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WorksheetsUS - STAAR Review thru Sectionalism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
**SECTIONALISM**
In the 1840s and 1850s, the different regions of the country were separated by _____ .
geography - the different climates and landforms of each region
economy - different activities that created jobs and money for citizens of each region
culture - the different ways of living that fit the needs of the citizens in each region
ALL of these are correct
**SECTIONALISM**
*Northern Economy = factories, textile mills, cheap labor
* Southern Economy = ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
*Western Economy = mining for gold, farming wheat and grains
cash crops on plantations, slave labor
fishing, lumbering, and ship-building
ranching cattle, horses, goats, and pigs
NONE of these are correct
**SECTIONALISM**
What is the name of the agreement that saw California enter the U.S. as a "free state" and the passage of a strict "Fugitive Slave Law"?
the Compromise of 1850
the Kansas-Nebraska Act
the Northwest Ordinance
The Cooperative Agreement
**SECTIONALISM**
The Fugitive Slave Law involved -
capturing escaped slaves and returning them to the South
helping escaped slaves find jobs in the North
forcing escaped slaves to live in Canada
NONE of these are correct
**SECTIONALISM**
What happened as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
the population of Kansas increased rapidly, and violence broke out between those FOR and AGAINST slavery [known as "Bleeding Kansas"]
the legislative branch of government was separated into two parts: a Senate and a House of Representatives
all trade between the U.S. and foreign nations was stopped [to protect our ships and our sailors] and the U.S. economy was nearly destroyed
the U.S. doubled in size, and a huge amount of land became available for people to move into
**SECTIONALISM**
In the Supreme Court case _____ v. Sanford, the court ruled that slaves were property [not citizens of the U.S.], and therefore had no rights to petition the government for anything.
Dred Scott
Worcester
Marbury
Douglass
**EXPLORATION**
*Reasons: to increase wealth, to spread cultures, to expand empires [also known as Gold, God, and Glory]
*Example #1: Spain - searched for gold and built missions
*Example #2: France - claimed new lands and _?_?_?_?_
profited from trading beaver fur
established 13 colonies along the Pacific coast of North America
declared war against Spain and Great Britain
cut down trees and used them to build French forts in California and Florida
**COLONIZATION**
Religions:
- Puritans = settled in New England [especially Rhode Island]
- _?_?_?_?_ = settled in Maryland [to practice their religion peacefully]
- Quakers = settled in Pennsylvania [and established an anti-slavery group]
Catholics
Baptists
Mormons
Lutherans
**REVOLUTION**
Causes of the war:
- Proclamation of 1763 = colonists weren't allowed to settle west of the _?_?_?_ [a natural boundary]
- Consent of the Governed = colonists didn't like being taxed without their permission
- Intolerable Acts = Britain's reaction to the Boston Tea Party, increased tensions between the colonists and Great Britain
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River
the Great Lakes
the Pacific Ocean
**CONSTITUTION**
Amendments to the Constitution:
1st - freedom of religion, speech, _?_?_?_
4th - no unreasonable search and seizure
6th - right to a trial by jury
8th - protection from cruel or unusual punishments
10th - powers not given to the federal government belong to the states
freedom of the press, right to peacefully assemble, and right to petition
right to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness
right to bear arms [leagally own weapons]
freedom from housing troops against your will
**EARLY REPUBLIC**
The Supreme Court case known as Marbury v. Madison gave the court the power of _____ [which allows the court to declare laws 'unconstitutional'].
judicial review
line item veto
popular sovereignty
federalism
**INDUSTRIALIZATION**
Improvements in Transportation:
- Railroads = moved people and goods faster, reduced the prices of goods, resulted in population increases along train lines
- _?_?_?_ = man-made rivers that helped move people and goods faster and resulted in population increases in cities along the routes
- National Road = built to encourage trade and transportation to western states
Canals
Isthmus
Deltas
Peninsulas
**REFORMS**
Famous women:
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony = Suffrage
- Harriet Beecher Stowe = Abolitionist Movement
- _?_?_?_ = Prisons and Mental Health Reform
Abigail Adams
Beatrice Butterfield
Carissa Clarkson
Dorothea Dix
**AGE OF JACKSON**
Art and Literature:
- the _?_?_?_?_ focused on painting the beautiful American landscape
- John James Audobon illustrated a book called "Birds of America"
- Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allen Poe wrote scary stories
Hudson River School
Erie Canal School
Appalachian Mountain School
Pacific Ocean School
**WESTWARD**
Land Acquisitions:
- 1803 Louisiana Purchase
- 1819 Florida Territory
- 1845 _?_?_?_ Annexation
- 1846 Oregon Territory
- 1848 Mexican Cession
Texas
California
New Mexico
Hawaii
