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NAEP US History Grade 8 - Question List

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51. Magellan's expedition was significant because it was the first to
  1. circle the world
  2. reach South America
  3. bring horses to the Americas
  4. sail around Africa
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52. FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (1790) District Free White Males of 16 Years and Up Free White Males Under 16 Years Free White Females All Other Free Persons Slaves Total Vermont 22,435 22,323 40,505 255 16 85,539New Hampshire 36,036 34,351 70,160 630 158 141,385Maine 24,384 24,748 46,870 538 None 96,540Massachusetts 95,453 87,289 190,582 5,463 None 378,787Rhode Island 16,019 15,799 32,652 3,407 948 68,825Connecticut 60,523 54,403 117,448 2,808 2,764 237,946New York 83,700 78,122 152,320 4,654 21,324 340,120New Jersey 45,251 41,416 83,287 2,762 11,423 184,139Pennsylvania 110,783 106,948 206,363 6,537 3,737 434,373Delaware 11,783 12,143 22,384 3,899 8,387 59,094Maryland 55,915 51,339 101,395 8,043 103,036 319,723Virginia 110,936 116,135 215,046 12,866 292,627 747,610Kentucky 15,154 17,057 28,922 114 12,430 73,677North Carolina 69,988 77,506 140,710 4,975 100,572 393,751South Carolina 35,576 37,722 66,380 1,801 107,094 249,073Georgia 13,103 14,044 25,739 393 29,264 82,548 Total Number of Inhabitants of the United States Exclusive of Other Territories 807,094 791,850 1,541,263 59,150 694,280 3,893,635The information in the census could be used to answer which question?
  1. Which state had the highest official population?
  2. How many people moved to the United States in the year 1790?
  3. Which state was the largest in area?
  4. How many more male than female slaves were there in 1790?
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53. What was the main effect of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?
  1. It reduced global demand for cotton and led United States farmers to grow other crops.
  2. It made it possible to produce clothing by machine and led to the building of textile factories throughout the southern United States.
  3. It allowed people to grow cotton on land that had previously been considered too dry and led to large-scale irrigation projects in the western United States.
  4. It allowed cotton to be processed more quickly and profitably and led to the expansion of slavery in the southern United States.
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54. The Lend-Lease Act, the Yalta Conference, and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima are all associated with the
  1. First World War
  2. Second World War
  3. Korean War
  4. Vietnam War
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55. The centers of religious activity in the Spanish colonies in the Americas were called
  1. missions
  2. presidios
  3. courthouses
  4. monasteries
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