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Final Exam Study Guide.
Final Exam Study Guide.
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History
8th Grade
05/09/2010

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1.) The beliefe that the people living in a region should decide key issues is?
Definition
Popular Sovereignty.
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2.) Which of the following terms describes the division of government into three branches?
Definition
Separation of Powers.
Term
People who come to a country to settle are called?
Definition
Immigrants.
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What idea of Eli Whitney transformed manufacturing by making each copy of a manufactured item exactly alike?
Definition
Interchangeable Parts.
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What did Sequoya invent for the Cherokee people?
Definition
A written language.
Term
Which branch of government has the power to pass laws?
Definition
Legislative Branch.
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What practice became known as the "spoils system"?
Definition
Elected officials rewarding political backers with government jobs.
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A person who put the interests of his or her state o region ahead of what was best for the rest of thenation was demonstrating what attitude?
Definition
Sectionalism.
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What was the name for the journey made by the Cherokee after they were removed from their lands by force?
Definition
Trail of tears.
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Which document set up the federal court system?
Definition
The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789.
Term
Citizans vote for their political representatives in government shaped by the political principle of...
Definition
Republicanism.
Term
Why did Hamilton want to place tariffs (taxes) on foreign goods?
Definition

To ensure a stady flow of income

To encourage the growth of American Industry.

To encourage Americans to buy American goods

 

 

 

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Which invention did Samuel F.B. Morse create, and what was its effect?
Definition
Telegraph-allowed people to communicate over long distances.
Term
Which of the following is true about James Madison?
Definition

He succeeded Jefferson as president.

Was  Democratic-Republican.

Was Jefferson's secretary of state.

Term
What was one Northern strategy for winning the Civil War?
Definition
To cut off the south's imports and exports with a naval blockade.
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Who commanded the Texas forces at all the Battle of the Alamo?
Definition
William Travis.
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What impact did Sacagawea have on American history?
Definition
She helped a U.S. expedition explore the Louisiana Territory.
Term
The idea of spreading political power to the people and ensuring majority rule was a characteristic of...
Definition
Jacksonian Democracy.
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For what period of time is a president's term of office?
Definition
4 years.
Term
People who went to California during the gold rush were known as...
Definition
Forty Niners.
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The person who assassinated President Lincoln was...
Definition
John Wilkes Booth.
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A state's representation in the House of Representatives is based on...
Definition
The size of that states population.
Term
How did Congress finally agree to address George  Washington, the first president?
Definition
Mr.President.
Term
Who operated schools to educate former slaves?
Definition
Freedmen's Bureau.
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What group of Americans souoght religions freedom in the West?
Definition
Mormons.
Term
The fiftennth Amendment gave which of the following groups the right to vote?
Definition
African-American Men.
Term
What were the "black codes"?
Definition
Southern laws designed to limit the rights of African americans.
Term
What did South Carolina threaten to do because of the Tariff of Abominations?
Definition
Secede from the Union.
Term
How are the members of the Supreme Court chosen?
Definition
Appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate.
Term
Which of the following has the power to make treaties with foreign governments provided 2/3 of the Senate approve?
Definition
President.
Term
The Confederate States of America were...
Definition
The slaveholding states that seceded from the Union.
Term
Who is president of the Senate but has no vote unless the Senate is equally divided?
Definition
Vice-President.
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Appomattox Court House is important because it was the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
Definition
the site where Robert E. Lee surrendured to Ulysses S. Grant.
Term
What gave African-Americans full citizenship?
Definition
Fourteenth Amendment.
Term
A servere food shortage that results in widespread hunger and death is known as...
Definition
a famine.
Term
Who was the first vie-president and the second president?
Definition
John Adams.
Term
What is the only situation in which the writ of habeas corpus may be suspended?
Definition
cases of rebellion or invasion.
Term
Which of the following is true about the Supreme court's decision in the case of Marbury v. Madison?
Definition
it established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review.
Term
What did the Compromise of 1877 do?
Definition
It ended Reconstruction.
Term
Which two groups make up the congress of the united states?
Definition
House & Senate.
Term
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was...
Definition
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Term
For what is Nat Turner best known?
Definition
leading an armed revolt of some 70 slaves.
Term
What was true of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
Definition
they were a group of African-American soldiers who fought without pay, rather than accept less pay that white soldiers. They won fame for fighting bravely at Fort Wagner. And they increased the popularity and enlistment of AfricanAmerican soldiers in the Union army.
Term
How many members of Congress must vote to pass a bill after it has been vetoed?
Definition
two-thirds.
Term
For what reason is Harriet Tubman famous
Definition
She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Term
What event triggered the fighting between the North and the South?
Definition
Southerners fired on Fort Sumter.
Term
What was George Washington's view of political parties?
Definition
Political parties would split the nation.
Term
Who founded a relief agency that later became the Red Cross?
Definition
Ciara Barton
Term
Who saved important items before the British burned the White House?
Definition
Dolley Madison.
Term
Who saved important items before the British burned the White House?
Definition
Dolley Madison.
Term
Which of the following is an example of a radical?
Definition
a person who takes an extreme position on a political issue.
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