Social Studies STAAR Review
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| What was the 1st successful English settlement in North America? | show 🗑
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| show | 1607
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| What was the significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses? | show 🗑
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| What was the name of the laws established for the good of the colony of Plymouth? | show 🗑
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| show | Enlightenment
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| What was the name of the religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1700's? | show 🗑
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| show | Proclamation of 1763
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| Which act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers? | show 🗑
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| What was the name of the event where British soldiers fired into a crowd of civilians and killed five people? | show 🗑
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| show | Boston Tea Party
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| show | Coercive(Intolerable) Acts
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| What was the significance of "the shot heard 'round the world"? | show 🗑
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| show | America declared it's independence from Great Britain
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| show | Thomas Jefferson
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| show | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
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| show | Thomas Paine
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| show | "Common Sense" and "The Crisis"
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| Who was the King of England during the American Revolution? | show 🗑
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| show | George Washington
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| What was the signficance of the Battle of Saratoga? | show 🗑
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| show | Battle of Yorktown
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| What was the name of the agreement in which Great Britain recognized America's independence? | show 🗑
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| show | It was when the U.S. Constitution was written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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| What was the first form of national government in the U.S.? | show 🗑
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| show | It did not have the power to tax.
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| show | Northwest Ordinance
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| show | Shay's Rebellion
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| Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| show | The Great Compromise
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| show | They protect the basic rights of the people.
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| Which principle explains that there are powers shared between the federal government and state governments | show 🗑
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| Which principle describes a government in which the people rule? | show 🗑
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| show | Separation of Powers
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| show | Checks and Balances
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| Who was the first President of the United States? | show 🗑
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| show | The Cabinet
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| What was the name of the protest by Pennsylvania farmers? | show 🗑
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| show | John Adams
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| show | The X,Y,Z Affair
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| What was the law that was aimed at immigrants coming into the United States? | show 🗑
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| show | Louisiana Purchase (It doubled the size of the U.S.
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| show | Marbury v. Madison
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| show | 1. Impressment of U.S. Sailors 2. Interference of U.S. Shipping 3. Encouraging Native American Resistance
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| Who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner"? | show 🗑
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| show | "Trail of Tears"
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| show | Andrew Jackson
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| Who invented the cotton gin? | show 🗑
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| Who invented the steamboat? | show 🗑
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| Who invented the telegraph? | show 🗑
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| Who invented the steel plow? | show 🗑
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| show | Gibbons v. Ogden
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| What is the name of the philosophy that it was America's right to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean and that western expansion was inevitable? | show 🗑
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| show | California became a state.
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| show | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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| What was the name of the territorial acquisition obtained as a result of the Mexican War? | show 🗑
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| show | Seneca Falls Convention
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| show | William Lloyd Garrison
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| show | Harriett Beecher Stowe
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| Which social reformer fought for better treatment of the mentally ill? | show 🗑
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| show | Horace Mann
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| Which social reformer and women's rights activist was a former slave and excellent speaker? | show 🗑
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| show | Harriet Tubman
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| show | Civil Disobedience
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| What do you call when the voters of a territory are allowed to determine the issue of slavery? | show 🗑
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| What was the name of the famous Supreme Court Case in which a Missouri slave sued for his freedom? | show 🗑
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| show | Abraham Lincoln
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| What was the direct result of the Election of 1860? | show 🗑
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| Which event marked the start of the Civil War? | show 🗑
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| show | Abraham Lincoln
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| show | Battle of Antietam
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| What battle was known as the "turning point" of the Civil War? | show 🗑
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| show | Siege of Vicksburg
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| Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant? | show 🗑
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| show | 13th Amendment
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