STAAR Social Studies

A certain small town has many choices for people who want to attend religious services, including two churches, a synagogue, a cathedral, a mosque, and a temple. These choices are protected by the —

• First Amendment
• Third Amendment
• Sixth Amendment
• Eighth Amendment

Under Washington's presidential cabinet, Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State and Alexander Hamilton was Treasury Secretary. Disagreements between these two cabinet members led to

• the creation of reservations for Natives
• a struggle to ratify the Bill of Rights
• the establishment of the first U.S. political parties
• a compromise over slavery in western territories

The decision in Marbury v. Madison was significant in U.S. history because it —

• reinforced federal authority over American Indian affairs
• confirmed the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce
• established the practice of judicial review by the Supreme Court
• upheld the power of the Electoral College to choose the vice president

Which Supreme Court case declared that slavery would be permitted throughout the United States?

• McCulloch vs. Maryland
• Gibbons vs. Ogden
• Dred Scott vs. Sanford
• Worcester vs. Georgia

Which Supreme Court case declared that slavery would be permitted throughout the United States?

• McCulloch vs. Maryland
• Gibbons vs. Ogden
• Dred Scott vs. Sanford
• Worcester vs. Georgia

The Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and Stamp Act all led to the start of the Revolutionary War by

• restricting colonial trade with the Natives
• imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
• angering colonists who believed their civil liberties had been violated
• punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament

A biography on the military career of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson would include his involvement in which Civil War events?

• The First Battle of Bull Run and the Confederate victory at Fredericksburg
• The Union capture of Atlanta and the March to the Sea through Georgia
• The Virginia Peninsula campaign and the Union victory at Gettysburg
• The Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House

The North had factories and many canals. The South had many plantations and fertile soil for cash crops. Which statement is true about the West?

• They had large farms and slave labor
• They had cottage industry and mild weather
• They had mining and metal ores/minerals
• They had raching and railroads to transport goods/people

The Triangular Trade involved trading between Europe, Africa, and the 13 Colonies. Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

• Invention of the Steam Engine
• The Profitability of Cash-Crop Agriculture
• The Development of Factories
• The Establishment of Protective Tariffs

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American author who discussed individualism and wrote the famous book "Nature" Which movement did this writer most likely lead?

• Temperance
• Abolitionism
• The 2nd Great Awakening
• Transcendentalism