US History STAAR

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What time period is represented by the following information?
-Growth of social media
-Increased use of cell phones
-Election of First African American president

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2000's

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Which action did Congress take to help protect native plants and animals from extinction?

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Passed the Endangered Species Act

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How did Marcus Garvey MOST impact African Americans in the early 1900s? Options: By desegregating schools and urban neighborhoods, By urging blacks to accept low paying jobs and social inequality, By promoting black cultural pride and economic independence

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By promoting black cultural pride and economic independence

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What were two economic effects of World War II on the home front (United States)? Options: -Increased number of women working industrial jobs -increased income tax rates, -increased number of labor union strikes -increased production of consumer goods, -Decreased size of the national debt -Decreased efforts to recycle metal for the military, -Decreased government funding for nuclear weapons

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Increased number of women working industrial jobs, increased income tax rates

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The developments on this list contributed to what development of the 1920s and 1930s? -African Americans migrated from the rural South to the urban North -Literacy rates among African Americans increased -National organizations dedicated to African American civil rights were created

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African American artists and writers celebrated their culture in a movement called the Harlem Renaissance.

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Which factor prompted the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act 1882? Options: Denial of labor union membership for unskilled workers, Increased nativism and anti-immigration attitudes, Wages increase for workers in the manufacturing positions

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Increased nativism and anti-immigration attitudes

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How did the United States respond to the launch of Sputnik I in 1957 by the Soviet Union?

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By increasing funding for math and science.

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How did Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine affect the role of the United States in the world?

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By announcing a willingness to intervene in the affairs of Western Hemisphere nations.

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Which statement describes how the GI Bill affected the United States during the 1950's? Options: The act allowed members of minority groups to join the armed forces because it desegregated the military. The educational benefits included in the act helped provide training to military vets. The financial regulations in the act protected the deposits of bank customers.

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The educational benefits included in the act helped provide training to military vets.

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What was one way the decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson affected the United States in the first half of the 20th century?

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Minorities were not allowed to attend schools with whites.