STAAR Prep Exit Ticket #1

Why did the federal government create this program in 1933?

• To establish industrial centers in the region

• To promote organic farming practices

• To offset the effects of urbanization and rapid population growth

• To provide jobs and improve the regional standard of living

One action that influenced the U.S.-Soviet signing of the SALT I treaty in 1972 was President Richard Nixon’s —

• opening of diplomatic relations with China

• involvement in the Watergate scandal

• support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War

• withdrawal of military forces from Vietnam

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

• The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• 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 domino theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into the Vietnam War, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent —

• the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia

• the inclusion of Taiwan in the Warsaw Pact

• the loss of UN military bases in Asia

• the rise of China as a dominant economic power

How did these events affect the United States?

• They increased public support for cuts in U.S. defense spending.

• They prompted the end of Dollar Diplomacy in Latin America.

• They set a precedent of including territorial acquisitions in settlements.

• They helped establish the United States as an imperial power similar to European nations.

The Progressive goal to implement women’s suffrage was accomplished by —

• a national referendum

• an executive order

• a Supreme Court decision

• a constitutional amendment

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

President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed an increase in the number of Supreme Court justices because the Court ruled against —

• the gold standard

• some New Deal programs

• internment camps

• some rationing programs

Which of the following directly contributed to the economic instability of the United States in 1929?

• The implementation of a personal income tax

• Overspeculation in the stock market

• New regulations on banking

• The elimination of import tariffs

This World War II poster publicizes a national campaign aimed at —  

• creating agricultural projects to relieve an economic depression

• encouraging a healthy diet for future soldiers

• lowering the cost of living by creating a surplus of food

• supporting the war effort by reducing demand for commercially grown food