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WorksheetsSTAAR Review Quiz Fall 2022
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 36mins
Which statement describes one reason the year 2008 was significant?
Barack Obama was the first African American to be elected president.
First Lady Hillary Clinton testified before Congress on health care reform.
Ross Perot was the first third party candidate to win a presidential debate.
President George W. Bush announced a war on terrorism.
Goal 1: Addressing Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
Goal 2: Safeguarding America’s Waters
Goal 3: Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing Sustainable Development
Goal 4: Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution
Which government entity is responsible for achieving these goals?
National Park Service
Department of Homeland Security
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Nineteenth Amendment
• Twenty-Fourth Amendment
• Twenty-Sixth Amendment
What was one reason why these amendments were added to the Constitution?
To guarantee due process of law
To expand the authority of the states over the federal government
To limit the freedom of expression
To expand the rights of individuals to participate in the government
Which goal was the focus of LBJ's Great Society?
To increase taxation
To privatize education
To expand voting rights
To fight social inequality
Selected features of the Homestead Act of 1862:
• Adult citizens were granted 160 acres of public land.
• People claiming the land were required to improve the land by building a home and farming the land.
• After 5 years on the land, the person claiming the land paid a registration fee and officially owned the land.
What was one effect of the act described in this list?
The debt of the federal government increased.
The population of settlers in the American West increased.
The number of conflicts with American Indians decreased.
The demand for natural resources decreased.
Ideas from President Wilson’s Fourteen Points, 1918:
1. Open and public peace treaties
2. Freedom of the seas outside territorial waters
3. Removal of trade barriers among all nations
4. Arms reductions
5. An association of nations
Which statement describes the purpose of this plan?
To establish a new era of isolationism
To punish countries that are defeated in war
To prevent multinational countries from breaking apart
To create conditions that prevent future global conflicts
Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001
• Allows the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to search for “tangible things” without probable cause
• Allows search warrants to be issued for any U.S. citizen believed to be involved in terrorist activities
This act has caused conflict between —
individual rights and the authority of the government to maintain national security
equal protection under the law and protection of minorities against discrimination
economic stability and increased government spending on military readiness
promotion of free-trade policies and protections for workers in domestic industries
NATO was created in response to concerns about —
the Soviet Union and Communism
Italy and Nazism
Germany and fascism
Japan and militarism
• 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 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
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.
Which voting practice requirement was specifically targeted by the Voting Rights Act?
Providing proof of employment
Proving property ownership
Passing literacy tests
Taking religious tests
What is a PRIMARY reason why Hurricane Katrina caused major destruction to New Orleans in 2005?
Levees surrounding the city collapsed under pressure from floodwaters.
Crude oil from offshore drilling platforms sparked fires across the city
Citywide pavement prevented floodwaters from soaking into the ground.
Mass evacuations left the city without enough volunteers to build a seawall.
What is the purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission?
To encourage business practices that promote minority employment
To maintain fair markets and increase investor confidence in financial institutions
To encourage business policies that protect the environment
D To ensure worker safety and protect the public from hazardous products
Buying Victory Garden Seeds in New Jersey in 1943 shows an example of
the effects of trade sanctions on enemy nations
U.S. citizens contributing to the war effort
U.S. citizens attempting to follow new dietary guidelines
the effects of allowing farmland to go unused while farmers were at war
Which action by the federal government was one cause of the Great Depression?
Failing to decrease the reserve requirement
Refusing to regulate the stock market
Abolishing the use of the gold standard
Eliminating tariffs on foreign trade
Which military need contributed to development of the new technology called Navstar GPS?
Stronger, more dependable weapons for soldiers
Lighter, more fuel-efficient cargo planes
Faster, more accurate responses during combat
Larger, more powerful nuclear submarines
How did the Black Panther Party differ from Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers?
The Black Panther Party focused attention only on issues in southern states.
The Black Panther Party believed in achieving equal voting rights for all.
The Black Panther Party advocated militant action to achieve its goals.
The Black Panther Party worked willingly with government officials.
Which results did Henry Ford hope to achieve by implementing the assembly line into car manufacturing?
Reduced numbers of employees quitting
Increased labor union membership
Reduced payroll taxes and employee benefits
Increased productivity and efficiency
How did the National Organization for Women (NOW) affect the feminist movement during the 1970s?
By opposing the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion
By opposing laws granting tax credits for stay-at-home mothers
By supporting scholarship programs available through beauty pageants
By supporting the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Which cause united many college students, civil rights activists, and labor union members during the 1960s?
Opposing U.S. participation in the Vietnam War
Expanding presidential use of executive privilege
Protecting the world against climate change
Using détente as a foreign policy with China
• Japan invades Korea and China.
• Germany invades Poland.
• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
What is the correct title for this list?
Events That Encouraged the United States to Join NATO
Events That Inspired U.S. Nationalism during World War I
Events That Contributed to U.S. Rejection of the League of Nations
Events That Led to U.S. Involvement in World War II
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
• National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
Which action is a goal of all these groups?
Promoting nativist policies
Protecting civil liberties
Supporting segregation
Organizing labor unions
What was one result of immigration to the northeastern United States during the early twentieth century?
Factories experienced labor shortages.
Cities became more densely populated.
Fewer people lived in settlement houses.
Fewer diseases spread among urban populations.
How did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech affect U.S. politics?
By increasing pressure on political leaders to form a new minority-based political party
By persuading political leaders to introduce literacy tests for voting
By persuading political leaders to ratify an amendment that extends voting rights to women
By increasing pressure on political leaders to pass federal civil rights legislation
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. . . . —Declaration of Independence, 1776
Which phrase from this excerpt is MOST directly related to the Nineteenth Amendment?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident”
“they are endowed by their Creator”
“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”
“deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”
What was one goal of Ku Klux Klan marches held before elections in the early 1900s?
To prevent the government from passing voter identification laws
To warn people about the dangers of voter fraud
C To prevent racial minorities from participating in the political process
To protest the use of literacy tests in the political process
What is one example of how space exploration and technology have improved the quality of life?
By reducing dependence on robotics for performing surgery
By developing shields to protect homes from meteorites
By reducing dependence on solar cells and biofuels for energy
By developing satellites to send communication signals
What is one qualification that must be fulfilled for a person to become a U.S. citizen?
Earning an income above the national average
Earning an advanced degree from an American university
Demonstrating an understanding of the principles of American government
Demonstrating an understanding of the constitutions of each state
How has the use of a Bar Code Scanner affected business in the United States?
By improving the efficiency of making purchases
By lowering the quality of merchandise
By increasing the time needed to produce goods
By decreasing the number of imported products
There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage; there would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was moldy and white—it would be dosed with borax and glycerine, and dumped into the hoppers, and made over again for home consumption.
—Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906
What was the immediate response to the practices mentioned in this excerpt?
Monopolies formed to control competition in the meat-processing industry
Meat packers developed refrigerated railroad cars to ship meat nationwide.
Congress passed legislation to protect consumer health and safety.
Farmers demanded government regulation of livestock sales and distribution.
President Woodrow Wilson’s Reasons for Entering World War I:
1. Assert American rights to “freedom of the seas”
2. Stop German plans to aid Mexico
3. ___________________________
Which additional reason does BEST complete this list?
Increase trade with Asian nations
Assist the Allied powers against German aggression
Retaliate against Germany for imposing high tariffs
Prevent fascism from spreading throughout Europe
How did Hoover's response to the Great Depression differ from the ideas of Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Hoover wanted to implement social welfare programs to provide for the poor.
Roosevelt wanted private charities to take responsibility for relief efforts.
Hoover wanted to limit the role of the federal government in managing the crisis.
Roosevelt wanted state governments to regulate private business activity
Why are Mendez v Westminster and Brown v Board of Education important to education in the United States?
The cases reduced racial segregation in schools
The cases established the use of quotas in school admissions.
The cases ordered schools to provide accommodations for students with disabilities.
The cases reduced inequities in school district financing.
Under the act, approximately 2,300,000 attended colleges and universities, 3,500,000 received school training, and 3,400,000 received on-the-job training.
The number of degrees awarded by U.S. colleges and universities more than doubled between 1940 and 1950.
Which government action directly contributed to these changes?
Passage of the Federal Reserve Act
Passage of the National Security Act of 1947
Passage of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944
Passage of the Central Intelligence Agency Act
What was one effect of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) on the United States?
Decreased employment opportunities for minorities and women
Increased availability of foreign laborers in the United States
Increased access to foreign markets for U.S. businesses
Decreased funding for the establishment of national parks
On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. . . . There was considerable resistance to the Supreme Court’s ruling. . . .
—”Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
How did President Dwight D. Eisenhower respond to “considerable resistance” in Arkansas?
By sending soldiers to Arkansas to enforce desegregation
By closing schools in Arkansas until desegregation was achieved
By declaring school segregation to be a decision for the state of Arkansas to make
By firing public school teachers in Arkansas who supported segregation
U.S. religious pluralism has its origins in America’s colonial past, when members of persecuted religious minorities migrated from Europe to the New World so they could freely practice their faiths. And newcomers still arrive from every corner of the globe, bringing their unique faith traditions to towns and cities across the United States.
—Lauren Monsen, “The American Religious Landscape,”
How has this religious pluralism influenced the national identity of the United States?
The government establishes religious schools for immigrants.
Most Americans live in isolated religious communities.
The government limits the number of religious community centers.
Many Americans are tolerant of various religious beliefs.
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 alert wealthy residents of the city to slum conditions that put everyone at risk.
—”Jacob Riis: Revealing ‘How the Other Half Lives’ Writer,”
Which issue was discussed in the writings of Jacob Riis?
Discrimination against African Americans in U.S. cities
Harsh conditions of tenement housing in U.S. cities
Growing conflict between rural regions and U.S. cities
Increasing efforts to reduce Chinese immigration to U.S. cities
China is so large, looms so high just beyond the frontiers, that if South Viet-Nam went, it would not only give them an improved geographic position for a guerrilla assault on Malaya, but would also give the impression that the wave of the future in southeast Asia was China and the Communists.
—President John F. Kennedy, televised interview, September 9, 1963
Which idea reflected in these remarks formed the basis for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
Nuclear deterrence
Flexible response
Domino theory
Iron Curtain
Selected Accomplishments of Dolores Huerta:
1. Secured disability insurance for California farmworkers
2. Directed a national grape boycott to protest the dangers of pesticides for farmworkers
3. _____________________
Which accomplishment correctly completes this list?
Organized armed resistance to protest police brutality against farmworkers
Negotiated to secure better working conditions for farmworkers
C Filed a federal lawsuit to fight segregation against farmworkers in public facilities
Seized corporate farmland to protest discrimination against farmworkers
We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs . . . are . . . deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
—Chief Justice Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education, May 17, 1954
Which previous Supreme Court decision had protected the practice described in this excerpt?
Sweatt v. Painter
Hernandez v. Texas
Plessy v. Ferguson
Wisconsin v. Yoder
How did the Battle of Midway alter the course of the war in the Pacific?
By stopping the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
By halting the progress of Japanese expansion
By preventing the continued use of Japanese kamikaze planes
By defending the Philippines from Japanese conquest
How did the Great Depression affect American society?
The price of agricultural goods decreased, causing an increase in demand for farm labor.
Manufacturing wages increased, causing businesses to concede to labor union demands.
Demand for luxury goods increased, causing overproduction in manufacturing.
Businesses were forced to close, causing widespread unemployment.
This newspaper headline describes an event that occurred in 1894.
What was one effect of the event described in this headline?
Increased support for gender equality in labor union membership
G Decreased support for socialism by labor union members
Increased federal government involvement in labor union activities
Decreased federal government surveillance of labor union leaders
This photograph shows an event that took place in 1997.
What was the significance of the event depicted in the photograph?
The U.S. government created a new military commendation for veterans of foreign wars.
The U.S. government honored an African American veteran for bravery during World War II.
The U.S. government officially desegregated the armed forces
The U.S. government extended veterans benefits to African Americans
This photograph shows a 1934 painting by an artist with the Public Works of Art Project during the Great Depression.
What is the MOST LIKELY reason the Public Works of Art Project commissioned this painting?
A To promote optimism for U.S. economic progress during the Great Depression
To demand federal worker safety laws during the Great Depression
To encourage competition for U.S. technological superiority during the Great Depression
To question the success of nationalizing industries during the Great Depression
