STAAR Review 2

What titles should be given to column A and column B respectively?

• Southern States, Nothern States
• Federalist, Democratic-Republican
• Slave Owners, Abalitionists
• Labor Unions, Business Owners

At the end of the Revolutionary War, a major economic issue that faced the United States was: 

• The number of failed small businesses. 
• Lack of natural resources.
  
• No strong, international trading partners. 
• The large amount of war debt. 

Disagreement over Alexander Hamilton’s national economic policies: 

• Gave rise to the first political parties. 
• Caused Washington to fire Hamilton as the Secretary of the Treasury. 
• Ignited riots among northern business owners. 
• Brought federalists and anti-federalists together in agreement to oppose Hamilton’s plan. 

In the map below, the Northwest Territory was the subject of the Northwest Ordinance in 1787......
The Northwest Ordinance: 

• Allowed for slave ownership in territories not yet defined as a “state”. 
• Defined the process for which new states would be admitted to the United States. 
• Prohibited settlement in this region. 
• Created a peace treaty with Native Americans. 

Patrick Henry opposed ratifying the U.S. Constitution because he believed that under it - 

• the states would surrender too much power to the federal government
• alliances could not be formed with other countries
• the courts would not be able to hold government officials accountable
• individuals would excercise too much power over the federal government

The rights listed were

• established by a series of Supreme court decisions
• defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence
• established by the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
• defined by President George Washington in his Farewell Address

The Constitutional amendment excerpted protects people in the U.S. from - 

• excessive traffic violations
• imprisonment for life without a jury trial
• excessive surveillance by the government
• conscription by the armed forces

Which headline provides the best example of the First Amendment guarantee in action?

• "Religious University Forced to Close by State"
• "Mormons Hold Annual Convention Downtown"
• "Congress Declares National Day of Remembrance"
• "Protesters Arrested at Antiwar for Violence"

Disagreements between these two cabinet members led to - 

• the creation of reservations for American Indians
• a struggle to ratify the Bill of Rights
• the establishment of the first U.S. political parties
• a compromise over slavery

• Federalism
• Checks and Balances
• Popular Soverneighty
• Individual Rights