8th Social Studies STAAR Released Questions - 2022 (Part 1)

The differences between these two maps resulted from the-

• Missouri Compromise

• Treaty of Ghent

• Louisiana Purchase

• Adams-Onis Treaty

Which government principle is illustrated in this diagram?

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Republicanism

• Separation of Powers

Which statement describes a factor that MOST contributed to the population difference shown in the table?

• The South had a society that relied on wage labor

• The South had an economy that relied on cotton

• The South had a variety of natural resources

• The South had an abundance of large cities

How did the American colonies react to enforcement of the Intolerable Acts?

• By collecting funds to pay for the tea destroyed in Boston Harbor

• By sending ambassadors to France to request military aid

• By placing a tax on all goods imported from Great Britain

• By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance

Which event is MOST associated with the change in American life shown in the sketch?

• The adoption of the Great Compromise

• The establishment of a two-party system

• The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment

• The election of more qualified judges

An immigrant sails to North America in the early 1700s hoping to start a tobacco farm. He has done some research on the best environment for tobacco farming. Where is the immigrant most likely to settle?

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

Which idea correctly replaces the question mark in this diagram?

• Due Process

• Eminent Domain

• Free Speech

• Federalism

Which action prompted the newspaper's claim that John Brown's raid "advanced the cause of disunion"?

• Some Northerners were willing to defend the South's rights to continue slavery

• Some Southerners were willing to take up arms to protest high tariffs

• Some abolitionists thought violence was necessary to end slavery

• Some people in territories needed to defend their right to popular sovereignty

Which era involved legislation enacted by the Radical Republicans?

• Civil War

• Reconstruction

• Early Republic

• Antebellum

What is being described in this excerpt?

• Spinning jenny and the textile industry

• Interchangeable parts and mass production

• Cotton gin and the plantation system

• Steam engine and railroad commerce