Blitz Social Studies STAAR - ethnic groups and westward movement

Which group helped establish the colony of Maryland in 1630?

• English Catholics seeking religious freedom

• spanish workers seeking job opportunities

• IRish families escaping a natural disaster

• Russian merchant escaping political conflict

This early map of New England was published in 1677. Which of the following names the group best known for settling this region & states reason for settling?

• Merchants: to trade with the region's American Indians

• Quakers: to establish a colony free of slavery

• Explorers: to map the region's rivers

• Puritans: to freely practice their religion.

Settlers in Maryland struggled to resolve disputes in the early days of the colony. The Maryland Assembly resolved many of those disputes in 1649 by passing a law that-

• Granted farmland to former indentured servants

• allowed men without property to vote in elections

• allowed all christians to worship freely

• extended citizenship to all american indians

In the 1630s, Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams disagreed with the religious leaders of massachusetts. These disagreements were resolved when Hooker & Williams-

• left Massachusetts and established new colonies

• founded new political parties in the Massachusetts bay area

• petitioned Parliament to revise the Massachusetts Bay Charter

• Left Massachusetts and explored the Mississippi valley

Read the excerpt. Which reason BEST explains why many Swedish people settled in the American Midwest-

• They wanted to work in the steel mills

• they wanted to participate in the Abolitionist movement

• they wanted to settle in large cities

• they wanted fertile farmland

Which phrase correctly completes the excerpt?

• we joined the local congregation

• we agreed to leave

• we asked the federal government for aid

• we sued our tormentors

Which statement would MOST LIKELY have been said by someone who immigrated to the U.S. rom China in the mid-1800s?

• "I fled famine in my homeland only to find difficult conditions in the U.S. I settled in Boston, but I found it difficult to work because people discriminated against me for my religion and ethnicity"

• "I left my homeland because of political unrest there. I settled in Wisconsin, because the land there reminded me of home. I now have a successful farm."

• I left my homeland to avoid harsh rule by the king who claimed my land. I settled in the Carolina backcountry with other members of my clan. We've built log cabins, and I make my living as a craftsman

• I left my homeland because I was inspired by stories of gold in California. When I didn't find gold, I got a job helping build the railroad. I faced a lot of discrimination.

Which of these was the primary reason Chinese immigrants came to the U.S. in the early 1850s?

• To seek gold

• to purchase inexpensive farmland

• to avoid a plague

• to escape religious persecution

This political slogan is from the mid-1800s. What motivated some people to support this nativist slogan?

• An affirmation of states' rights by jefferson davis and the belief that tariffs are un-American

• Large-scale immigration to cities and the belief that immigrants stile jobs from native-born citizens

• the desire for an independent country free from foreign rule and unfair mercantile economic policies

• a rejection of anti-american influence following the battle of San Jacinto and the addition of new territories

Which influence about the know-nothing party is supported by the excerpt above?

• It's members blamed irish immigrants for taking away jobs

• the party encouraged western migration of settlers

• its members opposed enforcement of the fugitive slave act

• the party was in favor of universal suffrage