Eighth Grade Examination - US History

U. S. HISTORY 

(Write on any of five questions)

1. What was the Louisiana purchase? The Monroe Doctrine? The Missouri Compromise? The Dred Scott Decision? 
2. Where is the Gettysburg battlefield? What occasion called forth Lincoln's Gettysburg speech? Give the substance of the speech in your own words. 
3. Name the two leading political parties of today? Which is the older party? Name three presidents from each party. 
4. What was accomplished by Sherman's march to the sea? 
5. Give the provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation. When was it issued? 
6. Give cause and results of the Spanish-American war. 
7. What causes led to the war of 1812? Who was president then? Give result of war. 
8. What is meant by Internal Improvements? Give an example of such an improvement by the national government?

One of ten parts of the Winnebago County, Illinois Eighth Grade Examination given on May 5th and 6th, 1916.