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STAAR Review

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
wealth, religion, expand empires, claim territory
a)
Reasons for exploration
b)
Northern Social
c)
Middle Colonies
d)
Westward Expansion
2.
Claimed Florida, Texas & California & built missions
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Spain
d)
13 Colonies
3.
Claimed land in New World to profit from beaver FUR trading
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Spain
d)
13 Colonies
4.
fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, harbors
a)
Western Economy
b)
Southern Economy
c)
Middle Economy
d)
New England Economy
5.
Roger Williams started religious toleration in Rhode Island
a)
Freedom of Speech
b)
Religious Toleration
c)
Right to Bear Arms
d)
Political Freedom
6.
Transatlantic Slave Trade, plantations, cash crops, fertile soil led to different economy than the North
a)
Western Economy
b)
Southern Economy
c)
Middle Economy
d)
New England Economy
7.
1st anti-slavery group, lived in Pennsylvania and led by William Penn
a)
Catholics
b)
Anti-Federalists
c)
Quakers
d)
Abolitionists
8.
a place for Catholics to live peacefully
a)
Maryland
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Georgia
9.
distance from Britain, Mayflower Compact (social contract), Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Town Halls
a)
Religious Toleration
b)
Reasons for growth of Representative/Self government
c)
Freedom of Speech
d)
Right to Bear Arms
10.
British controlled colonial trade, angered colonists because they could only trade with the Mother Country England
a)
Mercantilism
b)
New England Colonies
c)
Reasons for growth of Representative/Self government
d)
Triangle Trade
11.
law forbid colonist from moving west of Appalachian Mountains, angered colonists
a)
Treaty of Paris 1763
b)
Proclamation Line of 1763
c)
French & Indian War
d)
Triangle Trade
12.
belief British should have permission of colonists to pass taxes, main reason for American Revolution, No Taxation without Representation
a)
consent of the governed
b)
Triangle Trade
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Reasons for growth of Representative/Self government
13.
British response to the Boston Tea Party, increased tension between colonists & British because it closed the port of Boston until all tea was paid for and colonists were not allowed to meet
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Tea Act
14.
rights ALL people have at BIRTH; life, liberty & pursuit of happiness; Declaration of Independence. Got from John Locke's inalienable rights: Life, liberty, & property
a)
Inalienable Rights
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Unalienable rights
d)
Constitution
15.
turning point of American Revolution, France joined with Patriots
a)
Saratoga
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Yorktown
d)
Vicksburg
16.
the last major battle of American Revolution resulting in British defeat, Britain then signed Treaty of Paris & recognized U.S. independence
a)
Appomattox Court House
b)
Yorktown
c)
Lexington & Concord
d)
Saratoga
17.
First government, Congress can negotiate treaties & declare war, no executive branch - WEAK
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Articles or Confederation
d)
Constitution
18.
law establishing a way for admitting new states to the U.S., territories govern themselves. 60,000 free citizens was needed to apply for statehood
a)
Constitution
b)
Proclamation Line of 1763
c)
Nullification Crisis
d)
Northwest Ordinance
19.
agreement that decided how many representatives large & small states would send to Congress. Creates a BICAMERAL legislature, Virginia Plan + New Jersey Plan = ?
a)
Great Compromise,
b)
3/5 Compromise
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Compromise of 1850
20.
agreement over how slaves would count for representation & taxation purposes
a)
Great Compromise,
b)
3/5 Compromise
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Compromise of 1850
21.
supported Constitution, believed it created a more stable Union, Alexander Hamilton & James Madison
a)
Federalist
b)
Anti-Federalists
c)
Democratic-Republicans
d)
Republcians
22.
against the Constitution, believed it gave too much power to the federal government and needed a Bill of Rights to protect individual rights, Patrick Henry & George Mason
a)
Federalist
b)
Anti-Federalists
c)
Democratic-Republicans
d)
Republcians
23.
each branch of government has some power over the other 2 branches, helps to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
a)
Separation of Powers
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Limited Government
d)
Checks and Balances
24.
citizens must serve on juries to determine verdict, vote in elections
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Citizen Responsibilities
c)
Individual Rights
d)
Bill of Rights
25.
Freedom of religion(church or mosque), freedom of speech (criticize), freedom of press(media), freedom of assembly(peaceful protest), freedom to petition
a)
1st Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
8th Amendment
d)
10th Amendment
26.
No unreasonable searches or seizures
a)
1st Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
8th Amendment
d)
10th Amendment
27.
Right to a speedy trial
a)
6th Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
8th Amendment
d)
10th Amendment
28.
Right to trial by jury
a)
6th Amendment
b)
7th Amendment
c)
13th Amendment
d)
10th Amendment
29.
Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
a)
1st Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
8th Amendment
d)
10th Amendment
30.
rights not given to the federal government are rights of the states, this is FEDERALISM
a)
1st Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
8th Amendment
d)
10th Amendment
31.
1) establish national bank 2) pay off war debt 3) pass whiskey tax 4) protective tariff
a)
Whiskey Rebellion
b)
Hamilton's Financial Plan
c)
Farewell Address
d)
Marbury v. Madison
32.
protest over federal whiskey tax, Washington used domestic force to stop rebellion
a)
Whiskey Rebellion
b)
Hamilton's Financial Plan
c)
Farewell Address
d)
Marbury v. Madison
33.
Washington warned against having permanent foreign alliances and the creation of political parties and said to stay neutral
a)
Whiskey Rebellion
b)
Hamilton's Financial Plan
c)
Farewell Address
d)
Marbury v. Madison
34.
led by Alexander Hamilton, wanted: more federal government, industrial economy, National Bank, LOOSE interpretation of the Constitution
a)
Democratic-Republicans
b)
Federalist Party
c)
Anti-Federalist
d)
Republicans
35.
led by Thomas Jefferson, wanted: strong states, agricultural economy, state bank, STRICT interpretation of the Constitution
a)
Democratic-Republicans
b)
Federalist Party
c)
Anti-Federalist
d)
Republicans
36.
John Adams (2nd President), angered many Americans, violated 1st amendment freedoms of speech & press
a)
Quasi War
b)
XYZ Affair
c)
Election of 1800
d)
Alien and Sedition Acts
37.
established JUDICIAL REVIEW which gave Supreme Court power to declare laws unconstitutional
a)
McCullough v. Maryland
b)
Gibbons v. Ogden
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Worcester v. Georgia
38.
British impressment of US sailors; US suspected British of encouraging Native American rebellion; "war hawk" congressional leaders
a)
Causes of the War of 1812
b)
Causes of the American Revolution
c)
Causes of the US-Mexican War
d)
Causes of the Civil War
39.
issued by James Monroe, prevented European colonization of land in the Western Hemisphere. If Europe tried to colonize Latin America it would be seen as an act of war.
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Farewell Address
d)
Monroe Doctrine
40.
Democratic party, voting increases when the property requirement to vote was gotten rid of
a)
Jacksonian Democracy
b)
Farewell Adress
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Nullification Crisis
41.
problem over if the state of South Carolina had the right to nullify (overturn) a Federal law, argument over states' rights vs. federal rights
a)
Jacksonian Democracy
b)
Nullification Crisis
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
Trail of Tears
42.
Cherokee sue to keep land, Supreme Court favors Native Americans, Jackson and state ignore Supreme Court & force Natives to move to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) anyway
a)
McCullough v. Maryland
b)
Gibbons v. Ogden
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Worcester v. Georgia
43.
artists paint landscapes & nature
a)
Transcendentalism
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Hudson River School
d)
2nd Great Awakening
44.
US manufacturing increased
a)
Effects of American Revolution
b)
Effects of US-Mexican War
c)
Effects of Civil War
d)
Effects of the War of 1812
45.
Eli Whitney: resulted in people planting more cotton (plantations), more slaves
a)
Cotton Gin
b)
interchangeable parts
c)
Steel Plow
d)
Canals
46.
Eli Whitney: more efficient way to make things, led to mass production, resulted in prices decreasing
a)
Cotton Gin
b)
interchangeable parts
c)
Steel Plow
d)
Canals
47.
economy driven by profit & competition
a)
free enterprise system
b)
Democracy
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Triangle Trade
48.
first got jobs outside their homes in textile mills - "Lowell _________"
a)
Immigrants
b)
Children
c)
Men
d)
Women
49.
man made rivers, transportation of goods became faster, price of goods drop, and cities grew, Erie links the midwest to the East Coast
a)
railroads
b)
Canals
c)
Steamboats
d)
Telegraph
50.
resulted in faster & more efficient transportation of goods, the prices of goods decreased
a)
railroads
b)
Canals
c)
Steamboats
d)
Telegraph
51.
invention used to communicate rapidly over long distance
a)
railroads
b)
Canals
c)
Steamboats
d)
Telegraph
52.
Caused by Industrialization, people more from rural farm areas to cities to work in factories, city populations explode
a)
Increased Slavery
b)
Factories
c)
Urbanization
d)
Canals
53.
Irish came to US because of potato famine, worked in factories & on Transcontinental RR, blamed for taking away jobs
a)
Southern Economy
b)
Immigration
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Gold Rush
54.
US desire to own land from coast to coast, James K. Polk (Mr. Manifest Destiny), Causes: 1)land=wealth 2)population boom
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Westward Expanstion
c)
Atlantic
d)
Pacific
55.
1846: got from the British in a treaty, US achieved goal of Manifest Destiny (owning land coast to coast)
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Texas Annexation
c)
California gold rush, 1849
d)
Oregon Territory
56.
1846-1848: caused by US annexing Texas and border dispute, blood shed in disputed land
a)
U.S. -Mexican War
b)
American Revolution
c)
Civil War
d)
War of 1812
57.
1848: land US acquired after the US-Mexican War as stated in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (The Southwest)
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Texas Annexation
c)
California gold rush, 1849
d)
Oregon Territory
58.
Gold found in California leads to Population boom, Chinese immigrants came to US East across the Pacific during gold rush, worked on Transcontinental RR
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Texas Annexation
c)
California gold rush, 1849
d)
Oregon Territory
59.
a movement that encouraged people to be more religious, caused social reform leading to Reform Movement
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
2nd Great Awakening
c)
Women's Rights Movement
d)
Abolitionist Movement
60.
Carrie Nation: movement to get Americans to drink less or no alcohol, women involved in this
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
2nd Great Awakening
c)
Women's Rights Movement
d)
Abolitionist Movement
61.
people who worked to end slavery - Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Uncle Tom's Cabin - Fredrick Douglass publishes The North Star
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
2nd Great Awakening
c)
Women's Rights Movement
d)
Abolitionist Movement
62.
founded by Emerson, ideal societies, naturalists
a)
Abolition Movement
b)
Hudson River School
c)
2nd Great Awakening
d)
Transcendentalism
63.
1848: Seneca Falls Convention (New York) called for women's suffrage, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Declaration of Sentiments states rights of Women
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
2nd Great Awakening
c)
Women's Rights Movement
d)
Abolitionist Movement
64.
GEOGRAPHY caused country to develop differences; Northerners built factories, Southerners farmed, Westerners mined; one of the causes of the Civil War
a)
Southern Economy
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Northern Economy
d)
Western Economy
65.
textile mills, trade, factories, immigrants
a)
Southern Economy
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Northern Economy
d)
Western Economy
66.
plantation system, slave labor, cotton produced and sent to the Northern factories
a)
Southern Economy
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Northern Economy
d)
Western Economy
67.
mining gold & agriculture (farming)
a)
Southern Economy
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Northern Economy
d)
Western Economy
68.
Caused by the population boom of the California Gold Rush - North & South agree, California becomes a free state but a strict Fugitive Slave Law is passed
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Great Compromise
d)
3/5 Compromise
69.
a part of the Compromise of 1850, runaway slaves were to be captured & returned to the South
a)
Fugitive Slave Law
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Great Compromise
d)
Gold Rush
70.
agreement that attempted to solve slavery issue by using popular sovereignty, violence erupted as a result of law leading to Bleeding Kansas
a)
Fugitive Slave Law
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Great Compromise
d)
Gold Rush
71.
1857: ruled slaves were property & not citizens, later the 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all African-Americans
a)
Kansas-Nebrask Act
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
72.
more factories = more weapons & supplies - more people - more food crops
a)
Union Advantages
b)
Confederate Advantages
c)
Colonial Advantages
d)
British Advantages
73.
Lincoln frees slaves in Confederacy
a)
13th Amendment (1865)
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
d)
Gettysburg Address
74.
Siege that lasted 40 days. Union gains control of the Mississippi River dividing the Confederacy in half
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Lexington & Concord
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Appomattox Court House
75.
Confederacy (Lee) surrenders to Union (Grant), ending the Civil War, located in Virginia
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Lexington & Concord
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Appomattox Court House
76.
after the Civil War the process of Southern states being brought back into the Union, South was in financial ruin
a)
Westward Expansion
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Early Republic
d)
Industrialization
77.
took control after Lincoln's death, punished Confederate leaders & southerners for Civil War
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Democrats
d)
Federalists
78.
laws that limited the new freedoms and opportunities of Freedmen
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
Black Codes
c)
Sharecropping
d)
13th Amendment (1865)
79.
worked to help Freedmen. Provided 1)education 2)clothing/food 3)jobs
a)

Black Codes

b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)

Scalawags

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

80.
abolished slavery, African Americans were free to move wherever they wanted. States had to ratify in order to be readmitted to the Union
a)
13th Amendment (1865)
b)
14th Amendment (1868)
c)
15th Amendment (1870)
d)
10th Amendment
81.
granted citizenship to African Americans, all Americans were to be treated equally under the law - Overturns Dred Scott v. Sandford
a)
13th Amendment (1865)
b)
14th Amendment (1868)
c)
15th Amendment (1870)
d)
10th Amendment
82.
Universal Male Suffrage - African American males were allowed to vote
a)
13th Amendment (1865)
b)
14th Amendment (1868)
c)
15th Amendment (1870)
d)
10th Amendment
83.
1st African American US Senator from Mississippi
a)
Hiram Rhodes Revels
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Frederick Douglass
84.
encourages settlement of the West, opened new markets to sell goods to, price of products decreased, Irish & Chinese immigrants built it
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Canals
d)
Steamboats