STAAR Review Quiz

What was one factor that helped turn the Great Plains into the Dust Bowl in the 1930s ?

• Intense drought in the region

• Paying farmers to plant native grasses

• Increased demand for tobacco after World War I

• Numerous tornadoes occurring in the region

What was the overall goal of U.S. military intervention in Vietnam from 1964–1973?

• Eliminating trade barriers between the United States and Southeast Asia

• Eliminating trade barriers between the United States and Southeast Asia

• Promoting economic growth in the Pacific region

• Preventing communism from spreading throughout Southeast Asia

Which statement best explains how bank failures contributed to the Great Depression?

• People lost their savings because the government did not insure bank deposits.

• Business could not be done when President Franklin Roosevelt declared a bank holiday.

• The interest rates on bank loans were too high.

• Foreign investors did not invest enough in U.S. banks.

In the World War II era, what was the major reason for Jewish immigration to the United States?

• To seek guaranteed universal suffrage

• To escape famine and drought caused by natural disaster

• To escape state-sponsored genocide

• To seek better educational opportunities

How did Bill Gates earn the title “World’s Richest Man”?

• By creating social media sites

• By investing in global satellite communications

• By developing computer software

• By creating innovations in cell phone technology

What was the most important diplomatic effect of the Declaration of Independence for the United States?

• It allowed foreign governments to officially recognize the United States.

• It forced Great Britain to trade with the United States.

• It required Great Britain to pay war reparations to the United States

• It allowed the United States to establish immigration quotas.

Which action caused the United States to engage in a “police action” on the Korean Peninsula in 1950?

• The collapse of South Korea’s democratic government

• The assassination of North Korea’s political leader

• South Korea’s blockade of North Korea

• North Korea’s invasion of South Korea

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the —

• increased need to protect worker interests

• decreased power of political machines

• increased demand for skilled workers

• D decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

What was one economic effect of the Spanish–American War?

• Shipbuilding industries in the United States declined.

• New free and fair trade treaties were established between the United States and developing countries.

• The United States gained direct access to additional natural resources and overseas markets.

• Demand for coal and petroleum as energy sources declined.

How did the Brown v. Board of Education decision influence the Civil Rights movement?

• By discouraging activists from relying on the judicial system

• By guaranteeing scholarships to minority college students

• By providing a judicial basis for achieving equality in other areas

• By eliminating social barriers associated with hiring practices