8th Social Studies STAAR Released Questions - 2017 (Part 2)

Which numbered area did the United States acquire in 1846 after negotiations with Great Britain?

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The organization of the first U.S. political parties resulted in large part from disagreements over which issue?

• The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France

• The election of George Washington to a second term as president

• The establishment of the First Bank of the United States

• The attack on the Port of Tripoli in North Africa

Which of the following is the source of this statement on foreign policy?

• George Washington’s Farewell Address

• The Monroe Doctrine

• Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address

• The Federalist Papers

The measures in this list are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the —

• Compromise of 1850

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

Which reason did the United States give for declaring war against Mexico in 1846?

• To overturn a corrupt Mexican government

• To defend U.S. territory from Mexican aggression

• To end a Mexican slave rebellion

• To respond to attacks on U.S. merchant ships by Mexican pirates

Why were these tactics effective?

• Confederate states were unable to collect tariffs on manufactured goods

• Union forces were able to use the blockade to gain international support

• Confederate states were unable to use agricultural exports as a source of revenue

• Union forces were able to earn money for supplies by selling confiscated bales of cotton

How did the provisions of the Northwest Ordinance affect U.S. expansion?

• By funding a transportation network in uninhabited regions

• By establishing a process for territories to govern themselves

• By promoting the growth of southern plantation economies

• By creating a national bank to loan money to land investors

Which of the following best completes this list?

• Established schools

• Certified applications for political office

• Granted small-business loans

• Provided funds for farming supplies

Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in this list?

• The opportunity for trade with American Indians

• The distance of the colonies from Great Britain

• The doctrine of the Church of England

• The economic system of mercantilism

Why were southern delegates to the Constitutional Convention willing to accept the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• It increased the political influence of the South

• It allowed indentured servants in the South to become citizens

• It decreased the federal tax on property in the South

• It allowed the South to expand its industrial output