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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 Civil Rights
What event prompted Medgar Evers to apply for law school at the University of Mississippi?
  1. The Greensboro Sit-ins
  2. The murder of Emmett Till
  3. The Montgomery Bus Boycott
  4. The Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education
Grade 8 Jacksonian Era
What did suffrage mean during the "Jacksonian Democracy"?
  1. the right for ALL white male citizens to vote
  2. the right for ALL Americans to vote
  3. the right for ALL African Americans to vote
  4. the right for ALL women to vote
Grade 8 Modern Era
The students are Kent State were protesting an escalation of which war?
  1. Gulf War
  2. Korean War
  3. Vietnam War
  4. War in Afghanistan
Grade 8 Colonial Period
In which colony did the "Starving Time" occur?
  1. Vermont
  2. Maine
  3. Plymouth
  4. Jamestown
Grade 8 Dynastic China
Which dynasty ceded Hong Kong to Great Britain?
  1. Ming
  2. Qing
  3. Song
  4. Zhou
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 Bodies of Water and Continents
The                is the largest inland body of water on Earth.
  1. Dead Sea
  2. Caspian Sea
  3. Red Sea
  4. Aral Sea
Grade 8 The Presidents
Who was arrested and charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
  1. Lee Harvey Oswald
  2. Jack Ruby
  3. Lyndon B. Johnson
  4. John Wilkes Booth
Grade 8 The Presidents
Who was John F. Kennedy's Vice President during his presidency?
  1. Hubert Humphrey
  2. Gerald Ford
  3. Richard Nixon
  4. Lyndon B. Johnson
Grade 8 Civil Rights
The Congress on Racial Equality and the                                                          sponsored the first Freedom Ride.
  1. National Association for the Advancement of Color People
  2. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  3. American Equal Rights Association
  4. Anti Defamation League
Grade 8 Other Asia
What was the name of the communist regime in Cambodia?
  1. The Viet Minh
  2. The Khmer Rouge
  3. Patriotic Renewal Party
  4. The Workers Revolutionary Party
Grade 8 Modern Europe
Bastille Day is celebrated with a military parade down which famous street in Paris?
  1. The Île de la Cité
  2. The Champ de Mars
  3. The Champs-Élysées
  4. Boulevard Montmartre
Grade 8 American Revolution
Which state declared the British laws "null and void" and declared themselves free from tyranny in 1775?
  1. New York
  2. North Carolina
  3. Boston
  4. North Dakota
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