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8TH GRADE US HISTORY FINAL EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What amendment protects freedom of religion, freedom of
speech, freedom of press, freedom to assemble, and freedom
to petition? - correct answer- first amendment
Which president was a big believer in the "common man",
which led to an increase in voter participation? - correct
answer- Andrew Jackson
Which historical event happened in the US in 1803? - correct
answer- Louisiana Purchase
Were Quakers for or against slavery? - correct answer- against
What is the supreme law of the land in the us? - correct
answer- US Constitution
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How did the plantation system in the South change US society?
- correct answer- led to an increase in slavery to produce cash
crops
What was Jackson's kitchen cabinet? - correct answer- informal
group of advisors that met in the White House kitchen
Why did farmers west of the Appalachian Mountains favor
control of New Orleans? - correct answer- needed to ship good
on the Mississippi River, needed to transfer to large ships at
New Orleans
What was sectionalism, and how did it affect the US? - correct
answer- loyalty to state/section rather than to country as a
whole, causes divisions within the country
Why did Texas rebel against Mexico? - correct answer- Mexico
stopped further American settlement and wanted to enforce the
ban on slavery
What were the particulars of the Supreme Court ruling in Dred
Scott v. Sanford? - correct answer- no black person (slave or
free) is a US citizen
8TH GRADE US HISTORY FINAL EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What amendment protects freedom of religion, freedom of
speech, freedom of press, freedom to assemble, and freedom
to petition? - correct answer- first amendment
Which president was a big believer in the "common man",
which led to an increase in voter participation? - correct
answer- Andrew Jackson
Which historical event happened in the US in 1803? - correct
answer- Louisiana Purchase
Were Quakers for or against slavery? - correct answer- against
What is the supreme law of the land in the us? - correct
answer- US Constitution
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How did the plantation system in the South change US society?
- correct answer- led to an increase in slavery to produce cash
crops
What was Jackson's kitchen cabinet? - correct answer- informal
group of advisors that met in the White House kitchen
Why did farmers west of the Appalachian Mountains favor
control of New Orleans? - correct answer- needed to ship good
on the Mississippi River, needed to transfer to large ships at
New Orleans
What was sectionalism, and how did it affect the US? - correct
answer- loyalty to state/section rather than to country as a
whole, causes divisions within the country
Why did Texas rebel against Mexico? - correct answer- Mexico
stopped further American settlement and wanted to enforce the
ban on slavery
What were the particulars of the Supreme Court ruling in Dred
Scott v. Sanford? - correct answer- no black person (slave or
free) is a US citizen
