(Staar Review)Declaration of Independence to the Guilded Age

The ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence helped —

• motivate European rulers to establish new colonies

• inspire people in other countries to question the authority of their government

• encourage new settlers in South America to assimilate native populations

• persuade religious leaders in other countries to stop the persecution of non-Christians

What was the most important diplomatic effect of the Declaration of Independence for the United States?

• It allowed foreign governments to officially recognize the United States.

• It forced Great Britain to trade with the United States.

• It required Great Britain to pay war reparations to the United States.

• It allowed the United States to establish immigration quotas.

Which statement from the Declaration of Independence influenced Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution?

• He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

• To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

• He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

• These United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and . . . they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown.

During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for —

• the growth of big business

• involvement in foreign wars

• the acquisition of foreign territories

• increased temperance regulations

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

• The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation.

• Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power.

• In the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry.

• Small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations.

These lyrics are representative of a movement that culminated in a constitutional amendment during the —

• Harlem Renaissance

• New Deal

• Reconstruction era

• Progressive Era

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by —

• internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb

• bank failures, the New Deal, and bread lines

• installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers

• brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

The issue addressed by this poster is primarily associated with the —

• Progressive Era

• Great Depression

• Roaring Twenties

• Cold War

Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the United States during the 1930s?

• A sharp increase in the power given to state governments

• An extended period of economic depression

• The adoption of an interventionist foreign policy

• The formation of a national Civil Rights movement

Which box lists characteristics of the 1960s?

• Prohibition, The Lost Generation, The Harlem Renaissance, Religious fundamentalism

• Widespread unemployment, New Deal programs, The Golden Age of Hollywood, The Dust Bowl

• The counterculture, The Civil Rights movement, The Vietnam War, The Space Race

• Televangelists, Neoconservatism, Video games, The fall of the Soviet Union