US History STAAR

Read the list and answer the question that follows:

-Growth of social media

-Increaseduse of cell phones

-Election of First African American president

What time period is represented by this information?

• 1970's

• 1980's

• 1990's

• 2000's

Which action did Congress take to help protect native plants and animals from extinction?

• Passed the Endangered Species Act

• Constructed the Hoover Dam

• Passed the Community Reinvestment Act

• Established the Department of Energy

Read the list and answer the question that follows.

Selected Achievements of Marcus Garvey

-Founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association

-Established the Black Star Line steamship corporation

-Established the weekly newspaper Negro World for people of African descent

How did Marcus Garvey MOST impact African Americansin the early 1900s?

• By desegregating schools and urban neighborhoods

• By urging blacks to accept low paying jobs and social inequality

• By promoting black cultural pride and economic independence

What were two economic effects of World War II on the home front (United States)?

• -Increased number of women working industrial jobs

  -increased income tax rates

• -increased number of labor union strikes

  -increased production of consumer goods

• -Decreased size of the national debt

  -Decreased efforts to recycle metal for the military

• -Decreased government funding for nuclear weapons

Read the list and answer the question that follows.

-African Americans migrated from the rural South to the urban North

-Literacy rates among African Americans increased

-National organizations dedicated to African American civil rights were created

The developments on this list contributed to what development of the 1920s and 1930s?

• African Americans painters of the Hudson River School focused on the beauty of nature

• African Americans architects created the Neoclassical style based on Roman and Greek models

• African American astists and writers celebrated their culture in a movement called the Harlem Renaissance

Read the excerpt and answer the following question.

"In the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers (workers) to this country endangers the good order of certain localities. Therefore, Be in enacted...that...the ...be...suspended

-Chinese Exclusion Act 1882

Which factor prompted the passage of this legislation?

• Denial of labor unition membership for unskilled workers

• Increased nativisim and anti-immigration attitudes

• Wages increase for workers in the manufacturing positions

How did the United States respond to the launch of Sputnik I in 1957 by the Soviet Union?

• By increasing health care benefits and pensions for the military

• By implementing the Marshall Plan

• By increasing funding for math and science

How did Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine affect the role of the United States in the world?

• By establishing military alliances with Asian nations

• By announcing a willingness to intercene in the affairs of Western Hemisphere nations

• By creating a plan to stop the spread of communism

Which statement describes how the GI Bill affected the United States during the 1950's?

• The act allowed members of minority groups to join the armed forces because it desegregated the military.

• The educational benefits included in the act helped provide traning to military vets.

• The financial regulations in the act protected the desposits of bank customers.

Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

"In the 1896 case of Plessy vs. Ferguson, the Supreme Court decided that the Equal Protection Clause allowed state governments to apply the "separate but equal" provision to public facilities.

What was one way the decision described in the passage affected the United States in the first half of the 20th century?

• Minorities were not allowed to attend schools with whites.

• Poll taxes in federal elections were ruled unconstituional.

• Minorites were not allowed to join the military.