STAAR - U.S. HIST - 2013 RELEASE A

This 1972 poster depicts an organization originally formed to advocate --

• publicly funded healthcare for children

• better economic treatment of migrant workers

• a retirement system for farm laborers

• equal employment opportunities for women

---The participants in this week's antidraft demonstration . . . are . . . students or young men . . . who are working within a coalition . . . which calls itself the Stop the Draft Week Committee. . . .

--Douglas Robinson, New York Times, December 6, 1967

This demonstration described in this article was MOST LIKELY prompted by --

• renewed diplomatic relations with Communist China

• escalated deployment of military forces to Vietnam

• the signing of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

• the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

The introduction of vaccines to the United States helped --

• limit the risk in consuming imported produce

• improve the hygiene of medical procedures

• improve the quality of the water supply

• limit the spread of infectious diseases

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

Jackie Robinson first rose to national prominence in the late 1940s when he --

• organized sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters

• enrolled in the racially segregated University of Mississippi

• helped bring an end to racial segregation in the Major Baseball League

• participated in the Freedom Rides to desegregate interstate bus terminals

Senator Joseph McCarthy is BEST known for his involvement in --

• the war effort of the 1940s

• the Red Scare if the 1950s

• the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s

• the political scandals of the 1970s

Which government poster is directly related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

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---For the purpose of enabling each State to furnish financial assistance, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to aged needy individuals, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated . . . for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this title.

--Social Security Act of 1935, Title 1, Section 1

How did the legislation excerpted above affect the relationship between the U.S. government and its citizens?

• it allowed the government to tax investment income

• it allowed people to have more direct input in government decisions

• it made most people distrust the power of the government

• it made the government more responsible for the people's economic welfare

The government issued ration books during World War II in order to --

• provide financial security for uninsured citizens

• safeguard the profits of struggling businesses

• ensure the fair distribution of scarce goods

• allow consumers to buy imported goods at discounted rates

---As the human population grows in the Flagstaff region, we increase the impact of transportation corridors (such as roads and rails) and land use changes (such as urban and rural development) on wildlife populations. . . .

To that end, the City of Flagstaff and Coconino County requested wildlife corridor information from the Arizona Game and Fish Department. . . .

--Jessica Gist and Sarah Reif, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Aug. 2009

The establishment of the wildlife corridors discussed in the excerpt was MOST likely necessary to prevent --

• the spread of disease among animals

• the disruption of animal migration

• a rapid increase in the number of animals

• an invasion of non-native animal species