American History 8th grade Semester Exam review

Question 1

First US President

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 2

What did Jamestown prove about economics?

Accepted Answer

Free enterprise is best it promotes personal responsibility

Question 3

At what Battle did Texas win its independence from Santa Anna?

Accepted Answer

Battle of the San Jacinto

Question 4

Who supported Christopher Columbus in his expedition to the New World?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 5

At whose California ranch was gold discovered in 1848?

Accepted Answer

John Sutter

Question 6

Who discovered a mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada?

Accepted Answer

James Beckwourth

Question 7

Who developed the first successful steamboat?

Accepted Answer

Robert Fulton

Question 8

Who established Christian principles in the factories he owned?

Accepted Answer

Francis Cabot Lowell

Question 9

What European discovered the Hawaiian Islands?

Accepted Answer

James Cook

Question 10

warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere

Accepted Answer

James Monroe

Question 11

Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas?

Accepted Answer

Sam Houston

Question 12

required all public lands be paid for in silver or gold

Accepted Answer

Specie Circular

Question 13

The purpose of the government as listed in the US Constitution is to ?

Accepted Answer

Protect

Question 14

Who experienced a potato famine?

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Question 15

What war resulted in establishing English tradition and liberty in North America?

Accepted Answer

French and Indian

Question 16

The first white women to cross the Rockies were Narcissa Whitman and Eliza ?

Accepted Answer

Spaulding

Question 17

What year did the "Tariff of Abominations" pass that increased the North's profit?

Accepted Answer

1833

Question 18

Who wrote the American Dictionary?

Accepted Answer

Noah Webster

Question 19

"Fifty-four forty or fight" campaign slogan

Accepted Answer

James K Polk

Question 20

What revived interest in trade with the East?

Accepted Answer

Crusades

Question 21

Who negotiated the purchase that completely settled the southern border of the United States

Accepted Answer

James Gadsden

Question 22

What was the first state to outlaw liquor during the time of the Second Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

Maine

Question 23

Who threatened the freedoms of Texans?

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 24

Where were the first shots fired that began the War for Independence?

Accepted Answer

Lexington

Question 25

From what city in Missouri did the wagon train leave wen starting the Oregon Trail?

Accepted Answer

Independence

Question 26

Why did Constitution provide for three branches of government?

Accepted Answer

provide check & balance keep 1 person from getting all power

Question 27

What was the first permanent French settlement of the New World?

Accepted Answer

Quebec

Question 28

What is the branch of government that enforces the laws

Accepted Answer

executive

Question 29

prepared England for limit government

Accepted Answer

Magna Carta

Question 30

What area led the Bear Flag Revolt against Mexico?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 31

What is applied science or the practical use of scientific knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Technology

Question 32

Who promoted the idea of public school

Accepted Answer

Horace Mann

Question 33

Who was the first man to go to Oregon Country in response to the Indians call for the Gospel?

Accepted Answer

Jason Lee

Question 34

Established townships for the Northwest Territory

Accepted Answer

Land Ordinance

Question 35

What colony established the House of Burgesses?

Accepted Answer

Jamestown

Question 36

What type of government was established by the US Constitution?

Accepted Answer

federal republic

Question 37

How did the War of 1812 affect the expansion of the United States?

Accepted Answer

diminished threat from England promoted US to settle in west

Question 38

During the 1800 why did parents believe that education was important

Accepted Answer

To maintain their freedoms

Question 39

Who first trained circuit riding preachers during the time of the Second Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

Francis Asbury

Question 40

Who wrote the Scarlet Letter?

Accepted Answer

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Question 41

What senator from Massachusetts was the greatest orator in Congress?

Accepted Answer

Daniel Webstor

Question 42

What battle was the turning point of the War of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Saratoga

Question 43

issued the Specie Circular

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Question 44

What General defeated Santa Anna's army at the Battle of Buena Vista?

Accepted Answer

Zachary Taylor

Question 45

Sold the Louisiana Territory

Accepted Answer

France

Question 46

What type of interpretation of the Constitution did Thomas Jefferson stand for

Accepted Answer

strict

Question 47

Who is remembered as the Father of American Missions?

Accepted Answer

Adoniram Judson

Question 48

Who signed the Oregon Treaty with the United States?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 49

Who wrote Poor Richards Almanac?

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Franklin

Question 50

Established the first town school system in America

Accepted Answer

Old Deluder Satan Act

Question 51

Who invented the reaper?

Accepted Answer

Cyrus McCormick

Question 52

Where was the first major amphibious landing of American forces conducted?

Accepted Answer

Veracruz

Question 53

How did missionaries influence the west?

Accepted Answer

They brought the gospel and improved quality of life

Question 54

levied a tax on all legal documents

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 55

Rhode Island set a precedent of what freedom?

Accepted Answer

religious

Question 56

ended tribute to the Barbary pirates

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

American History 8th grade Semester Exam review

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American History 8th grade Semester Exam review

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