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8th Grade History Test 6 (Semester Exam) Flashcards

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1
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What did the colonists call the Seven Years’ War?

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French and Indian War

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2
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Which was not a type of colonial government?

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democratic

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3
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What trailblazer claimed the Bible and a rifle as his “two best friends”?

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Jedediah Smith

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4
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Who is known as “the Father of Texas”?

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Stephen Austin

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5
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What land purchase doubled the size of America?

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Louisiana Purchase

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6
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What was the largest wagon rain ever to go west?

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Great Migration

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Who explored much of Mexico and conquered the powerful Aztec empire?

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Hernando Cortes

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8
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Why was the Ole Deluder Satan Act passed in Massachusetts?

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to make sure that children learned to read the Bible

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9
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In what city did wagon trains heading West usually start?

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Independence, Missouri

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10
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What Indian tribe endured much suffering on the “Trail of Tears”?

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Cherokee

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11
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Which was the first permanent English colony founded in the New World?

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Jamestown

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12
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What colony did the Pilgrims establish?

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Plymouth

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13
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Who is known as the “Pathfinder of the Seas” because of his work with oceanography?

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Matthew Maury

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14
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Why was America named after America Vespucci?

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He was the first to realize that a new continent had been found.

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15
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Who was the commanding officer of the Americans at the Alamo?

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Colonel William Travis

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16
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What 18-minute battle won Texan independence from Mexico?

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Battle of San Jacinto

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17
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Who was elected to be the first President of the Republic of Texas?

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Sam Houston

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18
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What colony did John Winthrop describe as “a city upon a hill”?

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Massachusetts Bay

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19
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What battle involved the first major amphibious landing of American forces?

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Veracruz

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20
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What is Peter Cartwright best remembered as?

A

circuit-riding preacher

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21
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Who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

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Richard Allen

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22
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Why did most Americans move West?

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to seek new land and better opportunity for their families

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23
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Why did the Cayuse Indians kill Marcus Whitman?

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They thought he was allowing their children to die

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24
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How did Independence Rock receive is name?

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Wagon trains usually reached it in July.

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25
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Which of the following men became a missionary to Japan?
Matthew Perry
Jonathan Goble
Townsmen Harris
Marcus Whitman
A

Jonathan Goble

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26
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promoted transcendentalism

A

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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27
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wrote History of Plymouth Plantation

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William Bradford

28
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said “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

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Patrick Henry

29
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wrote Moby Dick

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Herman Melville

30
Q

explored Kentucky

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Daniel Boone

31
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wrote the Blue-Backed Speller

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Noah Webster

32
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published Poor Richard’s Almanac

A

Ben Franklin

33
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said “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.”

A

Daniel Webster

34
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wrote Huckleberry Finn

A

Samuel Clemens

35
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declared himself dictator of Mexico

A

Santa Anna

36
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opened Japan up to trade

A

Matthew Perry

37
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“Father of the Santa Fe Trail”

A

William Becknell

38
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“Old Rough and Ready”

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Zachary Taylor

39
Q

discovered Hawaii

A

James Cook

40
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“Father of Western African Missions”

A

Lott Carey

41
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James Fenimore Cooper is famous for writing the

A

Leather stocking Tales

42
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The pioneer wagons heading West were known as

A

prairie schooners

43
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The ____ Treaty opened up Japan to missionary activity.

A

Townshend Harris

44
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John McLoughlin was given the title “Father of ___.”

A

Oregon

45
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John Deere invented the

A

steel plow

46
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William McGuffey is best known for his ___ textbooks.

A

reading

47
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Cyrus McCormick invented the

A

mechanical reaper

48
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What vehicle did Jonathan Goble invent to transport his ill wife?

A

rickshaw

49
Q

What state is called the “Lone Star Republic”?

A

Texas

50
Q

In which battle did Jim Bowie and Davy Crocket die?

A

Alamo

51
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What was the name of the great revival that swept America in the 1700s?

A

Great Awakening

52
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Who nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, sparking the Protestant Reformation?

A

Martin Luther

53
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What famous poem did Francis Scott Key write?

A

“The Star-Spangled Banner”

54
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From what country did America purchase the Louisiana Territory?

A

France

55
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The ___ ing and queen, Ferdinand and Isabella, sponsored Columbus’s expedition.

A

Spanish

56
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____ was the first modern European explorer to set foot on the mainland of North America.

A

John CAbot

57
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The colony of ___ was founded as a refuge fore debtor prisoners to work and pay off their debts.

A

Georgia

58
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The idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of their Mother Country was called

A

mercantilism

59
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The ___ Act required colonists to furnish British soldiers with certain supplies and living quarters.

A

Quartering

60
Q

Lord North repealed all of the Townshend Acts except the

A

tea tax

61
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The formal ceremony in which a President is officially placed in office is called

A

inauguration

62
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The most widely used textbook in colonial America was the

A

New England Primer

63
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____ was nicknamed “Old Tippecanoe.”

A

William Henry Harrison

64
Q

____ made further improvements on the power loom.

A

Francis Cabot Lowell

65
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Study your maps of the Western Hemisphere and the United States.

A

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