Each exam is fully editable, and comes in a single-page format for easy printing and copying). Each exam features 30 ORIGINAL multiple choice questions, including a series of common-core and smarter-balanced-assessment inspired questions analyzing a relevant primary sources. And of course, an answer key is provided for each exam as well. Enjoy!
Unit 1: COLONIES topics include: 1 John Cabot, 2 Christopher Columbus, 3 The Mayflower, 4 Jamestown, 5 Puritans, 6 Pilgrims, 7 Plymouth Colony, 8 North American Colonies, 9 Great Awakening, 10 Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, 11 Pocahontas, 12 William Bradford, 13 Mayflower Compact, 14 Quakers, 15 George Whitefield, 16 Jonathan Edwards, 17 Seven-Years War, 18 Proclamation of 1763)
Unit 2: REVOLUTION topics include: 1 Enlightenment, 2 French & Indian War (part of the Seven-Years War), 3 Proclamation of 1763, 4 The Quartering Act of 1765, 5 The Stamp Act of 1765, 6 Smuggling, 7 Boston Massacre, 8 1774 Intolerable Acts, 9 George Washington, 10 Marquis de La Fayette, 11 King George III, 12 Battles of Lexington and Concord, 13 Battle of Yorktown, 14 Declaration of Independence, 15 Valley Forge, 16 1783 Treaty of Paris, 17 Articles of Confederation, 18 American Revolution, 19 Revolutionary War, 20 Paul Revere
Unit 3: CONSTITUTION topics include: 1 Magna Carta, 2 Articles of Confederation, 3 U.S. Constitution, 4 Federal, Rights, 5 Federalist Papers, 6 Federalism, 7 Bill of Rights, 8 Alexander Hamilton, 9 James Madison, 10 John Jay, 11 Three-Fifths Compromise, 12 The Great Compromise, 13 Separation of Powers, 14 Check and Balances, 15 Preamble, 16 Representative Democracy, 17 Direct Democracy, 18 Anti-federalists, 19 Constitutional Convention, 20 Legislative Branch, 21 Judicial Branch, 22 Executive Branch
Unit 4: IDEALS & FOREIGN POLICY topics include: 1 Thomas Jefferson, 2 Louisiana Territory, 3 Louisiana Purchase, 4 Meriwether Lewis, 5 William Clark, 6 Corps of Discovery, 7 Sacagawea, 8 York, 9 Keelboat, 10 Teton-Sioux, 11 Missouri River, 12 Fort Mandan, 13 Columbia River, 14 Fort Clatsop, 15 Blackfoot, 16 Yellowstone 17 War of 1812 18 Star-Spangled Banner 19 Era of Good Feelings
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Unit 5: THE WEST topics include: 1 Erie Canal 2 Texas War of Independence 3 Trail of Tears 4 Andrew Jackson 5 Indian Removal 6 Davy Crockett 7 Sam Houston 8 Stephen F. Austin 9 Spanish Missions 10 Mexican-American War 11 Bear Flag Revolt 12 Sutter’s Fort 13 Oregon Trail 14 California Trail 15 Donner Party 16 Gold Rush 17 Boomtowns 18 Forty-Niners 19 Oregon Territory 20 Klondike Gold Rush
Unit 6: ABOLITION topics include: 1 Nativists, 2 Transcendentalism, 3 2nd Great Awakening 4 Temperance Movement, 5 Abolition, 6 Frederick Douglass, 7 Underground Railroad, 8 Sojourner Truth, 9 Harriet Tubman, 10 Seneca Falls Convention & the Declaration of Sentiments, 11 Susan B. Anthony, 12 Compromise of 1850, 13 Fugitive Slave Act, 14 Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 15 Kansas-Nebraska Act, 16 Dred Scott vs. Sandford, 17 Secession & Confederate States of America 18 Henry David Thoreau 19 Ralph Waldo Emerson 20 John Muir
Unit 7: CIVIL WAR topics include: Bleeding Kansas… Fugitive Slave Act… Election of 1860… Compromise of 1860… Secession… Attack on Fort Sumter… The Union… The Confederacy… Battle of Bull Run… Battle of Antietam… Battle of Gettysburg… Gettysburg Address… Siege of Vicksburg… Ironclads… Abraham Lincoln… Robert E. Lee… Jefferson Davis… Ulysses S. Grant… Clara Barton… Emancipation Proclamation… John Wilkes Booth…
Unit 8: RECONSTRUCTION topics include: Thirteenth Amendment… Fourteenth Amendment… Fifteenth Amendment… Freedman’s Bureau… Sharecropping… Great Migration… Harlem Renaissance… Reconstruction… Jim Crow Laws… Black Codes… Segregation… Dred Scott vs. Sandford… Plessy vs. Ferguson… Indian Wars… General Custer… Battle of Little Bighorn… Crazy Horse… Wounded Knee Massacre… Buffalo Soldiers… Transcontinental Railroad… Industrial Revolution…
8TH GRADE AMERICAN HISTORY EXAM "COLONIES" 30 questions with answers (1/8)
Grade Level:
7th-11th
Pages:
2 printable pages with questions and answer keys
Subject(s):
History, U.S. History, Assessments
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