2025 Social Studies STAAR Review

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

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

• Secede

• Suffrage

• Checks and balances

• Federalism

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

• Yorktown

• Washington D.C.

• San Jacinto

• Appomattox Courthouse

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

______________ the first ten amendments to the Constitution and detail the protection of individual liberties. The Anti-federalist wanted this added to the U.S. Constitution before they would ratify it.

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalist Papers

• Bill of Rights

• Reconstruction Amendments

______________ advised the United States to stay “neutral in its relations with other nations” and to avoid “entangling alliances”(being friends with other countries).

• Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

• Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

• Washington's Farewell Address

• Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address

________________ 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

_____________ 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

What is the type of economy called in which the colony exists to make money for the mother country through trading?

• Free Enterprise

• Mercantilism

• Socialism

• None

This harsh and painful event during the Revolutionary War gave the colonial army (led by George Washington) confidence, training and skills to eventually defeat the British Army?

• Winter at Valley Forge

• Trail of Tears

• Battle of Lexington / Concorde