STAAR Blitz Review

• In 1844, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail sent the first telegraph message between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland.

• In 1861, Western Union laid the first transcontinental telegraph line.

• In 1866, the first permanent telegraph cable was laid across the Atlantic Ocean.

What impact did this innovation have on daily life?

• A It increased the regional differences among various groups of people across the country.

• B It became a major method of long-distance communication for many years.

• C It allowed people to sign legal documents from across the country

• D It was the government’s only method to negotiate with foreign leaders.

British Colonial North America

New England Colonies - Cold climate, Rocky Soil

Southern Colonies - Warm humid climate, Fertile soil

The geographic factors in this table led primarily to the —

• F founding of trade schools in some colonies

• G development of different economies in the two regions

• H establishment of import taxes in some colonies

• J pattern of religious differences in the two regions

How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• A By creating a segregated public education system

• By shutting down all remaining offices of Freedmen’s Bureau

• C By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

• By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers and sharecroppers

Sectionalism States’ rights Slavery

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Which outcome best completes this diagram?

• American Revolution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny

• Civil War

With [Lucretia] Mott and three other women, Elizabeth [Cady Stanton] spearheaded the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls in July 1848. At this gathering, she presented their Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, a document she composed. The Declaration and its 11 resolutions demanded social and political equality for all women, including its most controversial claim, the right to ? . —Judith E. Harper, “Biography,” from Resources for the Film Not for Ourselves Alone, PBS

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

• equal pay

• own property

• public education

• vote

Which chart correctly identifies reasons for and against ratification of the proposed U.S. Constitution?

• Should the Proposed U.S. Constitution Be Ratified? For Against The proposed document expands state authority. The proposed document lacks a provision for a central bank.

• Should the Proposed U.S. Constitution Be Ratified? For Against The proposed document prevents foreign entanglements. The proposed document restricts the legislative branch.

• Should the Proposed U.S. Constitution Be Ratified? For Against The proposed document increases the power of the national government. The proposed document lacks a bill of rights.

• Should the Proposed U.S. Constitution Be Ratified? For Against The proposed document expands the power of local governments. The proposed document limits the authority of the executive branch.

Reasons for Seventeenth-Century European Colonization of North America

1. To convert American Indians in the Southwest to Catholicism

2. To cultivate cash crops in the Chesapeake Bay area

3. To extract precious metals from mines in present-day Mexico

4. To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes region

Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

We can give employment to from 50 to 100 girls, at the usual wages paid in this place. Our custom is to pay to new hands one dollar per week, & board in the Weaving & Dressing Rooms, & one dollar & a half & board, in the Carding & Spinning Rooms, until they can tend the Machines without assistance. After that they are paid for all the work they can get off. . . .

—John Clark, July 27, 1847

The economic growth demonstrated by this recruitment letter was primarily a result of —

• the passage of strict federal labor laws

• the abolition of the slave trade

• the expansion of the cottage industry system

• the new production methods of industrialization

We whose names are underwritten . . . do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.

—Mayflower Compact, 1620

For what reason did a group of colonists agree to this compact?

• To declare independence from all European nations

• To form a social contract among themselves

• To demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians

• To establish trade relations with other colonies

Which phrase best represents the U.S. principle of republicanism?

• The creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people

• The establishment of courts to interpret laws and government actions

• The division of power between a federal government and state governments

• The power of a court to declare a law unconstitutional