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Worksheets2025 Social Studies STAAR Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
___________ was a document written by Thomas Jefferson to the king of England: expressing the colonists grievances and declaring the 13 colonies free from England.
________________ is a principle of the constitution in which the three branches have power to make sure the other branch's don't become too powerful.
This is the 10th Amendment and is shared powers between the federal gov't and the states.
Secede
Suffrage
Checks and balances
Federalism
The _____________ foreign policy statement made by the 5th President stating that 1) the U.S. would not interfere in European affairs, and 2) that the western hemisphere was closed to colonization and/ or interference by European nations.
Adam's Inaugural Address
Washington's Farewell Address
Jefferson's Embargo Act
Monroe Doctrine
___________ was the social contract signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for; a form of self government.
Mayflower Compact
House of Burgesses
Magna Carta
Articles of Confederation
What immigrant group came to the U.S. and helped build the western (Pacific Ocean side) section of the transcontinental railroad?
Mormons
Chinese
Irish
Dutch
Where did General Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, which officially ended the Civil War?
Yorktown
Washington D.C.
San Jacinto
Appomattox Courthouse
_____________ were people opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power be given to the state governments than to the national government. Wanted the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Democrats
Republicans
Cheap labor was provided by these workers in U.S. factories and in building the transcontinental railroad here in America.
Native Americans
foreign immigrants
indentured servants
slaves
An inventor, statesman, diplomat to France (convincing them to become allies with the U.S. during the Revolutionary War), signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to Constitutional Convention.
What was someone called who wanted to end slavery in the United States?
Abolitionist
Anti-federalists
Suffrage
Common Man
______________ the first ten amendments to the Constitution and detail the protection of individual liberties. The Anti-federalist wanted this added to the U.S. Constitution before they would ratify it.
Articles of Confederation
Federalist Papers
Bill of Rights
Reconstruction Amendments
Which battle ended the Revolutionary War where general Cornwallis surrendered to general George Washington? The Treaty of Paris was signed to end the war.
Yorktown
Lexington
Saratoga
Bull Run
______________ advised the United States to stay “neutral in its relations with other nations” and to avoid “entangling alliances”(being friends with other countries).
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
Washington's Farewell Address
Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address
These were religious events that preachers held to make society better
1st and 2nd great Awakenings
Congress
Shays Rebellion
Temperance Movement
What is the type of economy called in which the colony exists to make money for the mother country through trading?
Free Enterprise
Mercantilism
Socialism
None
This harsh and painful event during the Revolutionary War gave the colonial army (led by George Washington) confidence, training and skills to eventually defeat the British Army?
Winter at Valley Forge
Trail of Tears
Battle of Lexington / Concorde
Which constitutional principle created the three branches of government?
