STAAR review

Which of the following is not an unalienable right mentioned in the Declaration of Independence?

• Life

• Liberty

• Property

• Pursuit of Happiness

Why did many Congressional representatives call for replacing the Articles of Confederation?

• It created a government too weak to manage relations among the states.

• It established a powerful standing army that threatened national stability.

• It created a chief executive with the power to veto state laws and elections.

• It established a permanent oversight committee consisting of only state officials.

The Three-Fifths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention concerned which of the following issues?

• the establishment of upper and lower legislative bodies

• the manner in which bills and amendments would become law

• the portion of federal revenues that would come from large and small states

• the counting of slaves for purposes of determining representation and taxation

If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each. Marbury v. Madison, 1803

The Marbury v. Madison decision created the —

• Supreme Court's right to declare a law unconstiutional

• federal government's ability to regulate interstate trade

• ruling that slaves were not citizens of the United States

How does the Declaration argue for independence?

• by including an explanation of religious differences

• by providing a list of grievances and abuses of the King

• by providing a history of colonial development since Jamestown

• by including a description of ten rights and liberties the King should protect

Which grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence is addressed by the Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• Restricting trade.

• Quartering soldiers

• Imposing taxes without consent

• Dissolving representative legislatures

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution specifically addressed the colonists’ grievance that —

• they had been forced to house soldiers

• they had been subject to trials without a jury

• their homes had been searched without warrants

• the King had not respected their religious freedom

Plantation System --> Slave Trade --> Spread of Slavery

The institutions above developed and grew in the South for all of the reasons below EXCEPT —

• rich soil and long growing season

• large, but expensive work force

• triangular trade route

• development of the cotton gin

California admitted as free state---> popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah territories---> Fugitive Slave Act passed

All of these were part of:

• Mexican War

• Tariff of 1816

• American Plan

• Compromise of 1850

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700s?

• A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

• Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops

• A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

• Demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies