6th period 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

F

Question 2

Boston and New Orleans were both founded as —

Accepted Answer

F

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

F

Question 4

Which motive best completes the diagram?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

J

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 7

Which constitutional issue was President Lincoln addressing in this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 8

Which accomplishment could be added to this diagram?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 9

These developments occurred as a result of increased

Accepted Answer

A

Question 10

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 11

What was one result of these regional differences?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 19

These innovations in agriculture and industry resulted in —

Accepted Answer

J

Question 20

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 21

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 22

Which factor best completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 24

These choices are protected by the

Accepted Answer

F

Question 25

Which document was most influenced by this statute?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

F

Question 27

What was the primary reason for this migration?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 28

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 29

The abolitionist movement achieved its goal with the passage of which amendment?

Accepted Answer

G

Question 30

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 31

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

Accepted Answer

A

Question 32

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 33

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

Accepted Answer

F

Question 34

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 35

Which factor accounts for this trend?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 36

This excerpt provides one example of which constitutional principle?

Accepted Answer

G

Question 37

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 38

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

Accepted Answer

J

Question 39

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 41

Which of the following completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 42

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

Accepted Answer

F

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 44

Which of these prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 45

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 46

This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the —

Accepted Answer

D

Question 47

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 48

Which political idea was influenced by this provision of the Magna Carta?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 49

Which statement best explains the changes shown in this table?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 50

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 51

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 52

What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

Accepted Answer

G

Question 53

Which of these completes this graphic organizer?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 54

Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 55

Which of these occurred during early US industrialization?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 56

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

Accepted Answer

F

Question 57

Which constitutional guarantee did this act violate?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 58

Which phrase completes this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 59

Which action completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 60

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 61

What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 62

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 63

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 64

The Hudson River School artists were influenced by the

Accepted Answer

H

6th period 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

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6th period 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

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