US History STAAR Review

Sec. of Interior Albert Fall illegally leased Navy oil reserves from this are for his personal gain

• Bolder Dam

• Texas

• Teapot Dome

Buying stocks on credit and hoping to make enough to pay it off with a profit

• Speculation

• Buying on the margin

Birth of Black literature and art in New York City in the 20s

• Harlem Globetrotters

• Harlem Renasiance

• Black Liberation Movement

What was Prohibition?

• A complete ban on the sale of food
• A complete ban on the sale of alcohol
• A complete ban on the sale of clothes
• A complete ban on the sale of cars

Automobiles, airplanes, radios and movies increased the standard of living.What were these things mass produced on?

• Assembly Line
• Dis-assembly Line
• Factories
• Powerlines

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) created a trade bloc between what 3 countries?

• U.S., Canada, Mexico

• U.S., Mexico, Cuba

• Mexico, Panama, Guatemala

• Puerto Rico, Cuba, U.S.

What was the reason New Orleans flooded heavily because of Hurricane Katrina?

• Because of the water.

• The city was too far inland.

• The city is at a very high elevation.

• The failure of the city's levees and its low elevation.

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon had two major immediate effects. What were they?

• Little pigs are cute.

• Contract with America

• Espionage & Sedition Act

• The War on Terror and the passage of the USA PATRIOT ACT.

According to the Declaration of Independence, where does government get its power?

• From the King
• From the Supreme Court
• From God
• From the people

This law gave settlers land in the West as long as they farmed it.

• Homestead Act
• Reservations
• Great Plains
• Monopoly