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This page shows a list of test questions in the 8th Grade Social Studies public release collection at MSDE. 8th Grade Social Studies
Standard "3.0 Geography," Indicator "4.1 …"

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Select three impacts of technological changes on the United States during the 1800s and drag them to the boxes in any order.

lower taxes increased migration decline of the factory system increase in national unity economic growth introduction of popular sovereignty increased travel time
Impacts of Technological Changes on the
United States during the 1800s

This is a drag and drop question that allows you to select text and place it in an appropriate answer space.

Select three impacts of technological changes on the United States during the 1800s and drag them to the boxes in any order.

lower taxes increased migration decline of the factory system increase in national unity economic growth introduction of popular sovereignty increased travel time
Impacts of Technological Changes on the
United States during the 1800s

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Use your knowledge of U.S. history to answer the constructed response question.

  • Identify two countries of origin for European immigrants to the United States in the 1800s.
  • Explain how nativism impacted the lives of these immigrants in the United States.
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Which diagram accurately shows how new technologies unified the United States geographically during the early industrial period?

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