today we talked about 8th grade review quiz.8th grade review quiz.1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.christopher columbust was thefirst to discover theamericas.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.cashcrop, cheepland, problems like desises, native americans, weather and weather.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.french, indiand and the british faut in it the british one it and took over.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.no taxation without reperatensation, the boston tea part helped lead to it.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.we declared independence.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).sets up out government has the branches10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.mexico opend up to texasbut they had to follow there ruls and had to be or become catholic. texansare more independent.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.14.Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.16.Describe major events, compromises and incidents leading up to the Civil War.-Compromise of 1820, Compromise of 1850, popular sovereignty, Dred Scott Case, John Brown's Raid, Lincoln's election, South's secession17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.Be able to give examples of stories from the video. For example, when asked what problems people faced moving west(#13), mentioning the Donner party would be great!
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