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Grade 8 Early National Era
Who was the president who made the Louisiana Purchase?
  1. George Washington
  2. Thomas Jefferson
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. John Adams
Grade 8 Early National Era
The Louisiana territory was purchased from which country?
  1. Italy
  2. Spain
  3. France
  4. England
Grade 8 Early National Era
The Louisiana Purchase took place in what year?
  1. 1800
  2. 1803
  3. 1812
  4. 1835
Grade 8 Early National Era
Which French leader sold the Louisiana territory?
  1. Louis XVI
  2. Charles X
  3. Napoleon I
  4. Louis Napoleon
Grade 8 Early National Era
What was the name of the rebellion which showed that the Articles of Confederation did not work?
  1. Whiskey Rebellion
  2. Washington's Rebellion
  3. Shays' Rebellion
  4. Constitutional Rebellion
Grade 8 Early National Era
Shays' Rebellion is remembered today because it
  1. threatened law and order in Massachusetts.
  2. dramatized the money problems faced by poor farmers.
  3. shocked Congress into calling for a Constitutional Convention.
  4. showed how well the Articles of Confederation worked.
Grade 8 Early National Era
What made the passage of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance possible?
  1. States turning over their western land claims to the national government.
  2. The ratification of the Constitution by Virginia, New York, and other large states.
  3. The effect of Shays' Rebellion on the economic depression of the mid-1780s.
  4. The addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
Grade 8 Early National Era
The                 Party opposed the Louisiana Purchase.
  1. Whig
  2. Federalist
  3. Republican
  4. Democratic
Grade 8 Early National Era
Forcing American sailors into service on British ships against their will is known as what?
  1. Smuggling
  2. Hindering
  3. Impressment
  4. Drafting
Grade 8 Early National Era
Jefferson commissioned the                              to explore and map the lands of the Louisiana Purchase.
  1. Pike Expedition
  2. Red River Expedition
  3. Lewis and Clark Expedition
  4. Willamette Valley Expedition
Grade 8 Early National Era
The government of Massachusetts responded to Shays' Rebellion by
  1. using the state militia to arrest leaders of the rebellion.
  2. passing a law prohibiting similar rebellions in the future.
  3. helping the farmers who were affected by the economic depression.
  4. drafting a new state constitution.
Grade 8 Early National Era
Who was the leader of the Federalist Party?
  1. Thomas Jefferson
  2. James Madison
  3. James Monroe
  4. Alexander Hamilton
Grade 8 Early National Era
Who was the head of the Department of the Treasury in Washington's Cabinet?
  1. Benjamin Franklin
  2. Alexander Hamilton
  3. Thomas Jefferson
  4. Henry Knox
Grade 8 Early National Era
Which political party was supported primarily by manufacturers, traders, and those from the North?
  1. Democratic-Republicans
  2. Federalists
  3. Anti-Federalists
  4. Republicans
Grade 8 Early National Era
The War of 1812 ended in 1812.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Early National Era
In 1830, Congress passed the                        , which ordered all Indians east of the Mississippi River to leave their homes and move west of the River.
  1. Indian Disposal Act
  2. Order 219
  3. Federal Relocation Act
  4. Indian Relocation Act
  5. Western Mississippi Law
Grade 8 Early National Era
American sailors were forcefully taken to man British ships in a process called               .
  1. war hawking
  2. conscription
  3. impressment
  4. levée en masse
Grade 8 Early National Era
Which treaty ended the War of 1812?
  1. Treaty of Paris
  2. Treaty of Ghent
  3. Treaty of Greenville
  4. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Grade 8 Early National Era
Who traveled on the Lewis and Clark expedition as their interpreter and guide?
  1. Tecumseh
  2. Sacagawea
  3. Zebulon Pike
  4. Tenskwatawa
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