STAAR Review CHHS

Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights? 

• The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter 
• The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army 
• The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
• The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson  U.S. 

Which sentence best completes this diagram? 

• The levee system was unable to hold back floodwater. 
• The Mississippi River was diverted. 
• An outbreak of tornadoes felled numerous trees. 
• The National Weather Service failed to provide adequate warning. 

What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt? 

• To prevent workers from joining labor organizations 
• To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests 
• To suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges 
• To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals 

Which situation does this cartoon from an early 1900s pamphlet illustrate? 

• The deportation of many Chinese immigrants in the Northwest 
• The recruitment of Chinese immigrants by large labor unions in the Midwest 
• The fear in the West of losing jobs to Chinese immigrants 
• The lack of available resources in the East to support a large influx of Chinese immigrants 

Why did the “Return to Normalcy” agenda of U.S. presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920 election? 

• The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries. 
• There were significant shortages of military supplies 
• There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods 
• The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues 

The events described in this excerpt provide evidence of which political situation? 

• Growing solidarity between the executive and judicial branches 
• An increase in the number of legislators who vote against party lines 
• A lack of cooperation between the legislative and executive branches 
• The refusal by the Supreme Court to intervene in legislative matters 

The Social Security Act affected the role of the federal government by — 

• authorizing the government to impose a flat tax 
• creating a government-administered benefits program 
• implementing new regulations on interstate travel 
• establishing an agency to monitor immigration 

This amendment gained support based on the belief that people should have the right to vote if they are old enough to — 

• drive motorized vehicles 
• serve as members of juries 
• pay federal income taxes 
• be drafted into the military 

Which sentence best completes this diagram? 

• The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of Western Europe 
• Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe. 
• The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European countries. 
• Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries. 

During the time between the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the start of the Tet offensive, what happened in the Vietnam War? 

• All U.S. civilians were evacuated from Vietnam. 
• Peace talks between South Vietnam and North Vietnam were conducted in Paris. 
• The U.S. government deployed more troops to Vietnam 
• South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam