MW Social Studies Grade 8 Review-Quiz 6b

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    Speaker A, B, C, D.

  1. Which congressional power is referred to by Speaker C?
  2. Your answer:
    judicial review
    impeachment
    veto
    override


  3. Speaker D is referring to which constitutional principle?
  4. Your answer:
    veto
    judicial review
    impeachment
    override


  5. At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise settled the dispute over
  6. Your answer:
    representation in Congress
    the issue of slavery
    the presidential veto power
    judicial review


  7. Which statement expresses an opionion about the causes of the Revolutionary War?
  8. Your answer:
    The Quartering Act was a serious violation of the colonists' liberties.
    The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770.
    Colonists participated in triangular trade.
    Samuel Adams founded the Sons of Liberty.


  9. During the first part of the 19th century, differences between the North, South, and West led to
  10. Your answer:
    federalism
    mercantilism
    sectionalism
    isolationism


  11. "The Cherokees are nearly all prisoners. They have been dragged from their homes and encamped at the forts and military places, all over the nation...The property of many has been taken and sold before their eyes for almost nothing." This quotation from an eyewitness on the Trail of Tears describes events connected with the
  12. Your answer:
    Lewis and Clark Expedition
    Indian Removal Act
    Dawes Act
    Battle of Little Big Horn


  13. Which event was a major cause of the War with Mexico (1846-1848)?
  14. Your answer:
    Missouri Compromise
    annexation of Texas
    discovery of gold in California
    passage of the Northwest Ordinance


  15. By issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln
  16. Your answer:
    lost Northern support for the war
    broadened Union war goals to include ending slavery
    strengthened the principle of states' rights
    brought a quick end to the war


  17. In the years immediately following the Civil War, which change was brought about by the Industrial Revolution?
  18. Your answer:
    More people left cities to live on farms.
    More machinery was used to make goods.
    More governement regulation was placed on big business.
    More goods were made at home.


  19. During the late 1800's, barbed wire fences and sod houses were most likely found
  20. Your answer:
    in the Northwest
    on the Great Plains
    in the deep South
    along the Great Lakes



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