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Grade 8: Objective 3 Practice Quiz


	1.	What additional step was taken by President Andrew Jackson to put the Bank of the United States out of business? Obj 3: TEKS 8.5B

		a.	Jackson ordered the withdrawal of all government deposits from the bank.
		b.	Jackson declared that the bank was under the control of the federal government.
		c.	Jackson ordered the military to shut down the bank’s operations.
		d.	Jackson ordered the arrest of Nicholas Biddle, the bank’s president.


	2.	Which of the following factors attracted settlers from the East to the West during the mid-1800s? Obj 3: TEKS 8.13A

		a.	educational opportunites
		b.	developing closer ties with western Canada
		c.	mineral resources
		d.	large cities with available jobs


	3.	Which Southern state had the highest enslaved African American population in 1790? Obj 3: TEKS 8.13B

		a.	South Carolina
		b.	Georgia
		c.	Virginia
		d.	North Carolina


	4.	Why did some industrialists view vertical integration as an effective form of business organization? Obj 3: TEKS 8.14B

		a.	A single company was able to control an entire market.
		b.	A company could own all of the different businesses on which it depended for operation.
		c.	A company could combine many firms engaged in the same type of business into one large company.
		d.	Different companies could agree to keep prices at a certain level.


	5.	What aspect of free enterprise was found in Henry Clay’s American System? Obj 3: TEKS 8.15A

		a.	businesses in the North and East manufacturing goods for sale in the South and West
		b.	a protective tariff
		c.	government funding for building new roads and canals
		d.	a national bank to control inflation


	6.	According to the graph, which immigrant group was the largest from 1841 to 1850? Obj 3: TEKS 8.24D

		a.	German
		b.	Irish
		c.	British
		d.	Other nationalities


	7.	In which of the following areas did women make significant advances during the 1800s? Obj 3: TEKS 8.24E

		a.	education
		b.	equal pay or equal work
		c.	voting rights in national elections
		d.	female participation in the Senate


	8.	This timeline reveals that the first large-scale anti-slavery effort was generally aimed at ____. Obj 3: TEKS 8.25A

		a.	using force to end slavery immediately
		b.	urging Congress to abolish slavery immediately
		c.	refusing to buy goods produced by Southern slaveholders
		d.	freeing enslaved workers gradually and resettling them in Africa


	9.	Which of the following individuals was directly involved in the abolitionist movement? Obj 3: TEKS 8.25A

		a.	Susan B. Anthony
		b.	Sojourner Truth
		c.	Thomas Paine
		d.	John C. Calhoun


	10.	During the 1800s, temperance crusaders used lectures, pamphlets, and rallies to warn people of the dangers of alcohol. According to the timeline, which of the following statements is true? Obj 3: TEKS 8.25B

		a.	Churches lobbied against temperance.
		b.	Temperance societies formed only in New York.
		c.	States passed alcohol prohibition laws.
		d.	A constitutional amendment was passed in the 1800s banning alcohol.


	11.	The Bessemer process was an important invention because it ____. Obj 3: TEKS 8.28A

		a.	sped up the separation of seeds from cotton fiber
		b.	enabled steel to be made cheaply and increased steel production
		c.	quickly separated the grain from the stalk
		d.	hastened the harvesting of grain


	12.	By connecting the East and Midwest, how did the National Road benefit the United States? Obj 3: TEKS 8.28B

		a.	It provided a direct route to Canadian markets.
		b.	It stimulated interregional trade and western settlement.
		c.	It provided a land route between New York City and Albany, New York.
		d.	The road replaced railroad lines between Pennsylvania and Illinois.


	13.	What technological innovation changed the processing of cotton as described in this excerpt? Obj 3: TEKS 8.28C

		a.	thresher
		b.	cotton gin
		c.	cotton reaper
		d.	factory system


	14.	Eli Whitney’s use of ____ opened the way for producing many kinds of goods on a mass scale and for reducing the price of goods. Obj 3: TEKS 8.28D

		a.	the factory system
		b.	patents
		c.	interchangeable parts
		d.	the cotton gin


	15.	In this excerpt, a journalist—the son of immigrants—describes his childhood in an urban neighborhood during the 1800s. How does he describe working-class life? Obj 3: TEKS 8.29C

		a.	Workers lived comfortably in ethnic neighborhoods.
		b.	For many workers, life in the city was difficult and demanding.
		c.	Workers received many benefits from labor unions.
		d.	Government assistance helped workers through difficult times.

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