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Final Exam
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History
8th Grade
05/26/2009

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Who saved important items before the British burned the White House?
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Dolly Madison
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50) Which of the following is an example of a radical?
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a person who take extreme position on a political issue.
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51) How did the War of 1912 encourage the growth of u.S maufacturing.
Definition
Americans had to make their own products because of a British blockade kept Eurpoean products out of the United States.
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52) Which of the following actions is required of the President to stop a new bill?
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veto
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53) Which battle was considered the turning point of the civil war?
Definition
Gettysburg.
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54) What did the fifteenth Amendment do?
Definition
It gave African-American men the right to vote.
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55) Which battle resulted in the bloodiest day in all of American history, with neither side having gained any ground?
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the Battle of Antietam
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56) What did the Supreme cour rule in the case of Gibbons v. Ogden?
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Only the federal goverment had the right to contro intersate commerce.
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57) What is the only amendment to be repealed and which amendment replealed it?
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The 18th Amendment was replaced by the 22nd.
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58) What roles do both houses of Congress play in the introduction of a new bill?
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~ They may work together to approve a bill.

~They may rewrie or stop a bill that  was passed by the other house.

~ they may vote to pass a vetoed bill

~all of the above

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59) What did the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 accomplish?
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gave Florida to the United states
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60) The purpose if the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was
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to end slavery in the United States.
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What is the name given to  the first 10 amendments to the Consitituionm which guarantee certain individual rights?
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~Bill of Rights
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62) To whom did Washington turn for help in solving the challenges facing the new nation?
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his cabinet
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63) The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by
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Eli Whitney
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64) What was the Missouri Compromise?
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a plan to allow slavery to spread in some areas but not others
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65) The power if the supreme court to declare laws unconsitsituional is an exaple od which of the following principal?
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checks and balances
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66) The songs in which enslaved people of the South exressed their religeuos beleifs or passes coded messages were called
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spirituals
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67) The author of the poem that in 1931 became the national anthem of the United tates was
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Francis Scott Key
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68) The Kansas-Nebraska Act called for
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the residents of Kansas and Nebraska vote to decide ths issue of slavery
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The President of the confederacy was
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Jefferson Davis
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