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8th gr Hist Jan Midt
8th grade History January Midterm Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The activities of which man were most responsible for encouraging European exploration of the New World? | Christopher Columbus |
| Which European reached America before Columbus did? | Leif Ericson |
| Who was the Italian explorer who proved that Columbus had discovered a "new world"? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| What country explored and settled the land by the St. Lawrence River? | France |
| The first Africans to arrive in Jamestown were probably _________________. | indentured servants |
| Which region's colonies were mostly originally charter colonies? | New England |
| Which region's colonies had original settlements by the Dutch and Swedes? | middle |
| Which region had one of its colonies founded for Roman Catholics? | Southern |
| What colony was heavily populated during the "Great Migration" | Massachusetts |
| What man determined to build a colony that practiced separation of church and state? | Roger Williams |
| What resulted in the loss of the Indian way of life? | King Phillips war |
| What resulted in the burning of Jamestown? | The Bacon's rebellion |
| In what did colonists capture Indians and sell them as slaves? | Pequot |
| What was the most important crop to the survival of the colonies? | corn |
| What term was used to describe the Africans' journey to the New World? | Middle Passage |
| Who was a devoted missionary to the Indians? | David Brainerd |
| What English preacher spoke to large outdoor crowds during the Great Awakening? | George Whitefield |
| What philosophy asserted that God created the universe and then stepped aside to let the laws of nature function without His intervention? | deism |
| People in colonial America usually learned Greek, Latin and natural philosophy in ______________________. | grammar schools |
| Why was the Great Awakening needed in the colonies? | people were becoming uninterested in spiritual things |
| What regulated colonial trade with other colonies and foreign nations? | navigation and trade acts |
| What forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachians? | Proclamation of 1763 |
| What was a series of acts, such as closing the port of Boston, designed to punish unruly Massachusetts? | Intolerable Acts |
| What alerted colonies of British threats and promoted opposition? | Committee of Correspondence |
| Which one of the following most closely marks the beginning of the War for Independence? | Lexington and Concord |
| The War for Independence officially ended with the signing of the _______________________. | Treaty of Paris |
| The Patriots freed Boston from British control by __________________________. | bringing in canons and ammunition from Fort Ticonderoga |
| What group of people wanted independence? | Patriots |
| What was the name for the American troops? | The Continental Army |
| What was the name for the armed merchant ships? | Privateer |
| In wat city did delegates meet and devise the new constitution? | Philadelphia |
| What was the name of the compromise that settled the issue of the counting of slaves for representation and taxation? | Compromise of 1850 |
| Before and during most of the War for Independence, the colonies were governed by the ___________________. | Continental Congress |
| What could the Confederation Congress do? | Control Western lands, raise an army , borrow in corn money |
| What is the name given to the first paragraph of the Constitution? | Preamble |
| What is the name of the party that Thomas Jefferson and those that agreed with him belonged to? | Democratic Republican |
| President Adams avoided all-out war with France by signing what agreement? | Comention of 1800? |
| America's differences with Spain were settled by the _____________________. | Pickney treaty |
| What term describes the proposed rights of the states to declare a federal law void within its boundaries? | Nullification |
| What famous ship was built during the naval buildup called for during the "quasi-war" with France? | U.S.S. Constitution |
| Who was the hero of Tippecanoe? | William Henry Harrison |
| Which president was the first to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.? | Jefferson |
| The career of which man ended in disgrace? | Aaron Burr |
| What term refers to the pride and patriotism that Americans had in their country after the War of 1812? | Nationalism |
| What battle took place after the War of 1812 was officially over? | Battle of New Orleans |
| Who served as vice president for both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson? | John C. Calhoun |
| Who served in Congress after he was President? | John Quincy Adams |
| What term describes the selling and transporting of goods from one state to another? | Innerstate Commerse |
| What established 36 degrees, 30 minutes as a boundary? | Missouri Compromise |
| Who decide the outcome of the election of 1824? | House of Representatives |
| What did Jackson create in order to help curb inflation? | specie circular |
| What is the name given to the journey of the Cherokees from Georgia to Indian Territory? | Trail of Tears |
| What state was added to the union during the presidency of John Tyler? | Texas |
| Central to the 1832 presidential campaign was the issue of _________________________. | National Bank |
| What term describes a president who is serving during the period of time between the election and the inauguration of a new president? | lame duck |
| What did John Deere invent | plow |
| What idea did Eli Whitney introduce, which led to the mass production of many items? | Interchangeable parts |
| Traveling by boat from Albany, New York, to Lake Erie was made possible by what new transportation route? | Erie Canal |
| What groups did workers form to promote their goals for labor reforms? | labor unions |
| Which one of the following was at least a partial result of changes occurring in American colleges? | Second Great Awakening |
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