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8th Grade Unit 2 TestDirections: READ ALL DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY! Then, color in the letter of your answer on the answer sheet! Use pencil only. Answer the questions you know first, then go back and work on the others. If you make a mistake, erase the mark completely and color in a new circle. If you are not sure what the question is asking, raise your hand and I will come and help you. (I cannot tell you whether your answer is correct or not.) You may skip one (1) of the Multiple Choice questions! Make sure you answer 15 Multiple Choice total!Mary G. Bellamy is famous because she _________________________. Was the first woman to vote in the United States.Was the first woman elected to a state legislature.Led a women’s “right to vote” demonstration in New York.Helped to get African slaves from the southwest freed from slavery.Who was William M. “Boss” Tweed?A New York laundry inspector who shut down illegal Chinese laundries.A New York landlord who overcharged immigrants on rent payments.A New York inventor who created an underground subway train.A New York politician who stole money through corruption.Why were Mark Twain’s adventure stories so popular in America in the late 19th century? Because Twain’s book was the first to be printed in such large quantities.Because Twain’s love of steamboats led many people to get jobs on them.Because Twain’s stories made people think about who they were.Because Twain was a Civil War hero whom Americans loved. When did women get the legal right to vote from the United States government?At the same time as African Americans did, with the passing 15th Amendment to the Constitution.Not long after African Americans did, with the passing of the Women’s Right to Vote Law.About 30 years after African Americans did, During the early part of World War I.About 50 years after African Americans, with the passing of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.What were "tenements"?These were crowded, tiny, dirty apartments where many European immigrants ended up living in the mid to late 19th century.This was another make for people who came to the U.S. illegally and lived in abandoned homes.This was another name for immigrants who lived in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.These were run down hospitals meant for World War I veterans.What is the name of the unofficial government that Operated alongside the official elected government?American workers Party.Political Machine. Grand old Party.“Freesoilers”Europeans often decided to immigrate to the United States because _________________________________. They faced religious persecution in their own country. U.S. business owners paid them to come and work for them.Many were criminals who were forced out of their homeland.They found ship’s captains to bring them to America for free.What does the word “pneumatic” mean?“Coolant Filled” “Water-filled”“Air Filled”“Oil-filled”If a person isn’t allowed to eat in a certain restaurant because they look different than the Owner, this is an example of _________________________________ .DiscriminationRacismSlaverySlanderWho or what was “Jim Crow”?A nickname for police office in the South during Reconstruction A character from the Civil War novel “Gone with the wind.”A character from the first movie ever made.A character in the lyrics of a popular song.Why did Mr. Stickler teach you “SQR2”? To give us more work so we will stay busy all period.To help us learn to examine books before reading them.To help us understand how to create outlines of what we read.To help us see that some books will be hard for many students to read. What did Mark Twain’s name mean to steamboat workers. 78740074295“Throw, line”“Mark, halfway”“Water, two fathoms”“Water, too deep”What was the main idea of Frederick Jackson Turner’s “Frontier Thesis”?That there would always be a frontier for Americans to discover.That the western frontier was a great place for people to settle. That outer space was the final frontier for humans to conquer.That there was no frontier left for Americans to discover.What two Constitutional Amendments did the “Plessey vs. Ferguson” Supreme Court case deal with?13th and 14th14th and 15th18th and 19th19th and 20thWhy were former slaves offered “Forty acres and a mule” after the Civil War?Because Northerners donated so much money there was enough to buy former slaves this.Because that was the average debt each former plantation owner owed each slave.Because this was the amount plantation owners paid per share an average.Because people felt this was fair since slaves had always worked the land.What does the word “suffrage” mean?“To protest”“To vote” “To suffer”“Amount of land” Short AnswerWrite your answers on the back of your answer sheet. Answer these using two (2) or three (3) complete sentences. Progress. In class, we talked about the invention of the light bulb and building skyscrapers. 1.) How do these two inventions represent progress in America from 1860-1950? 2.) About how many stories could be added to a skyscraper every 20 years (due to improvements in steel-making and building improvements)? The Women’s Movement. From 1860-1920, Women in the U.S. held protests, marks, and demonstration shot gain the right to vote. 1.) Name one of the “famous women in history” who participated in the women’s movement. 2.) Name 2 of the groups these women were trying to help and write which group was given the legal right to vote first. *Extra Credit.If you know the answer to the Extra Credit, write it on the back of your answer sheet, too.*What was one of our “Today in History” entries we’ve had so far this year (not including todays). ................
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