STAAR PREP #2

Front

What is the type of economy called in which the colony exists to make money for the mother country?

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Mercantilism

Front

What was someone called who wanted to end slavery in the United States?

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Abolitionist

Front

What is a tax on goods brought in from another country called?

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Tariff

Front

What is a high tax placed on foreign goods called? It helps to protect the home industry.

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Protective Tariff

Front

What was one cause of the Civil War in which someone feels more loyalty to a part of the country or state than the country as a whole?

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Sectionalism

Front

This is the belief that the United States should own all the land from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.

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Manifest Destiny

Front

What was the campaign against the drinking of alcohol called?

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Temperance

Front

A _______________ government is a system of government where people elect representatives.

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Representative Government

Front

The House of __________________ was the first representative government in the New World.

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Burgesses

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Which branch is not one of the three branches in the federal government? Options: Legislative, Representative, Executive, Judicial

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Representative