This page shows a list of standards in the 8th Grade Social Studies public release collection at MSDE. 8th Grade Social Studies
Released Questions in Standard "5.0 History"
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Which role did Harriet Tubman play in the abolitionist movement?
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What factor led the United States into Civil War?
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What was an obstacle that President Thomas Jefferson faced when making the Louisiana Purchase?
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One section of our country believes slavery is right and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.
—President Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861
President Lincoln’s idea expressed in this excerpt eventually led to the
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Article VIII. All charges [costs] of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred [raised] for the common defense or general welfare . . . shall be defrayed [paid] out of a common treasury. . . .
—Articles of Confederation, 1781
Which limitation of the Articles of Confederation made this provision difficult to enforce?
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How did the War of 1812 most immediately affect national politics?
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What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation that contributed to events such as Shays’ Rebellion?
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[Congress] may enter into treaties of commerce, but [are] without power to enforce them at home or abroad.
—John Jay, 1787
One weakness of the national government under the Articles of Confederation demonstrated by this excerpt is the lack of