STAAR Social Studies Grade 8 2014 - Past Paper
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Grade 8
Social Studies
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- Q1The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans byguaranteeing their freedom of speechguaranteeing their permanent freedom from slaveryproviding them with access to the court systemproviding them with voting rights60s8.16.B: Social Studies - Government
- Q2As a result of the Oregon Treaty, the United States achieved its goal of —reserving western territory for American Indianssecuring the southern border of the countryacquiring land for a southwestern railroadexpanding westward to the Pacific Ocean60s8.6.C: Social Studies - History
- Q3These data could be used to support which conclusion?States in the upper South were heavily industrialized.Border states had to import needed raw materials.States in the lower South had more land devoted to plantations.Gulf Coast states had to rely on steamboats to transport goods.60s8.7.C: Social Studies - History
- Q4Which of the following best completes the diagram above?Dependent on heavy industryBordered by the PacificFormerly part of MexicoSlaveholding state60s8.10.B: Social Studies - Geography
- Q5Why did the Anti-Federalists demand that a bill of rights be added to the U.S. Constitution?To strengthen the authority of the federal governmentTo protect individual freedoms from the federal governmentTo give each state an equal amount of powerTo improve the organization of the judiciary60s8.4.E: Social Studies - History
- Q6According to the excerpt above, the Gadsden Purchase was intended to —support settlement of U.S. territory gained through the U.S.-Mexican Warencourage the sale of U.S. government land in Floridaencourage commerce among U.S. states formed from the Louisiana Purchaseallow the United States and Mexico to share railroad construction costs60s8.11.A: Social Studies - Geography
- Q7The innovation shown in this photograph most affected the U.S. economy by —decreasing the need for canalsreducing the costs of settling in western territoriesallowing more efficient movement of goodstransporting workers from southern states to northern states60s8.27.A: Social Studies - Science, Technology and Society
- Q8The excerpt above reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the —political debates that took place at the Albany Conventioneconomic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian Wareconomic consequences of the Great Awakeninginterference of Great Britain in the slave trade60s8.4.A: Social Studies - History
- Q9The proclamation excerpted above was issued during which of these historical events?Shays’s RebellionThe War of 1812The Civil WarThe Nullification Crisis60s8.17.B: Social Studies - Government
- Q10Why did the economies of western territories develop so differently from the economies of the Northeast and South?Western territories had natural harbors and many navigable rivers.Western territories had rocky soil and a large supply of slave laborWestern territories had limited land and a large immigrant population.Western territories had inexpensive land and abundant natural resources.60s8.12.D: Social Studies - Economics
- Q11To which of the following is Abigail Adams referring in this excerpt?The American victory at the Battle of YorktownThe negotiation of the Treaty of Paris by American diplomatsThe arrival of French aid after the Battle of SaratogaThe bravery of American soldiers at Valley Forge60s8.4.C: Social Studies - History
- Q12Which of these best summarizes the Monroe Doctrine?The immigration of Europeans to the United States must be discouraged.International peace can be maintained without complicated alliances.Further colonization of the Americas by European countries is prohibited.The power to nullify federal laws is necessary to preserve sovereignty.60s8.5.E: Social Studies - History
- Q13What led to the conflict referred to in this excerpt?The Battle of TippecanoeThe passage of the Dawes ActThe adoption of Indian removal policiesThe Louisiana Purchase60s8.23.C: Social Studies - Culture
- Q14The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted —states’ rights and governmental reformspiritual revival and the need for social reformthe use of reason and scientific theorymercantilism and the development of global trade60s8.1.A: Social Studies - History
- Q15Which action should be added to this list?Wrote the Supreme Court decision that established the principle of judicial reviewSupported the popular election of Supreme Court justicesUpheld the doctrine of states’ rightsAllowed slavery to extend into western territories60s8.22.A: Social Studies - Citizenship
