Mr. Loe Social Studies STAAR Review

Multiple Choice

What significant event does the image depict, and how does it relate to the theme of exploration through reconstruction in U.S. history?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The American Revolution

• The Civil War

• The Reconstruction Era

Multiple Choice

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

Multiple Choice

What does the image represent?

• The Middle Passage

• The Pacific Slave Trade

• The Triangular Trade

• The American Slave Trade

Multiple Choice

How did the colonists use geography to their advantage at the Battle of Yorktown?

• They hid behind bridges and rocks.

• The hid in woods and on high bluffs/hills.

• They surrounded the British on land, and the French attacked by water.

• They used timining to take the British by surprise.

Multiple Choice

What was a direct consequence of the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• It led to the immediate abolition of slavery.

• It increased the political power of slaveholding states in the House of Representatives.

• It decreased the population count of the Southern states.

• It established a uniform method for counting population in all states.

Multiple Choice

What assurance did this argument give to those opposed ratifying the Constitution?

• The amendment process would allow state governments to nullify federal law

• Making the federal government superior to state governments would ensure greater stability

• The rights of citizens would be better protected by having both federal and state levels of governments

• Giving greater power to the federal government would allow it to assist states in times of crisis

Multiple Choice

What were the key components of Washington's presidency as outlined in the image?

• Establishment of a Cabinet

• Proclamation of Neutrality

• Farewell Address

• All of the above

Open Ended

Jackson’s use of power was also criticized in 1830 with his approval of the Indian Removal Act. For years, Native Americans had been displaced from the land they had inhibited for decades. Despite territory treaties signed between Americans and Native Americans, Americans felt entitled to the land. Many Native American tribes living in newly acquired Florida attempted to resist displacement from their land, and even were supported by the Supreme Court. In 1828, the Supreme Court decided that the Native Americans’ right to stay in their land was protected under the Constitution. This case was known as Worcester vs. Georgia. However, despite the Supreme Court ruling, Andrew Jackson was determined to rid the Native Americans of Florida and provide American farmers with more economic opportunity. In 1830, with Jackson’s approval, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which forced Native Americans to relocate to designated territory west of the Mississippi River. Native American tribes, including the Cherokee, refused to comply with the Indian Removal Act because of the support of the Supreme Court. Nevertheless, in 1838 Jackson sent the military to Florida to forcefully remove the Cherokee from Florida. The forced removal of over 15,000 Cherokee west of the Mississippi River became known as the Trail of Tears because of the thousands of Cherokee that died throughout the journey west. Critics of Jackson considered the Indian Removal Act to be an abuse of power by Jackson, because he directly went against the decision made by the Supreme Court.  

What decision was made as a result of the Worcester vs. Georgia Supreme Court case?

Multiple Choice

This territory was ceded by Mexico for $15 million through the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Annexation of Texas

• Mexican Cession

Multiple Choice

Which movement was closely tied to Abolition?

• Temperance

• Public education

• Prison reform

• Women's rights

Multiple Select

This excerpt describes the cotton gin.

Which of the following were effects of the cotton gin?

Select TWO correct answers.

• The cotton gin increased the need for slave labor in the South.

• The cotton gin mass produced textiles for Northern factories.

• The cotton gin enabled farmers to plant huge fields quickly.

• The cotton gin allowed for cotton to be harvested at a quicker rate.

Multiple Choice

What were the main outcomes of the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and Dred Scott Decision?

• Maintained balance of free and slave states

• Allowed popular sovereignty to decide slavery

• Ruled enslaved people were property

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

The image is showing Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the Union army, accepting Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865. What location did this surrender take place?

• Fort Sumter, South Carolina

• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

• Appomattox Court House, Virginia

Multiple Choice

What were the main goals of the Presidential Plan and the Congressional (Radical) Plan during Reconstruction?

• To punish the South

• To protect the rights of freedmen

• To allow quick readmission of Southern states

• To pass the Civil Rights Act

Multiple Choice

How did the Freedmen's Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?

• By dividing large plantations and redistributing the property to former slaves

• By creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves

• By offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves

• By petitioning the government to offer money to former slaves

Multiple Choice

What was the main cause of the Boston Tea Party during the American Revolution?

• The imposition of the Stamp Act

• The quartering of British soldiers in American homes

• The taxation of tea by the British government without colonial representation

• The closing of the Boston Harbor

Multiple Choice

What are some key strategies to succeed in the STAAR test?

• Read questions carefully

• Identify the main idea of historical documents

• Connect events to their broader causes and effects

• All of the above

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident