STAAR NORMAL Quiz Random Questions

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

• a decrease in free trade between nations

• an increase in government regulation of businesses

• an increase in production levels

• a decrease in immigration

What was one way slow communication with the British Government affected the American Colonies?

• The colonies united for trade and defense

• Self-government developed in the colonies

• Smuggling of goods in the colonies decreased

• The colonies petitioned the government to establish a navy

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist, within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." - Thirteenth Amendment

What was an IMMEDIATE effect of this amendment?

• Many plantation owners attempted to recapture former slaves.

• Many plantation owners were forced to give land to former slaves.

• Many former slaves became sharecroppers to earn a living.

• Many former slaves were awarded money by former Confederate leaders.

In which court case was the U.S. principle of judicial review established?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

Why did many farmers, artisans, and former Anti-Federalists support the Democratic-Republican Party?

• The Democratic-Republicans favored the expansion of a strong national government.

• The Democratic-Republicans supported strict restrictions on immigration

• The Democratic-Republicans supported the use of tariffs.

• The Democratic-Republicans favored states' rights and the rights of a common man.

Which statement explains one of the motivations behind Manifest Destiny?

• “These are the times that try men’s souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. . . .”

• “I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free. . . .”

• “And that claim is by the right . . . to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us. . . .”

• “That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.”

How did sharecropping affect farmers in the South During Reconstruction?

• By introducing new technology for growing food

• By expanding the region's dependence on corn production

• By making landowners buy supplies from the government

• By keeping renters in debt to landlords

Why did Alexander Hamilton think a national bank would strengthen the central government?

• The bank would help provide stability for the U.S. economy.

• The bank would create a monopoly that would eliminate state banks.

• The bank would encourage foreign competition for manufactured goods.

• The bank would have the power to regulate interstate commerce.

What is the significance of the Pilgrims' arrival in America?

• It led to an alliance between the British and the French.

• It led to an early attempt at self-government in the English Colonies.

• It caused Puritans to separate from the Church of England.

• It introduced the slave trade to the Atlantic colonies.

During the colonial period, what was one difference between slave labor in the North and slave labor in the South?

• More slaves in the North worked in gold mines.

• More slaves in the North worked in cash-crop production.

• More slaves in the North worked in trade related jobs.

• More slaves in the North worked as craftsmen on plantations.