Duplicate of 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

Question 1

This list provides examples of

Accepted Answer

B

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 3

Disagreements between these two cabinet members led to

Accepted Answer

C

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 5

Which constitutional guarantee did this act violate?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

J

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 8

These innovations in agriculture and industry resulted in —

Accepted Answer

J

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A

Question 10

What was the primary reason for this migration?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 13

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 14

Which constitutional issue was President Lincoln addressing in this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 15

Which of these prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 16

The Hudson River School artists were influenced by the

Accepted Answer

H

Question 17

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 18

What was another reason Congress passed this act in 1862?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 21

Which movement did Emerson lead?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 22

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

F

Question 25

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —

Accepted Answer

A

Question 26

The factors listed above contributed most to the —

Accepted Answer

C

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 28

The purpose of this amendment was to

Accepted Answer

J

Question 29

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 30

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 31

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 32

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

Accepted Answer

F

Question 33

Which statement best explains the changes shown in this table?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 34

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

Accepted Answer

A

Question 35

Which accomplishment could be added to this diagram?

Accepted Answer

H

Question 36

Which factor accounts for this trend?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 37

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

Accepted Answer

A

Question 38

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 39

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 41

These choices are protected by the

Accepted Answer

F

Question 42

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 43

Which factor best completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 44

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 45

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

Accepted Answer

J

Question 46

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

Accepted Answer

J

Question 47

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 48

These developments occurred as a result of increased

Accepted Answer

A

Question 49

These environmental modifications were made in order to construct —

Accepted Answer

H

Question 50

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 51

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

Accepted Answer

G

Question 52

Which colony correctly completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 53

Which amendment provides for the protections described in this list?

Accepted Answer

G

Question 54

One effect of the Dawes Act was that it —

Accepted Answer

J

Question 55

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 56

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 57

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 58

Which quotation reveals the main reason for the Irish immigration to the United States?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 59

Which physical characteristics made these economic activities possible?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 60

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

Accepted Answer

H

Question 61

What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 62

Which of these completes this graphic organizer?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 63

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 64

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

Accepted Answer

G

Duplicate of 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

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Duplicate of 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

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