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 2025  Social Studies STAAR  Review

2025 Social Studies STAAR Review

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History

8th Grade

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Janet Webster

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

___________ was a document written by Thomas Jefferson to the king of England: expressing the colonists grievances and declaring the 13 colonies free from England.

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Declaration of Independence

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Principle of the constitution where three branches ensure no branch becomes too powerful.

Back

Checks and Balances

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This is the 10th Amendment and is shared powers between the federal gov't and the states.

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Back

Federalism

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The _____________ foreign policy statement made by the 5th President stating that 1) the U.S. would not interfere in European affairs, and 2) that the western hemisphere was closed to colonization and/ or interference by European nations.

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Back

Monroe Doctrine

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the social contract signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for a form of self-government?

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Back

Mayflower Compact

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What immigrant group came to the U.S. and helped build the western (Pacific Ocean side) section of the transcontinental railroad?

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Back

Chinese

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North.

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Back

Ulysses S. Grant

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