STAAR Review

Which president is credited with starting the Democratic Party?

• George Washington
• Andrew Jackson
• John Adams
• Bill Clinton

What is the spoils system? 

• giving govt. jobs to friends instead of people who earned it
• system where the White House chef get rid of old food
•  a system where rewards are given to the speaker of the house
• none

The Indian Removal Act is responsible for doing what? 

• Removing white settlers from Indian territory
• removing Indians from their land and forcing them to places like Oklahoma
• telling Native Indians if they leave willingly they will get paid millions
• removing all Canadians from America, eh

What effect did the steam engine have on the Industrial Revolution?

• It actually hurt the economy by killing the fish in the river
• improved transportation, downriver and being able to go against the current
• created air pollution and didn't help anything
• none

Eli Whitney invented which of these: 

• Telegraph & Steam boat
• Steam boat & assembly line
• Cotton Gin & Telegraph
• Interchangable Parts & Cotton Gin

Which of the following did NOT contribute to a sense of nationalism?

• Better communication (telegraph)
• Slavery (needed labor for crops)
• Transportation (Steam engine)
• Economic Dependence 

_________ favored tariffs.

• The North 
• The South

In what year did Thomas Jefferson double the size of America? (Louisiana Purchase)

• 1776
• 1787
• 1803
• 1814

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that the Native Americans had first dibs on all Western land
• The belief that slaves should be given property after 7 years of service
• The belief that the United States was better than everyone else because we won the war against Britian
• The belief that the United States was destined to stretch across the entire North American continent from Atlantic to Pacific

The 2nd Great Awakening led to all of the following reform movements except: 

• Temperance Movement
• Abolition Movement
• Women's Rights Movement
• Men's Rights Movement