Post Test Review #2 Grade 8

During the late 1840s, thousands of people
were attracted to California to

• “Brother, can you spare a dime?”
• “. . . the only thing we have to fear is fear itself . . .”
• “If they come to take my farm, I’m going to fight.”
• “Those days you did everything to save a penny.”
During which decade were these statements
most likely made?

Muckrakers were writers and critics of the early
1900s who wanted to

"The right to vote should not be abridged on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude."
The amendment quoted above was passed to protect the Constitutional rights of

President Roosevelt's 1940 Lend Lease Program was created to

The purpose of the policy of containment after
World War II was to

President George Bush's decision to send troops to the Persian Gulf region in 1990 illustrates the president's constitutional power as

President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen
Points, proposed the establishment of

Which event was a major cause of the War with
Mexico (1846–1848)?

The Great Depression was caused in part by

What is the main economic system of the
United States?

Which document would be a primary source for
the study of Prohibition?

What advantage did the South have over the
North during the Civil War?

What court case outlawed the policy of "separate but equal" set forth by Plessy v Ferguson Court Case?

President Harry Truman made the decision to
drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima because he

Abolition, the Underground Railroad, and the
Dred Scott decision would all be included in a
discussion of

“South Carolina Must Pay Tariff”
“National Bank Vetoed”
“To the Victors, Go the Spoils”
These headlines are associated with the
presidency of

“We will meet your physical force with soul
force. Do to us what you will and we will still
love you. . . . Bomb our homes and threaten
our homes and threaten our children, and, as
difficult as it is, we will still love you. . . .”
Which person’s views are most similar to those
expressed in the quotation?

The Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the
Cuban missile crisis are all associated with the

What court case declared the policy of "separate but equal" and allowed for segregation?