Transcript final exam review packet

FINAL EXAM PREP
8 GRADE
June 7th
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ON YOUR TEST YOU WILL FIND
3 TYPES OF QUESTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
SKILL BASED
READING
Question #1
What is the difference between a primary and
secondary source?
WHAT KIND OF
SOURCE WOULD
BE MOST
RELIABLE?
D. A diary
entry by
someone who
witnessed the
event
Question #2
How do historians deal with historical bias?
Question #3
Explain the Columbian Exchange.
The widespread
transfer of animals,
plants, culture, human
populations,
technology and ideas
between the eastern
and western
hemispheres
D. Exchange of
DISEASES from Old
World (Europe) to
New World (Americas)
Question # 4
Describe the Middle Colonies.
Question #5
Describe representative government.
Question #5
Give examples of representative governments in
the English Colonies.
Question #6
What was the MAIN reason for the French and
Indian War?
Question #7
Why did the British establish the Proclamation of
1763?
Question #8
Why did Britain pass a series of tax laws in the
English Colonies after the French and Indian War?
Question #9
Explain the phrase, “no taxation without
representation”.
“NO TAXES HAVE
EVER BEEN, OR
CAN BE
CONSTITUTIONALLY
IMPOSED ON
THEM BUT BY
THEIR RESPECTIVE
LEGISLATURES”
-STAMP ACT
CONGRESS, 1765
B. Only the colonists’
elected
representatives
should have the
power to collect taxes
Question #10
What were the most effective forms of colonial
protest to the new taxes?
Question #11
What was the purpose of Thomas Paine’s
pamphlet, Common Sense?
Question #12
A major argument for American Independence
found in the Declaration of Independence was
that the British …
Question #13
Which battle prompted the French to aid the
American cause during the Revolutionary War?
Question #14
List advantages of the Patriots entering the
Revolutionary War.
Question #15
Why did many people call for changes to the
Articles of Confederation?
WHICH
STATEMENT
ABOUT
REPRESENTATION
WAS INCLUDED
IN THE US
CONSTITUTION?
D. Congress will have
two houses – one
based on population,
one in which all states
are equal
Question #16
Why did Antifederalists want a bill of rights added
to the U.S. Constitution?
Question #17
What kind of government does the US Constitution
set up in the United States?
Question #18
Why was the amendment process included in the
U.S. Constitution?
Question #19
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Question #20
What does President George Washington say about
foreign policy in his Farewell Address?
Question #21
Give a few examples of how President Washington
strengthened the federal government.
Question #22
Identify what Alexander Hamilton did to help the
nation’s economy
Question #23
What is the MAIN reason for the formation of the
first two political parties in America in the 1790’s?
Question #24
Describe how Republicans responded to the
Alien and Sedition Acts.
Question #25
What power did the Supreme Court establish in
Marbury v. Madison?
Question #26
Give a few examples of Thomas Jefferson’s democratic
style demonstrated during his time as President.
Question #27
Why was the Louisiana Purchase from France
significant?
Question #28
What was the impact of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition?
Question #29
What contributed to American Patriotism during
the War of 1812.
Question #30
Describe the principle of “Jacksonian Democracy”.
Question #31
What type of people would have supported
Andrew Jackson?
Question #32
Describe how the spoils system worked.
Question #33
Describe Andrew Jackson’s feelings towards the
Bank of the United States.
Question #34
What was the purpose of a protective tariff?
Question #35
What caused South Carolina to pass the
Nullification Act?
Question #36
Identify examples of why the Oregon territory
appealed to settlers.
Question #37
What caused Americans living in Texas to go to
war with Mexico?
Question #38
What did the Texans’ defeat at the Alamo
encourage?
Question #39
Identify a few results of the Mexican War.
Question #40
Explain the idea of the Manifest Destiny.
Question #41
Why did the Mormons move to Utah?
Question #42
What effect did the discovery of gold in California
in 1849 have on westward expansion?
Question #43
As industry in the U.S. grew during the early 1800s,
what role did immigrants play in the economy?
Question #44
Why were sectional differences developing in the
United States?
Question #45
Explain the connection between cotton and
Slavery.
Question #45
Why did slavery expand in the South and not the
North?
Question #46
What was the purpose of the “Slave Codes”?
Question #47
How did enslaved African Americans resist and fight
back against slavery?
Question #48
What was the SENECA FALLS CONVENTION
concerned with?
Question #49
Identify 3 of the major areas of reform in the mid1800s.
Question #50
Who was Frederick Douglass?
Question #51
Who was SOJOURNER TRUTH?
Question #52
Why is Harriet Tubman significant to the abolitionist
movement?
Question #53
How were the goals of the Free Soil Party and the
Republican Party alike?
No slavery
Question #54
Some people wanted the slavery issue to
be decided in the new territories by
“Popular Sovereignty”, which would
mean what?
Question #55
What were the details of 1850 Fugitive Slave Act?
Question #56
What popular book was written in response to the
1850 Fugitive Slave Act?
Question #57
Why did Kansas get the nickname “Bleeding
Kansas”?
Question #58
What decision did the Supreme Court reach in the Dred
Scott case AND how did this decision impact Congress’s
ability to decide the slavery issue out West?
“COMPROMISE
ENABLES MAINE
AND MISSOURI
TO ENTER THE
UNION”
“CA ADMITTED
AS FREE STATE”
“K-N ACT SETS UP
POPULAR
SOVEREIGNTY”
Which issue is
reflected?
B. Extension
of slavery
Question #59
Why were the Lincoln-Douglas debates important
for Lincoln?
Question #60
In his “House Divided” speech, what does Abe
Lincoln suggest?
Question #61
Entering the Civil War, Abe Lincoln makes his
primary goal as president clear – what is it?
Question #62
Which occurs first: Abe Lincoln’s election OR Civil
War?
1
THEN…
2
A. INCREASED
SECTIONALISM
B.
DISAGREEMENT
OVER STATES’
RIGHTS
C. BREAKDOWN
OF COMPROMISE
D. ELECTION OF
1860
Which title best
accompanies a-d?
D. Secession of the
Southern States from the
Union
Question #63
Identify CONFEDERATE Strengths during the Civil
War.
Question #64
Identify UNION Strengths
Question #65
How did the Civil War benefit the Northern
economy?
Question #66
Why was the Union victory at Vicksburg so
important?
Captures the
Miss. River
Question #67
What do many historians consider the turning
point for the Union of the Civil War?
Question #68
What is Ulysses S. Grant’s plan to end the Civil
War?