STAAR Review 1
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Sources created by witnesses at the time of an event. First-hand information
(Letter written by soldier during World War II, or original plans for
Building the Panama Canal)
_____________________Sources based on interpreting and analyzing primary sources. Second hand
information (your history textbook, a biography of a famous person)
_______________DELCARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
_______________CONSTITUTION
_______________CIVIL WAR
_______________SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
_______________WORLD WAR I
_______________STOCK MARKET CRASH—GREAT DEPRESSION
_______________WORLD WAR II
_______________SPUTNICK LAUNCHES US/SOVIET SPACE RACE
_______________MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ASSASSINATED
_______________U.S. LANDS ON THE MOON
_______________COLD WAR ENDS
_______________9/11 ATTACKS ON WORLD TRADE CENTER/PENTAGON
______________OBAMA (FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT)
Time periods of American History (post-Civil War)
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
*mostly written by _____________________________________________
*gave reasons why colonists wanted (____________________) independence from ________________________________.
*listed the ________________________________ of American colonists against the British King (the things that
King ______________________________ had done wrong)
*said that the purpose of government was to protect citizens (_____________________) rights to __________,
______________________________ and the pursuit of _________________________________________.
*_____________________________ the overthrow of the government that abuses the rights of the people.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are ____________________________________, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain ________________________________ Rights, that among these are __________,
________________________, and the pursuit of _________________________--That to secure these rights,
______________________________ are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the
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PEOPLE TO KNOW:
___________________________________ Colonial governor who sided with the colonists against the British.
___________________________________Clergyman who recruited soldiers to fight the British
___________________________________Helped write Federalist Papers; first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: negotiated Jay
Treaty (boundaries with England)
(Declaration signers)
___________________________________Father of American Medicine; signed the Declaration of Independence
___________________________________ Signer of Declaration; President of New Jersey College (Princeton)
___________________________________President of the Second Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence (big!)
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
*_____________________________ who came to the United States
*wrote ___________________________________________________
*Identified 5 key characteristics of American democracy that set us apart from Europe:
1.__________________________
2.__________________________
3.__________________________
4.__________________________
5.__________________________
BILL OF RIGHTS
Passed to provide ________________________ for the _______________________ and to assure __________________
of the Constitution.
1—freedom of _____________ religion, press. Provides right to assemble and to petition the government to correct wrongs.
2—provides the right to bear _________________________.
3-- protects citizens from having to quarter (______________) soldiers
4—says no _________________________ search or seizure.
5—established “____________________________” protections—no self-incrimination
6—provides ________________, ______________ trial/right to confront ______________/ right to __________________
8—prohibits ___________________ and ____________ punishment/ no excessive _______________________
US CONSTITUTION
*Replaced ________________________________________________________
*set up a new national _____________________________________________
*set up three branches of government:
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*provided system of ___________________________________________ to ensure no branch too powerful
E PLURIBUS UNUM
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Motto suggested by the committee appointed by ______________
in July ____________ to design a seal for the country.
Motto selected by ___________________________ when he created
the Great Seal with the bald eagle centerpiece.
It represents the union between the ______________ and the
Federal _______________________________.
1. THE BILL OF RIGHTS WAS ADDED TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION PRIMARILY TO:
A. PROVIDE THE PRESIDENT WITH POWER IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY
B. ESTABLISH FAIR AND IMPARTIAL ELECTIONS
C. PROTECT INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES
D. GUARANTEE VOTING PRIVILEGES TO MINORITIES
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS AN IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF AMERICAN SOCIETY AS NOTED BY ALEXIS DE
TOCQUEVILLE IN 1831-1832?
A. FEDERALISM
B. IMPERIALISM
C. POPULISM
D. ISOLATIONISM
3. WHICH PRINCIPLE WAS ADOPTED IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BECAME TOO POWERFUL?
A. REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
C. JUDICIAL REVIEW
B. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
D. CHECKS AND BALANCES
4. WHICH ACTION WOULD BE PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT?
A. A REPORTER PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE CRITICAL OF CITY OFFICIALS
B. A MAN ON TRIAL REFUSES TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIMSELF
C. A WOMAN AKSS TO SEE A LAWYER BEFORE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE POLICE
D. A FAMILY REFUSES TO PERMIT SOLDIERS TO BE HOUSED IN THEIR HOME.