US History STAAR Review

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Boston and New Orleans were both founded as

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port cities

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The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to

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protect the voting rights of African American men

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

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Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit.

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Which of the following best completes this excerpt? Options: Saratoga, Concord, Trenton, Yorktown

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Saratoga

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Which reason best completes the diagram? Options: Requirements of an alliance with France, Interest in conquering territories in South America, British impressment of US sailors, Abolition of state militias

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British impressment of US sailors

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

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Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt.

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Which group was among the first to call for an end to slavery? Options: American Indians, Quakers, British loyalists, Puritans.

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Quakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefs.

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Which factor best completes this diagram? Options: New transportation systems, Increased government regulation, A decline in agricultural production, The growth of labor unions

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New transportation systems

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Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate? Options: It banned slavery west of the Mississippi River, It sought to maintain a balance between free and slave states, It forced Mexico to sell the Mexican Cession to the U.S., It allowed for the U.S. to pay Mexico $10 million for the Gadsden Purchase

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It sought to maintain a balance between free and slave states

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During the 1840s the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following? The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Manifest Destiny, The American System, States’ Rights

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Manifest Destiny