STAAR Test 2

1.

9 points

What was one major effect of the opening of the Erie Canal?

The number of ships passing through northern ports decreased.

The cost of shipping goods on eastern roads increased.

The cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased

The volume of trade passing through southern ports increased

2.

9 points

•How do we finance a war?
•Who has the power to negotiate treaties?
•What prevents the executive from becoming too powerful

Which group was responsible for answering these questions?

Representativesdrafting the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Delegates writing the Articles of Confederation

Colonists negotiating the Albany Plan of Union

Settlers creating the Mayflower Compact

3.

9 points

California becomes a free state.
Strict fugitive slave law adopted.
Slave trade, but not slavery, banned
New states in the Southwest could vote to have slavery

Texas' debt paid in exchange for
adjustment of the Texas boundary

Missouri Compromise

KansasNebraska Act

Tariff Act

Compromise of 1850

4.

9 points

Virginia Plan = ___?___ = New Jersey Plan

Which word below should replace the question mark above ?

Missouri Compromise

Great Compromise

Direct democracy

Checks and balances

5.

9 points

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.

Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers

Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.

Manufacturers produced goods to exportoverseas

6.

9 points

While the American colonies were fighting a revolution against England and forming a new nation , New Spain was establishing new
settlements in California using what type of system?

factory

plantation

capitalist

mission

7.

9 points

Anne Hutchinson/ Roger Williams was expelled from Massachusetts because the dissenting from the church belief?

the creation of a national system of checks and balances

the eventual adoption of the U.S.Constitution

the creation of a national system of checks and balances

the establishment of the principle of religious freedom

8.

9 points

Which of the following was a result of the Missouri Compromise?

Political power was balanced between slave and free states.

Slavery was declared unconstitutional.

The slave trade ended.

Political power was balanced between slave and free states.

9.

9 points

Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought?

Washington, DC

Fort Jefferson, Florida

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Richmond, Virginia

10.

9 points

Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the Era of Good Feelings?

There was a renewed sense of nationalism.

Many states called for a restructuring of the federal government.

Evangelical revivalists challenged religious traditionalists

The United States ceded territory to Great Britain

11.

9 points

The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the —

use o fmass-production techniques

eight-hour workday

creation of labor unions

formation of the patent system