STAAR Review 2 - 7th Grade Material

**EXPLORATION**

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Which pair of actions best completes the image shown?

• 1 - controlled the area known as Canada

  2 - looked for gold and silver

• 1 - established Catholic missions

  2 - focused on fur trading

• 1 - stayed away from the "New World"

  2 - fought against local Native Americans

• 1 - created the public school system

  2 - participated in the triangular trade

**INDUSTRIALIZATION**

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What invention led to the growth of slavery in the South?

• the "cotton gin"

• the "telegraph"

• the "steam engine"

• the "steel plow"

**INDUSTRIALIZATION**

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What did the telegraph allow people to do?

• communicate rapidly over long distances

• move more goods at a faster rate

• vote in elections every four years

• clean clothes faster then ever before

**WESTWARD EXPANSION**

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Which area on this map was gained by the U.S. as a direct result of the U.S.-Mexican War [which ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]?

• the green area 
• the orange area
• the red area
• the yellow area

**REFORM ERA**

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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton spearheaded the first women's rights convention in 1848, with the help of Susan B. Anthony. These women wanted social and political equality for all American women, especially the right to -

• work

• own property

• vote

• go to college

**SECTIONALISM**

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*Northern Economy = ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

* Southern Economy = cash crops on plantations, slave labor

*Western Economy = mining for gold, farming wheat and grains

• factories, textile mills, immigrant labor

• fishing, lumbering, and ship-building

• ranching cattle, horses, goats, and pigs

• NONE of these are correct

**SECTIONALISM**

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The Fugitive Slave Law was a part of the "Compromise of 1850" and involved -

• capturing escaped slaves and returning them to the South

• helping escaped slaves find jobs in the North

• forcing escaped slaves to live in Canada

• NONE of these are correct

**CIVIL WAR**

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Midway through the war, President Abraham Lincoln issued a message of freedom for slaves in the south. This message weakened the Southern economy and gave the Union soldiers a moral reason to keep fighting. It was known as -

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Northwest Ordinance

• the Nullification Crisis

• the Compromise of 1850

**RECONSTRUCTION**

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What was the name of the U.S. government agency that provided support for former slaves? [hint: this support came in the form of education, clothing / food, protecting legal rights and helping former slaves find jobs]

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• the Government Assistance Program

• the Former Slaves Administration

• the Helping Hands

What name was given to the time period following the Civil War when the seceded states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union?

• Reconstruction

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Reunion