2025 8TH GRADE HBA FINAL ASSESSMENT

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The Louisiana Purchase had great geographic significance for the United States because it

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focused the United States on westward expansion

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Which example below would be considered a primary source? A biography about George Washington, An encyclopedia article about Thomas Jefferson, A Netflix documentary about Sacajawea, A letter written by Lewis and Clark about their journey west

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A letter written by Lewis and Clark about their journey west

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In 1890 a new Louisiana law required railroads to provide “equal but separate accommodations for the white, and colored, races.” The principle of “separate but equal” established by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was used to

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justify racial segregation of public facilities

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The term muckraker was used during the Progressive Era to describe

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investigative journalists who exposed societal problems

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Which attitude about immigration is reflected in this poem?

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People from all nations should be welcomed.

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In 1892, the United States government opened Ellis Island primarily to

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process immigrants arriving from overseas

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Which law was passed to eliminate monopolies and restore competition?

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Sherman Anti-trust Act

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Which type of business organization is being criticized in this cartoon above?

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monopoly

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The Progressive movement supported the idea that the federal government should

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regulate big business

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This map above supports the conclusion that by 1900, the United States was committed to a foreign policy of

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Imperialism