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Waide's TAKS review Part 5
taks review
25
History
8th Grade
04/10/2008

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What was Daniel Webster famous for?
Definition
Public Speaking
Term
Who was president during the Civil War?
Definition
Abraham Lincoln
Term
Who was George Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury and created the National Bank?
Definition
Alexander Hamilton
Term
Who was the famous who said , “ Give me liberty or give me death”?
Definition
Patrick Henry
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Who was “The Father of the Constitution”?
Definition
James Madison
Term
Which escaped slave taught himself how to read and write and would become a famous abolitionist, public speaker, and newspaper editor?
Definition
Frederick Douglass
Term
What was Harriet Tubman famous for?
Definition
Underground Railroad
Term
Which woman’s activist organized the Seneca Falls Convention?
Definition
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Term
Which court case established judicial review?(the right to determine if a law is constitutional)
Definition
Marbury vs. Madison
Term
Which court case ruled that slaves were considered property and had no individual rights?
Definition
Dred Scott Decision
Term
Who invented the steamboat?
Definition
Robert Fulton
Term
Where did the Native American migrate from?
Definition
Asia
Term
Who conquered the Aztec civilization?
Definition
Hernan Cortez
Term
Who conquered the Incas?
Definition
Francisco Pizzaro
Term
What was the Great Awakening?
Definition
A return to strong church beliefs in the colonies.
Term
Explain Enlightenment.
Definition
The idea that knowledge, reason, and science improve society is enlightenment.
Term
Who was the second president?
Definition
John Adams
Term
Who was the commander of the continental army?
Definition
George Washington
Term
What two patriots alerted the colonies that, “The British are coming!” 
Definition
William Dawes and Paul Revere
Term
What famous 1st Lady promoted women’s interests?
Definition
Abigail Adams
Term
Who got credit for discovering America?
Definition
Christopher Columbus
Term
What is the electoral college?
Definition
The system used to elect our president.
Term
What was a warhawk?
Definition
A young republican that wanted war with England.
Term
What Treaty ended the War of 1812?               
Definition
Treaty of Ghent
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Which colonies relied on cash crops for income?
Definition
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