STAAR Social Studies Grade 8 (2015) - Past Paper
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- Q 1/52Score 0What was a major reason for the federal government’s involvement in the relocations depicted on this map?29To gain access to important riversTo acquire valuable agricultural land and natural resourcesTo persuade American Indians to become farmersTo punish American Indians who were allies of the British
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- Q1What was a major reason for the federal government’s involvement in the relocations depicted on this map?To gain access to important riversTo acquire valuable agricultural land and natural resourcesTo persuade American Indians to become farmersTo punish American Indians who were allies of the British60s8.5.G: Social Studies - History
- Q2A certain small town has many choices for people who want to attend religious services, including two churches, a synagogue, a cathedral, a mosque, and a temple. These choices are protected by the —Third AmendmentSixth AmendmentEighth AmendmentFirst Amendment60s8.25.C: Social Studies - Culture
- Q3Disagreements between these two cabinet members led to —the establishment of the first U.S. political partiesa struggle to ratify the Bill of Rightsa compromise over slavery in western territoriesthe creation of reservations for American Indians60s8.5.C: Social Studies - History
- Q4The decision in Marbury v. Madison was significant in U.S. history because it —upheld the power of the Electoral College to choose the vice presidentreinforced federal authority over American Indian affairsconfirmed the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerceestablished the practice of judicial review by the Supreme Court60s8.18.A: Social Studies - Government
- Q5Which characteristic is correctly matched with a number in the table?1: Indigo4: Ships3: Rocky soil2: Moderate60s8.11.A: Social Studies - Geography
- Q6Which constitutional issue was President Lincoln addressing in this excerpt?The legal ability of states to secedeThe power of states to organize militiasThe right of citizens to choose representativesThe unalienable rights of citizens60s8.17.B: Social Studies - Government
- Q7These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?Gibbons v. OgdenWorcester v. GeorgiaDred Scott v. SandfordMcCulloch v. Maryland60s8.18.C: Social Studies - Government
- Q8These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by —imposing regulations on colonial agriculturepunishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliamentangering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violatedrestricting colonial trade with American Indians60s8.4.A: Social Studies - History
- Q9A biography on the military career of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson would include his involvement in which Civil War events?The First Battle of Bull Run and the Confederate victory at FredericksburgThe Virginia Peninsula campaign and the Union victory at GettysburgThe campaigns in northern Virginia and the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court HouseThe Union capture of Atlanta and the March to the Sea through Georgia60s8.22.B: Social Studies - Citizenship
- Q10Which economy and contributing factor best complete this table?1. Large farms; 2. Slaves used for labor1. Cottage industry; 2. Mild weather that attracted immigrants1. Mining; 2. Metal ores and minerals1. Ranching; 2. Railroads to transport cattle to market60s8.12.D: Social Studies - Economics
- Q11Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?The invention of the steam engineThe development of the factory systemThe establishment of protective tariffsThe profitability of cash-crop agriculture60s8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics
- Q12Which accomplishment could be added to this diagram?Commanded the U.S. military in the West during the Indian WarsBecame Andrew Johnson’s vice president after Abraham Lincoln’s assassinationLed the Radical Republicans in Congress during ReconstructionWas appointed general in chief of the Union army during the Civil War60s8.8.A: Social Studies - History
- Q13Which movement did Emerson lead?The Second Great AwakeningAbolitionismTranscendentalismTemperance60s8.26.A: Social Studies - Culture
- Q14Which U.S. document guarantees protection against these injustices?The Articles of ConfederationThe Mayflower CompactThe ConstitutionThe Declaration of Independence60s8.15.A: Social Studies - Government
- Q15This list provides examples of —weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederationdomestic issues faced by the leaders of the new republictopics discussed during the Second Constitutional Conventionissues leading to the ratification of the first constitutional amendments60s8.5.A: Social Studies - History
