2022 STAAR EOC

NATO was created in response to concerns about —

• the Soviet Union and Communism

• Italy and Nazism

• Germany and fascism

• Japan and militarism

Read the list and answer the question that follows: Passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act, Ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment, Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act. In which historical time period were these laws enacted?

• The Great Society

• The Progressive Era

• The Great Depression

• The Jazz Age

The image shows an advertisement from 1920 for the Potomac Electric Power Company. Based on this advertisement, which statement best supports a conclusion about U.S. society during the early 1900s?

• New technologies made daily life easier for consumers.

• Consumers resisted change in favor of traditional products.

• Harmful economic cycles caused consumers to resist new technology.

• The manufacture of new products encouraged consumers to stay home.

The diagram shows a cause-and-effect relationship starting with 'Industry in the late 1800s expanded,' leading to 'Job opportunities became available,' and ending with a question mark. Which trend of the late 1800s correctly replaces the question mark in this cause-and-effect diagram?

• The number of immigrants from Europe declined.

• The government passed laissez-faire laws.

• People moved from rural to urban areas.

• Settlement houses lost federal funding.

When Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau ranked New York as the most densely populated city in the United States. Disease, sanitation, garbage and hygiene issues were constant concerns in crowded impoverished districts, where vital statistics were alarming. Jacob Riis wrote frequently to urge measures to protect public health and to alleviate wealthy residents of the city to slum conditions that put everyone at risk.

• F: Discrimination against African Americans in U.S. cities

• G: Harsh conditions of tenement housing in U.S. cities

• H: Growing conflict between rural regions and U.S. cities

• J: Increasing efforts to reduce Chinese immigration to U.S. cities

The demographic structure of the United States changed in the late nineteenth century with the arrival of —

• immigrants from southern and eastern Europe seeking industrial jobs

• political refugees coming to the United States from the former Spanish colonies

• migrants from Mexico seeking agricultural jobs during a worldwide depression

• German immigrants fleeing Europe prior to the outbreak of the First World War

Which factor has MOST contributed to the improvement of cell phone technology?

• Competition between cell phone companies to gain new customers

• Government tariffs to reduce sales of imported cell phones

• Sales taxes on cell phone equipment to generate revenue

• Long-term contracts from cell phone service providers to reward customer loyalty

Refer to the graph depicting the Average Monthly Number of U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2008. Which option contributed to the trend shown on this graph?

• A military response to a terrorist attack

• A desire to stop the spread of communism

• The development of weapons of mass destruction

• The resurgence of ethnic cleansing policies

Why did the Spanish-American War move the United States into the position of a world power?

• The United States acquired Spanish territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

• The United States proved its nuclear capabilities against Spain in Southeast Asia.

• The United States stopped the spread of communism in Spain.

• The United States ended Spanish trade in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Read the excerpt from Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, August 6, 1965, and answer the question that follows: Which voting practice requirement was specifically targeted by this act?

• Providing proof of employment

• Proving property ownership

• Passing literacy tests

• Taking religious tests