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8th Grade SS NCFE Review
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A basic review of the US/NC History learned in 8th Grade Social Studies.
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1
This amendment gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race.
13th
15th
14th
2
If a right is considered inalienable, that means:
It's not a right at all
It can be taken away
It cannot be taken away
It can be changed
3
Which branch of government EVALUATES the laws?
Judicial
Executive
Legislative
4
The _____________ is found ONLY in the Great Dismal Swamp of North Carolina.
Dogwood Tree
Venus Flytrap
Bright Leaf Tobacco
5
Movement from one place to another is called:
Push Factor
Migration
Immigration
Pull Factor
6
What was the idea to allow Hitler to do as he needed to stay out of a Second World War?
Appeasement
Assuagement
Conciliation
Accommodation
7
Someone who supported King George during the Revolution was called a:
Federalist
Loyalist
Anti-Federalist
Patriot
8
This was the skirmish that happened because of an act on slavery concerning popular sovereignty
The Alamo
Bleeding Kansas
The Civil War
Attack on Fort Sumter
9
What was the Civil War fought over?
State's Rights
Government Control
Slavery
Popular Sovereignty
10
Who was not a member of the Allied Powers at the outset of World War II?
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States
11
Which of the following describes the wealth, trade, and the flow of money, within a country?
Economics
Civics
Environment
Government
12
Which branch of government CREATES the laws?
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
13
What happened in Greensboro, NC that would spark a movement across the country?
Stand-Ups
Out-Rounds
Sit-Ins
Sit -ups
14
Which group was forced to leave their homeland on the Trail of Tears?
Native Americans
African-Americans
British Soldiers
American Traitors
15
Which of the following is NOT a region in North Carolina?
Piedmont
Mountains
Great Smoky Swamp
Coastal Plains
16
What did FDR do to restore US citizens confidence in the economy?
Fireside Chats
Go to war
Resign from office
17
These were the laws passed to keep African Americans disenfranchised and separated:
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy Laws
Freedman's Laws
Civil Rights Laws
18
Southerners who accepted help from carpetbaggers were often called:
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
19
The practice of essentially renting land from farmers to grow crops for (very little) profits
Penal Colony
Indentured Servitude
Sharecropping
Slavery
20
What were the states called that left the Union?
Rebels
South
Confederates
United States
21
What policy did the United States hold during the Interwar Period?
Alliance
Eh....
International Peace Keeper
Isolationism
22
What did the New Jersey Plan call for?
Population Based Representation
Equal Representation
Two-House System
23
What did the Virginia Plan call for?
Population Based Representation
Equal Representation
Two-House System
24
The United States has this type of government:
Democratic-Republic
Democratic-Dictatorship
Democracy
Republic
25
A government in which a representative votes for the people
Democracy
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Republic
26
This group was created after the war as a military alliance.
League of Nations
United Nations
NATO
27
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution are called:
The Preamble
The Halifax Resolves
The Bill of Rights
The Monroe Doctrine
28
During the early 1900's this was legal separation of races
Reconstruction
Segregation
Monopoly
Suffrage
29
This Compromise counted every five slaves as three voters.
The Great Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise
30
Which group wanted the power to stay with the states?
Loyalists
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Patriots
31
A government in which the people vote for what they want
Republic
Monarchy
Democracy
Dictatorship
32
During Reconstruction, this amendment ended slavery in the entire US:
14th
15th
13th
33
Which group favored a strong central government?
Federalist
Loyalist
Patriot
Anti-Federalist
34
Which branch of government ENFORCES the laws?
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
35
Something that makes someone LEAVE an area is called a:
Immigration
Migration
Pull Factor
Push Factor
36
This popular sovereignty act would spark fighting between 2 states.
NC-SC
Texas-New York
Kansas-Nebraska
Virginia-New Jersey
37
Someone who was against the King during the Revolution was called a:
Loyalist
Anti-Federalist
Federalist
Patriot
38
Those who moved from the North to the South after the war looking for quick money were called:
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
39
Which of the following describes how a country is run?
Economics
Government
Environment
Civics
40
When a company owns ALL means of production, they have what's known as a:
Tycoon
Free Enterprise
Union
Monopoly
41
This document freed slaves only in those states that were in rebellion to the Union.
The 13th Amendment
The Declaration of Independence
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Constitution
42
Which of the following defines mercantilism?
Raising farm prices
Benefits of trade and industry
Building textiles mills
Benefits of democracy
43
What type of leader were Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini?
Democratic
Monarchs
Anarchists
Dictators
44
This was the idea that the United States was determined to stretch from coast to coast.
Popular Sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas
Manifest Destiny
Monroe Doctrine
45
What amendment gave women the right to vote in 1919?
20th
21st
19th
18th
46
Which of the following defines the shared behaviors of society?
History
Ethnicity
Psychology
Culture
47
This man raided a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry to try to incite a slave revolt.
John Brown
Daniel Shays
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
48
Before the US joined WWI, what was their stance?
Allied
Neutrality
Eh...
Peace Keeper
49
What did prohibition ban in the 1920's?
Segregation
Alcohol
War
Monopolies
50
What major event happened in 1929?
World War II begins
The Great Depression
Stock Market Crash
51
During the 1950's African Americans were fighting for what?
Civil Rights
Suffrage
Buying Rights
Higher Wages
52
The "war" between the US and the USSR was known as ____________.
The Not War
The Cold War
Eh...
The Quasi-War
53
This was the period directly after the war when the South would be rebuilt.
Antebellum
Secession
Reconstruction
Civil Rights Movement
54
This event drew the United States into WWII.
Hitler takes full control
Germany invades Poland
The Doolittle Raid
Attack on Pearl Harbor
55
Programs like the WPA, AAA, and the FDIC were part of FDR's ________.
Interwar Program
Restoring Order Program
Old is New Program
New Deal Program
56
This act said the President could sell, lend, lease or give materials of war to other countries
The War Powers Act
The Allied Pact
The War Credit Act
The Lend-Lease Act
57
Sharecropping would lead those renting land from a farmer into what type of lifestyle?
Debt
Weatlhy
Excess
58
Suffrage means:
Right to buy
Being a Citizen
Right to vote
Suffering
59
When did the Great Depression occur?
1920's
1950's
1930's
1940's
60
Many states decided to _______ or leave the United States before the Civil War.
Conclude
Secede
Concede
Seclude
61
In which economic system, is there no government control?
Socialism
Free Enterprise
Command
Communism
62
Something that draws someone INTO an area is called a:
Push Factor
Immigration
Pull Factor
Migration
63
This document outlines how the government will run. It is our current governing document today.
The Constitution
Bill of RIghts
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
64
This document loosely joined the independent states together.
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Halifx Resolves
Constitution
65
After the Reconstruction Amendments were passed, African Americans were disenfranchised how?
Voter Intimidation
Grandfather Clauses
Poll Taxes
LIteracy Tests
66
A change to the US Constitution is called a:
Law
Veto
Bill
Amendment
67
The Union used this strategy to suffocate the south from all resources:
Blitzkrieg
Blockade
Draft
Secession
68
Plessy vs Ferguson determined that this was legal:
Separate but equal
Birthday parties for goats
Blacks couldn't vote
Schools should be desegregated
69
Which of the following describes the study of one's rights and duties as a citizen?
Economics
Government
Civics
Environment
70
What pandemic killed many Americans after WWI?
Gangrene
Influenza
Anthrax
Ebola
71
What compromise blended the New Jersey and Virginia plans?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
The Great (Connecticut) Plan
72
The idea that the people choose in which way their country will be governed:
Monroe Doctrine
Popular Vote
General Election
Popular Sovereignty
73
Moving from one country to another is called:
Pull Factor
Immigration
Migration
Push Factor
74
This group was created after WWII to keep international peace.
Warsaw Pact
NATO
League of Nations
United Nations
75
Who did the United States have an alliance with during World War I?
Triple Entente
Ottoman Empire
Austria-Hungary
Germany
76
Brown vs. Board of Education reversed which court decision?
Korematsu vs. US
Marbury vs. Madison
Plessey vs. Ferguson
Swann vs. CMS
77
What was the time period between WWI and WWII called?
The Treaty of Versailles
Reconstruction
The Interwar Period
78
Which of the following words describes where something lives?
Government
Civics
Economics
Environment
79
This document broke the ties between the American Colonies and Great Britain
The Halifax Resolves
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Mayflower Compact
80
This Compromise drew a line that stated states north would be free and south would be slave.
Kansas-Nebraska
Missouri
3/5
Connecticut
81
King George had this type of rule over the American Colonies:
Communist
Limited Government
Tyranny
Constitutional
82
Those who share a common cultural background are from the same ________.
Culture
Limited Government
Race
Ethnic Group
83
What did Rosa Parks and MLK, Jr. lead to help their cause?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brown v. Board
Million Man March
84
Who was not a member of the Axis Powers?
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Imperial Japan
Nazi Germany
85
This Amendment states that everyone born in the US is a citizen.
15th
13th
14th
