STAAR Study Packet
Answer Key
Assignment #1
Original 13 Colonies / New England Colonies / Middle Colonies / Southern Colonies1. Massachusetts
2. New Hampshire
3. Rhode Island
4. Connecticut
Economic Activities/Products
more timber, fishing, trade, &shipping and less agriculture due to short growing seasons and smaller land area / 1. New Jersey
2. New York
3. Delaware
4. Pennsylvania
Economic Activities/Products
Similar to NE although colonies had more land area; Grain, cattle / 1. Virginia
2. south Carolina
3. Maryland
4. North Carolina
5. Georgia
Economic Activities/Products
Cattle, lumber, indigo, rice, sugar cane/Rum, & tobacco; Mostly agricultural due to large land areas and warm, wet weather resulting in long growing seasons
Assignment #2
President / Important Events During PresidencyWashington / Whiskey Rebellion, Farewell Address, Neutrality proclamation
Adams / Alien & Sedition Act, XYZ Affair, Jay’s Treaty, Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions
Jefferson / Marbury v. Madison, Embargo Act, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark Expedition
Madison / War of 1812; Treaty of Ghent
Monroe / Monroe Doctrine, Era of Good Feelings, protective tariffs, Gibbons v Ogden
Jackson / Beginning of the modern Democratic Party, Nullification Crisis,, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears
Lincoln / Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address
Process Depicted?
Amendment process
Assignment #3
1. mercantilism
2. protests, taxation without representation, Revolution for Independence
3. To influence people to want independence
4. That we are breaking political ties with Great Britain
5. He asked citizens to give up rights; quartered soldiers; denied trial by jury; waged war against the colonists
6. Lexington and Concord
7. France and Spain joined the Patriot cause
8. Commander of the Continental Army
Assignment #4
Compromise / Viewpoint of North / Viewpoint of the South / Effect/Significance3/5ths Compromise / 3/5ths of slaves would be counted toward taxation / 3/5ths of slaves would be counted towards state representation in Congress / Constitution was ratified
Great Compromise/Connecticut Plan / Big states wanted each states representation to based on population / Little states wanted each state representation to be equal / Created the House of Representatives and the Senate
Missouri Compromise / Maine became a free state; territory north of Missouri was to be free / Missouri became a slave state / kept U.S. from going to Civil War; representation was kept balanced in Congress
Compromise of 1850 / California became free; slave trade prohibited in D.C. / Mexican Cession was allowed to decide if they were to be a free state or slave; Fugitive Slave law / preserved balance of free and slave states and said that Congress would not regulate slavery in territories
Fugitive Slave Law / Ignored it / Runaway slaves were to be returned to the South / Kept the South happy after the Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act / Territories should be free / Territories should be slave / Popular sovereignty – the territories would be able to vote on slave issue
Assignment #5
Washington’s Farwell Address
Stay neutral in foreign affairs except for trade
American Reformers
Paragraph should include: Women’s rights, abolitionism, education, temperance, prisons, and mentally ill
“Harriet’s”
Both were abolitionists
Multiple Choice on page 6
A
Assignment #6
Event / Date / Result/SignificanceLexington and Concord / 1775` / First Battles of Revolution
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense / 1776 / convinces people it is “common sense” to declare independence
Declaration of Independence / 1776 / Break political ties with Great Britain
Battle of Saratoga / 1777 / turning point of the war – France and Spain enter on the side of the Patriots
Articles of Confederation / 1781 / The United States first government system
Battle of Yorktown / 1781 / Last battle of the Revolution
Treaty of Paris / 1783 / officially ended the war; Great Britain recognized the U.S. as being independent
Analyzing Political Cartoons
B
Assignment #7
1. R
2. F
3. P
4. C
5. L
6. P
7. C
8. S
9. C
10. F
Historical Documents that Influenced the U.S. System of Government
Primary Source / Influential IdeasMagna Carta / guaranteed certain rights to all Englishmen; influenced the Bill of Rights
English Bill of Rights / trial by jury; no cruel or unusual punishment
Mayflower Compact / established the idea of self government
Declaration of Independence / announced the separation from Great Britain
Federalist Papers / helped get Constitution ratified
Assignment #8
Federalists v. Anti-Federalists
1. AF
2. F
3. F
4. AF
5. F
6. AF
7. AF
8. F
9. F
10. F
Dred Scott v. Sandford Decision
D
Assignment #9
Poem
on their own
An unalienable right
A
Comparing the Ideals of Hamilton and Jefferson
Issue / Hamilton / JeffersonBest Type of Government / Strong National government / Strong state government/ weak national government
Political Party / Federalist / Democrat- Republican (Anti-Federalist)
Ideal Economy / Based on industry / Based on agriculture
Views on the Constitution / Loose interpretation / Strict interpretation
Westward Expansion
1. 4
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
D
Assignment #10
1. W – westward expansion
2. S – Secession and Civil War Era
3. N – Industrial Revolution
4. W – Gold discovered in California
5. S – Cotton Kingdom
6. N – Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation
7. N – Industrial Revolution
Civil War: Comparing and Contrasting
North/ Union / SouthReasons for fighting / preserve Union / issue of states’ rights
Advantages/Disadvantages / Factories, Railroads / fought on home turf
President / Lincoln / Jefferson Davis
Military Leaders / Ulysses S. Grant / Robert E. Lee
List the years of the Civil War –
Who surrendered to Whom and Where / 1861- 1865
Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House