STAAR Practice

Which statement shows an effect of the First Amendment?

• Ministers can preach religious messages to anyone who chooses to listen.

• Political leaders can require religious tests in order to hold public office.

• Ministers can work together to establish a national religion

• Political leaders can require churches to pay taxes.

Which statement describes a position of the party that agreed with the cartoonist's view of Jackson?

• They complained about Jackson's extravagant lifestyle.

• They opposed Jackson for his efforts to start a war with Great Britain.

• They criticized Jackson as a leader with unrestrained powers.

• They objected to Jackson's attempt to reduce the number of Supreme Court justices.

Based on the excerpt, how did the Great Compromise help create this governmental structure?

• By settling the issues over voting rights in the North.

• By settling the issues between Federalist and Anti-Federalist.

• By settling the issues over taxation.

• By settling the issues between large and small states.

How did these characteristics influence life in the colonies?

• The New England colonies supported financial growth through high-paying industrial work.

• The Southern colonies supported the plantation production of cash crops because of long growing seasons.

• The Southern colonies developed large urban centers in order to support increasing manufacturing businesses.

• The New England colonies developed large rural populations in order to support increasing agricultural production.

Which numbered arrow represents the area where the Pilgrims landed in 1620?

Which weaknesses are associated with the Articles of Confederation?

Move the correct answers to the box.

Groups:

(a) Weaknesses

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(b) Incorrect Answer

• All states had to approve amendments

• One-House legislature based on population

• States coined their own money

• Central government had too much power

• Slavery was banned in the Northwest Territory

The Second Great Awakening of the 1800s focused on ​ (a)   . This movement contributed to the spread of ​ (b)   .

• religious revival
• society reform
• advancements of the arts
• democratic feelings
• economic opportunities
• system of slavery

Which era in US history correctly replaces the question mark for the title of the diagram?

• Reconstruction

• Sectionalism

• Revolutionary Period

• Early Republic

Move each contribution to the correct reformer. Please move the unused answer to the "Unused" column.

Groups:

(a) Harriet Beecher Stowe

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(b) Dorothea Dix

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(c) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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(d) Horace Mann

• Led efforts to promote women's suffrage

• Worked to improve conditions for mentally ill

• Argued for universal education

• Wrote about the hardships of slavery

How did the US Supreme Court interpret this article in Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)? Select TWO correct answers.

• States may control commerce within their borders that involves foreign countries.

• States may be subject to federal regulation in matters of commerce.

• States may possess the power to regulate interstate commerce.

• States may pass legislation that restricts interstate commerce.

• States may regulate commerce within their own borders.