STAAR Review

• Federalism

• Checks and balances

• Popular sovereignty

• Individual rights

• To promote settlement in the West

• To protect industry in the Northeast

• To improve transportation in the South

• To transport manufactured goods to the East

• the defeat of British troops at the Battle of Saratoga

• the exploration of new territory acquired from France

• the defeat of British invaders at the Battle of Fort McHenry

• the settlement of territory previously claimed by the Dutch

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to —

• establish legal requirements for the education of former slaves

• mandate fair labor contracts between African American workers and plantation owners

• abolish the institution of slavery

• protect the voting rights of African American men

• Votes were cast by secret ballot

• Property qualifications for voting were strengthened.

• Poll taxes were reduced.

• Voter participation increased.

Which of these prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment?

• The popular sovereignty provision in the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The positions taken in the Know-Nothing Party platform

• The Black Codes enacted by southern states after the Civil War

• The opposition by southern states to the Emancipation Proclamation

• Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts.

• King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief.

• Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts

• King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament.

Which group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?

• American Indians, because they viewed the plight of slaves as similar to their own

• Quakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefs

• British loyalists, because Great Britain had ended the slave trade

• Puritans, because the New England economy did not rely on slavery

In the debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, which point would have been made by a Federalist?

• “The existing national government lacks the ability to add new states to the union.”

• “The states are in danger of losing the ability to raise revenue.”

• “The existing national government lacks the power to perform essential functions.”

• “The states are unable to protect the rights of the people.”