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8th grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 9

A New Nation

The first presidents to the Monroe Doctrine

What your child practices

The first presidents and parties, judicial review, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, the War of 1812 and early foreign policy.

California Content Standards learning standard: 8.3.4; 8.3.5; 8.4.1; 8.4.2; 8.5.1; 8.5.2 · the first political parties, early resistance movements, territorial growth, famous speeches, the War of 1812 and early foreign policy

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    During the War of 1812, British troops burned…

    • Fort Ross
    • the Golden Gate
    • the White House
    • the Alamo

  2. Question 2

    The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) were criticized because they…

    • Lowered taxes
    • Freed enslaved people
    • Limited free speech against the government
    • Gave women the vote

  3. Question 3

    Impressment was when Britain…

    • Built forts in Ohio
    • Bought American land
    • Forced American sailors to serve in the British navy
    • Paid American farmers

  4. Question 4

    How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States?

    • It made the country smaller
    • It ended the Revolution
    • It gave away Florida
    • It about doubled the size of the country

  5. Question 5

    Thomas Jefferson and his Democratic-Republicans favored…

    • A national bank
    • Cities only
    • Stronger states and a nation of farmers
    • A king

  6. Question 6

    Jefferson's first inaugural address said…

    • "Give me liberty"
    • "Four score and seven years ago"
    • "Remember the Alamo"
    • "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists"

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