U.S. History 8th Grade STAAR Review

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy?

A biography on the military career of “Stonewall” Jackson would include...

This provision is a response to which grievance from the Declaration of Independence?

What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?

Which of these prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment?

The numbered river on this map played a major role in —

Which amendment provides for the protections described in this list?

How did Samuel Morse’s best-known innovation contribute to U.S. growth and development?

Which movement did Emerson lead?

Who made this statement?

Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade?

Which of these is a guarantee in the First Amendment?

The Hudson River School artists were influenced by the

How did the growth of these organizations most affect the role of women in US society?

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —

Patrick Henry was criticizing which aspect of the Constitution in this excerpt?

What was another reason Congress passed this act in 1862?

Which group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?

Which sentence best completes the diagram?

Which of the following correctly describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?

What was the primary reason for this migration?

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

One effect of the Dawes Act was that it —

Which region;s primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

Which factor best completes this diagram?

Which of the following was an argument made against slavery in the Thirteen Colonies?

What was one effect of these events on the 1828 presidential election?

Which characteristic is correctly matched with a number in the table?

The factors listed above contributed most to the —

Which constitutional guarantee did this act violate?

Which of these correct describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves?

Which physical characteristics made these economic activities possible?

Which action completes this diagram?

This list provides examples of

Which speaker is in favor of ratifying the Constitution?

What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

How did the War of 1812 affect the US economy?

Which U.S. document guarantees protection against these injustices?

Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

What was a major reason for the federal government’s involvement in the relocation?

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

After the Civil War, the southern states adopted Black Codes to

Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

Which of these completes this graphic organizer?

Which statement best describes the influence of this document?

Which of the following completes this diagram?

Which event on the time line contributed most directly to the outbreak of the U.S.-Mexican War?

Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change?

Which phrase completes this excerpt?

The U.S. foreign policy illustrated in this cartoon was intended to —

The first political parties in the United States formed mainly in response to disagreements ove

Which constitutional issue was President Lincoln addressing in this excerpt?

In this excerpt, the authors of the Virginia Deceleration of Rights are describing rights they

These developments occurred as a result of increased

Boston and New Orleans were both founded as —

These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by —

What practice reinforced that perception?

Which box lists some results of steamboat tech in the US in the mid 1830s?

Which factor accounts for this trend?

At that time, what idea did the western frontier represent to many Americans?

During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, George Mason argued

These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?

Which document was the focus of this presentation?

Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Which of the following was the most direct result of the modifications listed above?

Which economy and contributing factor best complete this table?

Which shaded state was the main destination of American Indians during the Trail of Tears?

How did the loss of it control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confed?

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

These choices are protected by the

Which statement best explains the changes shown in this table?

These environmental modifications were made in order to construct —

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

Disagreements between these two cabinet members led to

Which of these characteristics also describes these two states

Which excerpt from the U.S. Constitution best illustrates the principle of popular sovereignty?

the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following?

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to —

Which colony correctly completes this diagram?

This list describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from —

The abolitionist movement achieved its goal with the passage of which amendment?

Which of these occurred during early US industrialization?

Which quotation reveals the main reason for the Irish immigration to the United States?

Conflicting interpretations of this amendment played a major role in the —

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

Which political idea was influenced by this provision of the Magna Carta?

The purpose of this amendment was to

Which accomplishment could be added to this diagram?

The decision in Marbury v. Madison was significant in U.S. history because it —

In Marbury v Madison, the Supreme Court established a what?

This excerpt provides one example of which constitutional principle?

How did this invention contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?

The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the US by

What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?

Which document was most influenced by this statute?

This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the —

In the ratification of the Constitution, which point would have been made by a Federalist?

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?

Which motive best completes the diagram?

What was one result of these regional differences?

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

These innovations in agriculture and industry resulted in —

Which era in U.S. history is the focus of this article?