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STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) U.S. History (STAAR EOC) Syllabus

The U.S. History (STAAR EOC) syllabus for STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) in full: 5 chapters, 18 topics and 42 sub-topics, every one listed below, plus 60 U.S. History (STAAR EOC) flashcards with answers.

5Chapters
18Topics
42Sub-topics
60Flashcards

U.S. History (STAAR EOC) syllabus: all 5 chapters

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  1. Foundations and the Gilded Age (1877 Onward)

     4 topics
    • Constitutional Principles
      • Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances
      • The Bill of Rights and key amendments
    • Industrialization
      • Rise of big business and captains of industry
      • Transcontinental railroad and economic growth
      • Labor movements and unions
    • Immigration and Urbanization
      • New immigration patterns
      • Growth of cities and reform responses
    • The American West
      • Westward expansion and its effects
      • Impact on American Indian populations

  2. Progressivism and Becoming a World Power

     3 topics
    • The Progressive Era
      • Muckrakers and social reform
      • Political reforms and trust-busting
      • Constitutional amendments (16th-19th)
    • Imperialism and Foreign Policy
      • Spanish-American War
      • Panama Canal and Roosevelt Corollary
    • World War I
      • Causes and U.S. entry
      • The home front and mobilization
      • Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations debate

  3. Prosperity, Depression, and World War II

     3 topics
    • The 1920s
      • Economic boom and cultural change
      • Harlem Renaissance
      • Prohibition and social tensions
    • The Great Depression and New Deal
      • Causes of the stock market crash
      • New Deal programs and the role of government
    • World War II
      • Causes and U.S. entry after Pearl Harbor
      • Home front and wartime mobilization
      • Major events and the war's conclusion

  4. The Cold War and Domestic Change

     4 topics
    • Origins of the Cold War
      • Containment and the Truman Doctrine
      • Korean War and arms race
    • Cold War at Home and Abroad
      • McCarthyism and the Red Scare
      • Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War
    • The Civil Rights Movement
      • Brown v. Board and landmark legislation
      • Key leaders and organizations
      • Strategies of protest and resistance
    • Social Movements of the 1960s-70s
      • Women's, Hispanic, and other rights movements

  5. Modern America and Skills

     4 topics
    • Late 20th Century Politics
      • Conservative resurgence
      • End of the Cold War
    • Contemporary United States
      • Globalization and technology
      • September 11 and the war on terror
    • Economics and Geography
      • Free enterprise system
      • Geographic factors in U.S. development
    • Social Studies Skills
      • Analyzing primary and secondary sources
      • Interpreting charts, maps, and political cartoons
      • Identifying point of view and bias

STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) U.S. History (STAAR EOC) flashcards — 60 questions with answers

  1. What constitutional principle divides government power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?

    Separation of powers.

  2. What system gives each branch of government the ability to limit the powers of the others?

    Checks and balances (e.g., presidential veto, judicial review, Senate confirmation).

  3. What 1803 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?

    Marbury v. Madison.

  4. What constitutional principle divides power between the national (federal) government and the states?

    Federalism.

  5. Which constitutional principle holds that the government's authority comes from the consent of the people?

    Popular sovereignty.

  6. What term describes the late-1800s economic transformation marked by mass factory production, railroads, and the rise of big business?

    Industrialization (the Second Industrial Revolution).

  7. What innovation by Henry Ford dramatically lowered production costs and made automobiles affordable?

    The moving assembly line (mass production).

  8. What term describes large corporations that dominated an entire industry, such as Standard Oil and Carnegie Steel?

    Monopolies (trusts), led by industrialists/"robber barons" like Rockefeller and Carnegie.

  9. What 1890 law was the first federal attempt to limit monopolies and trusts?

    The Sherman Antitrust Act.

  10. What labor organization, founded by Samuel Gompers, focused on skilled workers and bread-and-butter issues like wages and hours?

    The American Federation of Labor (AFL).

  11. What term describes the wave of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe who arrived in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

    New immigrants (processed mainly at Ellis Island).

  12. What East Coast facility was the main immigration processing station, and what West Coast facility processed Asian immigrants?

    Ellis Island (New York) and Angel Island (San Francisco).

  13. What 1882 law was the first major U.S. law to restrict immigration based on nationality?

    The Chinese Exclusion Act.

  14. What densely populated, often overcrowded urban apartment buildings housed many poor immigrants in cities?

    Tenements.

  15. What term describes blending immigrant cultures into one American culture, often called the "melting pot"?

    Assimilation (Americanization).

  16. What 1862 law granted 160 acres of western land to settlers who farmed it for five years?

    The Homestead Act.

  17. What 1869 achievement linked the eastern and western United States by rail?

    Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.

  18. What 1887 law tried to assimilate Native Americans by breaking up tribal lands into individual family plots?

    The Dawes Act.

  19. What 1890 event marked the last major armed conflict between the U.S. Army and Native Americans?

    The Massacre at Wounded Knee.

  20. What 1893 thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner argued the frontier shaped American democracy and character?

    The Frontier Thesis (Turner's Frontier Thesis).

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  1. What term describes early 1900s reformers who exposed corruption and social problems through investigative journalism?

    Muckrakers (e.g., Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell).

  2. What two 1906 laws resulted from Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" exposing the meatpacking industry?

    The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.

  3. What three Progressive Era amendments expanded democracy and reform?

    16th (income tax), 17th (direct election of senators), and 18th (Prohibition); the 19th added women's suffrage.

  4. What amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote?

    The 19th Amendment.

  5. What was President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program promising fair treatment for citizens, consumers, and the environment?

    The Square Deal.

  6. What term describes a nation extending power over other territories economically, politically, or militarily?

    Imperialism.

  7. What 1898 conflict gave the U.S. control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?

    The Spanish-American War.

  8. What policy sought equal trading rights for all nations in China in 1899-1900?

    The Open Door Policy.

  9. What Roosevelt foreign-policy approach is summarized by the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick"?

    Big Stick Diplomacy.

  10. What waterway, completed in 1914, connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America?

    The Panama Canal.

  11. What were the four long-term causes of World War I, often abbreviated MAIN?

    Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.

  12. What was the immediate U.S. reason for entering World War I in 1917?

    German unrestricted submarine warfare (sinking ships like the Lusitania) and the Zimmermann Telegram.

  13. What was President Wilson's postwar peace plan, including a proposed League of Nations?

    The Fourteen Points.

  14. What 1919 treaty ended World War I and harshly punished Germany?

    The Treaty of Versailles (which the U.S. Senate refused to ratify).

  15. What term describes the prosperous, culturally vibrant decade of the 1920s?

    The Roaring Twenties (Jazz Age).

  16. What 1920s African American cultural and artistic movement was centered in New York City?

    The Harlem Renaissance.

  17. What 1925 trial pitted teaching evolution against creationism in public schools?

    The Scopes (Monkey) Trial.

  18. What 1929 event triggered the start of the Great Depression?

    The Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday, October 1929).

  19. What severe drought and dust storms devastated the Great Plains in the 1930s?

    The Dust Bowl.

  20. What was President Franklin Roosevelt's program of relief, recovery, and reform to combat the Great Depression?

    The New Deal.

  21. What 1935 New Deal program created retirement and unemployment insurance for Americans?

    Social Security (the Social Security Act).

  22. What 1941 event brought the United States into World War II?

    The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941).

  23. What was the U.S. policy of producing war materials and supporting Allied home-front efforts, including rationing and women in factories ("Rosie the Riveter")?

    Mobilization of the home front for total war.

  24. What 1944 invasion of Normandy opened a second front against Germany in Western Europe?

    D-Day (June 6, 1944).

  25. How did World War II end in the Pacific in 1945?

    The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to Japan's surrender.

  26. What postwar U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism?

    Containment (expressed in the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan).

  27. What term describes the period of tension and rivalry between the U.S. and Soviet Union after WWII without direct large-scale fighting?

    The Cold War.

  28. What fear-driven campaign in the early 1950s accused Americans of being communists, led by a Wisconsin senator?

    McCarthyism (led by Senator Joseph McCarthy).

  29. What 1954 Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

  30. What 1955-56 protest, sparked by Rosa Parks, challenged segregation on public transportation?

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott.

  31. What two major laws of the mid-1960s outlawed discrimination and protected voting rights?

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

  32. What 1960s-70s movement, energized by works like "The Feminine Mystique," sought equal rights for women?

    The Women's Rights (feminist) Movement.

  33. What 1962 work by Rachel Carson helped launch the modern environmental movement?

    "Silent Spring."

  34. What scandal forced President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974?

    The Watergate scandal.

  35. What economic policy associated with President Reagan in the 1980s emphasized tax cuts to stimulate growth ("supply-side" economics)?

    Reaganomics.

  36. What 1989-1991 events marked the end of the Cold War?

    The fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) and the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991).

  37. What 2001 attacks led the U.S. to launch the War on Terror?

    The September 11 (9/11) terrorist attacks.

  38. What economic system is based on private ownership, free markets, and profit, and is used in the United States?

    Capitalism (a free-enterprise / market economy).

  39. In economics, what is the relationship described by supply and demand that determines market price?

    As demand rises or supply falls, price rises; as demand falls or supply rises, price falls (equilibrium is where supply meets demand).

  40. What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source in social studies?

    A primary source is firsthand (created during the event, e.g., a letter or diary); a secondary source interprets or analyzes events after the fact (e.g., a textbook).

STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) U.S. History (STAAR EOC) FAQ

What is in the STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) U.S. History (STAAR EOC) syllabus?

STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) U.S. History (STAAR EOC) is split into 5 chapters: Foundations and the Gilded Age (1877 Onward), Progressivism and Becoming a World Power, Prosperity, Depression, and World War II, The Cold War and Domestic Change and Modern America and Skills. Together they contain 18 topics and 42 sub-topics.

How many chapters are in STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) U.S. History (STAAR EOC)?

5 chapters, containing 18 topics and 42 sub-topics. The largest chapter is Foundations and the Gilded Age (1877 Onward), with 4 topics.

Are there flashcards for STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) U.S. History (STAAR EOC)?

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