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8th grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 10

Timeline 1776–1865

Put the young nation's story in order

What your child practices

Ordering events from the Declaration of Independence to the end of the Civil War, to see how expansion and the conflict over slavery built up over time.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 8.H.CH.1; 8.H.CE.7 · territorial and political developments of the early republic and the growing tensions over slavery

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

    Which of these happened last?

    • Fort Sumter is attacked
    • The Oregon Treaty
    • The Louisiana Purchase
    • The Compromise of 1850

  2. Question 2

    In what year did this happen? The Indian Removal Act

    • 1850
    • 1803
    • 1830
    • 1848

  3. Question 3

    In what year did this happen? Texas declares independence

    • 1791
    • 1831
    • 1852
    • 1836

  4. Question 4

    Which of these happened first?

    • George Washington takes office
    • Oregon becomes a state
    • The Erie Canal opens
    • Nat Turner's revolt

  5. Question 5

    Which of these happened first?

    • The Articles of Confederation take effect
    • Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
    • The Erie Canal opens
    • Oregon becomes a state

  6. Question 6

    Put these events in order, earliest first.

    • The Missouri Compromise
    • The cotton gin is invented
    • The Erie Canal opens
    • The Treaty of Paris

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