STAAR Review Court Cases, Amendments, Laws and Agencies

Question 1

Anti-terrorism act that allowed wiretaps, search of business records & surveillance activities.

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USA Patriot Act

Question 2

Colonist in America were tired of "no taxation without representation," pulled away from Eng.

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1776

Question 3

Theory that if you cut taxes, the economy would grow; "trickle down economics."

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Reagonomics

Question 4

1947 international trade agreement lowered trade barriers;created World Trade Organization.

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G.A.T.T.

Question 5

Over 121,807 Japanese, German, & Italian Americans placed in internment camps during WWII.

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Executive Order 9066

Question 6

1946 USSC case that ended segregation of Mexican Americans in public schools.

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Mendez v. Westminister

Question 7

This amendment is known as the citizenship amendment.

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14th

Question 8

This policy was designed to correct the effects of past discriminations.

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Affirmative Action

Question 9

Passed in 1909, this amendment set up the federal income tax system in the USA.

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16th

Question 10

Parents can homeschool their kids if schools are teaching against their religious principles.

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Wisconsin v Yoder

Question 11

Peace agreement between Egypt and Israel negotiated by Pres. Carter after 6 Day War.

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Camp David Accord 1979

Question 12

First bill passed after 1875 to protect rights of blacks and protected their right to vote.

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Civil Rights Act of 1957

Question 13

Protects Americans from dangerous medicines and requires truth in labeling of products.

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Pure Food and Drug Act

Question 14

Students had theright to wear armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War; freedom of speech.

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Tinker v. Des Moines 1969

Question 15

Can not segregate Mexican American school children in Texas 1948

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Delgado vs Bastrop ISD

Question 16

New Deal legislation;aid to retirees,unemployed,disabled people,families with dependent kids.

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Social Security Act

Question 17

This law protects bank deposits if the banks fails and goes out of business.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. F.D.I.C.

Question 18

This law eliminated discrimination in higher education; best known for impact on sports.

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Title IX

Question 19

Changes in school finance in Texas to help poorer districts. "Robin Hood" plan.

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Edgewood ISD v Kirby

Question 20

Enacted in response to the Great Recession;saved jobs/created jobs;infrastructure built/relief.

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Question 21

This amendment passed in 1971, gave all 18 yr. olds the right to vote in the USA.

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26th

Question 22

USSC said separate but equal law facilities unonstitutional; cannot isolate students racially.

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Sweatt v. Painter

Question 23

This law passed in 1924, granted citizenship to Native Americans born in the USA/

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American Indian Citizenship Act

Question 24

This commission was established to prevent fraud in the stock market.

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Securities and Exchange Commission

Question 25

When a proposed legislative measure can be submitted to a vote of the people.

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Referendum

Question 26

1st amend freedom of speech can be censored if there is a clear and present danger.

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Schenck v US

Question 27

Court case in 1954 overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, making desegregation the law of the land.

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Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka

Question 28

This act said the land was yours if you lived on it for 5 yrs. and made improvements on it.

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Homestead Act

Question 29

What court case in 1896, established "separate but equal" was the law of the land.

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Plessy v Ferguson

Question 30

Created the national banking system of the US and controls supply of money in circulation.

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Federal Reserve Act of 1913

Question 31

Mexican Americans right to trial by jury of their peers.

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Hernandez v Texas

Question 32

Loans that helped veterans buy homes and go to college.

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G.I. Bill

Question 33

During WWII, citizens loaned $ to the Government at 2.9% interest to pay for WWII expenses.

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War Bonds

Question 34

Segregation of Mexican American students in California is illegal

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Mendez v Westminister ISD 1947

Question 35

This amendment that put an end to slavery in the US.

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13th

Question 36

This amendment passed in 1920, gave all women the right to vote in the USA.

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19th

Question 37

Upheld affirmative action; race can be a factor in college admissions. Not a popular decision.

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Bakke v California

Question 38

This federal law forbids segregation in public places.

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Civil Rights Act 1964

Question 39

Quota system in the USA that limits how many immigrants can be admitted yearly in USA.

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National Origins Act 1924

Question 40

Allows for letting citizens put a law on the ballot for voting.

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Initiative Petition

Question 41

Discrimination in public funding for students in poor school districts is unconstitutional.

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Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

Question 42

The State can't require parents to make their children attend school past 16;1/14th Amendments

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Wisconsin v. Yoder

Question 43

This amendment gave all free men, not women, the right to vote.

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15th

Question 44

Procedure for removing a public official from office by a vote of the people.

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Recall

Question 45

1954 USSC that said Mexican Americans were entitled to a trial by a jury of their peers.

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Hernandez v. Texas

Question 46

This amendment passed in 1912, determines who sits in Congress.

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17th

Question 47

Date the US Constitution was written.

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1787

Question 48

This prevents monopolies and trusts from taking unfair advantage of competition.

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 49

Can not have multi-member party districts in Texas. Unfair voting practices.

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White v Register

Question 50

This law ban the use of poll taxes and literacy test as requirements for voting.

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Civil Rights Voting Act 1965

Question 51

This regulates railroads to prevent unfair shipping rates between states.

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Interstate Commerce Act

Question 52

TX Supreme Crt. required changes in school finance to increase funding for poorer districts.

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Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

Question 53

Criminal suspects must be warned of their rights before questioned by police.

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Miranda v Arizona

Question 54

1973 law limiting a president's right to send troops into battle without consulting Congress.

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War Powers Act

Question 55

The first ten amendments of the US Constitution are known as this.

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The Bill of Rights

Question 56

US banking system;controls $ supply, and availability of credit in our country.

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Federal Reserve System

Question 57

Fear of job competition and low wages resulted in barring West Coast immigration from Asia.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 58

This amendment banned the manufacturing,sale,and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

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18th

Question 59

Treaty signed in 1993 that removed trade barriers between US, Canada, and Mexico.

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North American Free Trade Agreement

STAAR Review Court Cases, Amendments, Laws and Agencies

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STAAR Review Court Cases, Amendments, Laws and Agencies

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