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Final Exam
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History
8th Grade
05/18/2008

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The belief that the living in a region should decide key issues is?

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popular sovereignty

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Which of the following terms describes the devision of government into three branches?

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separation of powers
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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
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Which branch of the government has the power to pass laws?
Definition
legislative branch
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What are people became known as the "spoils system"?
Definition
elected officials rewarding political backers with government jobs
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A person who put the interestd of hie or her state or region of what was best for the rest of the nation was demonstrating wht attitude?

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sectionalism
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What was the name for the journey made by the Cherokee after they were removed from thier lands by force?

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Trail of Tears
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Which document set up the federal court system?

Definition
the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789
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Citizens vote for thier political representatives in governments shaped by the political principle of...
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republicanism
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Why did Hamilton want to place tariffs (taxes) on foreign goods?
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to ensure a steady flow of income, to encourage the growth of American industry, and to encourage Americans to buy American goods
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Which invention did Samuel F. B. Morse create , and what was its effect?
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telegraph - allowed people to communicate over long distances
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Which of the following is true about James Madison?
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he was Democratic-Republic, he was Jeffersons secretary of state, and he succeeded Jefferson as president
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What was one Northern stragety for winning the Civil War?
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to cut off the Souths imports and exports with a naval blockade
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Who commanded the Texas forces at the Battle of the Alamo?
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William Travis
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What impact did Sacagawea have on American history?
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she helped a U.S. expedition expedition explore the Louisina Territory
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The idea of spreading political power to the people and ensuring majority rule was characteristics of...
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Jacksonian democracy
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For what period of time is a presidents term of office?
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4 years
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People who went to California during the gold rush were known as...
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forty-niners
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The person who assassinated President Lincoln was...
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John Wilkes Booth
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A states representation in the House or Representatives is based on...
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the size of that states population
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How did Congress finally agree to adress George Wahington, the first president?
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Mr. President
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Who operated schools to educate former slaves?

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Freedmens Bureau
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What group of Americans sought religious freedom in the West?
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Mormons

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The Fifteenth Amendment gave which of the following groups the right to vote?
Definition
African-American men
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What were the "black codes"?
Definition
Southern laws designed to limit the rights of African Americans
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What did South Carolina threaten to do because or the Tariff of Abominations?
Definition
Secede from the Union
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How are members of the Supreme Court chosen?
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appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate
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Which of the following has the power to make treaties with foreign governments provided 2/3 of the Senate approve?
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president
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The Confederate Sates of America were...
Definition
the slaveholding states that seceded from the Union
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Who is president of the Senate but has no votes unless the Senate is equally divded?
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vice-president
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Appomattox Court House is important because it was...
Definition
the site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
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What gave African Americans full citizenship?

Definition
Fourteenth Amendment
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A severe food shortage that results in widespread hunger and death is known as..
Definition
a famine
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Who was the first vice-president and the second president?
Definition
John Adams
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What is the only situation in which the writ of habeas corpus may be suspended?
Definition
cases of rebellion or invasion
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Which of the following is true about the Supreme Courts decision in the case of Maybury vs. Madison?
Definition
it established the Supreme Courts  power of judicial review
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What did the Comprmise of 1877 do?
Definition
it ended Reconstruction
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Which two groups make up the Congrees of the United States?
Definition
the House of Representatives and the Senate
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The author of Uncle Toms Cabin was...
Definition
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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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 than white soldiers; they won fame for fighting bravely at Fort Wagner; they increased the popularity and enlistment of African-American soldiers in the Union army

Term
How many members of Congress must vote to pass a bill after it has been vetoed?
Definition
2/3
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For what reason is Herriet Tubman famous?
Definition
she was a conductor on the Underground Railroad
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What event triggered the fighting between the North and the South?
Definition
Southerners fired on Fort Sumter
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What was George Washingtons view of political parties?
Definition
political parties would split the nation
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Who founded a relief agency that later became the Red Cross?
Definition
Clara Barton
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Who saved important items before the British burned the White House?
Definition
Dolley Madison
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Which of the following is an example of a radicial?
Definition
a person who takes an extreme position on a political issue
Term
How did the War of 1812 encourage the growth of U.S. manufacturing?
Definition
Americans had to make thier own products because a British Blacade kept European products out of the United States
Term
Which of the following actions is required of the president to stop a new bill?
Definition

veto

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Which battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Definition
Gettysburg
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What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
Definition
it gave African-American men the right to vote
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Which battle resulted in the bloodiest day in all of American history, with neither side having gained any ground?
Definition
the Battle of Antietam
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What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Gibbons vs. Ogden?
Definition
only the federal government had the right to control interstate commerce
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What is the only amendment to be repealedand which amendment repealed it?
Definition
the 18th amendment was repealed by the 21st amendment
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What roles do both houses of Congress play in the introduction of a new bill?
Definition
they may work togetherto approve a bill, they may rewrite or stop a bill that was passed by the other house, and they may vote to pass a vetoed bill
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What did the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 accomplish?
Definition
gave Florida to the United States
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The purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was...
Definition
to end slavery in the United States
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What is the name given to the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which guarantee certain indivdual rights?
Definition

Bill of Rights

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To whom did Wshington turn for help in solving the challenges facing the new nation?
Definition
his cabinet
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The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by...
Definition
Eli Whitney
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What was the Missouri Compromise?

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a plan to allow slavery to spread into some areas but not others
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The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional is an example of which of the following principles?
Definition
checks and balances
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The songs in which enslaved people of the South expressed thier religious beliefs or passed coded messages were called...
Definition
spirituals
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The author of the poem that in 1931 became the national anthem of the Untied States was...
Definition
Francis Scott Key
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act called for...
Definition
the residents of Kansas and Nebraska vote to decide the issue of slavery
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The president of the Confederacy war?
Definition
Jefferson Davis
Term
Who has the power to declare war?
Definition
Congress
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