US History STAAR Review

The newspaper headline describes an event that occurred in 1894. What was one effect of the event described in this headline?

• Increased support for gender equality in labor union membership

• Decreased support for socialism by labor union members

• Increased federal government involvement in labor union activities

• Decreased federal government surveillance of labor union leaders

This list presents the work of a civil rights advocate. Selected accomplishments of Dolores Huerta:

1. Secured disability insurance for California farmworkers

2. Directed a national grape boycott to protest the dangers of pesticides for farmworkers

3. __________________?

Which accomplishment correctly completes this list?

• Organized armed resistance to protest police brutality against farmworkers

• Negotiated to secure better working conditions for farmworkers

• Filed a federal lawsuit to fight segregation against farmworkers in public facilities

• Seized corporate farmland to protest discrimination against farmworkers

"China is so large, looms so high just beyond the frontiers, that if South Viet-Nam went, it would not only give them an improved geographic position for a guerrilla assault on Malaya, but would also give the impression that the wave of the future in southeast Asia was China and the Communists" - President John F. Kennedy Sept 9, 1963.

Which idea reflected in these remarks formed the basis for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

• Nuclear deterrence

• Flexible response

• Domino Theory

• Iron Curtain

Read the list and answer the question that follows.

1. Passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act

2. Ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment

3. Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act

In which historical time period were these laws enacted?

• The Great Society

• The Progressive Era

• The Great Depression

• The Jazz Age

Read the excerpt: "We have seen something here that overpowers the death of anyone back home. We have seen what can be called the living dead. Moving up into a new position we came across a prison camp...We went out to see what a concentration camp looked like...As we entered the camp the first thing we saw was the burned down buildings, but a little farther on we got the shock of our lives." - Aaron Eiferman, US military - April 27th 1945.

What action did the Allied powers take in response to what was described in this letter?

• Imposed economic sanctions on Germany

• Began a bombing campaign to destroy key military bases

• Charged Nazi officials with war crimes in the Nuremburg trials

• Permitted Nazi officials to leave the country

"No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color." - Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Aug 6, 1965

Which voting practice requirement was specifically targeted by this act?

• Providing proof of employment

• Proving property ownership

• Passing literacy tests

• Taking religious tests

This photograph shows an example of--

• US citizens contributing to the war effort

• the effects of trade sanctions on enemy nations

• US citizens attempting to follow new dietary guidelines

• the effects of allowing farmland to go unused while farmers were at war

Study the illustration and answer the question that follows.

Which event led to the action shown in this illustration?

• The revival of nativist policies

• the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment

• The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson

• The rise of Social Darwinism

This excerpt describes a work process established by Henry Ford. 'One man fits the parts together, so that the bolt holes come right. The next man fits the bolt holes into place. The next has a pan of nuts before him and all day he scoops them up with his fingers starts them on the thread of bolts. The next man has a wrench and he gives the final twist that makes them tight.' - John Fitch, 1914

Which results did Ford hope to achieve by implementing the process described in this excerpt?

• Increased productivity and effeciency

• Reduced numbers of employees quitting

• Increased labor union membership

• Reduced payroll taxes and employee benefits

This excerpt describes some court cases about education. 'While Brown v. Board of Education is a widely known landmark Supreme Court case, few can trace its origins to the case of nine-year-old Sylvia Mendez in Mendez v. Westminster. Sylvia's case, which was decided in the federal courts in California, preceded Brown by about eight years. Thurgood Marshall represented Sylvia Mendez and Linda Brown. Marshall used some of the same arguments from Mendez to win Brown v. Board of Education'

Why are the court cases described in this excerpt important to education in the United States?

• The cases reduced racial segregation in schools

• The cases established the use of quotas in school admissions

• The cases ordered schools to provide accommodations for students with disablities

• The cases reduced inequities in school district financing