2019 STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies

By Huntsville ISD
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44 Questions
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1.


What impact did this innovation have on daily life?

8.29B
8.27B
2.


The geographic factors in this table led primarily to the —

8.29C
8.10B
3.

How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?

8.16B
4.


Which outcome best completes this diagram?

8.8B
5.


Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

8.29B
8.24B
6.

Which chart correctly identifies reasons for and against ratification of the proposed U.S. Constitution?

8.29C
7.

Reasons for Seventeenth-Century
European Colonization of North America


Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?

8.29B
8.2A
8.


The economic growth demonstrated by this recruitment letter was primarily a result of —

8.29B
9.


For what reason did a group of colonists agree to this compact?

8.29A
8.3A
10.

Which phrase best represents the U.S. principle of republicanism?

8.15D
11.


This author is expressing her opinion about —

8.29B
8.16A
12.


Which reason best completes the diagram?

8.29C
8.5A
13.



This excerpt supports the conclusion that Jefferson disagreed with —

8.29B
8.18A
14.


How did opposition to this system affect the economy of the early republic?

8.14A
8.29C
15.

Which action is one part of the official path to U.S. citizenship through the naturalization process?

8.19A
16.


Which inference about the Know-Nothing Party is supported by the excerpt above?

8.29B
8.23B
17.


What is one reason this song has endured for so many years?

8.29C
18.


Which human geographic factor most likely prompted this observation?

8.29B
19.

How did the Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia affect American Indians?

8.5G
20.


What is the “great act” referred to by Senator Sumner in this excerpt?

8.9B
8.29B
21.


Which term best completes this excerpt?

8.29B
8.1A
22.

Why did slavery become a widespread practice in the United States during the early nineteenth century?

8.12B
23.


Which leadership quality does President Lincoln best demonstrate in this address?

8.22A
8.29B
24.


Which statement best explains why this resolution was adopted?

8.29B
8.4A
25.

According to the Northwest Ordinance, which condition did a U.S. territory have to meet in order to apply for statehood?

8.6A
26.


Which person is most likely a supporter of free enterprise?

8.29C
8.14B
27.

Which factor contributed to the founding of new religious groups in the United States?

8.25C
28.

Which constitutional issue led to the Nullification Crisis of 1832?

8.17B
29.


The communities in this list were established in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. What did they have in common?

8.25B
8.29B
30.

Which grievance from the Declaration of Independence is addressed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

8.15C
31.

What reason did President James K. Polk give when he asked Congress to declare war against Mexico?

8.6A
32.


What was the main reason President Monroe made this statement?

8.5E
8.29B
33.


Which pair contributed to the development of political parties in the United States?

8.29B
8.5C
34.


Why is this type of interaction important in U.S. society?

8.21B
8.29C
35.

Which event occurred as a result of General Cornwallis’s surrender at the Battle of Yorktown?

8.4C
36.

Which box lists three factors that contributed most to the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the United States?

8.29B
8.13B
37.

In the 1630s, Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams disagreed with the religious leaders of Massachusetts. These disagreements were resolved when Hooker and Williams —

8.23C
38.

What was one result of the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828?

8.5F
39.

What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

8.7C
40.


Which factor contributed most to the population change shown in this table?

8.11A
8.29C
41.

How were former Confederate leaders treated under the Radical Reconstruction plan?

8.9C
42.


Which sentence best completes this table?

8.29B
43.


This list refers to the contributions of which Founding Father?

8.20B
8.29B
44.


Where would a history student most likely find this image?

8.26B
8.29C