8th Social Studies STAAR Released Questions - 2019 (Part 1)

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What impact did this innovation have on daily life?

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It became a major method of long-distance communication for many years

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The geographic factors in this table led primarily to the —

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development of different economies in the two regions

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How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment? Options: By creating a segregated public education system, By shutting down all remaining offices of Freedmen’s Bureau, By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote, By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers and sharecroppers

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By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

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Which outcome best completes this diagram? Options: American Revolution, Popular Sovereignty, Manifest Destiny, Civil War

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Civil War

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Which of the following best completes this excerpt?
Options: Equal Pay, Own Property, A Public Education, Vote

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Vote

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Which chart correctly identifies reasons for and against ratification of the proposed U.S. Constitution?

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Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?

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The economic growth demonstrated by this recruitment letter was primarily a result of —

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the new production methods of industrialization

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For what reason did a group of colonists agree for this compact?

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To form a social contract among themselves

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Which phrase best represents the U.S. principle of republicanism? Options: The creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people, The establishment of courts to interpret laws and government actions, The division of power between a federal government and state governments, The power of a court to declare a law unconstitutional

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The creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people