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WorksheetsSTAAR PREP #5
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
The __________ Compromise said that every 5 slaves counted as 3 people for population purposes.
a)
Great
b)
3/5
c)
Missouri
d)
1850
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
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
14.
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
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