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Test Description: 2018 STAAR Practice Questions
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1) The development of the factory system in the early 1800s caused
A
A decrease in free trade between nations
B
An increase in production levels
C
A decrease in immigration
D
An increase in government regulation of businesses
2) Which statement represents the Articles of Confederation?
A
Did not establish a common currency
B
Did not grant a federal power to tax or regulate commerce
C
Did not establish an executive or judicial branch
D
All of the above
3) What was the primary reason Parliament passed acts enforcing taxes on the colonist?
A
To fund the establishment of new colonies
B
To recover the cost of defending the colonies
C
To encourage foreign trade with the colonies
D
To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies
4) Which best fits the reasons for Spanish Colonist and French Colonists in the US?
A
Enslaved native populations and Organized utopian societies
B
Established Catholic missions and Focused primarily on fur trading
C
Promoted political freedom and Participated in the triangular trade
D
Became commercial shipbuilders and Created an early system of public schools
5) Which of the following is most associated with the formation of the Democratic Party?
A
The use of protective tariffs
B
The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
C
The election of Andrew Jackson as president
D
The abolition movement
6) The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit British colonists from settling past what geographic feature?
A
Gulf of Mexico
B
Mississippi River
C
Appalachian Mountains
D
Lake Michigan
7) What was the main cause of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868?
A
His refusal to investigate reported criminal activity by the Union army during the Civil War
B
His opposition to Radical Reconstruction policies for former Confederate states
C
His refusal to use the Homestead Act to redistribute land to former slaves
D
His opposition to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
8) What was the final battle of the American Civil War?
A
Appomattox Courthouse
B
Bull Run
C
Vicksburg
D
Gettysburg
9) The invention of the cotton gin, Opening of lands along the Mississippi River, and growing demand for inexpensive labor all led to what?
A
The expansion of manufacturing into the western territories
B
The expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories
C
A reduction in the number of skilled workers in northern states
D
A reduction in the number of skilled workers in northern states
10) The Virginia Company authorized a general assembly in Virginia so that colonists could...
A
Self-govern on a local level
B
Vote in the British Parliament
C
Participate in a free-market economy
D
Express dissatisfaction with British rule
11) What was a cause to the War of 1812?
A
British impressment of U.S. sailors
B
French naval attacks on U.S. harbors
C
French embargoes on trade with the United States
D
British invasions of countries allied with the United States
12) How did the Freedmen’s Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?
A
By petitioning the government to offer money to former slaves
B
By offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves
C
By dividing large plantations and redistributing the property to former slaves
D
By creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves
13) After the case for Worcester vs Georgia to preserve the Native American territories, how did Andrew Jackson respond?
A
President Jackson vetoes an act passed by Congress.
B
President Jackson introduces a bill to Congress.
C
President Jackson annexes land west of the Mississippi River.
D
President Jackson ignores a Supreme Court ruling.
14) Which American colony’s economy was based primarily on shipbuilding and fishing?
A
Georgia
B
Virginia
C
Massachusetts
D
Maryland
15) The social groups, carpetbaggars and scalawags originated from what era?
A
War of 1812
B
Second Great Awakening
C
Age of Jackson
D
Reconstruction era
16) Which of the following had the greatest impact on the outcome of the Civil War?
A
The alignment of foreign allies with the Union or with the Confederacy
B
Economic differences between the Union and the Confederacy
C
The amount of military training given to Union forces and Confederacy forces
D
Religious differences between the Union and the Confederacy
17) How did Fredrick Douglas inspire followers during the
A
Writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin
B
Becoming the first African American senator
C
Publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star
D
Organizing the Underground Railroad
18) Entrepreneurship, private ownership, profit motive, competition, and consumer choice are all important factors to what economic system?
A
Federalism
B
Mercantile System
C
Free Enterprise System
D
Republicanism
19) Which of the following is the best example of an early U.S. struggle to define the domestic authority of the central government?
A
The War of 1812
B
The Whiskey Rebellion
C
The Barbary Wars
D
The XYZ Affair
20) Who agreed that the Bill of Rights would be dangerous in the proposed constitution?
A
Minutemen
B
Patriots
C
Federalists
D
Loyalists
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