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Grade 8 Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s first major leadership role during the Civil Rights Movement came during which event?
  1. March on Washington
  2. Montgomery Bus Boycott
  3. Watergate
  4. Selma to Montgomery March
Grade 8 Civil War
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
  1. Texas
  2. South Carolina
  3. Virginia
  4. California
  5. Louisiana
Grade 8 US History
The U.S. Constitution was adopted in what year?
  1. 1776
  2. 1787
  3. 1791
  4. 1800
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 was one of the major causes of the Wall Street Crash?
  1. Widespread government regulation
  2. A surplus of consumer goods
  3. A lack of speculative trading
  4. Over-speculation in the stock market
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Grade 8 Great Depression
What effect did the Wall Street Crash have on the U.S. economy?
  1. It led to a period of economic growth and prosperity.
  2. It triggered the Great Depression, a severe economic downturn.
  3. It had no significant impact on the economy.
  4. It caused a brief recession that quickly recovered.
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