Practice for the Pre-STAAR Benchmark Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

Question 1

Which event on the time line contributed most directly to the outbreak of the U.S.-Mexican War?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 2

Who made this statement?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 3

What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 4

Which economy and contributing factor best complete this table?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 5

This list describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from —

Accepted Answer

G

Question 6

Which phrase completes this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 7

The decision in Marbury v. Madison was significant in U.S. history because it —

Accepted Answer

H

Question 8

Which statement best describes the influence of this document?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 9

Which of these prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 10

The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the US by

Accepted Answer

H

Question 11

The Hudson River School artists were influenced by the

Accepted Answer

H

Question 12

Which document was the focus of this presentation?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 13

This provision is a response to which grievance from the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 14

Which box lists some results of steamboat tech in the US in the mid 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 15

Which of the following was an argument made against slavery in the Thirteen Colonies?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 16

What was one effect of these events on the 1828 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 17

What was one result of these regional differences?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 18

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 19

Which of these correct describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 20

How did the loss of it control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confed?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 21

Which action completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 22

Which characteristic is correctly matched with a number in the table?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 23

Which of the following completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 24

Which document was most influenced by this statute?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 25

Which shaded state was the main destination of American Indians during the Trail of Tears?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 26

In the ratification of the Constitution, which point would have been made by a Federalist?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 27

What was another reason Congress passed this act in 1862?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 28

How did this invention contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 29

The first political parties in the United States formed mainly in response to disagreements ove

Accepted Answer

D

Question 30

These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by —

Accepted Answer

H

Question 31

At that time, what idea did the western frontier represent to many Americans?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 32

What practice reinforced that perception?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 33

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —

Accepted Answer

A

Question 34

Which of these characteristics also describes these two states

Accepted Answer

D

Question 35

These choices are protected by the

Accepted Answer

F

Question 36

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 37

Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 38

These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 39

Which physical characteristics made these economic activities possible?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 40

Which excerpt from the U.S. Constitution best illustrates the principle of popular sovereignty?

Accepted Answer

G

Question 41

Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 42

Which of these is a guarantee in the First Amendment?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 43

Which sentence best completes the diagram?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 44

Which of the following was the most direct result of the modifications listed above?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 45

Which motive best completes the diagram?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 46

This list provides examples of

Accepted Answer

B

Question 47

The factors listed above contributed most to the —

Accepted Answer

C

Question 48

These developments occurred as a result of increased

Accepted Answer

A

Question 49

Which of these completes this graphic organizer?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 50

Which region;s primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 51

Which statement best explains the changes shown in this table?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 52

In this excerpt, the authors of the Virginia Deceleration of Rights are describing rights they

Accepted Answer

G

Question 53

After the Civil War, the southern states adopted Black Codes to

Accepted Answer

J

Question 54

How did Samuel Morse’s best-known innovation contribute to U.S. growth and development?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 55

Which accomplishment could be added to this diagram?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 56

What was a major reason for the federal government’s involvement in the relocation?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 57

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 58

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 59

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to —

Accepted Answer

D

Question 60

These innovations in agriculture and industry resulted in —

Accepted Answer

J

Question 61

Disagreements between these two cabinet members led to

Accepted Answer

C

Question 62

The U.S. foreign policy illustrated in this cartoon was intended to —

Accepted Answer

F

Question 63

Conflicting interpretations of this amendment played a major role in the —

Accepted Answer

B

Question 64

The numbered river on this map played a major role in —

Accepted Answer

G

Practice for the Pre-STAAR Benchmark Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

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Practice for the Pre-STAAR Benchmark Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

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