8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

North and South agree, California joins the Union as a Free State but a strict Fugitive Slave Law is passed

To achieve Manifest Destiney, the US went to war with Mexico and gained ______________ territory

Which battle happened last during the American Revolution?

What is the reason for Georgia's relocations of Native Americans depicted on this map?

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

The movement to encourage people to be more religious leading to Reform Era

Which of the following was a motive for the founding of Jamestown?

people move from rural farm areas to cities to work in factories, city populations explode

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

Lowell's Textile Mill most directly contributed to the increase of -

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

1. Distance from Britain, 2. Mayflower Compact, 3. Town Meetings, 4. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut led to...

geography caused country to develop differences; Northerners build factories, Southerners farmed, led to the Civil War

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are

Union captured Mississippi River dividing the Confederacy in half

Which group wanted a Bill of Rights added to the U.S. Constitution?

Which of the following was an outcome of the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision?

People who came to America for a better life and opportunities during the Industrial Revolution

South Carolina challenged a Federal law and threatened to cancel/void the law

Belief British king should have colonist permission to pass taxes, the main reason for American Revolution

The implementation of this tariff would eventually lead to -

How did the Stamp, Quartering, and Sugar act contribute to the start of the Revolutionary War

Which religious group was the first to call for the abolishment of slavery?

Transatlantic Slave Trade was an economic characteristic of the________________ colonies

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to —

What is the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe?

Supreme Court rules in favor of the Cherokee,Jackson and Georgia forced Natives to move to Indian Territory anyway

Disagreements between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton led to:

European countries of Spain and France settled the new world for...

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

Your town offers many choices for religous services, these choices are protected by:

Confederacy Gen, Lee surrenders to Union Gen. Grant, ending the Civil War, located in Virginia

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Confederate States and

According to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, before a territory can become a state it had to -

movement to get Americans to drink less or no alcohol, women involved in this