'23 STAAR~USH-QnA~2021&2022
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- Q1
How did the Great Depression affect American society?
Businesses were forced to close, causing widespread unemployment.
30s - Q2
How did the Battle of Midway alter the course of the war in the Pacific?
By halting the progress of Japanese expansion
30s - Q3
Read the list and answer the question that follows...
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
30s - Q4
NATO was created in response to concerns about —
the Soviet Union and Communism
30s - Q5
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• Passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act
• Ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment
• Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act In which historical time period was these laws enacted?
The Progressive Era
30s - Q6
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
30s - Q7
Which factor has MOST contributed to the improvement of cell phone technology?
Competition between cell phone companies to gain new customers
30s - Q8
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.
30s - Q9
What is the PRIMARY reason why Hurricane Katrina caused major destruction to New Orleans in 2005?
Levees surrounding the city collapsed under pressure from floodwaters.
30s - Q10
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows...
In fact, 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,” March 26‚ 2015
How has this religious pluralism influenced the national identity of the United States?
Many Americans are tolerant of various religious beliefs.
30s - Q11
What is the purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission?
To maintain fair markets and increase investor confidence in financial institutions
30s - Q12
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows...
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),” National Archives and Records Administration, www.ourdocuments.gov (accessed February 28, 2018)
How did President Dwight D. Eisenhower respond to “considerable resistance” in Arkansas?
By sending soldiers to Arkansas to enforce desegregation
30s - Q13
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Navstar GPS is a satellite-based radio navigation system developed and operated by the US Department of Defense (DOD). . . . It consists of a constellation of orbiting satellites, a ground control system, and thousands of GPS information receiver units in aircraft, ships, [and] land vehicles. . . .
—“U.S. Military GPS,” www.army-technology.com (accessed May 7, 2018) Which military needs to be contributed to the development of the technology described in this excerpt?
Faster, more accurate responses during combat
30s - Q14
This excerpt describes a work process established by Henry Ford...
One man fits the parts together so that the bolt holes come right. The next man fits the bolt holes into place. The next has a pan of nuts before him and all day he scoops them up and with his fingers starts them on the thread of the bolts. The next man has a wrench and he gives the final twist that makes them tight.
—John A. Fitch, 1914
Which results did Ford hope to achieve by implementing the process described in this excerpt?
Increased productivity and efficiency
30s - Q15
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The whole of our governmental machinery was devised for the purpose that . . . we give incentive and equality of opportunity to every individual to rise to that highest achievement of which he is capable. . . . The spread of government destroys initiative and thus destroys character. . . . There is an entirely different avenue by which we may both resist this drift to centralized government and at the same time meet a multitude of problems. That is to strengthen in the Nation a sense and an organization of self-help . . . .
—President Herbert Hoover, radio address, February 12, 1931
How did this response to the Great Depression differ from the ideas of Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Hoover wanted to limit the role of the federal government in managing the crisis.
30s
