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8th grade SS STAAR review Vocab + Civil War/ Reconstruction

Total questions: 105

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ones race or culture

a)

pacifists

b)

ethnicity

c)

plantation

d)

charter

2.

a contract or document

a)

charter

b)

indentured servant

c)

agriculture

d)

toleration

3.

England getting wealthy off the colonies

a)

plantation

b)

colonization

c)

colonial era

d)

mercantilism

4.

settling a new area

a)

cash crops

b)

colonization

c)

mercantilism

d)

none of these

5.

the 1600's or 17th century America

a)

the new deal

b)

the great awakening

c)

the colonial era

d)

the great depression

6.

Large farms in the south

a)

cash crops

b)

antitem

c)

plantations

d)

none of these

7.

crops grown for money

a)

cash crops

b)

tenant farmers

c)

slavery

d)

plantations

8.

people who worked for passage to the new world. later replaced by slaves

a)

democrats

b)

federalists

c)

anti-federalists

d)

indentured servants

9.

Farming (southern colonies)

a)

urbnaization

b)

agriculture

c)

industrialization

d)

mayflower compact

10.

population within a given area

a)

representative government

b)

population density

c)

pacifists

d)

none of these

11.

the public electing representatives to run the government

a)

electoral college

b)

charter

c)

plantation

d)

representative government

12.

someone against violence

a)

slave

b)

democrat

c)

Abe Lincoln

d)

pacifist

13.

recognizing others beliefs

a)

federalist

b)

toleration

c)

charter

d)

ethnicity

14.

civilians protesting the government

a)

propaganda

b)

civil disobedience

c)

pacifists

d)

boycott

15.

a complaint

a)

declaration of independence

b)

over use

c)

grievance

d)

tyranny

16.

used to influence or persuade

a)

tyranny

b)

tariff

c)

propaganda

d)

civil unrest

17.

ruled by violence

a)

tyranny

b)

mayflower compact

c)

unalienable rights

d)

propaganda

18.

cruel or unjust punishment

a)

tariff

b)

oppression

c)

civil disobedience

d)

grievance

19.

tax on imported goods

a)

tariff

b)

oppression

c)

civil unrest

d)

tax of abomination

20.

refusal to buy or sell

a)

tariff

b)

tax

c)

boycott

d)

democrat

21.

life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

a)

unalienable rights

b)

10th amendment

c)

oppression

d)

boycott

22.

to change or add to

a)

fix

b)

ammend

c)

boycott

d)

compromise

23.

to take back or out

a)

repeal

b)

boycott

c)

ammend

d)

steal

24.

representative of a state

a)

president

b)

delegate

c)

governor

d)

none of these

25.

the 3 branches monitor each other

a)

triangular trade

b)

the 3 manchurians

c)

checks and balances

d)

compromise

26.

dividing the power

a)

separation of power

b)

multiplication factors

c)

repeal

d)

delegate

27.

to come to an agreement

a)

forge

b)

foliate

c)

tyranny

d)

compromise

28.

the first 10 amendments

a)

unalienable rights

b)

anti-federalists

c)

the bill of rights

d)

none of these

29.

the federalist and anti-federalists were the first of these

a)

electoral college members

b)

sons of liberty

c)

political parties

d)

NBA teams

30.

how one nation deals with other nations

a)

propaganda

b)

foreign policy

c)

federlism

d)

neutrality

31.

to not get involved

a)

monitor

b)

dialated

c)

neutrality

d)

none of these

32.

power is shared between a state and national government

a)

federalism

b)

representative government

c)

nationalism

d)

isolationism

33.

freedom within the voting area (the people make the decisions)

a)

federalism

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

checks and balances

d)

limited government

34.

the public voting for representatives and senators

a)

bill of rights

b)

political parties

c)

federalism

d)

republicanism

35.

the government doesn't have unlimited power

a)

limited government

b)

federalism

c)

constitution

d)

none of these

36.

forcing sailors into the navy

a)

slavery

b)

indentured servants

c)

impressments

d)

American system

37.

power resides in a body of citizens

a)

republic

b)

democrat

c)

federalism

d)

constitionalists

38.

a group that supports a candidate

a)

government

b)

political party

c)

electoral college

d)

none of these

39.

relations with other countries

a)

relations with other countries

b)

Political Party

c)

Foreign Policy

d)

Republic

40.

policy of nonparticipation

a)

isolationism

b)

foreign policy

c)

Interventionism

d)

Impressments-

41.

- interference in political affairs of another country

a)

Republic

b)

Nationalism-

c)

Interventionism

d)

American System-

42.

Strong loyalty for your country

a)

Nationalism-

b)

Republic –

c)

Foreign Policy

d)

none of these

43.

manufacturing goods in America. result of the war of 1812

a)

Americana

b)

electoral college

c)

Republic

d)

American System

44.

to cancel

a)

Migration

b)

nullification

c)

Suffrage

d)

deppression

45.

loyalty to your region

a)

sectionalism

b)

regionality

c)

southern pride

d)

prejudice

46.

Supreme Court can declare issues unconstitutional


Marbury vs. Madison

a)

judicial branch

b)

legislative branch

c)

executive branch

d)

judicial review

47.

people moving

a)

eclipse

b)

migration

c)

westward expansion

d)

all of these

48.

– voting rights

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

suffrage

d)

states rights

49.

period of economic decline

a)

Boom

b)

depression

c)

commerce

d)

seceded

50.

buy, sell, trade

a)

secede

b)

migrate

c)

depression

d)

commerce

51.

to leave the union

a)

secede

b)

success

c)

succulent

d)

the 10th amendment

52.

To punish for no reason

a)

economic

b)

annexation

c)

persecute

d)

bully

53.

to gain land

a)

expansion

b)

glory

c)

American system

d)

Eli Whitney

54.

to non-violently protest the government

a)

pacifist

b)

civil disobedience

c)

annexation

d)

expansion

55.

$$$$$$$$$$

a)

depression

b)

expansion

c)

economic

d)

geography

56.

To add territory

a)

annexation

b)

redistribute

c)

settlement pattern

d)

civil disobedience

57.

Group of people moving (Mormons, Indians, 49’ers)

a)

settlement pattern

b)

organization

c)

popular soverignty

d)

none of these

58.

a new product or idea

a)

invention

b)

innovation

c)

indigo

d)

intermilan

59.

manufacture of goods in factories

a)

cottage industry

b)

innovation

c)

industrialization

d)

urbanization

60.

massive growth of cities

a)

urbanization

b)

ruralization

c)

electoral college

d)

all of these

61.

helps mass produce goods (industry, urbanize, child labor)

a)

interchangeable parts

b)

reform

c)

efficient

d)

urbanization

62.

produce large amounts of goods

a)

cottage industry

b)

mass production

c)

textiles

d)

child labor

63.

- Cloth/fabric

a)

oklahailes

b)

arkansiles

c)

textiles

d)

alaskiles

64.

Children working in NE factories (low pay long hours)

a)

lowell girls

b)

diversity

c)

child labor

d)

urbanization

65.

Many different ethnicities

a)

innovation

b)

experimentation

c)

diversity

d)

interchangeable parts

66.

to change for the better

a)

copy

b)

urbanization

c)

rural

d)

reform

67.

- To save time, money, labor

a)

efficient

b)

textiles

c)

eliptical

d)

reform

68.

Religious gatherings

a)

reform movement

b)

revivals

c)

family reunion

d)

continuity

69.

To get moving

a)

stimulate

b)

revival

c)

Transcendentalism

d)

temperance

70.

Eliminate slavery

a)

reform movement

b)

temperance

c)

abolition

d)

angelity

71.

movement to ban alcohol

a)

aboltion

b)

suffrage movement

c)

de-boozing

d)

none of these

72.

Non-violent movement (Utopian society)

a)

temperance

b)

abolition

c)

. Transcendentalism

d)

continuity

73.

Smooth running

a)

continuity

b)

centrifugal force

c)

computence

d)

all of these

74.

Agreement

a)

argument

b)

compromise

c)

anifuse

d)

elepotrate

75.

Taxes don’t apply (SC)

a)

refusal

b)

nullification

c)

emancipate

d)

bias

76.

10th Amendment, reason for secession

a)

bill of rights

b)

states rights

c)

freed the slaves

d)

granted citizenship to freed slaves

77.

Legally under the Constitution

a)

secede

b)

preserve

c)

constitutional

d)

congregatoinal

78.

To free

a)

enslave

b)

elope

c)

emancipate

d)

envigorate

79.

Constitutional rights of US citizens

a)

Radical reconstruction

b)

Freedmen:

c)

Sharecropper

d)

civil rights

80.

Southerner who worked with the North

a)

sharecropper

b)

carpetbagger

c)

scalawag

d)

floor polisher

81.

Rebuilding of the South

a)

oppression

b)

reconstruction

c)

scalawag

d)

. Segregation

82.

Newly emancipated African Americans

a)

freedmen

b)

carptebaggers

c)

scalawags

d)

segregation

83.

Aggressive approach towards southerners

a)

freedmen

b)

tubular rebuilders

c)

radical reconstruction

d)

awesome relocators

84.

To hold back, violate rights

a)

segregation

b)

freedmen

c)

delve

d)

oppress

85.

to separate by race

a)

segregation

b)

oppress

c)

civil rights

d)

reconstruction

86.

a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent

a)

sharecropper

b)

scalawag

c)

carpetbagger

d)

none of these

87.

a northerner who came to the south during reconstruction to get rich

a)

freedman

b)

carpterbagger

c)

scalawag

d)

free loader

88.

the amendment that ended slavery

a)

10th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

89.

the amendment that gave freedmen citizenship

a)

10th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

90.

the amendment that gave black men the right to vote

a)

10th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

91.

used in the south to limit the right of freedmen

a)

KKK

b)

Jim Crow laws

c)

Black Codes

d)

All of these

92.

the first african american senator

a)

harriet tubman

b)

hiram revels

c)

uncle tom

d)

none of these

93.

Missouri and Maine brought into the union, slavery banned above the 36-30 line (Caused political balance)

a)

kansas / nebraska act

b)

great compromise

c)

compromise of 1850

d)

missouri compromise

94.

-California was admitted as a Free State & the South got the Fugitive Slave Act

a)

kansas / nebraska act

b)

great compromise

c)

compromise of 1850

d)

missouri compromise

95.

Supreme Court declared slaves as property

a)

dred scott vs sanford

b)

plessy vs ferguson

c)

marbury vs madison

d)

scopes monkey trial

96.

causes of the civil war

a)

slavery

b)

states rights

c)

sectionalism

d)

all of these

97.

1861-65

a)

american revolution

b)

civil war

c)

french and indian war

d)

7 years war

98.

first battle of the civil war

a)

battle of gettysburg

b)

battle of vicksburg

c)

battle of ft sumter

d)

battle of saratoga

99.

turning point battle of the civil war in which the union turned back an invasion by the south

a)

battle of gettysburg

b)

battle of vicksburg

c)

battle of lexington and concord

d)

appomatox courthouse

100.

Battle of the civil war in which the union gained control of the mississippi river basically ending the war

a)

battle of gettysburg

b)

battle of vicksburg

c)

appomattox courthouse

d)

battle of saratoga

101.

where the civil war ended

a)

gettysburg

b)

vikcsburg

c)

fort sumter

d)

appomattox courthouse

102.

president of the US during the civil war

a)

abe lincoln

b)

jefferon davis

c)

robert e lee

d)

US grant

103.

president of the confederacy during the civil war

a)

abe lincoln

b)

jefferson davis

c)

robert e lee

d)

US grant

104.

Union general during the civil war

a)

abe lindoln

b)

jefferson davis

c)

robert e lee

d)

US grant

105.

Confederate general during the civil war

a)

abe lindoln

b)

jefferson davis

c)

robert e lee

d)

US grant

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