US - STAAR Review thru Sectionalism

US - STAAR Review thru Sectionalism

8th Grade

15 Qs

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US - STAAR Review thru Sectionalism

US - STAAR Review thru Sectionalism

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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Brian Medlin

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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**SECTIONALISM**

In the 1840s and 1850s, the different regions of the country were separated by _____ .

geography - the different climates and landforms of each region

economy - different activities that created jobs and money for citizens of each region

culture - the different ways of living that fit the needs of the citizens in each region

ALL of these are correct

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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**SECTIONALISM**

*Northern Economy = factories, textile mills, cheap labor

* Southern Economy = ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

*Western Economy = mining for gold, farming wheat and grains

cash crops on plantations, slave labor

fishing, lumbering, and ship-building

ranching cattle, horses, goats, and pigs

NONE of these are correct

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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**SECTIONALISM**

What is the name of the agreement that saw California enter the U.S. as a "free state" and the passage of a strict "Fugitive Slave Law"?

the Compromise of 1850

the Kansas-Nebraska Act

the Northwest Ordinance

The Cooperative Agreement

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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**SECTIONALISM**

The Fugitive Slave Law involved -

capturing escaped slaves and returning them to the South

helping escaped slaves find jobs in the North

forcing escaped slaves to live in Canada

NONE of these are correct

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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**SECTIONALISM**

What happened as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

the population of Kansas increased rapidly, and violence broke out between those FOR and AGAINST slavery [known as "Bleeding Kansas"]

the legislative branch of government was separated into two parts: a Senate and a House of Representatives

all trade between the U.S. and foreign nations was stopped [to protect our ships and our sailors] and the U.S. economy was nearly destroyed

the U.S. doubled in size, and a huge amount of land became available for people to move into

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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**SECTIONALISM**

In the Supreme Court case _____ v. Sanford, the court ruled that slaves were property [not citizens of the U.S.], and therefore had no rights to petition the government for anything.

Dred Scott

Worcester

Marbury

Douglass

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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**EXPLORATION**

*Reasons: to increase wealth, to spread cultures, to expand empires [also known as Gold, God, and Glory]

*Example #1: Spain - searched for gold and built missions

*Example #2: France - claimed new lands and _?_?_?_?_

profited from trading beaver fur

established 13 colonies along the Pacific coast of North America

declared war against Spain and Great Britain

cut down trees and used them to build French forts in California and Florida

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