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8th Grade United States History Quizzes, Questions & Answers

Recent United States History Quizzes

Creation Of The American Government

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 371 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
What was the main weakness of the Georgia Constitution of 1777?

It created an independent executive branch

It established two parts in the legislative branch

It gave too much power to the legislative branch

It placed too much importance on checks and balances

Chapter 8 Hour 7th American History

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 76 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2025

Sample Question
1. What is Gilded Age?

A law that was made in 1883.

A payment made by the government to encourage the development of certain key industries.

Term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction era.

The governments non elected workers.

Quiz 7: The Gilded Age

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 2642 | Last updated: Jan 4, 2025

Sample Question
One problem in the Gilded Age was government corruption. Officials in the government could be bribed, and politicians gave their friends jobs rather than qualified candidates. How did the Pendleton Civil Service Act try to limit this corruption? (pg. 182)

It declared that a government worker should be fired anyone accused of corruption.

Applicants for jobs had to take a civil service exam to prove they were qualified.

The President was only allowed to appoint 10% of federal jobs.

Chapter 8 History Test Prep

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 394 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2025

Sample Question
The Articles of Confederation did all of the following except

Give Congress power to make war and peace.

Serve as the first plan of government for the United States.

Divide power among three branches of government.

Form a loose union of the states.

An Interesting Quiz On Chapter 18 History Test

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 62 | Last updated: Jan 4, 2025

Sample Question
This person was the last to reign in Hawaii's monarchy before surrendering power to the US to annex the state.

Kalakaua

Liliuokalani

Both a and b

None of the above

Diaz-westward Expansion and Industrialization

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 131 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
The belief that Americans had been given a god-given right to expand westward is called

Homesteader belief

Manifest Destiny

Horizontal integration

Populism

A Short Quiz On President Obama's Policies!

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 111 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2025

Sample Question
Under the Affordable Care Act, children can stay on their parents' health insurance plans until the age of 26.

True

False

US History Chapter 17 Test

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 365 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
This movement aimed to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in American life.

Scientific

Prohibition

Progressive

None of the above

Chasing Lincoln's Killer: Prologue - Ch. 6

Questions: 21 | Attempts: 762 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
How did John Wilkes Booth find out Abraham Lincoln would be at Ford's Theater?

He heard it from an actor.

He saw it posted on a bulletin board.

He read it in a letter.

He asked one of the President's aides.

Amazon 101: An Introduction To The History and Culture Of Amazon (Pre-test)

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 550 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
Jeff Bezos established Amazon out of his garage in Portland, Oregon in 1994.

True

False

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