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