STAAR US History High School 2015 - Past Paper
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High School - U.S. History
Social Studies K-HS (Archived)
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- Q 1/68Score 0Which words correctly complete this excerpt?291: whooping cough, 2: serum1: polio, 2: vaccines1: tuberculosis, 2: iron lung treatment1: chicken pox, 2: antibiotics
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- Q1Which words correctly complete this excerpt?1: whooping cough, 2: serum1: polio, 2: vaccines1: tuberculosis, 2: iron lung treatment1: chicken pox, 2: antibiotics60sH.27.B: Specific Needs & Innovations
- Q2Which of these factors contributed most to the Dust Bowl?Severe heat and rapid suburban developmentHigh winds and railroad constructionProlonged drought and poor farming practicesFlash flooding and intense deforestation60sH.12.A: Physical & Human Geographic Factors
- Q3The passage of the pieces of legislation in this list resulted in —the regulation of cabinet-level agenciesfederal guarantees of incomelimitations on government expendituresthe creation of programs to alleviate poverty60sH.17.D: Government Actions
- Q4This photograph best illustrates the need in 1943 to —increase the regulatory power of the War Production Boardincrease federal funding for the Manhattan Projectoutlaw closed-shop and collective-bargaining practices by labor unionsmaintain the country's military and industrial production levels60sH.17.A: World War II
- Q5Why did gasoline prices spike during the 1970s and early 1980s?Congress introduced new legislation to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles.Congress imposed new regulations on foreign energy companies.Conflicts in the Middle East disrupted the distribution of oil.A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil.60sH.10.C: Impact Of Energy On American Life
- Q6Which of the following best replaces the question mark in this list of information about Puerto Rico?Was ceded to the United States as a result of the Spanish-American WarBecame a U.S. state during the Reconstruction eraSigned an annexation treaty with the United States after World War IWas promised U.S. military protection as part of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points60sH.12.B: Political Boundaries
- Q7Navajo soldiers made an important contribution to the Allied war effort during World War II by —designing radar technology for submarinesencoding military communications for secure transmissionflying bombing missions into enemy territoryproviding intelligence on enemy positions60sH.7.G: Home Front & American Patriotism
- Q8Which factor links all of these modern innovations?They each include technology that was originally developed for use in the U.S. space exploration program.They are all products initially created for use in the U.S. communications industry.They are all special tools first created for U.S. transportation workers in the early twentieth century.They each include material that was first grown on U.S. experimental farms in the late nineteenth century.60sH.28.B: Space Technology & Exploration
- Q9Which agency name belongs on the blank line?National Park ServiceU.S. Geological SurveyU.S. Border PatrolBureau of Reclamation60sH.14.B: Governmental Entities & Private Citizens
- Q10The rights of citizens under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution were violated by the U.S. government when it authorized the establishment of —internment camps for Japanese Americansthe Office of Price Administrationthe Office of War Mobilizationnuclear test sites in Nevada60sH.7.D: Major Issues Of WWI
- Q11How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?Factories could extend working hours.Products could be manufactured on an assembly line.Businesses needed to hire skilled workers.Machines needed to be repaired less frequently.60sH.27.A: Scientific Discoveries & Technological Innovations
- Q12How did President Bush attempt to complete the mission described above?By overthrowing a dictator in North KoreaBy fighting a global war on terrorismBy offering assistance to refugees escaping genocideBy supporting the Arab Spring movement60sH.11.A: U.S. World Affairs
- Q13During the Progressive Era, one goal of state-level political reformers was to —prevent party leaders from amending campaign platformspromote the principle of direct democracylimit the use of judicial review by circuit courtsincrease the influence of business owners on regulatory legislation60sH.5.A: Progressive Era Reforms
- Q14Which of the following correctly completes this description?North American Free Trade AgreementNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationOrganization of Petroleum Exporting CountriesGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade60sH.17.E: International Trade Policies & Free Enterprise System
- Q15Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik 1?The U.S. government founded a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.The United States began a period of technology sharing with the Soviet Union.The Soviet government collapsed because of economic competition.The Soviet Union was unable to collect images of the United States from space.60sH.2.D: Significant Years
