8th Grade US History Midterm Exam Study Guide 2024 PDF

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Grade 8\ United States History **Midterm Exam Study Guide** STRUCTURE OF TEST -10 multiple choice questions (1 point each) -chart about branches of government (15 points total) -9 short answer questions (various lengths and point totals, ranging from 1-2 senten...

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Grade 8\ United States History **Midterm Exam Study Guide** STRUCTURE OF TEST -10 multiple choice questions (1 point each) -chart about branches of government (15 points total) -9 short answer questions (various lengths and point totals, ranging from 1-2 sentences \[5 points\] to 2-3 sentences \[10 points\]) -1 vocab fill in the blank sequence (words in context, 5 words, 1 point each, 5 points total) -1 long answer question at least 1 paragraph (20 points) -\*many questions on the test will involve analyzing primary and secondary sources! 100 total points WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW -Unit 1: colonization, prerevolutionary tensions, revolutionary war -who we fought in the revolutionary war (country and leader)- Britain, King George III. -Boston Massacre -what happened -how Paul Revere's artwork about it depicts what happened -Declaration of Independence -what is the purpose of its parts? (ie what do they do?) -Unit 2: constitution and civics -Constitution -what it is -Bill of Rights -what it is -rights we have (look at the iCivics sheet!) -branches of government -representation in Congress -number of representatives 535 representatives (435 representatives and 100 senators) -how it is determined -checks and balances -what they are System that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful. -how different branches check each other -Unit 3: westward expansion -Manifest Destiny -definition -experience of Native Americans during this time -how it led to conflict -Unit 4: antebellum society and civil war -slavery -secession -why it happens States in the south want to protect slavery and expand it. -cause of Civil War -what the Union and Confederacy are thinking before the start of the war -Sherman's Atlanta campaign and total war strategy WHAT YOU SHOULD USE TO STUDY -midterm exam vocabulary sheet (all 20 words) -iCivics Bill of Rights sheet -classwork about the above materials -assessments (quizzes, tests, projects) about the above materials WHAT YOU WILL NOT NEED TO KNOW -maps