STAAR Review

Which of these prompted Congress to propose the 14th Amendment?

• Popular sovereignty provision in the Kansas Nebraska Act

• The positions taken in the Know Nothing Party platform

• the opposition by southern states to the Emancipation Proclamation

• The black codes enacted by southern states after the Civil War

-Poll taxes

-Literacy tests

-Grandfather clauses

The items in this list are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the:

• Compromise of 1850

• 15th Amendment

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

The growth of railroads during the nineteenth century affected U.S. businesses by:

• Opening new markets for goods

• Increasing the costs of raw materials

• Decreasing the wages of unskilled workers

The innovation shown in the photograph most affected the U.S. economy by-

• decreasing the need for canals

• allowing more efficient movement of goods

• transporting workers from southern to northern states

How did the factory system contribute to the rapid industrialization of the United States?

• By relying on skilled artisans to make custom goods

• By making the production of goods more efficient

• By relying on slave labor to mass-produce goods

Which of these occurred during early U.S. industrialization?

• Workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills

• Manufacturers instituted a five day workweek

• Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories

Which of these was an effect of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. women in the early nineteenth century?

• Women in unions gained bargaining power with employer

• The government passed laws to improve safety for women in the workplace

• Women seeking work migrated from rural communities to cities

• State governments called conventions in support of women’s suffrage.

Which statement best describes a result of industrialization in the U.S. during the mid 19th century?

• People moved to cities in search of economic opportunity

• Farmers began to cultivate land west of the Appalachian mountains

• Native peoples were forcibly relocated to Western territories

Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

• Occupying all of North America

• Abolishing slavery throughout the U.S.

• Withdrawing from foreign affairs

Which group of people settled in New England and what was their reason for settling there?

• Quakers: to establish a colony free of slavery

• Puritans: to freely practice their religion

• Explorers: to freely practice their religion