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NAEP US History Grade 8 - Question List

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41. Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, and Joseph Cinque were all
  1. soldiers in the American Revolution
  2. merchants who were involved in the triangular trade
  3. authors who described slave conditions
  4. leaders of slave rebellions
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42. Which statement best describes the treatment of American Indians living east of the Mississippi River between 1800 and 1850?
  1. Most were forced to move west of the Mississippi River.
  2. Most were forced to work as slaves on plantations.
  3. They were encouraged to become American citizens.
  4. They were forced onto reservations in the eastern half of the country.
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43. The Great Society programs of the 1960's were primarily based on the idea that
  1. American society was hopelessly flawed
  2. the federal government should play an active role in promoting social welfare
  3. the poor needed to work harder in order to succeed
  4. the federal government lacked the authority to help the poor
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44. Why was Roger Williams forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
  1. He claimed that the Puritan government had no right to control religious beliefs
  2. He was more loyal to the King of Spain than to the English monarchy.
  3. He refused to do his share of the farming and other work.
  4. He wanted to lead a war against the American Indians.
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45. One major consequence of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) was that the
  1. colonists' decision to side with France led Britain to retaliate against them
  2. expense of fighting the war led Britain to tax the colonies directly for the first time
  3. loyalty of the colonists to the British side led Britain to grant them a high degree of self-government
  4. elimination of the French threat in North America led Britain to concentrate on conquering all of the remaining Spanish colonies
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