8th Grade Spring Final Study Guide
Constitution
1. Why wasn't the Thirteenth Amendment enough to provide civil rights for all Americans?
A. Citizens constantly seek to improve their government.
B. The American government constantly adjusts to meet the needs of the citizens.
C. The Constitution continues to adapt to the needs of the citizens.
D. all of the above
2. Amendment 14 talks about the rights of citizens, in 1954 the Supreme Court ruled in what case
that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional because it denied equal protection?
3. Who was the person who filled in for the Vice President if he was absent for the Senate?
4. The framers of the Constitution tried to develop a government that would
5. Which amendment ended slavery?
6. Which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?
7. The impeachment process must begin in the __________.
8. The safeguards that were put into the Constitution to ensure that one branch did not become
more powerful than the other branch:
9. What are the powers of the Supreme Court?
10. Under the federal system practiced in the United States, the final authority is the
_______________.
Federalist Era
11. What act increased the time required to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years?
12. What did Washington warn against in his farewell address?
Age of Jefferson
13. When Thomas Jefferson became President of the United States, what was he able to
accomplish?
14. During the War of 1812, what was unusual about the Battle of New Orleans?
15. In which landmark case of the Marshall Court was judicial review established?
16. What was President Jefferson’s original reason for wanting to acquire New Orleans?
17. In Gibbons vs. Ogden, the Supreme Court said that power over interstate commerce belonged to
18. “Great pride in one’s country” is the definition of ___________.
Industrial Revolution
19. What was the U.S. foreign policy statement, which warned Europe not to interfere in the
Western Hemisphere?
20. What are people called who invest their money in a business or an industry with the goal of
making a profit?
21. What was a significant change that came with the Industrial Revolution?
21. Which invention filled the need for a method of communication that kept up with the industrial
growth and fast-paced travel of the mid-1800s?
22. Why did manufacturers in the United States welcome the 1828 tariff on manufactured goods
from Europe?
Age of Jackson
23. Study the flowchart of events during President Andrew Jackson's administration. Then choose
the answer that correctly completes the flowchart.
a. Indian Removal Act of 1830
b. Federal government recognizes Cherokee as a separate nation
c. Land-hungry settlers in Georgia and Alabama ask the government to relocate Native
Americans
d. Federal troops remove Cherokee from their homes and lead them west
24. Why did three times as many people vote in the presidential election of 1828 as voted in 1824?
25. The Women’s Rights’ movement first began _______________________________ in 1848
with the idea of getting more rights for women in voting, participation in government, ownership
of property, and jobs.
26. The Trail of Tears was the consequence of?
27. Which people were forcibly removed from their native land in Florida?
Westward Expansion
28. Which group took the law into their own hands in Gold Rush society?
29. What eventually ended the use of the Oregon Trail?
30. By the 1850s most states had accepted that schools should be free and supported by taxes, that
teachers should be trained, and that children should be required to attend school. Which of the
following was NOT a problem that educators faced?
a. Schools were poorly funded
b. Many teachers lacked training
c. Many people opposed mandatory education
d. There were too many opportunities for women and African Americans
31. In the early 1800s, many Americans wanted to add California to the Union. What were some
reasons for wanting California to have statehood?
32. What philosophy states that the United States was meant to extend its boundaries all the way to
the Pacific?
33. Under whose presidential administration was the United States at war with Mexico?
34. What was the name of the pass the Mormons used to get through the Rocky Mountains?
35. Which states did the Mormon Trail pass through between Nauvoo and Salt Lake City?
Road to Civil War and the Civil War
36. Who was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
37. What were the advantages for the South?
38. Where were the opening shots of the Civil War fired?
39. What were the events that led to the Civil War?
40. Most controversies centered around slavery in ______________.
41. Which book was Abraham Lincoln referring to in this quote?
When Abraham Lincoln was introduced to Harriet Beecher Stowe during the Civil War, he said,
so, you “wrote the book that started this great war.”
42. The bloodiest day of the entire Civil War was the Battle of ______________.
“. . . That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free; and the
Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will
recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons,
or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. . . .”
43. This announcement by the President of the United States is a quotation from _______.
44. When was Manassas, or Bull Run, fought?
45. The main goal of the North at the beginning of the war was to ___________________.
46. Lincoln’s “Anaconda Plan” for winning the war called for?
47. The terms of surrender General Grant offered to General Lee were designed to
__________________________________________________________.
Review
48. A system set up in which the colonies sole purpose was to make money for England was
called________.
49. John Locke believed that people had a natural right to life, liberty, and ___________.
50. What was the main impact of Common Sense in the colonies?
51. What are some examples of how cultural ideas can spread?
52. English and French traders’ quarrels before the French and Indian War took place
centered on land in the _______________.