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WorksheetsSocial Studies STAAR Review 1
Total questions: 106
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
To persuade American Indians to become farmers
b)
To gain access to important rivers
c)
To punish American Indians who were allies of the British
d)
To acquire valuable agricultural land and natural resources
2.
A certain small town has many choices for people who want to attend religious services, including two churches, a synagogue, a cathedral, a mosque, and a temple. These choices are protected by the —
a)
1st Amendment
b)
3rd Amendment
c)
Sixth Amendment
d)
4th Amendment
3.
What was the first English settlement in America?
a)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
b)
Jamestown, Virginia
c)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
d)
Houston, Texas
4.
What year was Jamestown founded?
a)
1776
b)
1803
c)
1607
d)
1620
5.
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
a)
1812
b)
1787
c)
1803
d)
1776
6.
What document was written and ratified in 1787?
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Constitution
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
7.
What president purchased The Louisiana Territory?
a)
Jefferson
b)
Adams
c)
Madison
d)
Hamilton
8.
What year was the Louisiana Purchase made from France?
a)
1787
b)
1803
c)
1903
d)
1861
9.
What years did the Civil War take place?
a)
1914-1918
b)
1812-1814
c)
1861-1865
d)
1763-1783
10.
Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired? "Shot heard 'round the world?"
a)
Yorktown
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Saratoga
d)
Lexington and Concord
11.
What battle was the turning point in the American Revolution? It convinced the French to join us.
a)
Yorktown
b)
Saratoga
c)
Lexington
d)
Antietam
12.
Which battle ended the Revolutionary War?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Lexington
c)
Saratoga
d)
Bull Run
13.
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Lexington
c)
Antietam
d)
Ft. Sumter
14.
What battle was the turning point in the Civil War and was a Union victory?
a)
Ft. Sumter
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Saratoga
d)
Vicksburg
15.
What was the battle in the Civil War that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in half?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Yorktown
16.
What town did General Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in?
a)
Sherman
b)
Washington
c)
San Jacinto
d)
Appomattox Courthouse
17.
What is the type of economy called in which the colony exists to make money for the mother country?
a)
Free Enterprise
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Socialism
d)
None
18.
What was someone called who wanted to end slavery in the United States?
a)
Abolitionist
b)
Anti-Slaver
c)
Suffragette
d)
Southerner
19.
What is a tax on goods brought in from another country called?
a)
Imports
b)
Exports
c)
Protective Tariff
d)
Tariff
20.
What is a high tax placed on foreign goods called? It helps to protect the home industry.
a)
Import
b)
Export
c)
Protective Tariff
d)
Tariff
21.
What was one cause of the Civil War in which someone feels more loyalty to a part of the country or state than the country as a whole.
a)
Slavery
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Division
d)
Tariff
22.
This is the belief that the United States should own all the land from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.
a)
Expansion
b)
Imperialism
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
None
23.
What was the campaign against the drinking of alcohol called?
a)
Suffrage
b)
Temperance
c)
Abolition
d)
Stop the Violenc
24.
A _______________ government is a system of government where people elect representatives.
a)
Representative Government
b)
Monarchy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
None
25.
The House of __________________ was the first representative government in the New World.
a)
Representatives
b)
Burgesses
c)
Confederation
d)
none
26.
Which branch is not one of the three branches in the federal government?
a)
Legislative
b)
Representative
c)
Executive
d)
Judicial
27.
________________ is a principle of the constitution in which the three branches have power to balance each other out so no branch gets too powerful.
a)
Separation of Powers
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
Republicanism
d)
Limited Government
28.
An economic system in which businesses have the freedom to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulations.
a)
Free Enterprise
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Profit
29.
_______________- means sharing power between the federal and state governments.
a)
Republicanism
b)
Limited Government
c)
Shared Powers
d)
Federalism
30.
_______________- means sharing power between the federal and state governments.
a)
Republicanism
b)
Limited Government
c)
Shared Powers
d)
Federalism
31.
Which principle created the three branches of government?
a)
Checks and Balances
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Federalism
32.
A practice of letting the people make the final decisions in the country through voting, freedom of speech, the right to peacefully protest, etc.
a)
Separation of Powers
b)
Republicanism
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
Foreign decisions
33.
To ______________ something means to change it. (Think Constitution)
a)
Institutionalize
b)
Amend
c)
Unreform
d)
Saturate
34.
Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness are rights that people are born with. These are called ___________ rights.
a)
Unalienable
b)
Normal
c)
Given
d)
Constitutional
35.
Cruel and unjust government that can not be questioned or changed is called _______________.
a)
Monarchy
b)
Parliament
c)
Republic
d)
Tyranny
36.
___________ is a type of government run for and by the people.
a)
Republicanism
b)
Monarchy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Democracy
37.
Which invention by Robert Fulton helped transport goods more quickly?
a)
Railroad
b)
Steamboat
c)
Mechanical Reaper
d)
Cotton Gin
38.
___________- to approve by vote.
a)
Void
b)
Nullify
c)
Ratify
d)
Justify
39.
____________ was established in Marbury vs. Madison and is the right of the Supreme Court to determine if laws are unconstitutional.
a)
Judicial Overlooking
b)
Congressional Authority
c)
Judicial Review
d)
Due Process
40.
_____________ is the refusal to obey a government law or laws as a means of passive resistance because of one’s moral conviction or belief.
a)
Judicial Review
b)
Civil Disobedience
c)
Civic Virtue
d)
The Denial Clause
41.
_____________ were supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government.
a)
Anti-Federalists
b)
Federalists
c)
Monarchists
d)
Loyalists
42.
_____________ were people opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power be given to the state governments than to the national government.
a)
Anti-Federalists
b)
Federalists
c)
Democrats
d)
Republicans
43.
_____________ the idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal.
a)
Voidation
b)
Declaration
c)
Nullification
d)
Federalism
44.
Diaries, journals and other original records of an event are called _____________ sources.
a)
Secondary
b)
Primary
45.
Textbooks, articles and other summaries written at a later date than the event are called ____________ sources.
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
46.
The type of government that elects representatives to is called a ____________.
a)
Monarchy
b)
Republic
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Tyranny
47.
The era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place.
a)
American Revolution
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
Technological Innovations
d)
Boom and Bust
48.
This was the first document in history to ever limit the power of a ruler.
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Constitution
d)
Articles of Confederation
49.
___________ was a document written by Thomas Jefferson, declaring the colonies free from Britain and setting out grievances against the King.
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Constitution
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Declaration of Independence
50.
___________ was the first American constitution. It was a very weak document that limited the power of the Congress by giving states the final authority over all decisions.
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
Constitution
51.
______________ is a document that sets out the laws and principles of the government of the United States.
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Constitution
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
English Bill of Rights
52.
______________ advised the United States to stay “neutral in its relations with other nations” and to avoid “entangling alliances”.
a)
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
b)
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
c)
Washington's Farewell Address
d)
Washington's Inaugural Address
53.
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.
a)
Adam's Inaugural Address
b)
Washington's Farewell Address
c)
Jefferson's Embargo Act
d)
Monroe Doctrine
54.
__________ treaty ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America.
a)
Treaty of Ghent
b)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
Treaty of Paris 1763
d)
Treaty of Paris 1783
55.
The _____________ Treaty ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation.
a)
Treaty of Ghent
b)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
Treaty of Paris 1763
d)
Treaty of Paris 1783
56.
________________- was a policy of establishing the principles and procedures for the orderly expansion of the United States.
a)
Judicial Review
b)
Northwest Ordinance
c)
Federalism
d)
Manifest Destiny
57.
___________ was the agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for; the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed.
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Representation
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Articles of Confederation
58.
___________ was a series of essays written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton, defending the Constitution and the principles on which the government of the United States was founded.
a)
Anti-Federalist Writings
b)
Federalist Papers
59.
______________ was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists that it was time to become independent from Britain.
a)
Federalist Papers
b)
Anti-Federalist Writing
c)
Give me Liberty or Give me Death
d)
Common Sense
60.
______________ the first ten amendments to the Constitution and detail the protection of individual liberties.
a)
Fixer Uppers
b)
Federalist Papers
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Reconstruction Amendments
61.
_____________ is a short speech given by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a cemetery for soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is considered to be a profound statement of American ideals.
a)
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
b)
Lincoln's First Inauguration
c)
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
d)
Lincoln's Farewell Address
62.
Abraham Lincoln issued the_________ on January 1, 1863, setting all slaves in the Confederate states free.
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Inaugural Address
c)
Emancipation Procalamation
d)
Farewell Address
63.
Lincoln's ____________ stated that, “no state…can lawfully get out of the Union”, but pledged there would be no war unless the South started it.
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
First Inaugural Address
d)
Second Inaugural Address
64.
Lincoln's ___________ was meant to help heal and restore the country after four years of Civil War.
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
First Inaugural Address
d)
Second Inaugural Address
65.
The ___________ Compromise created two houses of Congress. One based on population, the other gave equal representation to each state.
a)
3/5
b)
Great
c)
Missouri
d)
1850
66.
The __________ Compromise said that every 5 slaves counted as 3 people for population purposes.
a)
Great
b)
3/5
c)
Missouri
d)
1850
67.
The ____________ Act overturned the Missouri Compromise by giving people in the middle territory of the United States a chance to vote on slavery.
a)
California
b)
1820
c)
Kansas-Nebraska
d)
None
68.
The ___________ Compromise avoided sectional tensions by drawing a line across the United States. Slavery would be legal below the line only.
a)
Kansas-Nebraska
b)
1850
c)
Missouri
d)
Great
69.
The Compromise of 1850 kept the north happy by admitting California as a free state. What law did it create to make the south happy?
a)
Missouri Law
b)
Cotton Law
c)
Great Compromise
d)
Fugitive Slave Law
70.
A member of the Sons of Liberty who started the Committee of Correspondence to stir public support for American independence.
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Sam Adams
c)
Abigail Adams
d)
King George III
71.
An inventor, statesman, diplomat to France, signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to Constitutional Convention.
a)
George Washington
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
John Adams
d)
Sam Adams
72.
The King of England who disbanded the colonial legislatures, taxed the colonies, and refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies.
a)
King John
King John
King John
b)
King Richard
c)
King George VIIII
d)
King George III
73.
Wrote the Declaration of Independence; became the 3rd President of the United States and purchased the Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the United States.
a)
James Madison
b)
Alexander Hamilton
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
74.
Wrote pamphlets like Common Sense and The Crisis to encourage American independence and resolve.
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
Sam Adams
d)
Henry Clay
75.
Leader of the Continental Army who became the first President of the United States.
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Adams
d)
George Washington
76.
Leader of the original Democratic Party and a “President of the people”. He was also responsible for the Trail of Tears, which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.
a)
Sam Adams
b)
James Monroe
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
George Mason
77.
South Carolina Congressman and Senator who spoke for the South before and during the Civil War. Sided with South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis.
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
John Jay
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
James Madison
78.
Known in history as the "Great Compromiser," he was a powerful Kentucky Congressman and Senator who proposed the American System and the Compromise of 1850.
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
Andrew Jackson
79.
Massachusetts Congressman and Senator who spoke for the North and the preservation of the Union.
a)
Henry Clay
b)
George Mason
c)
Henry David Thoreau
d)
Daniel Webster
80.
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Stonewall Jackson
81.
General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North.
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Stonewall Jackson
82.
General of the Confederate Army.
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Jefferson Davis
83.
16th President of the United States who successfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days after the Civil War ended.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jeffersons Davis
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
84.
Leader of the Federalists, first Treasurer of the United States, creator of the Bank of the U.S., and killed in a duel by the Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
James Madison
c)
Alexander Hamilton
d)
Andrew Jackson
85.
Passionate patriot who became famous for his fiery speeches in favor of American independence. His most famous quote included the words, “Give me liberty or give me death!”
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
Sam Adams
d)
Patrick Henry
86.
Considered to be the “Father of the Constitution." He was President during the War of 1812.
a)
John Jay
b)
James Madison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Monroe
87.
Former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in the country.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
88.
The author of the Monroe Doctrine, which shut down the western hemisphere to European expansion or interference.
a)
Madison
b)
Monroe
c)
Clay
d)
Washington
89.
An escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves to freedom in the North.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Beechers Stowe
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
90.
Best known for his abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator.
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Thomas Jefferson
91.
Organized the Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women’s Rights Movement in the United States.
a)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Monica Jarrell
c)
Mercy Otis Warren
d)
Abigail Adams
92.
Served with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as a leading woman for the suffrage movement.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Susan B. Anthonoy
93.
“Congress shall make no law” restricting freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. Which amendment is this?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
4th
d)
7th
94.
Requires that warrants be issued if property is to be searched or seized (taken) by the government. Which amendment is this?
a)
7th
b)
6th
c)
4th
d)
2nd
95.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
a)
4th
b)
1st
c)
13th
d)
15th
96.
Which amendments are the "due process amendments" and give the rights to remain silent, jury, etc.
a)
13, 14, 15
b)
4-8
c)
9, 10
d)
11, 12
97.
Which are the Reconstruction Amendments, created after the civil War?
a)
4-8
b)
1-3
c)
13-15
d)
18-19
98.
Which amendments guarantee that rights not given to the federal government are not denied to the people or states?
a)
1-3
b)
9-10
c)
13-15
d)
4-8
99.
The 1803 Court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constitution. It set up the principle of judicial review.
a)
Gibbons vs. Ogden
b)
Marbury vs. Madison
c)
Dredd Scott Case
d)
Worcester vs. Georgia
100.
Was the Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and not citizens.
a)
Marbury vs. Madison
b)
Worcester vs. Georgia
c)
Dred Scott Case
d)
McCullough vs. Maryland
101.
Supreme Court decision that gave the Cherokees the right to keep their land, but Jackson refused to enforce it.
a)
Marbury vs. Madison
b)
Dredd Scott Case
c)
Worcester vs. Georgia
d)
None
102.
An invention by Eli Whitney that speeded the cleaning of cotton fibers and in effect, increased the need for slaves.
a)
Steamboat
b)
Mechanical Reaper
c)
Steel Plow
d)
Cotton Gin
103.
Jamestown was founded for ___________ reasons?
a)
Political
b)
Religious
c)
Economic
104.
a)
a compromise over slavery in western territories
b)
the establishment of the first U.S. political parties
c)
the creation of reservations for American Indians
d)
a struggle to ratify the Bill of Rights
105.
What was the first written constitution in the colonies?
a)
The Articles of Confederation
b)
Virginia House of Burgesses
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
106.
a)
The right of citizens to choose representatives
b)
The power of states to organize militias
c)
The unalienable rights of citizens
d)
The legal ability of states to secede
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