STAAR
What was a major cause of the American Revolution?
a.) Lack of natural resources
b.) Taxation without Representation
c.) Competition with France
d.) Weak colonial economies
B.) Taxation without representation
What was the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a.) Reduced immigration
b.) Connected markets and improved trade
c.) Ended industrialization
d.) Increased farming costs
b.) Connected markets and improved trade.
Which law was the first attempt to regulate big business?
a.) Dawes Act
b.) Pure food and Drug Act
c.) Interstate Commerce Act
d.) Sherman Anti-trust Act
c.) Interstate Commerce Act
Why did the U.S. join WW1?
a.) Pearl Harbor
b.)Korean War
c.) Zimmerman Telegraph
d.) Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
c.) Zimmerman Telegraph
What was the purpose of the Japanese Interment camps?
a.) Protect civil rights
b.) Prevent suspected espionage
c.) Provide jobs
d.) Support immigration
b.) Prevent suspected espionage
Which Enlightenment idea influenced the Declaration of Independence?
a.) Divine right of kings
b.) Social Darwinism
c.) Natural rights
d.) Mercantilism
C.) Natural Rights
What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
a.) Expand railroads
b.) End Slavery
c.) Assimilate Native Americans
d.) Create labor unions.
c.) Assimilate Native Americans
What was the main goal of muckrakers?
a.) Promote business
b.) Support political machines
c.) Encourage migration
d.) Expose corruption
d.) Expose corruption
What was a major effect treaty of Versailles?
a.) Created NATO
b.) Ended Imperialism
c.) Strengthened U.S. isolationism
d.) Punished Germany
d.) Punished Germany
What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?
a.) End WW2
b.) Build Nuclear weapons
c.) Contain communism by rebuilding Europe
d.) Support dictators
c.) Contain communism by rebuilding Europe
Which principle divides power between national and state governments?
a.) Checks and Balances
b.) Republicanism
c.) Popular sovereignty
d.) Federalism
D.) federalism
What was a major effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a.) Increased trade and settlement
b.)Slowed Westward expansion
c.)Ended immigration
d.) Reduced industrial growth
a.) Increased trade and settlement
The 19th amendment granted:
a.) Civil Rights protections
b.) women's right to vote
c.) Equal pay
d.) End to segregation
b.) women's right to vote
What was a major cause of the Great Depression?
a.) High wages
b.) Too much government regulation
c.) Strong banking system
d.) Overproduction and stock speculation
d.) Overproduction and stock speculation
What was the main goal of the Civil Rights movement?
a.) End segregation and discrimination
b.) Limit immigration
c.) Promote industrialization
a.) End segregation and discrimination
Which amendment guarantees freedom of speech?
a.) 1st Amendment
b.) 4th Amendment
c.) 5th Amendment
d.) 10th Amendment
Which invention made steel production faster and cheaper?
a.)Telegraph
b.)Bessemer Process
c.)Steam Engine
d.) Cotton Gin
b.) Bessemer Process
What caused the Spanish-American War?
a.) Trade disputes with China
b.) Cold War tensions
c.)Yellow Journalism and USS Maine explosion.
d.) British invasion
c.) Yellow Journalism and USS Maine explosion
a.) FDIC
b.)CCC
c.)SEC
d.)Social Security
b.) CCC
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights of 1965?
a.) Create jobs
b.) end poll taxes and literacy tests
c.) Support unions
End poll taxes and literacy tests
What was the main goal of Manifest Destiny?
a.) Industrial growth
b.) Expansion across North America
c.) Ending slavery
d.) Creating alliances
B.) Expansion across North America
Which was a goal of labor unions like the AFL?
a.) Shorter workday
b.) Lower Wages
c.)End capitalism
d.) Increased child labor
a.) Shorter workday
What was a cause of WW1?
a.) Industrialization
b.)Civil Rights movement
c.) Great Depression
d.) Militarism and alliances
d.) Militarism and alliances
a.) D-DAY
b.) Treaty of Versailles
c.)Lusitania
d.) Pearl Harbor
d.) Pearl Harbor
What amendment states that Prohibition should be repealed, meaning reversed?
a.) 18th
b.)20th
c.)21st
d.)23rd
c.) 21st