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US History STAAR Test Pool Questions and Answers. 100% Accurate. Verified. 5. What was the effect of the "clear and present danger" ruling established in Schenck v. United States (1919)? a. plac... ing limits on constitutional freedoms b. decreasing the president's powers during wartime c. limiting the hours women could work in industry d. upholding the right of states to regulate child labor - ✔✔a. placing limits on constitutional freedoms Read the following excerpt. This excerpt is a part of which document? The government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specific points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States. a. the de Lome letter b. the Platt Amendment c. the Roosevelt Corollary d. the Treaty of Ghent - ✔✔b. the Platt Amendment In 1899, the United States urged other nations to allow free trade in China. This approach to dealing with China was known as the a. Monroe Doctrine b. Open Door Policy c. Teller Amendment d. Roosevelt Corollary - ✔✔b. Open Door Policy The Spanish American War a. was a long, drawn out war b. required the United States to make concessions to the Spanish c. required Cuba to negotiate with the Philippines d. was short and successful for the United States - ✔✔d. was short and successful for the United States Which of the following newspaper headlines best illustrates the practice of yellow journalism in 1898? a. "266 Killed in USS Maine Accident" b. "USS Maine Sinks in Havana Harbor" c. "USS Maine Destroyed by Spanish Treachery" d. "Investigators Search for Cause of USS Maine Explosion" - ✔✔c. "USS Maine Destroyed by Spanish Treachery" 9. An important result of the Spanish American War of 1898 was that the United States a. acquired territories in Asia b. became a world power with an overseas empire c. improved its relations with Germany d. lost interest in Latin American affairs - ✔✔b. became a world power with an overseas empire 10. During the 1890s, Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst used yellow journalism to generate public support for the a. presidential candidacy of William McKinley b. goals of workers in the Pullman strike c. Spanish American War d. election of Populist Party candidates - ✔✔c. Spanish American War 11. The annexation of Hawaii, the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, and Dollar Diplomacy are all associated with United States effort to a. isolate itself from international problems b. meet the demands of antiwar movements c. expand its power and influence in certain regions of the world d. implement policies of global cooperation throughout Asia - ✔✔c. expand its power and influence in certain regions of the world 13. The chief reason the United States built the Panama Canal was to a. promote an isolationist foreign policy b. close the Western Hemisphere to new European colonization c. prevent the spread of communism d. reduce travel time for commercial and military shipping - ✔✔d. reduce travel time for commercial and military shipping 2. What was a major reason the United States entered WW I? a. Japanese occupation of Manchuria b. Foreign troops had landed on American soil c. Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded Belgium d. Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare - ✔✔d. Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare Between the 1890s and the start of World War I, the United States expanded its access to overseas markets and raw materials through the policy of a. containment b. imperialism c. isolationism d. neutrality - ✔✔b. imperialism 3. During World War I, many American women helped gain support for the suffrage movement by a. protesting against the war b. joining the military service c. lobbying for child-care facilities d. working in wartime industries - ✔✔d. working in wartime industries 4. Following World War I, the United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles primarily because the treaty a. failed to include most of President Wilson's 14 Points b. did not punish Germany for starting the war c. contained provisions that might lead the US into foreign conflicts d. made no provisions for reduction of military weapons - ✔✔c. contained provisions that might lead the US into foreign conflicts 6. The "clear and present danger" doctrine established in Schenck v. United States (1919) concerned the issue of a. freedom of speech b. the right to bear arms c. the right to an attorney d. separation of church and state - ✔✔a. freedom of speech 7. What was one effect of the Bolshevik Revolution (October 1917) on the United States? a. Nativism increased, leading to the Red Scare b. Federal courts banned anti-immigrant groups c. Allied powers needed fewer United States troops d. Immigration laws were changed to allow refugees from Russia - ✔✔a. Nativism increased, leading to the Red Scare 8. A major purpose of President Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918) was to a. ask Congress to enter World War I b. set goals for achieving peace after World War I c. provide an aid program for rebuilding war-torn nations d. retaliate for the sinking of the Lusitania - ✔✔b. set goals for achieving peace after World War I 9. One goal for a lasting peace that President Wilson included in his Fourteen Points was a. establishing a League of Nations b. maintaining a permanent military force in Europe c. returning the United States to a policy of isolationism d. blaming Germany for causing World War - ✔✔a. establishing a League of Nations Which four organizations opposed the use of violence in the struggle for African American civil rights? a. NAACP, Urban League, CORE, SCLC b. CORE, KKK, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam c. SNCC after 1967, SCLC, CORE, Black Panthers d. NAACP, Urban League, SNCC after 1967, Nation of Islam - ✔✔a. NAACP, Urban League, CORE, SCLC 3. In the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congress prohibited discrimination in restaurants and hotels on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. What else did Congress provide in the same act? a. An official definition for discrimination in housing b. Accessibility rights for individuals with disabilities c. Penalties for prohibited acts of racial discrimination d. Penalties for those instituting "affirmative action" programs - ✔✔c. Penalties for prohibited acts of racial discrimination 4. What strategy did both Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez use to achieve social change? a. Organized labor unions b. Started riots c. Created militant demonstrations d. Led nonviolent boycotts - ✔✔d. Led nonviolent boycotts 5. What was the goal of African American and white volunteers during the Freedom Summer? a. To train African Americans in job skills b. To integrate state-supported universities c. To protect segregated eating establishments d. To register African American voters - ✔✔d. To register African American voters 6. What did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., urge his followers to do in order to bring about racial justice? a. File lawsuits against segregationists b. Engage in acts of civil disobedience c. Lobby Congress for reparations payments d. Vote only for African American candidates - ✔✔b. Engage in acts of civil disobedience 7. Which of these efforts by the women's rights movement was similar to the Civil Rights movement's support for an end to poll taxes? a. The attempt to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified b. The attempt to have women included in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 c. The attempt to promote equal pay for equal work d. The attempt to raise awareness about women's underrepresentation in Congress - ✔✔a. The attempt to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified 8. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated a. Barriers to voting for women b. Literacy tests as prerequisites for voting c. Proof of residency as a condition for voting d. Age discrimination - ✔✔b. Literacy tests as prerequisites for voting 9. The program that promotes preference in hiring for African Americans and other minorities to correct past injustices is known as a. Title IX b. Open admissions c. Affirmative action d. Head Start - ✔✔d. Head Start 10. During the 1950s and 1960s, which civil rights leader advocated black separatism? a. Medgar Evers b. James Meredith c. Rosa Parks d. Malcolm X - ✔✔d. Malcolm X 11. During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, activities of the Congress of Racial Equality, the National Urban League, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) illustrated that a. All civil rights groups used the same tactics b. Different approaches can be used to achieve a common goal c. Organizational differences usually lead to failure d. Violence is the best took for achieving social change - ✔✔b. Different approaches can be used to achieve a common goal 12. Which strategy did African American students use when they refused to leave a "whites only" lunch counter in Greensboro, NC in 1960? a. Economic boycott b. Hunger strike c. Petition drive d. Civil disobedience - ✔✔d. Civil disobedience Which progressive reform allows citizens of a state to propose and pass a law without involving their state legislature? a. initiative b. recall election c. referendum d. secret ballot - ✔✔a. initiative 2. Which of these progressive reforms was designed to give voters more power to choose candidates for public office? a. direct primary b. political convention c. recall election d. caucus - ✔✔a. direct primary 3. Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle, exposed which of the following a. poor living conditions of the Japanese in the internment camps b. pollution in the rivers of the western United States c. graft collected by politicians at the turn of the century d. unsanitary conditions of Chicago meat-packing plants - ✔✔d. unsanitary conditions of Chicago meatpacking plants 4. What was the purpose of the Pendleton Act? a. to require the use of secret ballots b. to institute the federal income tax c. to reform the civil service system d. to allow the direct election of senators - ✔✔c. to reform the civil service system 5. Which of the following progressive reforms was enacted by a constitutional amendment? a. women's suffrage b. consumer protection c. regulation of monopolies d. conservation of the environment - ✔✔c. regulation of monopolies 6. Why did President Wilson establish the Federal Reserve System? a. to help the federal government keep the budget balanced b. to give trusts more opportunities to expand their businesses c. to create banks that could collect the new federal income tax d. to regulate the money supply and prevent future economic panics - ✔✔d. to regulate the money supply and prevent future economic panics 7. The Progressive movement of 1890-1920 is BEST described as a. a broad-based reform movement that tried to reduce the abuses that had come with modernization and industrialization b. a loose coalition of groups primarily dedicated to passing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the consumption of alcohol c. an anti-tariff movement led by a federation of business owners and manufacturers who wanted to promote trade abroad d. a grass-roots movement that attempted to gather support for the establishment of an international organization such as the League of Nations - ✔✔a. a broad-based reform movement that tried to reduce the abuses that had come with modernization and industrialization 8. Lincoln Steffens and Jane Addams are best known for a. promoting the interests of organized labor b. leading political movements on behalf of the Populist Party c. fighting for temperance and Prohibition d. attempting to ease the problems of the urban poor - ✔✔d. attempting to ease the problems of the urban poor 9. A primary function of the Federal Reserve System is to a. prevent abuses in stock market trading b. insure savings account deposits in member banks c. preserve a competition in business d. provide a stable supply of money and credit - ✔✔d. provide a stable supply of money and credit 10. Which action was taken by President Theodore Roosevelt's administration? a. setting aside land for national forests and water projects b. using Federal troops to bre [Show More]

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