8th Grade Mid-term Review

Please be advised that the information below is information that we did not get to cover in class. The first half was reviewed in the game that was played in class as a review for the midterm. Good Luck! 

• When you have been disloyal to your country you have committed - treason
• During the American Revolution loyalists wanted Great Britain to win, and the PATRIOTS wanted the colonists to win. 
• The declaration of Independence was signed on _______ and that date marks the birth of the United States of America
• Who was credited for the writing the Declaration of Independence? - Thomas Jefferson
• America's first government was the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, and the Constitution is the second and current government. 
• The introduction to the Constitution is the - Preamble
• The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the - BILL OF RIGHTS
• The federal government's power is separated into 3 branches. This is known as - SEPARATION OF POWERS. 
• Powers shared by the federal government and state governments are - CONCURRENT POWERS. 
• Each branch of government hold some control over the other two branches. This system is known as - CHECKS AND BALANCES
• After the court case Marbury vs. Madison, the 1st Chief Justice, John Jay, announced that the Supreme Court of the U.S. has the right to deem laws unconstitutional or constitutional This is known as - JUDICIAL REVIEW
• The Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812 by - Francis Scott Key
• During the Industrial Revolution, another name for the train was - THE IRON HORSE
• During the Industrial Revolution, towns grew into large cities because this was built in the towns - FACTORIES
• What region of the United States dominated the textile industry in the 1800s? - NEW ENGLAND
• One negative aspect of the Industrial Revolution was - CHILD LABOR
• The three regions of the United States had distinct economic dominance. The South and the growing West were agricultural, and the North was - INDUSTRIAL
• THe three causes of the American Civil War were Slavery, Economic developments, and - STATES' RIGHTS
• Under this agreement, Missouri entered as a slave state - MISSOURI COMPROMISE
• Under this agreement, California entered as a free state - COMPROMISE OF 1850
• This made it a federal crime to aid an escaping slave - FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
• This vocabulary word of the Civil War means to formerly withdraw from - SECEDE
• During the Civil War, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware were considered - BORDER STATES
• Frederick Douglas was a former slave who spoke up against slavery and - STARTED A NEWSPAPER
• The population of the Confederacy was SMALLER than that of the North. 
• The Emancipation Proclamation freed all the slaves in the SOUTH. 
• CONTRABANDS = escaped slaves
• The Writ of Habeas Corpus guarantees that a person is entitled to a trial soon after he or she has been imprisoned for a crime. 
• The attack on _________ is considered the beginning of the Civil War. 
• During the Civil War, black and white soldiers were treated the same - FALSE
• A naval battle is a battle that takes place - AT SEA
• The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the turning point of the war because: a) The North started to win AND b) Lincoln changed the meaning of the war.