Ultimate STAAR Review

The development of the factory system in the early 1800's caused

• a decrease in immigration

• An increase in government regulation of business

• an increase in production levels

• a decrease in free trade between nations

Which of the following is most associated with the formation of the Democratic Party

• The election of Andrew Jackson as president

• the use of protective tariffs

• the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

• the abolition movement

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonist were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

What was the main cause of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson (Abraham Lincolns vice president) in 1868

• His opposition to the ratification of the 13th amendment

• his refusal to investigate reported criminal activity by the union army during the civil war

• his opposition to Radical Reconstruction policies for former Confederate states

• his refusal to use the Homestead act to redistribute land to former slaves

The Virginia Company authorized a general assembly in Virginia so that colonists could —

• self-govern on a local level

• vote in the British Parliament

• participate in a free-market economy

• express dissatisfaction with British rule

How did the Freedmen’s Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?

• By dividing large plantations and redistributing the property to former slaves

• By creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves

• By offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves

• By petitioning the government to offer money to former slaves

Which American colony’s economy was based primarily on shipbuilding and fishing?

• Virginia

• Maryland

• Georgia

• Massachusetts

This political cartoon comments on events that occurred during the —

• Reconstruction era

• Age of Jackson

• Second Great Awakening

• War of 1812

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the outcome of the Civil War?

• Economic differences between the Union and the Confederacy

• The amount of military training given to Union forces and Confederacy forces

• Religious differences between the Union and the Confederacy

• The alignment of foreign allies with the Union or with the Confederacy

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by —

• writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin

• publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

• organizing the Underground Railroad

• becoming the first African American senator