U.S History STAAR Amendments

Which phrase best describes the goal of this amendment?

• To restrict civil liberties

• To limit due process rights

• To restrain the power of judicial activists

• To limit the power of the federal government

Which of the following amendments to the Constitution was NOT part of the Bill of Rights?

• freedom of speech, press, and religion.

• protection against illegal search

• trial by jury

• direct election of senators

Which document was written in 1787 and replaced the Articles of Confederation as federal law?

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

• U.S. Constitution

• Monroe Doctrine

Which of the following provided a legal basis for this Supreme Court decision?

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• The decision in Brown v. Board of Education

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The First Amendment

Which of the following can be attributed to the 18th amendment?

• Funded the federal government

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  Banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol

• Senators will be elected by popular vote

• Gave women the right to vote

The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by —

• the creation of the Temperance Society

• the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment

• the initiation of the Settlement House movement

• the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

What is one way the Progressive Era reform outlined in this diagram has affected U.S. politics?

• More women have been elected to Congress.

• Citizens have a more direct influence on lawmaking.

• Corrupt officials can be removed from office.

• Primary elections are prohibited in several states.

The statements above describe reactions to the passage of which amendment?

• 14th Amendment   

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

This Amendment established a national income tax-

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

The rights of citizens under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution were violated by the U.S. government when it authorized the establishment of —

• internment camps for Japanese Americans

• the Office of War Mobilization

• nuclear test sites in Nevada

• the Office of Price Administration