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STAAR 2013
Test Description: NON Dual coded Teks
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which problem did George Washington encounter when he became president?
A
Great Britain was refusing to trade with the United States.
B
The Articles of Confederation needed to bereplacedwithastrongerconstitution.
C
Southern states were threatening to secede from the Union.
D
The United States had large debts from the American Revolution.
2) How did geography influence the early economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston?
A
Natural harbors provided access to markets.
B
Long coastlines offered abundant natural resources.
C
Extreme climates limited productive activity.
D
Proximity to flooding rivers limited development.
3) During the early 1800s many young women in New England were employed outside their homes as—
A
staff reporters for local newspapers
B
crew members on cargo ships
C
legal counselors in state courts
D
cloth weavers in textile mills
4) British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they—
A
wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations
B
feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians
C
did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
D
resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
5) Which of these describes a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?
A
Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding elected office.
B
State governments were required to protect individual rights.
C
African Americans in the North could vote.
D
African Americans in the South could move elsewhere.
6) When citizens report for jury duty, they are helping uphold a constitutional right guaranteed by the—
A
Sixth Amendment
B
First Amendment
C
Ninth Amendment
D
Second Amendment
7) Catholics immigrated to the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century primarily to —
A
profit from natural resources
B
escape persecution
C
produce cash crops to pay off debts
D
avoid crop failures and famine
8) Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v.Sandford?
A
The Dawes Act
B
The Fourteenth Amendment
C
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
D
The Compromise of 1877
9) In the 1840s, thousands of Irish immigrants came to the United States seeking to escape —
A
a series of violent conflicts between the British and Irish governments
B
A series of smallpox epidemics
C
a famine caused by the failure of a staple food crop
D
a civil war between Protestants and Catholics
10) What was one major effect of the opening of the Erie Canal?
A
The volume of trade passing through southern ports increased
B
The cost of shipping goods on eastern roads increased
C
The number of ships passing through northern ports decreased
D
The cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased
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