8th grade worksheets for reference maps

#34 THE UNITED STATES IN 1824

  1. Complete each sentence and locate on map:
  1. The large territory north of the US called______was controlled by the British.
  2. In 1824, the ______Territory was occupied by Britain and the US
  3. In the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, Spain ceded______to the US.
  4. After 1819, the largest Spanish territory in NA was ____.
  1. Locate/label each state and territory shown on the map, Use a color to shade the states admitted to the Union after 1790.

3, Create a key in blank box,

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain how future settlement of the OregonTerritory by the US be affected by the Rocky Mts.

#35 NEW NATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA

  1. Locate/label the following:

Mexico Haiti Santo Domingo Honduras

Guatemala El Salvador Nicaragua

Costa Rica Panama Colombia

Venezuela Ecuador Peru

Bolivia Paraguay Chile Argentina

Uruguay Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

  1. Research when each of the Latin American nation achieved independence.
  2. Shade with color the areas that were still claimed by European nations in 1825.
  3. Create a key in blank box.
  4. If necessary, correct the following sentences:
  1. Nicaragua had access to the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
  2. Brazil won its independence after Chile did.
  3. The west coast of Chile lies along a longitude of approximately 71 degrees east.
  4. Cuba gained its independence in 1821.
  5. Peru is south of Colombia.
  6. Haiti was the first Latin American nation to gain independence.
  7. Venezuela’s northern border lies along a latitude of approximately 10 degrees north
  8. The equator goes through Brazil and Argentina.

#36 ELECTION of 1828

  1. Locate and label states on map,
  2. Use color to distinguish the states that Jackson and Adams won.
  3. Create key in blank box.
  4. Correct the incorrect boxes:
  1. Jackson won all of the states along the eastern seaboard.
  2. Indiana’s electors voted for Jackson.
  3. New York’s electors voted for Adams
  4. Jackson was supported by southern states.
  5. Jackson won the election of 1828 by a landside.
  6. Adams won the state of Alabama,
  7. Jackson and Adams split the electors of Missouri.

CRITICAL THINKING:

Decide whether the election of 1828 showed evidence of sectionalism,

#37 INDIAN REMOVAL 1830-1842

  1. Locate/ label the states outlined on the map, the MissipRiver
  2. Use different colors for shading to show the following Indian tribes location: Seminole, Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctow, Shawnee, Miami, Potawatomi
  3. Shade the “Indian Territory”
  4. Create a key in blank box.

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain why Congress chose that specific site for the Indian territory.

#38 OREGONTERRITORY

  1. Locate the following:
  1. Country from which the Oregon Trail originated.
  2. Territory claimed by Russia
  3. Country that won independence from Spain in 1821.
  4. Territory located north of the latitude 54 degrees 40 north and controlled by Britain.
  5. Territory split between Britain and the US at the latitude of 49 degrees north
  1. Locate

Astoria, Columbia River, Vancouver Island, Fort Vancouver, Snake River, Fort Victoria, South Pass

3 Draw the boundary established at the 49th parallel between the US and Britain in 1818 and 1846

4 Draw the route of the Oregon Trail.

5. Shade the area of OregonTerritory by 1840.

6 Create a key in blank box.

#39 INDEPENDENCE FOR TEXAS

  1. Locate/label the following:

Republic of Texas Mexico Red River

Nueces River United States Gulf of Mexico Rio Grande

  1. Use color to indicate a Texan victory or a Mexican victory: Goliad, Alamo, San Jacinto, San Antonio Gonzales
  2. Create a key in blank box.
  3. Correct the following statements if they are incorrect.
  1. Santa Ana’s forces crossed the Rio Grande.
  2. Gonzales was a victory for the Texans.
  3. The battle at San Jacinto took place near the Atlantic Ocean,
  4. The Alamo was a victory at Gonzales, Houston’s army retreated to San Jacinto.
  5. The Mexican army followed the Texans from Gonzales to Goliad
  6. Mexican forces traveled south from Mexico to reach Texas.

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain the advantages/disadvantages of fighting a defensive and offensive war. Use examples of the Mexican Texan war.

#40 TRAILS TO THE WEST

  1. Locate/label the following:
  1. This republic won its independence from Mexico in 1836.
  2. Entrance to this region could be gained through the South Pass and by following the Snake and ColumbiaRivers’
  3. This country won its independence from Spain in 1821.
  4. This mountain range posed a challenge to settlers who went west in the 1800’s.
  5. In 1818, the US and Britain agreed to draw a border at the 49th parallel between the US and this region.
  6. Locate/label the following forts: Nauvoo, Independence, Ft. Laramie, Ft Walla Walla, Sutter’s Fort, San Diego, San Francisco, St Louis, Ft Dodge, Salt Lake City, Portland, Los Angeles, El Paso
  7. Locate the following: Rio Grande, PlatteRiver, Snake River, Columbia River, Donner Pass, South Pass
  8. Use different colors to show the following trails:

Mormon Trail (Nauvoo to Salt Lake City)

Oregon Trail ( Independence to Portland)

California Trail ( Independence to Sutter’s Fort)

Santa Fe Trail (Independence to Santa Fey)

Old Spanish Trail (Santa Fe to LA)

Gila River Trail ( Santa Fe to San Diego)

Butterfield Overland Mail Trail (St. Louis to San Francisco)

  1. Create a key in blank box.

CRITICAL THINKING: Most groups of pioneers set up a government with an elected captain before they started west.

As leader of your group, answer the following questions:

  1. What is your destination and what trail would you follow?
  2. Explain the kinds of skills you want in your group.
  3. Discuss the supplies that will be needed,
  4. Explain the most difficult part of your journey.

# WAR WITH MEXICO 1846- 1848

  1. Locate and label the following: Mexico, California, Monterey, San Diego, Gulf of Mexico, LA, Rio Grande, US, San Fran, Los Angeles, Pacific Ocean, TX, Arkansas, Ft.Leavenworth.
  1. Label the following and use different colors to indicate the winner of the battle: Mexico City, Buena Vista, Monterrey, Veracruz
  1. Label the routes led by Fremont, Stockton, Sloat, Kearny, Taylor, Scott, Santa Ana, Ampudia, Arista
  1. Create a key in blank box.

#42 GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES

  1. Locate/label the region described in the statements below:
  1. Congress annexed this territory in 1845 by a joint resolution.
  2. In 1846, Britain agreed to US control of this territory south of the 49th parallel.
  1. This territory was acquired in 1848 through the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
  1. In 1853, the US bought this territory from Mexico for $10 million.
  1. The US purchased this large territory from France in 1803.
  1. One result of the Convention of 1818 was British cession of the territory to the US.
  1. Spain ceded this territory to the US in 1819.
  1. This territory represents US expansion to 1783.

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain through the use of the map Manifest Destiny.

#44 THE SOUTHERN STATES

1. Label/locate the following: MD, KY, SC, GA, MS,, Arkansas, TX, VA NC,, TN,, AL MO LA FL

  1. Create symbols in the blank box to represent the following industries: textiles, iron, steel mining, lumber ,cattle, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, cotton, grain
  2. What industries contributed to KY’s economy?
  3. In which states was cotton a major industry?
  4. What industries thrived in TX?
  5. Where were rice and sugar cane grown?

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain COTTON WAS KING IN THE SOUTH How does the industries in the North and South differ?

#45 THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE 1820

  1. Locate/label the states and territories on the map.
  2. Use color to indicate free states and slave states in 1820.
  3. Indicate the Missouri Compromise line.
  4. Create a key in blank box.
  5. Correct the incorrect statements :
  1. PA was a free state in 1820.
  2. According to the Missouri Compromise , slavery would be prohibited in the MichiganTerritory and permitted in the Arkansas territory.
  3. In 1818, the slave states held most of the seats in the Senate.
  4. The Missouri Compromise allowed slavery in the MichiganTerritory.
  5. FL territory was slave territory because it was south of the latitude 36 degrees 30
  6. Most of the LA purchase was south of the Missouri Compromise line.

CRITICAL THINKING: Discuss how the formation of states in the Michigan, Arkansas, and FL territories probably affect the balance that the Missouri Compromise tried to balance.

#46 THE COMPROMISE OF 1850

  1. Locate/label the following:|
    A. two territories that could choose to become slave states through popular sovereignty according to the Compromise of 1850.

B.first territory from the Mexican Cession to ask for admission to the nation.

  1. territory set aside for Indians.
  2. Territory divided at the 49th parallel in an agreement with Britain,
  1. Draw a solid line to indicate the Missouri Compromise line.
  2. Use different colors or patterns to distinguish the following:
  1. free states and territories in 1850
  2. slave states and territories in 1850
  3. territories open to slavery by popular sovereignty
  1. Create a key in blank box.
  2. Answer the following:
  1. How many free and slave states were there?
  2. Which territories were affected by the Compromise of 1850?

How were they affected?

  1. How did the number of free and slave states affect representation in Congress?

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain why the Missouri Compromise line did not provide a solution to the problem of CA’s statehood.

# THE KANSASNEBRASKA ACT 1854

1. Locate/label the states and territories on the map.

2. Use different colors/patterns to shade:
A. free states and territories in 1854

B.Territory open to slavery by popular sovereignty according to the Compromise of 1850.

C. territory open to slavery by popular sovereignty according to the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854.

  1. Create a key in the blank box.

4Correct the inaccurate statements below:

  1. Missouri was a free state because it was north of the Missouri Compromise line.
  2. The New England states were free states.
  3. States carved from the NebraskaTerritory were to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty,
  4. Slavery was allowed in the UtahTerritory according to the Compromise of 1850.
  5. The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Compromise of 1850.

CRITICAL THINKING: Support or refute the following statement:

“Compromises over slavery were destined to fail because Southerners were fighting for more than slavery; they were trying to preserve a way of life.” Defend your position with facts.

#48 ELECTION of 1860

  1. Locate/label the states/territories outlined on the map.
  2. Use different colors/patters to shade the states won by Lincoln, Bell, Douglas and Breckinridge.
  3. Create a key in the blank box.
  4. Correct the incorrect statements:
  1. Lincoln’s main support came from the northern states.
  2. Douglas won the second largest number of states.
  3. Bell won some of the border states.
  4. GA and AL supported Breckinridge.
  5. Electors in CA voted for Lincoln

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain how this map demonstrates the effect of sectionalism on the election of 1860.

#49 CHOOSING SIDES

  1. Label the states and territories outlined on the map.
  2. Use different colors/patterns to shade the following areas: free states, slave states loyal to the Union, states that seceded from the Union before April 14, 1861; states that seceded from the Union after April 14th, 1861
  3. Create a key in blank box.

CRITICAL THINKING:

Explain why the Union and Confederacy try to gain the loyalty of the border states.

#50 MAJOR BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR

  1. Locate/label the states outlined on the map, the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers and the Appalachian Mts. Use different colors/patterns to distinguish the Union states from the Confederate ones.
  2. Complete the following and locate and label on map:
  1. The Battle of ______in July 1861 was the 1st battle to take place in VA.
  2. The Confederate army’’s attack on Fort______signaled the start of the Civil War.
  3. General Grant captured Fort______on the Tennessee River and Fort______on the Cumberland River in February 1862.
  4. Generals Johnston and Beauregard tried to defeat Grant near ______, a county meeting house in TN.
  5. ______, the capital of the confederacy, fell to the Union troops on April 1865.
  6. On September 17, 1862, McCLellan and Lee clashed at______, marking one of the bloodiest days in the war.
  7. At the Battle of ______. General Meade forced Confederate troops to retreat from PA.
  8. After a 6 week siege, the city of ______surrendered to Grant’s army.
  9. General Sherman destroyed most of the city of ______, GA, as part of the strategy of “total war”.
  10. General Lee surrendered to General Grant at ______on April 9, 1865.
  1. Use solid lines to show how Scott’s anaconda strategy divided the Confederacy into 3 major theaters of war. Use a dotted line to show the North;s naval blockade.
  2. Create a key in the blank box.

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain how Scott’s anaconda strategy used geography.

#51 THE CIVIL WAR IN THE EAST

  1. Locate on the map: Richmond, MD, WV, James River, Potomac River, WashingtonDC, PA, VA, York River, Chesapeake Bay
  2. Locate/label the following battle sites using different colors to signify a confederate/union victory: Seven Days Battle, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Bull Run, Harpers Ferry, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg,
  3. Use colors to show the following routes of the Union and Confederate armies:
  1. Lee’s advance to Antietam
  2. McClellan’ s attack on Lee at Antietam
  3. Lee’s attack on Gettysburg
  4. Meade’s defense of Gettysburg

4.Create a key in blank box.

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain how geography had on the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg.

#52 UNION ADVANCES

  1. Locate/label the following: Richmond, Savannah, Appalachian Mts. Tennessee River, Nashville, Ft Sumter, Mississippi River, Cumberland River
  2. Use color to distinguish the union or confederate victory: Ft Donelson, Shiloh, Jackson, New Orleans, Chattanooga, Ft Henry, Memphis, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, Atlanta
  3. Use color to show the routes of the following:

A, Grant’s series of victories along the MissipRiver in the west.

B. Beauregard;s defense of Shiloh

C. Sherman’s “march to the sea”

D. Bragg’s advance from Atlanta to Chattanooga.

4. Create a key in blank box.

5. Correct the incorrect statements:

A. Grant’s army captured Shiloh.

B. Bragg’s army successfully defended Atlanta.

C. Sherman marched southeast from the Appalachian Mts. to the Atlantic Ocean,

D. Grant conducted a series of campaigns in the west.

E. The Battle of Vicksburg was fought in AL.

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain the significance of the Mississippi River during the Civil War.

#53 RECONSTRUCTION

  1. Label/locate the states outlined on the map.
  2. Use a solid line to show the boundary of the Confederate States of America,
  3. Label each southern state with the date it was readmitted to the Union and the date its conservative gov’t was established. Create a way to distinguish between the two dates.
  4. Create a key in the blank box.

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain how reconstruction efforts in the South affected national elections after the Civil War.

# 54 ELECTION OF 1876

  1. Label/locate the states outlined on the map.
  2. Use different colors/patterns to distinguish the states won by Rutherford B Hayes, the states that were won by Samuel Tilden and those that were disputed.
  3. Create a key in the blank box.
  4. Correct the incorrect statements:
  1. Tilden won the electors in most of the states west of the Mississippi River.
  2. Hayes claimed victory in PA
  3. Texas electors supported Hayes.
  4. The election results in LA, FL, and SC were disputed.
  5. The Republicans were strong in the South, while the Democrats drew support from the North.

CRITICAL THINKING: Based on your map, support or refute the following statement: “The end of the Civil War brought an end to sectionalism” Explain.

# INDIAN LANDS AFTER 1850

  1. Locate/label the following:
  1. fort in WY where a treaty between the US government and Native Americans was signed in 1851.
  2. Place where Col. John Chivington destroyed a Cheyenne village and killed 450 Cheyennes.
  3. Location of a battle in which Custer was defeated by the Sioux and Cheyenne.
  4. Site of a tragic battle in which about 200 Sioux and 30 US soldiers died after a surrender by the Sioux.
  1. Use colors or patterns to show the following:

A land lost by Indians before 1850

B. “ “ “ “ from 1850-1870

C. “ “ “ “ from 1870-1890.

  1. Create a key in blank box.

#56 OPENING THE WEST

1. Locate/label the following: New Orleans, Promontory Point, San Francisco, Chicago, Abilene, San Antonio, LA, Portland, Cheyenne, Kansas City

2. Create a symbol to use to label the following mining centers: Comstock Lode, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Deadwood, Helena, and SilverCity.

3Color or pattern to show the routes of the following railroads: Central Pacific, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific,Kansas Pacific,

4Show the routes of the following cattle trails: Goodnight-Loving Trail, Western Trail, Chisholm Trail, Shawnee Trail

5Create a key in blank box.

6Correct the incorrect statements.

  1. Cattle ranchers on the Goodnight-Loving Trail could ship their cattle on the Union Pacific line.
  2. Promontory Point was the meeting place of the Central Pacific and the Kansas Pacific railroad lines.
  3. The Southern Pacific railroad went from New Orleans to San Antonio and then to Denver.
  4. Most of the railroads traveled east-west while most of the cattle trails went north-south.
  5. The Rocky Mts. prevented the construction of a transcontinental railroad.
  6. The Central Pacific went through CA, NV, UT
  7. Ranchers who used the Shawnee Trail or the Chisholm Trail could ship cattle on the Kansas Pacific railroad.

CRITICAL THINKING: Explain how the growth of the cattle industry was dependent on the development of the railroad industry.

#57 THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

  1. Locate/label the following:
  1. Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in this city’s harbor.
  2. This city is located at a latitude and longitude of 28 degrees north 82 degrees west.
  3. Roosevelt’s Rough Riders stormed San Juan hill in the battle over this city.
  4. Dewey sailed to the Philippines from this city.
  5. Spanish control of this Caribbean island worried the US since the island was only 90 miles off the coast of FL.
  6. In this city’s harbor, a mysterious explosion destroyed the American battleship MAINE.
  7. The latitude and longitude of this city is 24 degrees north 82 degrees west.

2.Locate/label the following:

A. Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, Haiti, Philippine Islands, Pacific Ocean, FL, Atlantic Ocean, Dominican Republic, South China Sea , China

Create a key in blank box.

#58 THE UNITED STATES IN THE CARIBBEAN< 1898-1917