STAAR review 8th grade history
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- Q1Which of the following is most associated with the formation of the Democratic Party?The election of Andrew Jackson as presidentThe abolition movementThe use of protective tariffsThe impeachment of President Andrew Johnson120s
- Q2Which numbered state did the United States acquire from Spain in 1819?1423120s
- Q3What was the main cause of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868?His refusal to investigate criminal activity by the Union army during the Civil WarHis opposition to Radical Reconstruction policies for former Confederate StatesHis refusal to use the Homestead Act to redistribute land to former slavesHis opposition to the ratification of the 13th amendment120s
- Q4The Virginia Company authorized a general assembly in Virginia so that colonists could-express dissatisfaction with British rulevote in the British Parliamentself-govern on a local levelparticipate in a free-market economy120s
- Q5How did the Freedmen's Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?By dividing large plantations and redistributing land to former slavesBy offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slavesBy petitioning the government to offer money to former slavesBy creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves120s
- Q6Which American colony's economy was based primarily on shipbuilding and fishing?MassachusettsVirginiaMarylandGeorgia120s
- Q7Which pair of actions best completes this graphic?1-establish Catholic missions; 2- focused primarily on fur trading1-became commercial shipbuilders; 2-created an early system of public schools1- enslaved native populations; 2-organized Utopian societies1-promoted political freedom; 2-participated in the triangular trade120s
- Q8Which law would be considered unconstitutional on the basis of First Amendment guarantees?a ban on the publication of classified information by government employeesa requirement that churches get a permit before building a new chapela requirement that church employees pay income taxa prohibition on electing religious leaders to government office120s
- Q9Those who agreed with this point of view were known as ---PatriotsMinutemenLoyalistsFederalists120s
- Q10Which of the following best completes this illustration?FederalismFree Enterprise SystemMercantile SystemRepublicanism120s
- Q11This leader inspired followers of the abolition movement by ---writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin"becoming the first African American senatororganizing the Underground Railroadpublishing the anti-slavery newspaper "The North Star"120s
- Q12Which numbered pair correctly replaces (1) and (2) in this table?(1) two-thirds (2) Electoral College(1) three-fourths (2) eligible voters(1) two-thirds (2) state legislatures(1) three-fourths (2) Supreme Court120s
- Q13The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of the approved settlement?Appalachian MountainsMississippi RiverLake MichiganGulf of Mexico120s
- Q14How did the growth of the railway system during the nineteenth century affect the U.S. economy?by permitting faster communication between corporate leaders and their employeesby making it easier for people in rural areas to work in urban factoriesby helping strengthen the economic ties between the U.S. and British companiesby helping expand the commercial markers of U.S. companies120s
