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NAEP US History Grade 8 - Question List

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6. Why did Missouri’s application for statehood in 1819 cause a political crisis?
  1. The United States had equal numbers of slave and free states, and Missouri’s entry would have upset the balance.
  2. The United States had never before established a state west of the Mississippi, and Missouri’s entry would have likely caused conflict with American Indians.
  3. Missouri was a center of abolitionist activity, and its admission would have antagonized southern states.
  4. Missouri was a center of secessionist activity, and its entry would have antagonized northern states.
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7. We hold, that on their separation from the Crown of Great Britain, the several colonies became free and independent States, each enjoying the separate and independent right of self-government; and that no authority can be exercised over them or within their limits, but by their consent. It is equally true, that the Constitution of the United States is a compact formed between the several States.-From "Address to the People of the United States," issued by the South Carolina Convention of 1832This passage supports the
  1. Northwest Ordinance
  2. Great Compromise
  3. Emancipation Proclamation
  4. Ordinance of Nullification
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8. People from which of the following occupational groups were most likely to support Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party?
  1. Merchants
  2. Industrial manufacturers
  3. Bankers
  4. Owners of small farms
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9. The Monroe Doctrine, the Good Neighbor Policy, and the Alliance for Progress were all United States foreign policy positions relating directly to
  1. Latin America
  2. Africa
  3. the Middle East
  4. China
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10. What was a main goal of the labor reform movement at the beginning of the 1900’s?
  1. Limiting the workday to eight hours
  2. Having employers buy health insurance for workers
  3. Guaranteeing equal pay for women and men
  4. Increasing the number of jobs given to members of minority groups
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