2021 STAAR US History

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Passed the Endangered Species Act

Constructed the Hoover Dam

Passed the Community Reinvestment Act

Established the Department of Energy

The number of factories using assembly lines decreased.

A progressive movement worked to stop the use of child labor.

A political movement worked to lower taxes for businesses.

The number of people joining labor unions decreased.

The invention of a new process for manufacturing steel

The government’s focus on educating engineers

The manufacturing of glass that blocks ultraviolet sun rays

The importation of stronger kinds of wood

By granting citizenship to immigrants

By passing antitrust legislation

By ratifying constitutional amendments

By engaging in an international conflict

State governments took over the responsibility of protecting minority rights.

The federal government was no longer responsible for protecting natural resources.

H State governments could no longer control their budgets.

The federal government provided aid to people suffering from unemployment.

The islands offered excellent locations for tropical resorts.

The local residents needed help to prevent the spread of poverty and disease.

The location was strategically valuable to both military and business leaders.

The local rulers wanted financial assistance to rebuild after a natural disaster.

By supporting the movement to end Reconstruction and Jim Crow

By establishing labor unions for women and children

By winning the right to vote for African Americans and immigrants

By leading efforts to achieve prohibition and women’s suffrage

Officials believed the election would lead to a civil war and revolution.

Congress members feared foreign policy decisions would lead to criticism at home.

The administration opposed the creation of regional alliances.

Leaders feared communist officials would win the election and take over the country.

Staying informed about issues affecting the country and communities

Defending the country through military service if the need arises

Getting a high-paying job with health care and retirement benefits

Participating on a grand jury on a regular basis

To negotiate the withdrawal of U.S. and Chinese soldiers from Korea

To create a military alliance with China against the Soviet Union

To create an agreement limiting Chinese and Soviet development of nuclear weapons

To normalize relations between the United States and China

Increased supplies of underground water

Increased damage to coastal ecosystems

Decreased greenhouse gas emissions

Decreased air pollution levels

The act allowed members of minority groups to join the armed forces because it desegregated the military.

The financial regulations in the act protected the deposits of bank customers.

The educational benefits included in the act helped provide training to military veterans.

The act provided employment opportunities for women because it made discrimination in the workplace illegal.

Minorities were not allowed to attend schools with whites.

Poll taxes in federal elections were ruled unconstitutional.

Affirmative action programs were ruled unconstitutional.

Minorities were not allowed to join the military.

Airlifting supplies to people in West Berlin

Creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Withdrawing military forces from West Berlin

Providing financial support to help rebuild European nations

By increasing the number of workers in the agricultural sector

By increasing the amount of time used to manufacture goods

By increasing the efficiency of workers and businesses

By increasing the health and safety risks faced by industrial workers

Germany joined the Central Powers.

U.S. public opinion shifted against Germany.

Germany refused to join the League of Nations.

U.S. leaders proposed a military alliance with Germany.

restore U.S. citizenship to American Indians

encourage the study of American Indian religious practices

protect American Indians from nativist policies

assimilate American Indians into U.S. culture

Imposed economic sanctions on Israel

Provided humanitarian support to Iran

Conducted military operations in Afghanistan

Declared war against Pakistan

Denial of labor union membership for unskilled workers

Increased nativism and anti-immigrant attitudes

Wage increases for workers in manufacturing positions

Increased U.S. involvement in foreign wars and conflicts

By increasing health care benefits and pensions for the military

By implementing the Marshall Plan

By increasing funding for math and science education

By joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

By establishing military alliances with Asian nations

By proclaiming a policy of isolationism

By creating a plan to stop the spread of communism

By announcing a willingness to intervene in the affairs of Western Hemisphere nations

By regulating loans made to investors who buy stocks on margin

By changing interest rates to prevent people from paying higher prices for goods

By providing financial assistance to elderly people who are retired

By protecting the savings of bank customers during an economic crisis

Enforced the Wisconsin v. Yoder decision protecting First Amendment rights

Established the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to promote voting rights

Passed civil rights legislation banning segregation in public places

Issued an executive order prohibiting limits on interstate migration

More passenger trains and better subway systems in the Sun Belt

More government regulation and fewer natural disasters in the Sun Belt

More job opportunities and lower cost of living in the Sun Belt

More cultural diversity and better funding for public education in the Sun Belt

The food industry increased the cost of products in order to pay for chemical additives.

The federal government regulated the food industry in order to protect the health of the public.

The food industry imported more goods from Europe in order to offer customers more choices.

The federal government passed antitrust legislation in order to increase competition in the food industry.

The railroad contributed to the rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West.

The railroad caused a rapid decline in agriculture and mining in the West.

The railroad contributed to population growth and increased sharecropping in the East.

The railroad prompted Congress to buy land and create national parks in the East.

Writing a ten-point platform that demanded decent housing

Using armed patrols to protect neighborhoods

Operating the Free Breakfast for Children Program

Creating “survival” programs that included medical and legal aid

Increase in minimum wage

Growth of immigration

Increase in unemployment

Growth in consumer spending

His administration supported a revolution against an elected leader in Iran.

His policies involved the sharing of nuclear technology with Iran.

His policies threatened petroleum trade agreements with Iran.

His administration violated an embargo by selling weapons to Iran.

To persuade women to purchase food ration coupons

To encourage families to put more money into bank savings accounts

To encourage citizens to help pay for the costs of the war

To persuade women to pay for the release of prisoners of war

Cultural diffusion

Nativism

Social Darwinism

Containment

To reduce the use of gasoline by consumers

To reduce traffic on interstate highways

To improve the life expectancy of consumers

To increase the use of railroads

He wanted to strengthen the congressional power of impeachment.

He wanted to strengthen federal judicial authority over state governments.

He wanted to remove congressional leaders from office.

He wanted to weaken the power of the judicial branch over the executive.

To locate and remove land mines from the battlefield

To transport military supplies to the front lines

To overcome trench defenses and end stalemates

To monitor enemy troop movements

right to privacy

right to bear arms

right to a speedy trial

right to an attorney

given an early honorable discharge from U.S. military service

awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

made an honorary member of the United Nations

awarded the Legion of Honor ribbon

African American painters of the Hudson River School focused on the beauty of nature.

African American architects created the Neoclassical style based on Roman and Greek models.

African American artists and writers celebrated their culture in a movement called the Harlem Renaissance.

African American musicians developed rock and roll music based on African rhythms and beats.

He wanted to prevent the spread of the global flu epidemic.

He wanted to protect secret U.S. nuclear technology.

He wanted the United States to join an international league.

He wanted to protect U.S. sovereignty in international relations.

By increasing diversity in the workplace

By leading to the creation of a national health care system

By increasing the globalization of the economy

By leading to the passage of antitrust laws

Rights that change over time

Rights that cannot be taken away or denied

Rights that only governments can provide

Rights that cannot be defined and protected

Nativism and Social Darwinism were expanding in American cities.

The U.S. social security system provided financial and medical benefits.

There were many jobs and business opportunities in America.

American cities had large and comfortable tenement apartment buildings.

By setting a precedent for Brown v. Board of Education

By reinforcing the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

By giving state governments the power to create school programs

By allowing for the creation of religious schools

By desegregating schools and urban neighborhoods

By urging blacks to accept low-paying jobs and social inequality

By promoting black cultural pride and economic independence

By supporting the use of violence to overthrow government and win reforms

Congress wanted to expand its power to provide funding to the military.

Congress wanted to limit the president’s power to send U.S. troops into armed conflicts.

Congress wanted to regain control over its treaty-making powers.

Congress wanted to give the president the power to make battlefield decisions.

By encouraging the development of alternative forms of fuel

By increasing the speed limit on interstate highways

By decreasing funding for electrical power stations

By discouraging exploration for fossil fuels

To increase U.S. colonization of Asia

To prevent the spread of communist influence in Asia

To end trade sanctions against Asian countries

To protect U.S. soldiers stationed in Asian countries

To end the use of poll taxes for voting

To raise awareness of insufficient educational opportunities

To protest the rising cost of college education

To support the passage of a minimum wage law

To stop Japan from cutting off supply lines into China

To prevent Japan from invading China for natural resources

To force Japan to accept terms of unconditional surrender

To punish Japan for its treatment of soldiers at Bataan

The temperance movement

The passage of Jim Crow laws

The passage of antitrust legislation

The conservation movement

Cars became more available because of the passage of antitrust laws.

Cars became more affordable because of the removal of wartime price controls.

Cars became more affordable because of the introduction of the assembly line.

Cars became more available because of the removal of tariffs after a global conflict.

The federal government passes laws to protect individual liberties.

The Supreme Court votes to approve the appointment of presidential cabinet members.

The Electoral College votes to approve the winner of congressional elections.

The federal government passes laws to regulate businesses.

Should industries be allowed to prohibit workers from joining unions?

Can the government require citizens to purchase war bonds?

At what age should citizens be required to enlist in a branch of the military?

Can the government limit the constitutional rights of citizens during wartime?

They were granted the right to attend public schools.

They were allowed to own property.

They were allowed increased participation in the political process.

They were granted the right to serve in military combat units.

The rising costs of national defense

Threats posed by immigrant radicals

Abuses of the spoils system by political machines

The inefficiency of large corporations

By providing jobs in rural areas across the country

By inventing new technologies that helped create the internet

By building jewelry shops that sold luxury goods

By investing his money in the space technology industry

To monitor ethnic groups for espionage activities

To fund the war by authorizing the sale of government bonds

To regulate freedom of expression at antiwar demonstrations

To provide the military with additional manpower

Employees were prevented from buying stock.

There was decreased competition among producers.

Consumers were denied access to goods.

There was a lack of employment opportunities for immigrants.

By supporting government funding of the arts and sciences

By supporting increased environmental protections

By supporting the implementation of social reforms

By supporting the development of free trade practices

Decrease in interest rates

Failure of banks

Outsourcing of manufacturing jobs

Outbreak of a global war

Companies have reduced their production of goods.

Companies have limited the number of employees they hire.

Companies have established industry-wide pricing policies.

Companies have competed to make better products.

Fewer musicians gave live musical performances.

People were exposed to more diverse musical styles.

Music stores sold fewer musical instruments.

Many religious groups actively supported the new musical culture.

Axis violations of international law caused the United States to hold criminal trials.

German expansion in Western Europe caused the United States to assist France.

Japanese aggression in the Pacific caused the United States to declare war.

Allied defeats on the battlefield caused the United States to develop new weapons.

To assist doctors in diagnosing injuries

To assist farmers in irrigating crops

To protect agricultural products from insects

To prevent the outbreak of dangerous diseases

Introducing reforms to health care insurance

Easing restrictions for gun ownership

Reducing regulations for offshore drilling

Requiring women to register for the draft