STAAR Review ESCAPE GAME

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staar Review ESCAPE GAME

This is your final 8th Grade Mission before moving on to High School. Use this tool to help you master the STAAR Test.

Use all the knowledge and skills you have learned this school year to help you escape from the factory. Utilize your peers and all the tools you have acquired this year. Good Luck!!

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Germany

England

QUESTION 1/6

France

Spain

QUESTION 2/6

Influence of John Locke and Enlightenment thinkers

ideas of John Smith and other English soldiers

Need to establish trading posts

Interest in growing cash crops

QUESTION 3/6

The Revulutionary Era

The Early Republic

Sectionalism

Reconstruction

QUESTION 4/6

Why was the victory at Saratoga a turning point in U.S. History?

The battle represented the end of the American Revolution

It convinced France to support the American cause

The battle led to the Declaration of Independence

QUESTION 5/6

Ministers can work together to establish a national religion

Ministers can preach religious messages to anyone who chooses to listen

Which statement shows an effect of the First Amendment?

They complained about his extravagant lifestyle

QUESTION 6/6

They criticized Jackson as a leader with unrestrained power

They opposed Jackson for his efforts to start a war with Great Britain

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QUESTION 1/5

Why was the Mexican Cession a significant event?

It led to the development of canal systems to move goods

It created a temporary southern border

It intensified the debate over the expansion of slavery

QUESTION 2/5

By purchasing the land from France

By winning a war against Mexico

By purchasing the land from Spain

QUESTION 3/5

Reduction in agricultural output

Increased reliance on high protective tariffs

Increased mining of precious metals

QUESTION 4/5

Which statement explains how demand for cotton as a cash crop MOST affected the Southern United States?

It contributed to the growth of railroads

It reduced the need for factories

It contributed to the growth of slavery

QUESTION 5/5

Why was there significant oppostion to the Fugitive Slave Act?

Fugitive enslaved people were provided with paid passage out of the country

Because fugitive enslaved people wanted to establish a new government in the west

Because it was used to provide federal support for the institution of slavery

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QUESTION 1/3

They ensured safe supplies of freshwater for cities

They reduced transportation costs and the time to shop goods

They served as a means of flood control for towns and cities

QUESTION 2/3

How did industrialization in the 1800s affect life in the United States?

It led to nativist feelings against the growing number of immigrant people

It led to increased isolationist views about conflicts in other countries

it led to the increased reliance on imported goods

QUESTION 3/3

It highlighted the reasons slavery was unethical

It highlighted inequalities that existed in society and called for changes in the system of suffrage

it presented problems caused by a lack of education

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QUESTION 1/3

Which statement correctly matches a historical event with one of its immediate results?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to Kansas being allowed to decide whether it would permit slavery

The Compromise of 1850 led to California being admitted to the union as a slave state

The Missouri Compromise led to Missouri being admitted to the union as a free state

The Nullification crisis led to South Carolina seceding from the Union over slavery

QUESTION 2/3

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg a strategic victory in the Civil War?

The battle allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

The battle prevented a Confederate invasion of the North

The battle opened the way for a full scale attack on Atlanta

The battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

QUESTION 3/3

How did the geography of New England affect its economic activities?

Rich soil promoted the international trade of cash crops such as cotton and tobacco

Moderate climate allowed for longer growing seasons and a larger export of crops

Excellent harbors provided commercial opportunities such as shipbuilding and fishing

Coastal cities expanded business opportunities for mining metals and minerals

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QUESTION 1/8

Education

Privilege

Justice

Property

QUESTION 2/8

Which action highlights an accomplishment of the Reconstruction Era Freedmen's Bureau?

Providing educational opportunities for newly freed enslaved people

Offering an alternate route to full citizenship for newly freed enslaved people

Granting voting rights to newly freed enslaved people

Building factories to provide jobs for newly freed enslaved people

QUESTION 3/8

U.S. citizens' rights to operate a business

U.S. citizens' right to vote in elections

The fifteenth amemdment affected which aspect of society?

QUESTION 4/8

Justice through judicial review

Funding of government through tariffs

Protection of Individual liberties

Separation of governmental powers

QUESTION 5/8

How did the U.S. government encourage the free-enterprise system in the early 1800s?

by owning the means of production

by protecting the rights of businesses

by monopolizing local and national markets

be stting prices of goods and services

QUESTION 6/8

Which principle was established by the Supreme Court case Marbury vs. Madison?

Separation of Powers

Consent of the governed

Judicial Review

Individual rights

QUESTION 7/8

What effect did the Treaty of Hidalgo have on the United States?

It increased the debate over the spoils system

It decreased the debate over immigration

It increased the debate over slavery

It decreased the debate over civil disobedience

QUESTION 8/8

The warm climate in the south was good for agriculture and led to urbanization

Southern states primarily consisted of urban hubs because of new transportation networks

Northern states had economic and social opportunities that attracted immigrants

The harsh climate in northern states made it hard for people to live there

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