2025 Social Studies STAAR Review

___________ was a document written by Thomas Jefferson to the king of England: expressing the colonists grievances and declaring the 13 colonies free from England.

• Magna Carta
• Constitution
• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence

________________ is a principle of the constitution in which the three branches have power to make sure the other branch's don't become too powerful.

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Republicanism
• Limited Government

This is the 10th Amendment and is shared powers between the federal gov't and the states.

• Secede

• Suffrage

• Checks and balances

• Federalism

The _____________ foreign policy statement made by the 5th President stating that 1) the U.S. would not interfere in European affairs, and 2) that the western hemisphere was closed to colonization and/ or interference by European nations.

• Adam's Inaugural Address

• Washington's Farewell Address

• Jefferson's Embargo Act

• Monroe Doctrine

___________ was the social contract signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for; a form of self government.

• Mayflower Compact

• House of Burgesses

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

What immigrant group came to the U.S. and helped build the western (Pacific Ocean side) section of the transcontinental railroad?

• Mormons

• Chinese

• Irish

• Dutch

General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North.

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Stonewall Jackson

Where did General Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, which officially ended the Civil War?

• Yorktown

• Washington D.C.

• San Jacinto

• Appomattox Courthouse

_____________ were people opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power be given to the state governments than to the national government. Wanted the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

Cheap labor was provided by these workers in U.S. factories and in building the transcontinental railroad here in America.

• Native Americans

• foreign immigrants

• indentured servants

• slaves