STAAR Review II (new questions)

After the XYZ Affair of 1797, Americans' fear of immigrants increased. Many European immigrants supported the ideals of the French Revolution. When war with France loomed in 1798, Federalists in Congress passed harsh laws to protect national security against traitors, especially immigrant traitors. These laws were called​ (a)  

• Alien and Sedition Acts
• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
• Nullification Act
• Monroe Doctrine
• Barbary Pirates

The Supreme Court case, ​ (a)   in 1824 greatly affected all the movement of goods and products across state lines (interstate commerce).

• Gibbons vs Ogden
• Marbury vs Madison
• Dred Scott vs Sandford
• McCulloch vs Maryland

Innovations such as interchangeable parts, the cotton gin, the spinning jenny, and the steam engine brought rapid industrialization because-

• Congress passed lower tariffs to protect American goods

• new markets opened along the Pacific Coast

• the manufacturing process became faster and easier, and the profits rose higher

• farmers were able to produce more food for factory workers

The Irish built the Erie Canal and the ​ (a)   immigrant groups helped build and complete the ​ Transcontinental Railroad (completed in 1869).

• Chinese
• Germans
• Welsh
• Swedes
• Italians
• Hispanics
• Norwegians

Match the following

• leaders of the Democratic-Republican Party

• Thomas Jefferson/

  James Madison

• favored a strong central government

• Federalist

• favored strong state governments

• Democratic-Republican

• leaders of the Federalist Party

• Alexander Hamilton/John Adams

The ​ (a)   argued against the ratification of the Constitution before any amendments were added, while the ​ (b)   approved the constitution without the Bill of Rights.

• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists
• Democratic-Republicans
• Whigs
• Nativists

Match the following

• Speedy trial

• 10th Amendment

• Whatever powers that don't belong to the federal government, belong to the states (federalism)

• 4th Amendment

• Freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech

• 1st Amendment

• No quartering of troops

• 3rd Amendment

• No search or seizure without a warrant

• 6th Amendment

The building of the ​ (a)   Canal helped make ​ (b)   a center of American trade and commerce.

• Erie
• New York City
• Mississippi
• Atlanta
• Charleston
• Chicago

The ​ (a)   colony wanted to make money and was established for ​ (b)   reasons, while the ​colony of ​ (c)   was a safe haven for Catholics and was established for ​ (d)   reasons.

• Virginia
• economic
• Maryland
• religious

Also known as the Ordinance of 1787, the ​ (a)   established a government..., outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be ​ (b)   to the original ​ (c)   states. Considered one of the most important legislative acts of the Confederation Congress, this document also protected civil ​ (d)   and outlawed ​ (e)   in the new territories.

• Northwest Ordinance
• equal
• thirteen
• liberties
• slavery
• Monroe Doctrine
• Washington's Farewell Address