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WorksheetsEpic US History STAAR Review - Part 2
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which event demonstrated that citizens sometimes can disobey government policies through civil disobedience?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Constitutional Convention
d)
Shays' Rebellion
2.
What advice did George Washington give to the nation in his Farewell Address in 1796?
a)
New and weak nations should ally with stronger ones
b)
European nations should colonize in North America
c)
The U.S. should intervene in Latin America if needed
d)
The U.S. should avoid permanent alliances with other nations
3.
Which historic document granted freedom to enslaved peoples living in the Confederacy?
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
The Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Monroe Doctrine
4.
How are prices determined in a free enterprise system?
a)
The government sets the prices of goods and services
b)
Goods and services are priced according to tradition
c)
Supply and demand drive the prices of goods and services
d)
Military leaders decide the price of goods and services
5.
Complete the following quote from the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are ____________"
a)
the right to life and death
b)
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
c)
life, liberty, and property
d)
unlimited rights
6.
Americans sought to obtain control of New Orleans in 1803 so that ______.
a)
Western farmers could ship goods through the Erie Canal
b)
Western farmers could drive cattle to railroad stops
c)
Western farmers could ship goods down the Mississippi River
d)
Miners could reach California more easily
7.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and William Lloyd Garrison were all _____.
a)
religious leaders
b)
abolitionists
c)
transcendentalists
d)
escaped slaves
8.
Which development MOST encouraged Irish Immigration in the mid-nineteenth century?
a)
Religious persecution against Irish Protestants
b)
A famine in Ireland from the failure of the potato crop
c)
A failure of a series of unifying political revolutions
d)
The need for soldiers to fight in the American Civil War
9.
What was the main goal of the Women's Rights Movement at Seneca Falls, New York in 1848?
a)
The expansion of suffrage to women
b)
An increase in the pay for women workers
c)
The abolishment of slavery throughout the U.S.
d)
The ability to join labor unions
10.
Which of the following colonies was founded by James Oglethorpe as a place for debtors?
a)
Maryland
b)
South Carolina
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Georgia
11.
How did the War of 1812 the economy of the United States?
a)
Americans were forced to buy manufactured goods from Britain
b)
Americans were cut off from trade and were forced to manufacture their own goods
c)
Americans boycotted all imported goods as an act of protest
d)
Americans increased the amount of goods that they imported from foreign nations
12.
What was the main reason that President Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823?
a)
To express opposition to revolutions taking place in South America
b)
To establish control over Panama in order to dig a canal
c)
To establish a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere
d)
To warn European powers against intervention in Latin America
13.
"Manifest Destiny" justified American actions to _______.
a)
limit immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
b)
acquire Canada from Great Britain
c)
expand westward to the Pacific Ocean
d)
stop foreign nations from colonizing Latin America
14.
Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate?
a)
It banned slavery west of the Mississippi River
b)
It sought to maintain a balance between free and slave states
c)
It forced Mexico to sell the Mexican Cession to the U.S.
d)
It allowed for the U.S. to pay Mexico $10 million for the Gadsden Purchase
15.
What belief was held by Radical Republicans during the Era of Reconstruction?
a)
Freedmen should be granted equal civil rights
b)
Former Confederate states should be admitted to the Union as soon as possible
c)
The North should donate money and resources to help the South rebuild
d)
The South should have been allowed to secede from the Union
16.
Why did many American colonists oppose the British system of mercantilism during the 1760s?
a)
It limited the influx of new immigrants coming from Britain
b)
It discouraged the export of raw materials and cash crops to Britain
c)
It placed restrictions on colonial trade
d)
It forced colonies to increase the production of manufactured goods
17.
Under Chief Justice John Marshall, the US Supreme Court strengthened its authority by _____.
a)
applying judicial review to state and federal laws
b)
allowing the Supreme Court to pick its own justices
c)
increasing the number of Justices on the Court
d)
declaring itself more powerful than the Constitution
18.
Which amendments to the Constitution were passed during the Era of Reconstruction?
a)
The 4th, 5th, and 6th
b)
The 9th and 10th
c)
The 13th, 14th, and 15th
d)
The first ten
19.
What was the significance of the Northwest Ordinance?
a)
It prevented the extension of slavery into the lands west of the Mississippi River
b)
It established a loose confederation of new independent states
c)
It set up a process for the admission of territories into the Union
d)
It allowed former Confederate states to be readmitted after Civil War
20.
Which argument did Federalists use in favor of adopting the Constitution?
a)
Territories should be admitted as states on equal terms
b)
A bill of rights needed to protect individual liberties
c)
A stronger central government will better protect America from enemies
d)
Slavery must be allowed to exist in order for the nation to prosper
21.
Which was a characteristic of the free enterprise system that developed in the U.S. in the 19th Century?
a)
Government controlled production and distribution of goods
b)
Minimal government involvement in the economy
c)
No private ownership of property
d)
Government support for and protection of labor unions
22.
How did the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriett Beecher Stowe, promote the abolitionist movement?
a)
It encouraged the expansion of slavery
b)
It depicted the the brutality and inhumanity of slavery
c)
It explained how the North wanted to buy slaves from southern plantation owners
d)
It forced Southern states to restrict the abuse of slaves
23.
The 10th Amendment deals with the relationship between _____.
a)
the president and Congress
b)
the Supreme Court and the military
c)
the federal government and the states
d)
he United States and Britain
24.
What was an important effect of Eli Whitney's invention of the Cotton Gin?
a)
The demand for slavery died out because they weren't needed anymore
b)
Slavery spread throughout the South and cotton production increased
c)
Foreign nations refused to purchase American produced cotton
d)
The farming of cotton expanded to states in the North
25.
What was the primary goal of President Andrew Jackson's policy toward the Cherokee?
a)
He wanted to improve their educational opportunities
b)
He wanted to force them to move west of the Mississippi River
c)
He wanted to establish a program to grant them U.S. citizenship
d)
He wanted to create a program to provide welfare services for them
26.
What was an important effect of the Transcontinental Railroad on the U.S.?
a)
It opened the Great Plains to settlement
b)
It led to the Proclamation Line which closed western lands to settlement
c)
It led to the passage of the Indian Removal Act
d)
It brought about unrest in Kansas and Nebraska over slavery
27.
Why is the Mayflower Compact considered an important step in democracy?
a)
It established the principle of separation of church and state
b)
It provided a basis for self-government in the Plymouth Colony
c)
It defined colonial relations with local Native Americans
d)
It outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
28.
In which region of the United States was the first permanent English settlement located?
a)
Pacific Coast
b)
Great Plains
c)
Atlantic Coast
d)
Great Lakes
29.
Early European explorers who came to the "New World" were looking for a Northwest Passage to ______.
a)
prove the world was round
b)
improve trade relations with Native Americans
c)
find a shorter water route to Asia
d)
gain access to the gold mines of California
30.
Which colonial settlement is correctly paired with the reason it was founded?
a)
Massachusetts - haven for Pilgrims & Puritans
b)
South Carolina - place for imprisoned debtors and convicts
c)
Maryland - Refuge for Quakers
d)
Pennsylvania - refuge for English Catholics
31.
Which colonial settlement is correctly paired with the reason it was founded?
a)
Connecticut - haven for Pilgrims & Puritans
b)
Georgia - place for imprisoned debtors and convicts
c)
Maryland - Refuge for Quakers
d)
Pennsylvania - refuge for English Catholics
32.
Which colonial settlement is correctly paired with the reason it was founded?
a)
Connecticut - haven for Pilgrims & Puritans
b)
Virginia - place for imprisoned debtors and convicts
c)
Delaware - Refuge for Quakers
d)
Maryland - refuge for English Catholics
33.
The _________ was signed in 1215 by the King of England and served as an early example of limited government.
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Two Treatises of Government
34.
According to mercantilism, the principal purpose of the American colonies was to ______.
a)
provide Britain with raw materials and markets for trade
b)
manufacture goods that would be sold to Britain
c)
open up trade with as many foreign nations as possible
d)
close off trade with the rest of the world
35.
According to the Declaration of Independence, the main purpose of government is to _________.
a)
protect the rights of individuals
b)
provide strong military leadership
c)
expand the territory owned by a nation
d)
consolidate power in the hands of a single person
36.
The main purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence was to _________.
a)
declare war on Great Britiain
b)
state the colonists' reasons for separating from Great Britain
c)
convince Great Britain to aboloish slavery
d)
set up a new government for the United States
37.
Which document included the idea that people have a right to overthrow oppressive governments?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
d)
Declaration of Independence
38.
Which statement is most consistent with the views of the patriot Samuel Adams?
a)
Colonists should be grateful to be part of the British Empire
b)
Citizens, under British rule should support King George III
c)
Taxation without representation is tyranny
d)
The colonies must submit to French rule and pledge loyalty to Napoleon
39.
Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
a)
The 36°30' line established by Missouri Compromise was extended
b)
Kansas entered Union as a slave state by popular sovereignty
c)
Fighting broke out between pro and anti-slavery groups in Kansas
d)
The Transcontinental Railroad would bypass Kansas and instead pass through Nebraska
40.
Which question at the Constitutional Convention was resolved by the Great Compromise?
a)
How should the president be elected?
b)
Who should control commerce and trade?
c)
Which should be more powerful - the states or the federal government?
d)
What formula should be used for Congressional representation?
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