STAAR Review Assessment--Second Six Weeks Grading Period

(2016)During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, George Mason argued —

• against increased power for the national government

• for the dissolution of state governments

• against the passage of a bill of rights

• for the creation of a strong executive branch

(2016)What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

• Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.

• Competing Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolved.

• The British navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into service.

• British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France.

(2016)The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the United States by instituting a —

• method to purchase territory from foreign powers

• procedure for military takeovers of existing countries

• process through which states could be added to the Union

• compromise line that prohibited slavery in the West

(2016)This information was included in a slide-show presentation to a high school history class.

Which document was the focus of this presentation?

• The Mayflower Contract

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

(2016)Which amendment provides for the protections described in this list?

• First Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

(2016)Which excerpt from the U.S. Constitution best illustrates the principle of popular sovereignty?

• “Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own

  
  

  Members. . . .”

• “The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year

  by the People of the several States. . . .”

• “The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore. . . .”

• “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives,

  shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.”

(2016)Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Colonists sought military support from France.

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

(2016)In this excerpt, the authors of the Virginia Declaration of Rights are describing rights they consider —

• granted to citizens by their government

• natural and possessed at birth

• protected under religious doctrine

• defined by the courts

(2016)Conflicting interpretations of this amendment played a major role in the —

• Bank War

• Nullification Crisis

• Corrupt Bargain

• XYZ Affair

(2016)

The first political parties in the United States formed mainly in response to disagreements

over —

• taxation without representation

• the doctrine of judicial review

• territorial expansion to the west

• the extent of federal power