8th Grade Terra Nova Review Exam With Complete Solutions Latest Update
Precedent - correct answer action or decision that later serves as an example
cabinet - correct answer group of department heads that advises the president
3 - correct answer # of levels are there in the federal court system
Supreme Court - correct answer top level of the federal court system
Alexander Hamilton - correct answer our first secretary of the treasury
Thomas Jefferson - correct answer our first secretary of state
Henry Knox - correct answer our first secretary of war
tariff - correct answer tax on imports Hamilton wanted to pass to raise revenue and pay off
debt with
a national bank - correct answer Hamilton wanted to create this to safely deposit the nation's
money
the first political parties - correct answer differences between Jefferson and Hamilton lead to
this
neutral - correct answer side Washington took in the wars between France and G.B.
Whiskey Rebellion - correct answer early revolt in our nation's history called for Washington to
show the power of the federal government
foreign alliances/entanglements and political parties/factions - correct answer Washington
warned against this in his farewell address
Democratic-Republicans - correct answer party was led by Jefferson and Madison, consisted of
mostly Southerners and farmers, supported France, and interpreted the Constitution strictly
Federalists - correct answer party was led by Hamilton and Adams, consisted of mostly
Northerners and merchants, supported G.B., and interpreted the Constitution loosely
navy - correct answer branch of the military Adams beefed up to prepare for war with France
judicial review - correct answer term for the Supreme Court's power to find laws
unconstituional
Louisiana Purchase - correct answer land acquisition by Jefferson that almost doubled the size
of our country
Lewis and Clark - correct answer explorers of the Louisiana Purchase
Sacagawea - correct answer guide of Lewis and Clark
, 8th Grade Terra Nova Review Exam With Complete Solutions Latest Update
impressment - correct answer British policy of kidnapping Americans and forcing them to serve
in British navy
War of 1812 - correct answer war fought between U.S. and G.B. in the early 1800s
Star Spangled Banner (National Anthem) - correct answer famous piece of Americana was
written during the War of 1812
Monroe Doctrine - correct answer What American policy told Europeans to stay out of the
Western Hemisphere
nationalism - correct answer What feeling of pride and loyalty to their nation did Americans
begin to feel as they successfully dealt with other countries
new roads like the Cumberland Road/National Road - correct answer What did the government
build in the early 1800s to improve America's ground transportation
canals like the Erie Canal - correct answer What did the government build in the early 1800s to
improve America's water transportation
Removal - correct answer What became the American policy, led by President Andrew Jackson,
to deal with Native Americans
Cherokee - correct answer What Native American tribe most famously was removed by the U.S.
government
Trail of Tears - correct answer What is the term for the journey of the Cherokee west to Indian
Territory (Oklahoma)
Oregon and Santa Fe trails - correct answer What were some famous trails for settlers to take
to settle in the West
Texas - correct answer What future state declared independence from Mexico and briefly
formed its own country
Alamo - correct answer What was the most famous battle of the Texas Revolution
Manifest Destiny - correct answer What is the term for the belief that it was America's "obvious
fate" to settle land all the way to the Pacific
Texas and Oregon - correct answer What lands did President James K. Polk annex, or take over,
for the U.S.
Mexico - correct answer What country did the U.S. fight in the 1840s as a result of our
spreading westward
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico - correct answer What land did the U.S. acquire
as a result of winning the Mexican War and signing the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Precedent - correct answer action or decision that later serves as an example
cabinet - correct answer group of department heads that advises the president
3 - correct answer # of levels are there in the federal court system
Supreme Court - correct answer top level of the federal court system
Alexander Hamilton - correct answer our first secretary of the treasury
Thomas Jefferson - correct answer our first secretary of state
Henry Knox - correct answer our first secretary of war
tariff - correct answer tax on imports Hamilton wanted to pass to raise revenue and pay off
debt with
a national bank - correct answer Hamilton wanted to create this to safely deposit the nation's
money
the first political parties - correct answer differences between Jefferson and Hamilton lead to
this
neutral - correct answer side Washington took in the wars between France and G.B.
Whiskey Rebellion - correct answer early revolt in our nation's history called for Washington to
show the power of the federal government
foreign alliances/entanglements and political parties/factions - correct answer Washington
warned against this in his farewell address
Democratic-Republicans - correct answer party was led by Jefferson and Madison, consisted of
mostly Southerners and farmers, supported France, and interpreted the Constitution strictly
Federalists - correct answer party was led by Hamilton and Adams, consisted of mostly
Northerners and merchants, supported G.B., and interpreted the Constitution loosely
navy - correct answer branch of the military Adams beefed up to prepare for war with France
judicial review - correct answer term for the Supreme Court's power to find laws
unconstituional
Louisiana Purchase - correct answer land acquisition by Jefferson that almost doubled the size
of our country
Lewis and Clark - correct answer explorers of the Louisiana Purchase
Sacagawea - correct answer guide of Lewis and Clark
, 8th Grade Terra Nova Review Exam With Complete Solutions Latest Update
impressment - correct answer British policy of kidnapping Americans and forcing them to serve
in British navy
War of 1812 - correct answer war fought between U.S. and G.B. in the early 1800s
Star Spangled Banner (National Anthem) - correct answer famous piece of Americana was
written during the War of 1812
Monroe Doctrine - correct answer What American policy told Europeans to stay out of the
Western Hemisphere
nationalism - correct answer What feeling of pride and loyalty to their nation did Americans
begin to feel as they successfully dealt with other countries
new roads like the Cumberland Road/National Road - correct answer What did the government
build in the early 1800s to improve America's ground transportation
canals like the Erie Canal - correct answer What did the government build in the early 1800s to
improve America's water transportation
Removal - correct answer What became the American policy, led by President Andrew Jackson,
to deal with Native Americans
Cherokee - correct answer What Native American tribe most famously was removed by the U.S.
government
Trail of Tears - correct answer What is the term for the journey of the Cherokee west to Indian
Territory (Oklahoma)
Oregon and Santa Fe trails - correct answer What were some famous trails for settlers to take
to settle in the West
Texas - correct answer What future state declared independence from Mexico and briefly
formed its own country
Alamo - correct answer What was the most famous battle of the Texas Revolution
Manifest Destiny - correct answer What is the term for the belief that it was America's "obvious
fate" to settle land all the way to the Pacific
Texas and Oregon - correct answer What lands did President James K. Polk annex, or take over,
for the U.S.
Mexico - correct answer What country did the U.S. fight in the 1840s as a result of our
spreading westward
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico - correct answer What land did the U.S. acquire
as a result of winning the Mexican War and signing the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
