8th Grade History Staar

Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It limited the power of future colonial governments

• It weakened the influence of religion in government.

• It established a form of self-government based on a social contract.

• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government

According to Manifest destiny, the US should expand to the

• Atlantic Ocean

• Appalachian mountains

• Pacific ocean

• China

According to Manifest destiny, the US should expand to the

• Atlantic Ocean

• Appalachian mountains

• Pacific ocean

• China

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

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

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

Why did the Anti-Federalists demand that a bill of rights be added to the U.S. Constitution?

• To strengthen the authority of the federal government

• To improve the organization of the judiciary

• To give each state an equal amount of power

• To protect individual freedoms from the federal government

Why did the Anti-Federalists demand that a bill of rights be added to the U.S. Constitution?

• To strengthen the authority of the federal government

• To improve the organization of the judiciary

• To give each state an equal amount of power

• To protect individual freedoms from the federal government

•Intolerable Acts imposed •First Continental Congress convened •Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published All the events listed above occurred during — 

• the era of westward expansionOption 1*

• the Era of Good Feelings

• the Revolutionary Era

• the Jacksonian Era