklahoma.
The forced movement of the Miamis to Oregon.
The passage of a bill requiring the return of all runaway slaves.
The creation of slave codes.
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They were looking for gold.
They wanted to work on the railroads
They hoped to escape religious persecution.
They wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
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He challenged the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
He thought that the Puritan Church in Massachusetts had too much power.
He believed in religious tolerance for all
Williams supported the idea of joining the matters of state with church matters.
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The large cotton plantations located nearby.
The climate.
The fast-moving rivers.
The large slave labor force in the region.
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To end disagreements over policy.
To organize support for their views.
To unite farmers and merchants.
The Constitution established them.
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Allow women the right to vote.
Establish schools supported by taxpayers.
Stop people from drinking alcohol.
End slavery.
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The diary of a factory worker
A photograph of a child working in a factory.
A letter written by an immigrant textile worker.
A textbook chapter about George Washington.
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George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
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John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
George Washington
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To make the nation's laws.
To carry out the nation's laws.
To decide a law's constitutionality.
To interpret the Constitution.
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Colonial legislators.
Town meetings.
The English Parliament.
The First Continental Congress.
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The Constitution contained a clause that outlawed the importation of slaves into the Northern states.
Congress passed a law forbidding slavery.
Northern states passed affirmative action legislation.
Geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations.
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Law and order.
Manifest Destiny.
Sectionalism.
Women's suffrage.
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As a result of the Louisiana Purchase, the United States expanded to the Pacific Ocean.
Half of all current states were part of the Louisiana Purchase.
The Mississippi River formed most of the eastern border of the Louisiana Purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase gave the United States control of the Rocky Mountains.
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Executive
Legislative
Judicial
Congress
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Supporting the Underground Railroad.
Opposing the Emancipation Proclamation.
Banning freed slaves from Northern States.
Proposing a stricter fugitive slave law.
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Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Albany Plan of Union
Proclamation of 1763
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Ended the British threat to the South.
Guaranteed Canadian help for the colonists.
Convinced the French to support the Americans.
Forced the British to withdraw from the North.
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Republicans and Democrats
Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
Whigs and Democrats
National Republicans and Democratic-Republicans
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The government has tight control over business and trade.
Taxes for the wealthiest should be the lowest to promote economic growth.
Free markets where goods and services are exchanged with little regulation benefit everyone.
Interstate trade should be regulated by the individual states.
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To make the nation's laws.
To carry out the nation's laws.
To decide a law's constitutionality.
To interpret the Constitution.
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Separation of powers.
An electoral college.
A federal system.
An amendment process.
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Native Americans had an equal claim to the lands of the West.
Slavery should be allowed in the West.
No more European colonies would be allowed in the Americas.
The United States had the right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
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Neither Adams nor Jefferson won a majority of the electoral votes.
Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received 73 electoral votes.
Votes were cast separately for President and Vice President.
All of the above.
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Henry Clay promised to help Andrew Jackson become president in exchange for his appointment as Secretary of War.
John Quincy Adams helped Clay win the presidency in exchange for the Secretary of State position.
Jackson helped Clay become president in exchange for an appointment to the Supreme Court.
Clay promised to help John Quincy Adams gain the presidency in exchange for his appointment as Secretary of State.
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Rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs.
Awarding government land to political supporters.
Giving government bonds to political opponents.
Rewarding supporters with money from the treasury.
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Both strengthened the English Parliament's control over the colonies.
Both gave settlers the right to establish colonies.
Both contributed to the development of representative democracy.
Both created elected legislatures.
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