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US History STAAR Test Questions and Answers correct 5. What was the effect of the "clear and present danger" ruling established in Schenck v. United States (1919)? a. placing limits on constitutional freedoms b. decreasing the president's powers during wartime c. limiting the hours women could work in industry d. upholding the right of states to regulate child labor a. placing limits on constitutional freedoms Read the following excerpt. This excerpt is a part of which docu...

US History 1 Quizlet, Questions and Answers correct Roanoke and Jamestown First attempts to colonize the New World John Rolfe Introduced tobacco to the New World (Jamestown) Squanto translator and guide to the Pilgrims Roger Williams Founder of Rhode Island on the concept of religious freedom Puritans Intolerant religious group who settled Massachusetts Mayflower Compact first settlers of Massachusetts made this agreement Boston John Winthrop fou...

U.S. History and Government Questions and Answers correct Articles of Confederation an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution Great Compromise an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution ...

US History Leap 2025 Review Questions and Answers correct Assimilation Blending in with the dominant group bimetallic standard monetary standard based on two metals, usually silver and gold Homesteaders Settlers who claimed land on the Great Plains under the Homestead Act. pull factor A factor that draws or attracts people to another location push factor Factors that induce people to leave old residences. Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 law that barred Chin...

U.S. History Review Questions and Answers correct Long-term Causes of the Civil War Sectionalism Slavery: Differing economic needs/reliance on slavery in the South Extension of Slavery States' Rights Compromise of 1850 California admitted as a free state; sale of slaves banned in D.C.; Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 enacted; rest of Mexican Cession territory open to slavery based on popular sovereignty (will of the people). Kansas-Nebraska Act Divisive act introduced by Ste...

Basic US History Questions and Answers correct What is the supreme law of the land? the Constitution What does the Constitution do? sets up the government, defines the government, protects basic rights of Americas The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? We the People What is an amendment? a change to the Constitution, an addition to the Constitution What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitu...

Honors US History Study Guide Questions and Answers correct Legal Tender Act Congress passed the Legal Tender Act to finance the Civil War. It allowed the federal government for the first time to print paper money, called greenbacks, that was not backed by an equal amount of gold or silver Border States and their impact The American Civil War, The Border States. The Lincoln administration regarded Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri as border states, critical because of their ge...

11th Grade US History EOC Questions and Answers the belief (theory) that it was the right of the United States to occupy all of America from Sea to Shining Sea! Manifest Destiny The Census of 1890 announced the official end of the American Frontier (Frederick Jackson Turner) Turner's Frontier Thesis this war between the states (CSA v. USA) promoted the growth of industrialism in the late 1800s (steel, railroads, communication, weapons, mass production of pre-made goods) The ...

US. History Exam #1 Questions and Answers correct Be able to explain the reasons for English colonization in America? Settlers wanted to come to America to escape religious persecution, economic opportunity and to be able to be free from the rules of Great Britain and the war they had with the French. •Know details about Jamestown and the settlers who lived there? Jamestown was one of the first cities established it is where Captain John smith (AKA John Ralph) met Pocahontas. John ma...

US HISTORY, UNIT 1 Questions and Answers correct Proprietary colony colony owned and governed by an individual who could govern it as he wanted Bacon's Rebellion A rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon with backcountry farmers to attack Native Americans in an attempt to gain more land Committees of correspondence Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies Intolerable Acts ...

U.S. History exam review Questions and Answers correct Mercantalism System of trade between a mother country and a colony Columbia Exchange Movement of gooods between the new world and the old Glorious revolution Parliment replaces the King of England Articles of Confederation 1st American Constitution Great compromise Settled dispute over representation in Cogress Great Migration Puritans immigrate to the USA in large numbers Capitalism Buisness...

U.S History flashcards Questions and Answers correct Reconstruction returning the South back to the Union Freedmen's Bureau A federal agency that helped freed slaves & relieve the South's immediate needs Andrew Johnson U.S. president after Lincoln, almost impeached by the Radical Republicans Thirteenth Amendment the constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude. Radical Republicans Political party th...

US History Chapter 6 Questions & Answers correct George Washington the first president of the country under the new government Steps taken by the Washington administration: - creating a judicial system -appointing a Cabinet - establishing a national bank -moving the capital to D.C. Judicial Act of 1789 established a federal court system that allowed state court decisions to be appealed to a federal court when constitutional issues were raised Department of State Executive dep...

US History - Chapter 2 Questions and Answers correct London Company This company was granted a southern tract from Cape Fear to Long Island. Discovery, Godspeed, captain Newport. 5 months to get to North America. Plymouth Company Establish a colony on the coast of Maine. Maine has a fishing ground nearby, so good trade and food with Native Americans. Jamestown This place was a complete failure, it had a high death rate, no gold or precious gems, no crops or animals. People were...

U.S. History Semester 1 Final Exam Review Questions and Answers correct federalism power is divided between national and state governments federalists supported the new Constitution's balance of power between state and national governments anti-federalists opposed having a strong central government; did not support Constitution; wanted natural rights Checks and Balances system to prevent any one branch from overpowering the others Separation of Powers three b...

APUSH Review Questions and answers correct Great Columbian / Biological Exchange Exchange of plants and animals between the New World and Europe following the discovery of America in 1492. Christopher Columbus Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached Americas, greatly increased European awareness of the North American Continent Bartolomeo de las Casas 16th Century Spanish Historian, Dominican Friar, "Protector of the Indians;" opposed atrocities by colonize...

US History II Clep Questions and Answers correct Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... Jazz Tet Offensive failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even trig...

Basic U.S. history questions and answers correct U.S. independence date July, 4th, 1776 First colony in American Jamestown Virginia Who won French and Indian war British What happened in 1812 U.S. war with Britian, won independence Writer of the declaration of independence Thomas Jefferson First president George Washington WWI allies and central powers Allies were Britain, France, Russia, Italy and central powers were Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, ...

US History STAAR EOC Study Guide (2025) Questions and Answers correct Declaration of Independence Belief in consent of the governed, other nations recognized the US as a country, inspired other to question their governments. Unalienable rights - rights that cannot be taken away. Principles of the Constitution Limits the power of the federal government by separation of powers and checks and balances. 1st Amendment Freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, and petition. ...

AP US History Unit 1 Questions and Answers correct Walter Raleigh Founder of England's first American colony. (Roanoke, it failed) Elizabeth I English Queen during golden age. Reestablished Protestantism as the state religion of England and she led the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Treaty of Tordesillas a 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly disc...