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Grade 8 Colonial Period
What historical figure is often criticized for his treatment of Indigenous peoples in the Americas?
  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. George Washington
  3. Benjamin Franklin
  4. Thomas Jefferson
Grade 8 Great Depression
What is one term used to describe the practice of buying stocks with borrowed money in the hope of making a quick profit?
  1. What is one term used to describe the practice of buying stocks with borrowed money in the hope of making a quick profit?
  2. Margin trading
  3. Long-term investing
  4. Bear market strategy
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 US Laws and Amendments
A change or addition to a bill is known as a what?
  1. veto
  2. article
  3. conference
  4. amendment
Grade 8 Civil Rights
What was the name of the civil rights organization Martin Luther King, Jr. helped found in 1957?
  1. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  2. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  3. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  4. Coordinating Council for Community Organizations
Grade 8 Modern Era
Which mission successfully landed the first humans on the Moon?
  1. Apollo 8
  2. Apollo 10
  3. Apollo 11
  4. Apollo 13
Grade 8 American Revolution
Shays' Rebellion, a group of rioting farmers angry about their economic situation and lack of representation after the Revolutionary War,
  1. brought to light the weakness of the central government in the Articles of Confederation.
  2. were financed by wealthy merchants in Boston.
  3. displayed the need for local police.
Grade 8 WWI
The Archduke was from which country?
  1. England
  2. Germany
  3. Belgium
  4. Austria-Hungary
Grade 8 Civil War
What made freeing the slave a new focus for the Civil War?
  1. The Battle of Vicksburg
  2. The Emancipation Proclamation
  3. The Battle of Bull Run
  4. The Fugitive Slave Act
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 US History
The process of adding amendments to the U.S. Constitution is outlined in which article?
  1. Article I
  2. Article II
  3. Article III
  4. Article V
Grade 8 Democratic Foundations
Which law set up an orderly plan for dividing up the Northwest Territory?
  1. Land Ordinance of 1785
  2. Southwest Ordinance of 1788
  3. Treaty of Paris 1763
  4. Treaty of Paris 1789
Grade 8 Executive Branch
How many Executive departments are in the Cabinet?
  1. 5
  2. 10
  3. 15
  4. 20
Grade 8 Colonial Period
What is the significance of celebrating Indigenous People's Day?
  1. To promote awareness of Native American history and cultures
  2. To educate the public about the impacts of colonization
  3. To advocate for the rights and recognition of Indigenous peoples
  4. All of the above
Grade 8 Great Depression
Who was the President of the United States during the Wall Street Crash of 1929?
  1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  2. Herbert Hoover
  3. Theodore Roosevelt
  4. Woodrow Wilson
Grade 8 Great Depression
Which group of people was particularly hard-hit by the Wall Street Crash and its aftermath?
  1. Wealthy investors
  2. Middle-class workers
  3. Farmers
  4. Government officials
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