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Test Description: Standards 8-1 to 8-7 of South Carolina History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How did Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands view the idea of owning land? 8-1.1
A
No one owned land
B
Family owned plots
C
You just used it gently
D
Tribes rented the land to families
2) Which tribe is correctly matched with the location of their settlements?
A
The Catawba and the Piedmont (north central) region
B
The Cherokee and the coastal region (Coastal zone)
C
The Yemassee and the mountains (Blue Ridge)
D
The Iroquois and the Sandhills (midlands) region
3) The major naval stores product for South Carolina was:
A
Masts
B
Sails
C
Carolina Gold
D
Pitch and Tar
4) Mercantilism was an economic system. What was the goal of this system for England?
A
To keep the French out of America
B
To help make England rich
C
To push the Natives out of South Carolina
D
To make the colonies richer
5) How was the Regulator Movement an example of vigilante justice?
A
Regulators wanted to free slaves
B
Up Country colonists took the law into their own hands
C
Regulators were against the King of England
D
The Up Country did not follow Low Country laws
6) Which would the Patriots MOST likely support?
A
The Continental Congress authorizing the raising of troops
B
King George III and Parliament passing a new Quartering Act
C
The French reclaiming their land
D
The Loyalists confiscating slaves for use in their militia
7) Why was the Battle of King’s Mountain a significant turning point of the American Revolution?
A
Patriots won control of the Up Country
B
Loyalists surrounded the Patriots
C
Patriots won the battle but lost control of South Carolina
D
British took thousands of Patriot prisoners
8) What did Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton, and Thomas Heyward have in common?
A
South Carolina Loyalists
B
leaders of the Boston Tea Party
C
signers of the Declaration of Independence
D
members of the Sons of Liberty
9) What was the major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
A
Could not be revised or changed
B
Articles of Confederation was not approved by all thirteen states
C
New government represented all thirteen states.
D
Individual states had more power than the United States government
10) Why was the state capital of South Carolina moved from Charleston to Columbia in 1786?
A
Columbia was centrally located
B
The majority of wealthy citizens lived in Columbia
C
Charleston was becoming too crowded
D
Charleston was damaged during the American Revolution
11) How was the northern economy different from the southern economy?
A
The North was focused on mercantilism.
B
The North was focused on agriculture.
C
The North was focused on mining.
D
The North was focused on industry.
12) What was one consequence of the rebellions of Denmark Vesey in South Carolina and Nat Turner in Virginia?
A
Conditions for slaves on many southern plantations improved
B
revolts broke out throughout the South
C
Southern states passed laws designed to tightly control slaves
D
slaves fled to the North
13) What was the key issue in the debate over the admission of new states to the Union?
A
the expansion of slavery
B
the building of railroads
C
support for homesteading
D
women’s suffrage
14) What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850?
A
to require the return of runaway slaves
B
to stop slaves from testifying in court
C
to prevent slaves from meeting in large groups
D
to grant citizenship to slaves
15) What is the best example of total war during the Civil War?
A
construction of prison stockades
B
first shots at Fort Sumter
C
CSS Hunley submarine
D
Sherman’s March to the Sea
16) Why was the United States military strategy known as the Anaconda Plan significant?
A
developed submarines to break the blockade
B
strangled the Confederacy by cutting their supplies
C
defeated the Confederacy by attacking their homeland
D
used King Cotton Diplomacy to end the war
17) What was the main purpose of the Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction?
A
to reunite the South and the North
B
to help the South rebuild economically
C
to rewrite the South Carolina Constitution
D
to provide civil rights for freedmen
18) How did the 8 Box Law, gerrymandering (reapportionment), and the poll tax affect black voters?
A
legalized segregation
B
outlawed southern vigilantism
C
gave women the right to vote
D
limited their ability to vote
19) What did South Carolina Governor Benjamin Tillman believe would benefit farmers?
A
money to spend on seed and equipment
B
cheaper labor supply
C
lower fees on railroads, warehouses, and mills
D
more agricultural education
20) To what political party did most carpetbaggers, scalawags, and freedmen belong?
A
WIgs
B
Redeemers
C
Republicans
D
Democrat
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