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STAAR History Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reasons for Exploration

a)

Wealth, Religion, Expand Empires

b)

Poor, neutral, no Empires

c)

Food, clothes, people

d)

Banks, banks, no banks

2.

Spain claimed....

a)

Washington, Alaska, Miami

b)

Florida, Texas, California

c)

New York, New Jersey, Boston

d)

California, Idaho, Ohio

3.

France came for.....

a)

Conquest of themselves

b)

Spread Christianity

c)

Trade in Fish & Fur

d)

War with Europe

4.

New England Economy

a)

Farming on Plantations

b)

Factories

c)

Fishing, Lumbering, Shipbuilding

d)

Pokémon Catchers

5.

Religious Toleration

a)

Roger Williams started toleration in Rhode Island

b)

Started in Pennsylvania

c)

New Hampshire by Anne Frank

d)

New York by Santa Claus

6.

Southern Colonies Economy

a)

Focused on fishing

b)

Factories all over the South

c)

Transatlantic Slave Trade, Plantations.

7.

Quakers

a)

1st Anti-Slavery Group, lived in Pennsylvania

b)

1st Slavery Group in America

c)

Were not in America

d)

Who are they?

8.

Maryland

a)

No one lives in Maryland

b)

Place for Muslims

c)

Place for Catholics to live in Peace

d)

Maryland is their own country

9.

Reasons for Growth of Representative/Self-Government

a)

Distance from Britain, Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

b)

We're still owned by Britain

c)

No

10.

Mercantilism

a)

British Idea (Trade with Mother Country only)

b)

Trade with No one

c)

Trade with everybody

d)

Destroy yourselves

11.

Proclamation of 1763

a)

Law allowing to go West

b)

Law not allowing Americans to go West past the Appalachian Mountains

c)

There was no law

12.

Consent of Governed

a)

Belief British should have permission of colonists to pass taxes (no taxation without representation)

b)

Not to be Governed

c)

Governed by another country like Mexico

13.

Intolerable Acts

a)

Mexico

b)

Acts Americans could tolerate

c)

America

d)

British Response to the Boston Tea Party

14.

Unalienable Rights

a)

UFO Parking Rights

b)

Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness. (born with, cannot be taken away)

c)

Rights of Aliens from Space

d)

No rights for Aliens from Space

15.

Lexington & Concord

a)

Last Battle of the American Revolution

b)

First Battle of the American Revolution (Shot heard around the World)

c)

The Patriot Movie

16.

Saratoga

a)

Last Battle

b)

Turning Point (France now our Ally)

c)

Americans start loosing the War

17.

Yorktown

a)

Last Battle of the American Revolution (America Won)

Capture Cornwallis

b)

Last Battle (Britain Won)

c)

New York City

18.

Treaty of Paris 1783

a)

Treaty between America & Britain ( America got Independence)

b)

Treaty between America & Britain (Britain kept America)

19.

Britain fighting against the French & Indian

a)

French & Indian War (France Won)

b)

French & Indian War (Britain won) (Treaty of Paris 1763)

20.

Articles of Confederation

a)

1st Constitution/Government, No executive branch

b)

2nd Constitution/Government, has an executive branch

21.

Northwest Ordinance

a)

Mapmaking

b)

Fishing for fishes

c)

Plan on how to Admit new states in the U.S. (60,000 population, no slavery, State Constitution)

d)

House Planning

22.

Great Compromise

a)

Compromise between America and Mexico

b)

2 House Legislature/ Bicameral Legislature (Senate & House of Representatives)

Large and Small States issue resolved

c)

No more slaves in the North and the South

d)

Everyone in the U.S. can vote

23.

3/5th Compromise

a)

Counting of Slaves (out of every 5 slaves, 3 would count)

b)

Measurement Agreement

c)

Math Assignment

24.

Federalist

a)

Did not support anything

b)

Supported the Declaration of Independence

c)

Did NOT support the Constitution (Patrick Henry & George Mason)

d)

Supported the Constitution ( Alexander Hamilton & James Madison)

25.

Anti-Federalist

a)

Against the Declaration of Independence

b)

Against Constitution unless Bill of Rights Added (Patrick Henry & George Mason)

c)

Supported the Constitution (Alexander Hamilton & James Madison)

d)

Supported the British

26.

Checks & Balances

a)

How to balance your checkbook

b)

Each branch of government has some power over the other 2 branches

c)

How to weigh items properly

27.

Citizen Responsibilities

a)

Become a tourist

b)

Serve on Juries, Vote

c)

Join the Army and go to WAR!

d)

Become a politician

28.

1st Amendment

a)

No Quartering of Troops

b)

Right to own a gun (bear arms)

c)

Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech (RAPPS)

d)

Trial by Jury

29.

2nd Amendment

a)

More rights you don't know

b)

Freedom of Speech and Religion

c)

Trial by Jury

d)

Right to Bear Arms (own a gun)

30.

3rd Amendment

a)

Freedom of Press

b)

No Quartering of Troops

c)

Trial by Judge

d)

Freedom to own bears

31.

4th Amendment

a)

There is no 4th Amendment

b)

Freedom of Assembly

c)

Trial by cops

d)

No unreasonable Search & Seizure (warrant needed)

32.

5th Amendment

a)

No Cruel Punishment

b)

Self Incrimination, Eminent Domain, Double Jeopardy (Right to Remain Silent)

c)

States Rights

d)

Trial by Jury

33.

6th Amendment

a)

Trial by Jury

b)

Right to Bear Arms

c)

Right to Remain Silent

d)

Right to have Candy!

34.

8th Amendment

a)

No Money

b)

No Cruel or Unusual Punishment

c)

Patriot Law

d)

Right to Liberty

35.

10th Amendment

a)

Rights of the States (Federalism)

b)

Rights of the Individual

c)

Rights of Animals

d)

Rights of Penguins

36.

Hamilton's Financial Plan

a)

Foreign Bank Investment

b)

1.) State Banks 2.) Make more War 3.) Pass no Taxes 4.) No Tariffs

c)

1.) National Bank 2.) Pay off War debt 3.) Pass Whiskey Tax 4.) Protective Tariff

d)

National Guard

37.

Whiskey Rebellion

a)

Rebellion over AOC

b)

Protest over Whiskey Tax, Jefferson forgave them

c)

There was no Rebellion

d)

Protest over Whiskey Tax, Washington Stopped the Rebellion

38.

Washington's Farewell Address

a)

No Foreign Alliances, No Political Parties

b)

Form Alliances and Have Political Parties

c)

he never stopped being president

d)

Give the people what they want

39.

Federalist Party

a)

Alexander Hamilton 1.) More Federal Government Power 2.) Industrial Economy 3.) Federal Bank

b)

Thomas Jefferson 1.) Less Federal Government 2.) Agriculture Economy 3.) No National Bank

40.

Democrat-Republicans

a)

Alexander Hamilton 1.) Federal Government Power 2.) Industrial Economy 3.) Federal Bank

b)

Thomas Jefferson 1.) Less Federal Government 2.) Agriculture Economy 3.) No National Bank

41.

Alien & Sedition Acts

a)

Thomas Jefferson 3rd President took away Freedom of Speech

b)

Laws against people from outer space

c)

John Adams 2nd U.S. President took away freedom of Speech

42.

Marbury v. Madison

a)

Judicial Review (Laws deemed Unconstitutional)

b)

Industrial Tax

c)

Court becomes weaker

d)

This case is cancelled

43.

Causes of the War of 1812

a)

War with Spain for Florida

b)

War against the French

c)

British Impressment, U.S.S. Chesapeake is Sunk, War Hawks support War

d)

War against Mexico for Texas

44.

Monroe Doctrine

a)

Europeans cannot colonize the Americas

b)

No President can leave office

c)

Europeans can come to the Americas (No Problem)

45.

Jacksonian Democracy

a)

Republican Party, voting decreases, property needed

b)

Democrat Party, voting increases, no property needed

46.

Nullification Crisis

a)

Issue with Native Americans

b)

Issue with South Carolina nullifying a federal tariff

c)

No crisis at all

47.

Worcester v. Georgia

a)

Worcester got the banks banished

b)

Georgia won the case and imprisoned all Native Americans

c)

Cherokee sue to keep land and won (Jackson doesn't care, still kicks them out)

48.

Indian Removal Act

a)

Law forcing Americans to vote

b)

Law forcing Native Americans to go to Oklahoma

c)

Law forcing Georgians to rename their state

49.

Trail of Tears

a)

Forced migration of Mexicans across the desert

b)

16,000 Cherokee Indians forced to leave their homes (4,000 die along the way)

c)

Sad Historical Movie

50.

Suffrage

a)

To suffer

b)

Right to Vote

c)

To cancel

51.

Nullify

a)

To cancel/overrule

b)

To accept

c)

To vote

52.

Ratify

a)

To Ignore

b)

To Cancel

c)

To Approve

53.

Neutrality

a)

Not get involved, not choose sides

b)

get involved, choose sides

c)

eating

54.

Hudson River School

a)

artists paint nature/ landscapes

b)

artists paint cities/ factories

c)

College focused on farming

55.

Effects of the War of 1812

a)

America went to war with Aliens

b)

U.S. went to more wars with Britain

c)

U.S. Manufacturing increased (factories)

56.

Cotton Gin

a)

Cotton production increased/ more slaves are needed

b)

Cotton production decreases, slaves are not needed

c)

Type of Medicine

57.

Interchangeable Parts

a)

Make better tanks

b)

Better to make things, mass production, prices decrease

c)

No production, prices increase

58.

Free Interprise

a)

Something free

b)

Economy driven by Free Stuff

c)

Economy driven by Competition & Profit

59.

Women

a)

Had the right to vote during this time

b)

girls got their first jobs outside of the homes in textile mills

c)

Created clubs for everyone

60.

Canals

a)

Man-made rivers, transportation faster, prices decreased, cities grew

b)

Natural rivers, transportation slowed, prices increased

c)

Dentist doing their jobs

61.

Steamboat & Rivers

a)

Faster transportation of goods, prices decrease

b)

Slower transportation, prices increase

62.

Telegraph

a)

Slower form of communication

b)

Communicate rapidly over long distances

c)

Horses

63.

Urbanization

a)

Transformer

b)

Rap Music

c)

People moving from Rural areas (farms) to Urban areas (cities)

64.

Immigration

a)

Imagination

b)

People coming from other countries. (Irish coming because of the Potato Famine)

c)

People leaving the U.S. to other countries

65.

Manifest Destiny

a)

American belief of controlling land coast to coast, westward expansion

b)

Destiny of Manifestation America

c)

The Video Game Destiny

66.

Oregon Territory

a)

Land on the west coast we got from Britain (achieving Manifest Destiny) [U.S. President Polk]

b)

Territory we got from Russia

c)

Territory where we grow Oregano

67.

U.S.-Mexican War

a)

People fighting over food

b)

Famous fiction movie

c)

U.S. and Mexico go to war with Canada

d)

Annexation of Texas, border dispute

68.

Mexican Cession

a)

Land the U.S. got from Mexico from Texas to California (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo)

b)

Mexico won the War and got Texas back into their country

c)

Mexican Meeting of Politicians

69.

Adam-Onis Treaty

a)

Florida is now part of the U.S. (Deal made between U.S. and Spain)

b)

Treaty ending a war

c)

Treaty starting a war with Spain

70.

California Gold Rush

a)

People in California Farmed Goldfish for many years

b)

People left California because there was no more Gold

c)

1849- People all over the world come to California looking for Gold called 49ers (Chinese Immigrants are part of this group)

71.

2nd Great Awakening

a)

People became more religious, leading to Social Reform

b)

Many people waking up at the same time

c)

People waking up to the idea that America is Great

72.

Temperance Movement

a)

Focused on meditation

b)

Stop the consumption of Alcohol in America, many women are in this group

c)

Encouraged people to stay peaceful and not go to war

73.

Abolitionist

a)

Wanted to get rid of trees

b)

Wanted music to end completely in the U.S.

c)

Worked to End Slavery (Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe)

74.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

a)

Famous book by Harriet Beecher Stowe to convince people that slavery was a bad thing

b)

House made of wood

c)

A patriot war hero

75.

Transcendentalism

a)

Created by Ralph WALDO Emerson, ideal society/ do the right thing; listen to your conscious (voice in your head)

b)

Become an important person in America

76.

Womens Rights Movements

a)

This never happened

b)

Women wanted to move to other countries

c)

Seneca Falls Convention, right to vote (suffrage) Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

77.

Sectionalism

a)

North (Factories) South (Farms) West (Mining)

Factors that led to Civil War

b)

Different sections of a Poem

c)

Sections of a song

78.

Northern Economy

a)

Plantations, Slavery, Cotton Production

b)

Factories, Textile Mills, Trade, Immigrants, Cities

c)

Mining Gold and other metals

79.

Southern Economy

a)

Factories, Immigrants, Cities, Textile Mills, Trade

b)

Mining for Gold and other Metals

c)

Plantations, Slave Labor, Cotton Production

80.

Western Economy

a)

Plantations, Slave Labor, Cotton Production

b)

Mining for Gold and other Metals, also some farming

c)

Factories, Cities, Immigrants, Textile Mills

81.

Compromise of 1850

a)

Agreement of Slavery not being allowed

b)

Compromise between Mexico and Argentina

c)

California comes into the U.S. as a Free State, but the Fugitive Slave Law is also Passed

82.

Missouri Compromise

a)

Missouri comes in as a Slave State, Maine comes in as a Free State

b)

Missouri comes in as a Free State while Maine comes in as a Slave State

c)

It is a feeling a person has

83.

Fugitive Slave Law

a)

Famous T.V. Show

b)

Slaves were given their freedom

c)

Runaway slaves would be captured and returned to the South

84.

Underground Railroad

a)

System of pathways for slaves to escape to the North, Harriet Tubman helped slaves the most

b)

Train that is underground

c)

People building a huge train system under the sky

85.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

a)

Agreement on the issue of farming

b)

An agreement between the countries of Kansas & Nebraska not to go to war

c)

Attempt to solve slavery issue, leads to violence (Bleeding Kansas)

86.

Dredd Scott v. Sandford

a)

Court ruled slaves are property and not citizens

b)

Court case over the issue of taxes

c)

Famous boxing match

87.

Union Advantages

a)

more factories=more weapons, more people, bigger army and navy

b)

Had great leaders

c)

Had a lot of farms

88.

Emancipation Proclamation

a)

Lincoln said slavery will continue to spread and that's okay

b)

Lincoln Freed Slaves in the Confederacy

c)

Lincoln didn't say anything

89.

Battle of Gettysburg

a)

The Confederacy won this battle

b)

Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War, 1st turning point

c)

Last battle of the Civil War

90.

Battle of Vicksburg

a)

Treaty ending the war

b)

Last battle of the American Revolution

c)

2nd Turning point, took control of the Mississippi River dividing the Confederacy in Half. (Anaconda Plan)

91.

Appomattox Courthouse

a)

Confederacy surrenders to the Union, the Civil War is over

b)

Famous courthouse because of the court cases there

c)

A house owned by Appomattox

92.

Reconstruction

a)

The South now coming back into the U.S., rebuilding the South (buildings and economy)

b)

Building a lego house

93.

Radical Republicans

a)

Wanted farmers to become industrial workers

b)

Crazy politicians

c)

Took control after Lincolns death, punished the south for the Civil War

94.

Black Codes/ Jim Crow Laws

a)

Laws limiting the rights of African Americans (freedmen)

b)

Laws on farming and scarecrows

c)

Laws on people doing illegal things and what their punishments should be

95.

Freedmen's Bureau

a)

Helped the freedmen by

1.) food/ clothes 2.) education

3.) finding jobs

b)

Group helping Americans gaining more freedom for other people

96.

13th Amendment

a)

Abolished Slavery (no more slavery allowed)

b)

Allowed Slavery

c)

Took away the need to vote

97.

14th Amendment

a)

Right to vote

b)

No Slavery

c)

Gave Citizenship Rights to African Americans

98.

15th Amendment

a)

Slavery was Abolished

b)

African Americans were allowed to Vote

c)

Citizenship

99.

Hiram Rhodes Revels

a)

1st African American Senator

b)

First soldier of World War 3

c)

Famous Singer during his time

100.

Transcontinental Railroad

a)

Encouraged people to move West

b)

People wanted to travel by water instead

c)

People had horse to ride on like Cowboys