8th Grade History Semester Exam (Test 6)

Adoniram Judson is remembered as the Father of American Missions

first U.S. President

What type of interpretation of the Constitution did Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans stand for?

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

Who discovered a mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada?

What type of government was established by the U.S. Constitution?

In what year did the "Tariff of Abominations" pass that increased the North's profit at the expense of the South?

adopting of the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution

sold the Louisiana Territory

Harvard College

Noah Webster wrote the first American dictionary

issued the Specie Circular

What did Jamestown prove about economics?

Which came first?

What European discovered the Hawaiian Islands?

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

Which came first?

experienced a potato famine

ended tribute to the Barbary pirates

At the Battle of the Alamo, Texas won its independence from Santa Anna

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

supported Christopher Columbus in his expedition to the New World

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas?

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

What colony established the House of Burgesses?

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

levied a tax on all legal documents

Who developed the first successful steamboat?

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

The legislative branch of government enforces the laws

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

Who invented the reaper?

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

Who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac?

defeat of the Spanish Armada

Fifty-four forty or fight campaign slogan

How did missionaries influence the West?

Who wrote the Scarlet Letter?

Why did the Constitution provide three branches of government

signed the Oregon Treaty with the United States

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

During the 1800s, why did parents believe that education was important?

Henry Clay, a senator from Massachusetts, was the greatest orator in Congress

Who established Christian principles in the factories he owned?

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

established the first town school system in America

Which came first?

required all public lands be paid for in silver or gold

At whose California ranch was gold discovered in 1848?

What area led the Bear Flag Revolt against Mexico?

Who promoted the idea of public school?

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

Which came last?

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

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

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

General Winfield Scott defeated Santa Anna's army at the Battle of Buena Vista

established township for the Northwest Territory

Rhode Island set a precedent of religious freedom

threatened the freedoms of Texans

What revived interest in trade with the East?

prepared England for limited government

warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere

Which came first?

The purpose of the government as listed in the U.S. Constitution is to provide