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8 th Grade U.S. History Review

Review essential U.S. history facts for 8th-grade TAKS with key events, influential figures like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and critical concepts like Mercantilism and Manifest Destiny.

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8 th Grade U.S. History Review

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  1. 8th Grade U.S. History Review Download for TAKS review.

  2. First English colony in the Americas was established where and in what year • Answer: Jamestown, Virginia, 1607

  3. The Declaration of Independence was signed when? • Answer: 1776

  4. The new constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation was presented when? • Answer: 1787

  5. The Louisiana Purchase was made in what year and did what to the size of the U.S. • Answer: 1803; doubled the size of the United States

  6. The Civil War broke out in the year of _______ and ended in the year of ________. • Answers: 1861...1865

  7. Religious freedom, persecution, profit, land, etc. are reasons for what? • Answers: Coming to America, exploration

  8. The document signed by the Pilgrims, in the year _____, that was an early first step toward self-government was called what? • Answers: Year 1620 Document- The Mayflower Compact

  9. First written constitution in the New World was called ____________ and was written in the year ________. • Answers: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut • Answer: Written in 1639

  10. The first representative government for the English colonies was called what? • Answer: Virginia House of Burgesses

  11. The economic system where colonies are set up to make the mother country rich is called what? • Answer: Mercantilism

  12. After the French and Indian War, Britain took what actions (several), which enraged the colonists? • Proclamation of 1763, Colonists could not settle in the Ohio Valley • Sugar Act • Stamp Act • Quartering Act • Intolerable Acts • Townsend Act

  13. Patriot leader who was an original Son of Liberty in Boston.( Beer Maker) • Answer: Samuel Adams

  14. Inventor, writer, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Bifocals, Poor Richard’s Almanac, ambassador to France. Who does this describe? • Answer: Benjamin Franklin

  15. Leader of the British government during the American Revolution? (Monarch) • Answer: King George III

  16. Frenchman who volunteered to serve in the American Revolution? • Answer: Marquis De Lafayette

  17. First battle of the Revolution- “shot heard round the world” • Answer: Lexington and Concord

  18. Turning point of the Revolutionary War? • Answer: Battle of Saratoga

  19. Father of our country, first President, leader of the Continental Army, who does this describe? • Answer: George Washington

  20. Ending battle where Cornwallis surrendered? • Answer: Battle of Yorktown

  21. First American constitution after independence; established in what year? • Answer: Articles of Confederation • Answer: 1777

  22. Document used to declare the reasons for the colonies break from England • Answer: Declaration of Independence

  23. Treaty, which ended the war and what year? • Answer: Treaty of Paris • Answer: 1783

  24. Where the convention to revise the Articles of Confederation took place • Answer: Philadelphia

  25. Agreement to have 2 houses of representation, one based on population and equal representation in the other is called what? • Answer: The Great Compromise

  26. Arguments by the anti-federalists to not ratify the new Constitution? • Answer: They feared the power of the national government could override state decisions, the protection of the liberty of individuals would be at risk

  27. Arguments by the Federalists to ratify the new Constitution. What are the essays called that were written to achieve ratification? • Answer: The Federalists Papers

  28. A tax on imported goods is called what? Who supported them? Who opposed them? (During the colonial unrest period) • Answer: tariff • Northerners supported • Southerners opposed

  29. Who pushed for a national banking system to strengthen the US economy • Answer: Alexander Hamiltion

  30. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? • Answer: Thomas Jefferson

  31. Hamilton- Federalists Party - Supported a strong national government Jefferson- Democratic Republican Party Limited central government Strict interpretation of the Constitution What two parties did Hamilton and Jefferson start? What were the differences in political ideas?

  32. List three major causes of the War of 1812? Answer: • Impressment of U.S. sailors • Violations of U.S. rights at sea • British support of Indian opposition to colonial settlement

  33. The election of who signaled a movement by the common man to get involved in American politics and the beginning of the modern Democratic Party? • Answer: Andrew Jackson

  34. The forced removal of Cherokee and other Indians from their Southeastern lands to lands west of the Mississippi River was called what? • Answer: Trail of Tears

  35. These laws established the principles for orderly expansion to the west. • Answer: Northwest Ordinance 1787

  36. The idea that the United States should extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific (God given right) was called? • Answer: Manifest Destiny

  37. A war with our southern neighbors over a border dispute and expansion- Name the war?Who won the war?What did the U.S. gain? • Answer: Mexican War (1846-1848) • Answer: The United States won • Answer: gained, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and California

  38. What region of the United States most opposed tariffs prior to the Civil War?Why? • Answer: Southerners • Answer: they were more dependent on foreign trade

  39. Doctrine, which said that a state could declare a Federal Law void if it was unfair to a particular region? • Answer: Doctrine of Nullification

  40. Name a South Carolina firebrand who called for secession during regional conflicts? • Answer: John C. Calhoun

  41. Name the Senator from Tennessee known as “The Great Compromiser”? • Answer: Henry Clay

  42. Name the legislator who, in his debates before Congress, gave compelling reasons for the abolition of slavery? • Answer: Abraham Lincoln

  43. Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America? • Answer: Jefferson Davis

  44. Who was the general who ultimately led the Union to victory in the Civil War? • Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

  45. Who was President of the United States during the Civil War? • Answer: Abraham Lincoln

  46. Who was the leader of the South’s army in the North? • Answer: Robert E. Lee

  47. Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? When? • Answer: Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC • Answer: 1861

  48. Which two battles (one in the east and one in the west) signaled the beginning of the end of the Confederacy? • Answer: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (EAST) • Answer: Vicksburg, Mississippi (WEST)

  49. The announcement that slaves in rebel territories were to be set free was called? • Answer: Emancipation Proclamation

  50. What happened to President Lincoln shortly after the war and where did it take place? • Answer: he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth • Answer: Ford’s Theatre

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