US History STAAR Warm-Up

Which Andrew Carnegie quotation best explains why he funded libraries like the one in this photograph?

• "Under the law of competition, the employer of thousands is forced into the strictest economies, . . . and often there is friction between the employer and the employed."

• “The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is . . . great.”

• “The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.”

• “This, then, is . . . the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance.”

Why did Chicano migrant workers establish the United Farm Workers?

• To exert influence on foreign policy

• To obtain fair wages and improve labor conditions

• To attain the right to vote in federal elections

• To change citizenship requirements

What was the initial response of the U.S. government to the attacks of September 11, 2001?

• To impose economic sanctions on Libya for sponsoring terrorist activities

• To begin military operations in Afghanistan

• To reopen military bases in Europe that had been closed after the Cold War

• To form a coalition to eliminate training bases in Pakistan

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to -

• promote cultural assimilation of American Indians

• turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland

• end warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military

• promote American Indian investment in private industry

The event described in this headline resulted in -

• decreased federal funding of student loans

• increased support for the antiwar movement

• the reinstatement of the draft

• an end to federal investigations of student organizations

Which theme formed the basis of the Chicano Mural Movement?

• environmental preservation

• assimilation

• education

• cultural pride

Which technological advance from World War II fulfilled this mission?

• Sonar

• Jet engines

• Radar

• Cipher machines

Mahan's books influenced U.S. efforts to become a world power primarily by -

• advocating overseas expansion

• emphasizing the need for protectionist tariffs

• demonstrating the political risks of foreign trade

• arguing against forming overseas alliances

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

Which words correctly complete this excerpt?

• 1: chicken pox, 2: antibiotics

• 1: tuberculosis, 2: iron lung treatment

• 1: polio, 2: vaccines

• 1: whooping cough, 2: serum