RMS U.S. History STAAR Review #2

Imagine you are a historian studying the early American colonies. Which colony was the first permanent colony, established in 1607?

• Massachusetts Bay

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• New England

What was the name of the Acts in which the British responded to the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable/Coercive Acts

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Proclamation Act of 1763

A system where people can vote for elected representatives is called ______________.

• Individual Rights

• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

• Republicanism

Which act of legislation created the Federal Court system?

• Monroe Doctrine

• McCulloch vs. Maryland

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• Worcester vs. Georgia

Why did more people vote in the Election of 1828 than any other election before?

• property qualifications were eliminated in some states

• property qualifications became stricter

• women were allowed to vote

• states blocked people from voting

Name the "Big Idea" of God's will to expand west from sea to shining sea.

• Westward Expansion

• Enlightenment

• Manifest Destiny

• Great Awakening

Which reform movement wanted to end slavery?

• Labor

• Temperance

• Awakening

• Abolition

What is Sectionalism?

• loyalty to your political party only

• loyalty to your local community

• loyalty to your region of the country and not to the whole

• loyalty to your workers and business interests

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Benning

• Fort Charleston

• Fort Knox

Name the group who took power after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and created harsh laws to punish the south.

• Progressive Democrats

• Radical Republicans

• Freedman's Group

• Abolitionists