Duplicate of 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

Question 1

Which physical characteristics made these economic activities possible?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 2

A biography on the military career of “Stonewall” Jackson would include...

Accepted Answer

A

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 4

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 5

Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 6

the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

G

Question 7

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 8

Patrick Henry was criticizing which aspect of the Constitution in this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 9

Which statement best explains the changes shown in this table?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 10

Which factor accounts for this trend?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 11

Which of these characteristics also describes these two states

Accepted Answer

D

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

J

Question 13

Which of these is a guarantee in the First Amendment?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 14

Which U.S. document guarantees protection against these injustices?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 15

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 16

These innovations in agriculture and industry resulted in —

Accepted Answer

J

Question 17

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

F

Question 19

Which economy and contributing factor best complete this table?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 20

These developments occurred as a result of increased

Accepted Answer

A

Question 21

Which speaker is in favor of ratifying the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 22

The Hudson River School artists were influenced by the

Accepted Answer

H

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 24

In Marbury v Madison, the Supreme Court established a what?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 25

Which group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?

Accepted Answer

G

Question 26

Which of these prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 27

How did the growth of these organizations most affect the role of women in US society?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 28

Which sentence best completes the diagram?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 29

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 30

What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 31

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 32

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 33

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 34

This excerpt provides one example of which constitutional principle?

Accepted Answer

G

Question 35

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 36

The purpose of this amendment was to

Accepted Answer

J

Question 37

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 38

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 39

These choices are protected by the

Accepted Answer

F

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

A

Question 41

Which era in U.S. history is the focus of this article?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 42

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —

Accepted Answer

A

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

J

Question 44

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 45

Which accomplishment could be added to this diagram?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 46

How did the War of 1812 affect the US economy?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 47

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 48

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

Accepted Answer

F

Question 49

The factors listed above contributed most to the —

Accepted Answer

C

Question 50

Which action completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 51

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 52

What practice reinforced that perception?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 53

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 54

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to —

Accepted Answer

D

Question 55

These environmental modifications were made in order to construct —

Accepted Answer

H

Question 56

Which phrase completes this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 57

Which of these occurred during early US industrialization?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 58

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 59

Which colony correctly completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 60

Which factor best completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 61

Disagreements between these two cabinet members led to

Accepted Answer

C

Question 62

Which of these completes this graphic organizer?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 63

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 64

Which of the following correctly describes the Three-Fifths Compromise?

Accepted Answer

F

Duplicate of 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

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Duplicate of 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

Questions 104