2025 Social Studies STAAR Review

This is the 10th Amendment and is shared powers between the federal gov't and the states.

• Secede

• Suffrage

• Checks and balances

• Federalism

What immigrant group came to the U.S. and helped build the western (Pacific Ocean side) section of the transcontinental railroad?

• Mormons

• Chinese

• Irish

• Dutch

Where did the first shots of the Civil War take place?

• Saratoga

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• Lexington

What are the 3 branches of government?

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Presidential Branch

• Judicial Branch

Which amendments deal directly with the court system in the United States ?

• 10

• 3 and 4

• 1 and 2

• 5 - 8

What document was written and ratified at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the year 1787?

• Declaration of Independence
• United States Constitution

• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Which battle ended the Revolutionary War where general Cornwallis surrendered to general George Washington? The Treaty of Paris was signed to end the war.

• Yorktown

• Lexington

• Saratoga

• Bull Run

What was the battle in the Civil War that gave the Union (the North) control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy (the South) in half?

• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg
• Yorktown

Where did General Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, which officially ended the Civil War?

• Yorktown

• Washington D.C.

• San Jacinto

• Appomattox Courthouse

What is the type of economy called in which the colony exists to make money for the mother country through trading?

• Free Enterprise

• Mercantilism

• Socialism

• None