STAAR Review A Government to The Industrial Age

Which statement most accurately describes the principle of federalism?

The graduating student pictured in this cartoon is confronted by a problem caused in part by

What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution

The political cartoon reflect the actions of Andrew Carnegie

Which title best completes the diagram above?

Separation of powers and checks and balances are constitutional principles that directly

Late 19th century, critics of big business claimed that monopolies most harmed the economy by

A major purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to

Which type of federal tax was authorized by the 16th amendment in 1913?

The term robber baron was used to describe some owners of big businesses primarily because they

Which set of events in United States history is most closely associated with westward expansion

This cartoonist is expressing a concern that the current Social Security system

One purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) was to

Yellow journalists created support for the Spanish-American War by writing articles about the

In the late 19th century, the ideas of Social Darwinism were used primarily to

Actions taken by a branch of government sometimes leads to concerns about the functioning of

Poll taxes, literacy tests and grandfather clauses were adopted in Southern States primarily to

Which pairing matches a 19th-century business leader with the industry he developed?

Passage of the Homestead Act in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains by

The formation of business monopolies in the late 1800s was made possible by the

According to the cartoonist the problem faced by the college graduates was mainly the result of

Which technological innovation most directly enabled skyscrapers throughout U.S. cities