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US - STAAR Review thru Sectionalism

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

**SECTIONALISM**

In the 1840s and 1850s, the different regions of the country were separated by _____ .

a)

geography - the different climates and landforms of each region

b)

economy - different activities that created jobs and money for citizens of each region

c)

culture - the different ways of living that fit the needs of the citizens in each region

d)

ALL of these are correct

2.

**SECTIONALISM**

*Northern Economy = factories, textile mills, cheap labor

* Southern Economy = ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

*Western Economy = mining for gold, farming wheat and grains

a)

cash crops on plantations, slave labor

b)

fishing, lumbering, and ship-building

c)

ranching cattle, horses, goats, and pigs

d)

NONE of these are correct

3.

**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"?

a)

the Compromise of 1850

b)

the Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

the Northwest Ordinance

d)

The Cooperative Agreement

4.

**SECTIONALISM**

The Fugitive Slave Law involved -

a)

capturing escaped slaves and returning them to the South

b)

helping escaped slaves find jobs in the North

c)

forcing escaped slaves to live in Canada

d)

NONE of these are correct

5.

**SECTIONALISM**

What happened as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

the population of Kansas increased rapidly, and violence broke out between those FOR and AGAINST slavery [known as "Bleeding Kansas"]

b)

the legislative branch of government was separated into two parts: a Senate and a House of Representatives

c)

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

d)

the U.S. doubled in size, and a huge amount of land became available for people to move into

6.

**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.

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Worcester

c)

Marbury

d)

Douglass

7.

**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 _?_?_?_?_

a)

profited from trading beaver fur

b)

established 13 colonies along the Pacific coast of North America

c)

declared war against Spain and Great Britain

d)

cut down trees and used them to build French forts in California and Florida

8.

**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]

a)

Catholics

b)

Baptists

c)

Mormons

d)

Lutherans

9.

**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

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Mississippi River

c)

the Great Lakes

d)

the Pacific Ocean

10.

**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

a)

freedom of the press, right to peacefully assemble, and right to petition

b)

right to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness

c)

right to bear arms [leagally own weapons]

d)

freedom from housing troops against your will

11.

**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'].

a)

judicial review

b)

line item veto

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

federalism

12.

**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

a)

Canals

b)

Isthmus

c)

Deltas

d)

Peninsulas

13.

**REFORMS**

Famous women:

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony = Suffrage

- Harriet Beecher Stowe = Abolitionist Movement

- _?_?_?_ = Prisons and Mental Health Reform

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Beatrice Butterfield

c)

Carissa Clarkson

d)

Dorothea Dix

14.

**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

a)

Hudson River School

b)

Erie Canal School

c)

Appalachian Mountain School

d)

Pacific Ocean School

15.

**WESTWARD**

Land Acquisitions:

- 1803 Louisiana Purchase

- 1819 Florida Territory

- 1845 _?_?_?_ Annexation

- 1846 Oregon Territory

- 1848 Mexican Cession

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

New Mexico

d)

Hawaii