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REVIEW FOR THE STAAR EXAM. UNITS Exploration/Colonization American Revolution Government Expansion/Reform Movements/Civil War. Unit 1. Exploration Colonization. Which plan, that was created by Ben Franklin, failed to unite the colonies against the French?. Albany Plan. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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REVIEW FOR THE STAAR EXAM
UNITS1. Exploration/Colonization2. American Revolution3. Government4. Expansion/Reform Movements/Civil War
Unit 1
ExplorationColonization
1. Which plan, that was created by Ben Franklin, failed to unite the colonies against the French?
Albany Plan
2. What was the event that swept through the colonies and resulted in the creation of many new churches?
The Great
Awakening
3. Which colonies had indentured servants, debtors in Georgia, and slaves as laborers?
Southern Colonies
4. What was the first constitution written in America?
The Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut
5. Which colonies had fishing, bad rocky soil and subsistence farming?
The New England Colonies
6. Which document was the first to limit the powers of the king, and it focused on trial by jury?
Magna Carta 1215
7. Who was the leader of the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
8. Who was the monarch during the colonization period?
James I
9. Who was banished from Massachusetts because she claimed that God spoke to her directly?
Ann Hutchinson
10. Who was banished from Massachusetts and was the founder of Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
11. What was the first failed attempt to colonize America in North Carolina and disappeared?
Roanoke Island
12. Which group of people settled in New England in Massachusetts and wanted to purify the church?
Puritans
13. Which document was a contract for self-government and led to the practice of the majority rules?
Mayflower Compact
14. Which colonies had cash crops, Quakers, ethnic diversity and were know as the “Bread Basket?”
Middle Colonies
15. Who was a Quaker, believed in equality, and the founder of Pennsylvania?
William Penn
16. Who was hired to save Jamestown and introduced military discipline?
John Smith
17. Who discovered tobacco as a cash crop and married Pocahontas?
John Rolfe
18. Who was the “Keeper of the Peace,” and married john Rolfe?
Pocahontas
19. Which institution was part of the Triangular Trade, the Middle Passage and forced the Africans to work on the Tidewater plantations or backcountry farms?
slavery
20. What time period focused on science?
The Enlightenment
21. Which document was the most important document to all Englishmen?
English Bill of
Rights
22. What was the first successful English settlement in America in 1607?
Jamestown
23. Which act limit the colonies to trade only with England?
Navigational Acts
24. What was the name of the economic theory that stated that the country with the most wealth was number one?
Mercantilism
25. What prohibited expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of
1763
26. Which war was fought between the French and the Indians against the British and ended with the Treaty of Paris?
French and Indian War 1757-1763
27. Who conquered the Spanish Armada?
Queen Elizabeth
28. What was the first representative body in America?
House of
Representatives
Unit 2
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1. Which act tried to stop smuggling and put a tax on imported sugar?
Sugar Act
2. Which act required a stamp on all important documents?
Stamp Act
3. Which act put a tax on tea, glass, lead, paper and paint?
Townshend Acts
4. What allowed the British soldiers to search in
colonial homes for smuggled goods?
Writs of
Assistance
5. Which act required the colonists to provide room and board to British soldiers?
Quartering Act
6. Which incident occurred in Boston where the Sons of Liberty would use propaganda?
Boston Massacre
7. Which acts punished Boston by closing their harbor and taking away self-government?
Intolerable ActsCoercive Acts
8. What organization was made up of 56 delegates?
First Continental Congress
9. What were the beginning battles of the American Revolution?
Lexington And
Concord
10. What battle sparked the famous quote
“ Don’t shoot till you see the whites of their eyes?”
Bunker Hill
11. Which organization appointed George Washington Commander & Chief of the Continental Army?
Second Continental
Army
12. Which document was written by Thomas Jefferson that mentions unalienable rights?
Declaration of
Independence
13. What are the rights that you are born with that can not be taken away from you?
Unalienable Rights
14. Which battle was the turning point of the American Revolution?
Saratoga
15. What was the winter camp for the Continental Army?
Valley Forge
16. Which treaty concluded the American Revolution?
Treaty of
Paris
17. Which battle was the conclusion of the American Revolution?
Yorktown
18. Who was the Commander & Chief of the Continental Army?
George Washington
19. Who wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” and the essay
“ An American Crisis?”
Thomas Paine
20. Who created the Sons of Liberty and the Committee of Correspondence?
Samuel Adams
21. Which group was created by Samuel Adams and promoted independence?
Sons of
Liberty
22. Who was the monarch during the American Revolution?
George III
23. Who sparked the famous quote “ give me liberty or give me death?”
Patrick Henry
24. Which patriot is famous for warning the Patriots that the British were coming?
Paul Revere
25. Who was the African American that was a victim of the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
26. Who was the patriot who turn traitor?
Benedict Arnold
27. Who was the first spokesperson for women’s rights?
Abigail Adams
28. Who was our third president, author of the Declaration of Independence and bought the Louisiana Territory?
Thomas Jefferson
29. Who was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown?
Cornwallis
30. Who convinced France to join the Patriot cause?
Ben Franklin
31. Who was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys?
Ethan Allen
32. Who was the British general turned coward at Bunker Hill?
William Howe
33. Who was the American sailor who said “ I have not yet begun to fight?”
John Paul
Jones
34. Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence and was the leader of the Massachusetts militia?
John Hancock
35. What was the first plan of government for the U.S. and was considered weak because it lack the power to raise revenue?
Articles of
Confederation
Unit 3
Government
1. What was a procedure for making states out of the new territories?
Northwest Ordinance
2. Which rebellion involved the farmers in Pennsylvania and indicated that the Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced?
Shay’s Rebellion
3. Which convention was held in Philadelphia and Washington presided as president over the meeting?
Constitutional Convention
4. Which compromise led to the creation of the Senate and House of Representatives?
Great Compromise
5. Which compromise dealt with the blacks and their representation from the South?
Three Fifth’s
Compromise
6. Which group of people were against the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?
Anti-Federalists
7. Which group of people were in favor of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?
Federalists
8. What was written in simple English to promote the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?
Federalist Papers
9. What is the term that means to approve through voting?
Ratification
10. What term means having power through voting?
Popular Sovereignty
11. What is it called when the state and federal governments share powers?
Federalism
12. What plan is set in our government that divides our government into three branches?
Branches of
Government
13. What system is set in place that balances the power of each branch of government?
Checks and
Balances
14. What are the first ten amendments called?
Bill of
Rights
15. What is the procedure for changing the constitution called?
Amending Process
16. What makes sure that a person’s rights are not violated when someone is accused of a crime?
Due Process of Law
17. Which amendment set the blacks free?
13th Amendment
18. Which amendment provided citizenship for the freed blacks?
14th
Amendment
19. Which amendment gave the black men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
29. Who promoted an industrial economy for the U.S?
Alexander Hamilton
21. Who was the “Father of the Constitution?”
James Madison
22. Who was the farmer from Virginia who led a rebellion?
Daniel Shay
23. Who was a philosopher that believed in natural rights?
John Locke
24. Name the two main political parties of the U.S?
RepublicansDemocrats
25. What warnings did Washington address in his Farewell Address?
Do not get involved in foreign affairs and be careful with political parties.
26. What is the feeling that promotes having pride in one’s country?
Nationalism
27. What institution was created by Hamilton that was opposed by Jefferson?
National Bank
28. What is it called when the different parts of the country are only concerned about their own needs?
Sectionalism
29. Which Supreme Court case resulted in judicial review?
MarburyVs
Madison
30. Which territory was purchased from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the U.S?
Louisiana Territory
31. Who was hired by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory?
LewisAndClark
32. What resulted from the Marbury vs Madison court case?
Judicial Review
33. Which political party had Jefferson as their leader?
Democrats
34. Which war was the U.S’s second war with England?
WarOf
1812
35. Which treaty required Spain to give Florida and the Southwest to the U.S?
Adams-Onis Treaty
UNIT 4
EXPANSIONREFORM MOVEMENTS
CIVIL WAR
1. Which compromise tried to balance the number of free states and slave states and prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory?
Missouri Compromise
2. What prohibited any further western colonization?
MonroeDoctrine
3. Which famous Supreme Court case dealt with the regulation of interstate trade?
GibbonsVs
Ogden
4. Which tax was supported by the North and unpopular in the South?
ProtectiveTariff
5. What was enforced by Jackson that removed and relocated the Cherokees from their land?
Indian Removal
Act
6. Which trail was taken by the Cherokees where many people died?
TrailOf
Tears
7. What was the opinion shared in the South that stated that the states had the right not to follow federal law?
Nullification
8. Which revolution started in Europe in the textile industries and made it’s way to America?
Industrial America
9. Which system was invented by Samuel Slater?
FactorySystem
10. What did Eli Whitney invent?
Cotton ginInterchangeable
parts
11. What machine separated the seeds from the cotton fiber and resulted in the expansion of slavery?
Cottongin
12. What was a man-made canal that connected New York state to Lake Erie?
Erie Canal
13. Which movement tried to abolish slavery?
AbolitionistsMovement
14. Which movement tried to do away with alcohol abuse?
TemperanceMovement
15. Which movement started in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848?
Women’s Right
Movement
16. Where was the Women’s Right Movement organized?
Seneca Falls, New York
17. What was modeled after the Declaration of Independence and had grievances against men?
DeclarationOf
Sentiments
18. What was the belief that the white man’s culture was destined to manifest itself from coast to coast known as?
Manifest Destiny
19. Name the three main wagon trails.
OregonMormonSanta Fe
20. Which railroad made it’s way all the way to the west?
UnionPacific
21. Which war gave the U.S. the land known as the Mexican Cession?
MexicanWar
22. What caused a lot of people to venture out west to California?
GoldRush1849
23. What was the last territory acquired from Mexico for 10 million dollars?
GadsdenPurchase
24. Who promoted an industrial economy for the U.S?
Alexander Hamilton
25. Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel?
AaronBurr
26. Who was a spokesperson for Nullification?
JohnC.
Calhoun
27. Who was our 7th president?
Andrew Jackson
28. Who was the dictator of France who sold the Louisiana Territory?
Napoleon
29. Who was the most famous Supreme Court Justice?
JohnMarshall
30. Who was the Frenchman who helped Washington train the troops?
MarquisLafayette
31. Who fought for women’s rights and was a female abolitionists?
SojournerTruth
32. Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
33. Who is famous for farm machinery?
CyprusMcCormick
34. Who wrote our national anthem?
FrancisScottKey
35. Who wrote a Cherokee alphabet?
Sequoya
36. Who was a famous black male abolitionist and owned the North star?
FredrickDouglas
37. Who was a famous black female who was involved with women’s right?
LucretiaMott
38. Who was the 1st woman to keep her last name when she got married?
LucyStone
39. Who was a famous white abolitionist who owned the liberator?
WilliamLloyd
Garrison
40.Who was the leader of the Underground Railroad?
HarrietTubman
41. Who was the 11th president of the U.S. and involved with the Mexican War?
James Polk
42. What gave the states the right to decide for themselves if they wanted to be free or slave states?
KansasNebraska
Act
43. What Supreme Court case stated that blacks were not citizens and thus had no rights?
DredScott
VsStanford
44. What was the federal arsenal that John Brown attacked?
HarpersFerry
45. What was the belief that states could secede from the Union?
Succession
46. What was the nickname of the 11 states that seceded from Union?
Confederacy
47. What was the war between the North and the South over the preservation of the Union and later over the emancipation of slavery called?
CivilWar
48. What was the beginning battle of the Civil War?
FortSumter
49. What speech was given by Abe Lincoln that freed the slaves in the seceded South?
EmancipationProclamation
50. What was the 1st major battle of the Civil War and it was a Confederate victory in Virginia?
BullRun
51. Which battle of the Civil War was for the control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
52. What speech was given by Lincoln in one of the worst causality battle sites for both sides of the war?
GettysburgAddress
53. Where did Robert E. Lee surrender on April 9th 1865?
AppomattoxCourt
House
54. Who was the 16th president of the U.S. and was assassinated?
Abe Lincoln
55. Who was in charge of the Confederate Army?
RobertE.
Lee
56. Who was in charge of the Union Army?
Ulysses Grant
57. Who was the person who assassinated Lincoln?
JohnWilkesBooth
58. Who was the author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin?”
HarrietBeecherStowe
59. Who was the founder of the Red Cross?
ClaraBarton
60. Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
JeffersonDavis