STAAR Practice 2015

What was a major reason for the federal governments involvement in the revocations depicted on this map? 

• To persuade American Indians to become farmers
• To gain access to important rivers
• To punish American Indians who were allies of the British
• To acquire valuable agricultural land and natural resources

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

Leading Members of President Washington;s Cabinet:
* Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson
* Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton
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 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

"The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status....The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and their liberty."
   - President Abraham Lincoln, message to Congress, July 4, 1861
Which constitutional issue was President Lincoln addressing in this excerpt?

• The right of citizens to choose represenatives
• The power of states to organize militias
• The unalienable rights of citizens
• The legal ability of states to secede

* "Missouri Compromise Declared Unconstitutional"
* "The Triumph of Slavery"
These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?

• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Worcester v. Georgia

* Sugar Act
* Quartering Act
* Stamp Act
These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by--

• restricting colonial trade with American Indians
• imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
• angering colonists who believed that 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 campaigns in the northern Virginia and the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House

Which factor most encouraged the growth of the Colonial Transatlantic Trade?

• The invention of the steam engine
• The profitability of cash-crop agriculture
• The development of the factory system
• The establishment of protective tariffs

Which accomplishment could be said about US Grant?

• Commanded the U.S. military in the West during the Indian Wars
• Led the Radical Republicans in Congress during Reconstruction
• Was appointed general in chief of the Union army during the Civil War
• Became Andrew Johnson's vice president after Abraham Lincoln's assassination