STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies 2023

Select TWO of the following issues. How was each issue a cause of the American Revolution? - Proclamation of 1763 - The Stamp Act - Lack of representation in Parliament - British economic policies following the French and Indian War Think about the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided.

Which weaknesses are associated with the Articles of Confederation? Move the correct answers to the box. Not all answers will be used.

• All states had to approve amendments.

• The one-house legislature was based on population.

• The central government held too much power.

• States coined their own money.

• Slavery was banned in the Northwest Territory.

Choose the correct answer from each drop-down menu to complete the sentences. The First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s focused on the ​ (a)   throughout the colonies. This movement contributed to the spread of ​ ​ (b)   throughout the colonies.​ ​

• democratic feelings
• monarchy support
• religious tolerance
• experience of individuals

These contributions were made by leading reformers in U.S. history. Move each contribution to the correct reformer. Not all answers will be used.

• Led efforts to promote women's right to

• Harriet Beecher Stowe:

• Worked to improve conditions for the men

• Dorothea Dix

• Wrote about the hardships of slavery

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

This excerpt is from the U.S. Constitution. "The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States. —U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 How did the U.S. Supreme Court interpret this article in Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)? Select TWO correct answers.

• States may control commerce within their borders that involves foreign countries.

• States may be subject to federal regulation in matters of commerce.

• States may possess the power to regulate interstate commerce.

• States may pass legislation that restricts interstate commerce.

• States may regulate commerce within their own borders.

Which powers does the U.S. Constitution give to each branch of government? Move each constitutional power to the correct branch of government.

Groups:

(a) Legislative Branch

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(b) Executive Branch

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(c) Judicial Branch

• Commands armed forces

• Declares Wars

• Interprets the laws

• Declares laws unconstitutional

• Enforces the laws

• Makes the laws

Based on the list describing circumstances in New England in 1816 and your knowledge of the U.S. free-enterprise system, what happened to the price of wheat in 1816 and why? Think about the questions carefully, then enter your answer to both questions in the box provided.

Which phrase from the excerpt demonstrates President Washington's recommendation that the United States should avoid permanent alliances?

• The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always [praise] the just pride of Patriotism. . . .

• Of all the . . . habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports . . . .

• Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. . . .

• As a very important source of strength & security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as [rarely] as possible. . . .

• A free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most [harmful enemies] of Republican Government.