8th Grade STAAR Review

Which of the following best replaces the question mark in the diagram above?

• Former Mexican Territory

• Dependent on Slavery

• Settled by Mormons

• Large coal deposits

According to Manifest destiny, the US should expand to the

• Atlantic Ocean

• Appalachian mountains

• Pacific ocean

• China

Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence shown above?

• Judicial Review

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

All the events listed above occurred during —

• the era of Westward Expansion

• the Era of Good Feelings

• the Revolutionary Era

• the Jacksonian Era

Which of the following should replace the question mark in this diagram?

• Direct Democracy

• Great Compromise

• Checks and Balances

• Missouri Compromise

Which problem did George Washington encounter when he became president?

• Southern states were threatening to secede from the Union.

• The United States had large debts from the American Revolution

• Great Britain was refusing to trade with the United States.

• Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced with a stronger constitution

How did geography influence the early economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston?

• Long coastlines offered abundant natural resources

• Proximity to flooding rivers limited development.

• Natural harbors provided access to markets.

• Extreme climates limited productive activity

The Monroe Doctrine declared that the United States would

• prevent the establishment of new European colonies anywhere in the world
• help colonies in North and South America adopt a democratic form of government
• view European interference in the Americas as a threat to the national interest of the United States
• prevent other nations from trading with South American nations 

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they —

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians

• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

What did the Northwest Ordinance do?

• allowed reinstatement of old territories
• none of the above
• gave guidelines for establishing territories and creating states
• gave president power to sign treaties