STAAR US History High School 2013 - Past Paper
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High School - U.S. History
Social Studies
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- Q 1/68Score 0This 1972 poster depicts an organization originally formed to advocate -29a retirement system for farm laborersbetter economic treatment of migrant workersequal employment opportunities for womenpublicly funded health care for children
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- Q1This 1972 poster depicts an organization originally formed to advocate -a retirement system for farm laborersbetter economic treatment of migrant workersequal employment opportunities for womenpublicly funded health care for children60sA.26.A: Actions To Improve Society
- Q2The demonstration described in this article was most likely prompted by -renewed diplomatic relations with communist Chinathe formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizationthe signing of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treatyescalated deployment of military forces to Vietnam60sH.8.F: Responses To Vietnam War
- Q3The introduction of vaccines to the United States helped -improve the quality of the water supplyimprove the hygiene of medical procedureslimit the spread of infectious diseaseslimit the risk in consuming imported produce60sH.27.B: Specific Needs & Innovations
- Q4What do these advertisements suggest to consumers?Personal computers are replacing cell phones.Free enterprise promotes competition among cell phone providers.Cell phone users have limited choices in the marketplace.Government regulation of the cell phone industry is increasing.60sH.28.C: Free Enterprise System & Technology Innovation
- Q5Why did the federal government create this program in 1933?To establish industrial centers in the regionTo promote organic farming practicesTo offset the effects of urbanization and rapid population growthTo provide jobs and improve the regional standard of living60sH.16.C: Effects Of Great Depression
- Q6Jackie Robinson first rose to national prominence in the late 1940s when he -organized sit-ins to desegregate lunch countershelped bring an end to racial segregation in Major League Baseballparticipated in the Freedom Rides to desegregate interstate bus terminalsenrolled in the racially segregated University of Mississippi60sA.26.C: Shaping American Culture
- Q7Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in -the war effort of the 1940sthe Civil Rights movement of the 1960sthe Red Scare of the 1950sthe political scandals of the 1970s60sH.8.B: Cold War Tensions
- Q8Which government poster is directly related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?60sH.9.F: Minority Rights
- Q9How did the legislation excerpted above affect the relationship between the U.S. government and its citizens?It made most people distrust the power of the government.It allowed people to have more direct input in government decisions.It made the government more responsible for the people's economic welfare.It allowed the government to tax investment income.60sH.19.A: New Deal Legislation
- Q10The government issued ration books during World War II in order to -allow consumers to buy imported goods at discounted ratessafeguard the profits of struggling businessesprovide financial security for uninsured citizensensure the fair distribution of scarce goods60sH.17.A: World War II
- Q11The establishment of the wildlife corridors discussed in the excerpt was most likely necessary to prevent -an invasion of non-native animal speciesthe spread of disease among animalsa rapid increase in the number of animalsthe disruption of animal migration60sH.14.A: Population Growth & Distribution
- Q12The primary reason given by U.S. leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would -maintain the policy of détentepromote reconstruction after World War IIkeep communism from spreading throughout the regionfulfill prior United Nations obligations60sH.8.D: U.S. Involvement In Foreign Countries
- Q13How have major parties reacted to the scenario described above?By suing the third parties in court for campaign-finance violationsBy addressing the issues raised by the third partiesBy preventing third parties from holding conventionsBy persuading the third parties to present a new platform60sH.11.D: Presidential Elections
- Q14What were these Hawaiian citizens protesting?The colonization of the islands by political refugees from the United StatesThe forced annexation of the islands as a U.S. territory after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchyThe granting of U.S. statehood to the islands after they were purchased from the Hawaiian monarchThe classification of the islands as a protectorate after the Hawaiian government signed a treaty with the United States60sH.12.B: Political Boundaries
- Q15The information on this map best supports the conclusion that between 2000 and 2005 -Social Security payments decreased in the Pacific NorthwestMedicare spending increased in the Southwesthealth-care costs decreased in the Northeastincome tax revenues increased in the Midwest60sH.13.A: Demographic Patterns
