STAAR US History High School 2016 - Past Paper
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High School - U.S. History
Social Studies
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- Q 1/68Score 0Which Andrew Carnegie quotation best explains why he funded libraries like the one in this photograph?29"The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is... great.""Under the law of competition, the employer of thousands is forced into the strictest economies, . . . and often there is friction between the employer and the employed.""The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.""This, then, is . . . the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance."
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- Q1Which Andrew Carnegie quotation best explains why he funded libraries like the one in this photograph?"The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is... great.""Under the law of competition, the employer of thousands is forced into the strictest economies, . . . and often there is friction between the employer and the employed.""The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.""This, then, is . . . the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance."60sH.3.C: Social Issues
- Q2Which of the following is the best title for this list?Economic Rivalries Between Cold War SuperpowersConsequences of Twentieth-Century European IsolationismIssues Contributing to the Outbreak of World War IPrincipal Reasons for U.S. Entry into World War II60sH.4.C: World War I
- Q3Why did Chicano migrant workers establish the United Farm Workers?To obtain fair wages and improve labor conditionsTo exert influence on foreign policyTo change citizenship requirementsTo attain the right to vote in federal elections60sA.26.A: Actions To Improve Society
- Q4What was the initial response of the U.S. government to the attacks of September 11, 2001?To impose economic sanctions on Libya for sponsoring terrorist activitiesTo begin military operations in AfghanistanTo reopen military bases in Europe that had been closed after the Cold WarTo reopen military bases in Europe that had been closed after the Cold War60sH.11.A: U.S. World Affairs
- Q5This confrontation centered around -the refusal of federal courts to hear cases concerning civil rights violationsthe denial of First and Fifth Amendment freedoms by southern state legislaturesdisagreement over the use of taxes to fund public educationresistance by state and local governments to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling60sH.21.A: Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
- Q6The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by -the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendmentthe initiation of the Settlement House movementthe repeal of the Eighteenth Amendmentthe creation of the Temperance Society60sH.5.A: Progressive Era Reforms
- Q7Which statement correctly completes this time line?The automobile industry began researching alternative energy sources.The Centers for Disease Control petitioned Congress to eliminate waste treatment plants.The federal government created the Environmental Protection Agency to oversee environmental issues.The president ordered the Public Health Service to deal with environmental pollution.60sH.14.B: Governmental Entities & Private Citizens
- Q8Which statement best completes this list?The cattle industry was nationalized under the Department of Agriculture.Most of the cowboys on cattle drives were European immigrants.The need to process large amounts of cattle made meatpacking a major industry.Congress passed legislation imposing tariffs on imported beef.60sH.3.B: Economic Issues
- Q9The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to -promote American Indian investment in private industryturn American Indian reservations into corporate farmlandpromote cultural assimilation of American Indiansend warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military60sH.3.A: Political Issues
- Q10The event described in this headline resulted in -increased support for the antiwar movementan end to federal investigations of student organizationsdecreased federal funding of student loansthe reinstatement of the draft60sH.8.F: Responses To Vietnam War
- Q11Which theme formed the basis of the Chicano Mural Movement?Cultural prideAssimilationEducationEnvironmental preservation60sA.25.B: Cultural Movements
- Q12Which technological advance from World War II fulfilled this mission?SonarRadarCipher machinesJet engines60sH.27.B: Specific Needs & Innovations
- Q13Which diagram is about Sandra Day O'Connor?DABC60sH.24.B: Significant Political & Social Leaders
- Q14Mahan's books influenced U.S. efforts to become a world power primarily by -emphasizing the need for protectionist tariffsdemonstrating the political risks of foreign tradeadvocating overseas expansionarguing against forming overseas alliances60sH.4.A: World Power
- Q15Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?The executive order to desegregate the U.S. ArmyThe passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. FergusonThe Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter60sH.9.F: Minority Rights
