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NAEP US History Grade 8 - Question List

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26. The town meetings of the New England colonies were gatherings where
  1. citizens decided issues of public importance
  2. all the men voted for delegates to the legislature
  3. men and women met for social events
  4. men and women met for religious worship
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27. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.The passage is part of the
  1. preamble to the United States Constitution
  2. Articles of Confederation
  3. Declaration of Independence
  4. Bill of Rights
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28. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.The passage protects the right to
  1. receive a prompt trial when accused of a crime
  2. receive a trial by a jury of one’s peers
  3. hold public meetings
  4. vote regardless of one’s race or color
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29. At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, northern and southern delegates debated whether or not slaves would be counted as part of a state’s population. Disagreement over this question led to bitter tensions among delegates.The disagreement referred to in the passage was important because the official size of a state’s population affected the
  1. number of seats the state had in the House of Representatives
  2. number of seats the state had in the Senate
  3. amount of land the state would be allowed to acquire
  4. size of the state’s militia
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30. At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, northern and southern delegates debated whether or not slaves would be counted as part of a state’s population. Disagreement over this question led to bitter tensions among delegates.To resolve the question referred to in the passage, delegates agreed to
  1. include all male slaves in population totals
  2. include no slaves in population totals
  3. count each slave as three-fifths of a person in population totals
  4. count slaves in the southern states but not in the northern states
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