STAAR Review #2 (2019)

Who was kicked out of Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island?

• William Penn

• James Oglethorpe

• Roger Williams

• Thomas Hooker

Guarantees freedom from testifying against yourself

• 1st Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 7th Amendment

Which phrase became popular after passage the Stamp Act?

• "Give me liberty or give me death"

• "No taxation without representation"

• "The rights of Englishmen"

• "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

What did California and Texas have in common?

• Both would enter the Union as free states

• Both were former Mexican territories

• Both were jointly occupied by the US and Great Britain

• Both would enter the Union as slave states

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was _______

• The Leader of the Abolition Movement

• The Leader of the Prison Reform Movement

• The Leader of the Women's Rights Movement

• The Leader of the Education Movement

The spoils system refers to

• the removal of the Cherokee from their lands

• the banks owned by Jackson's supporters where the administration put money after closing down the National Bank

• the informal advisors to President Jackson

• giving jobs to one's political supporters

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease (satisfy) the South?

• it included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves

• it created new taxes for railroad construction

• it added California as a slave state

• it provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

What 13th century (1215) document established the rights listed below?

• Basic rights of citizens
• Rule of law
• Representative assemblies
• Limited Monarcy

• House of Burgesses

• the Magna Carta

• the Constitution

• English Bill of Rights

Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to

• obey the Book of Mormon

• seek out religious freedom

• gold

• prosper in the fur trade

What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850?

• New Mexico

• California

• Utah

• Texas