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PRACTICE TEST - U.S. HISTORY STAAR 2016

Authored by Gladys Lopez

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PRACTICE TEST - U.S. HISTORY STAAR 2016
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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.”

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of the following is the best title for this list?

Issues Contributing to the Outbreak of World War I

Principal Reasons for U.S. Entry into World War II

Consequences of Twentieth-Century European Isolationism

Economic Rivalries Between Cold War Superpowers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This confrontation centered around —

disagreement over the use of taxes to fund public education

the refusal of federal courts to hear cases concerning civil rights violations

the denial of First and Fifth Amendment freedoms by southern state legislatures

resistance by state and local governments to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by —

the creation of the Temperance Society

the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment

the initiation of the Settlement House movement

the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which statement correctly completes this timeline?

The Centers for Disease Control petitioned Congress to eliminate waste treatment plants.

The federal government created the Environmental Protection Agency to oversee environmental issues.

The automobile industry began researching alternative energy sources.

The president ordered the Public Health Service to deal with environmental pollution.

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