GILDED AGE

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SPIRAL STANDARDS
US.2(A)	Identify the major characteristics that define an  historical era	Q1
US.2(B)	Identify the major eras in U.S. history from 1877  to the present and describe their defining characteristics	Q1	Q2
US.13(A)	Analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic  patterns resulting from migration within the United States, including western expansion, rural to urban, the Great Migration, and the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt	Q1	Q2
US.13(B)	Analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic  patterns resulting from legal and illegal immigration to  the United States	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.27(A)	Explain the effects of scientific discoveries and  technological innovations such as electric power,  telephone and satellite communications, petroleum‐based products, steel production, and computers on the economic  development of the United States	Q1	Q2
US.28(A)	Analyze how scientific discoveries, technological innovations,  and the application of these by the free enterprise system,  including those in transportation and communication, improve the standard of living in the United States	Q1

 

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US.3(A)	Analyze political issues such as Indian policies, the growth of political machines, civil service reform, and the beginnings of Populism	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.3(B)	Analyze economic issues such as industrialization, the growth  of railroads, the growth of labor unions, farm issues, the cattle industry boom, the rise of entrepreneurship, free enterprise, and the pros and cons of big business	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.3(C)	Analyze social issues affecting women, minorities, children, immigrants, urbanization, the Social Gospel, and philanthropy  of industrialists	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.3(D)	Describe the optimism of the many immigrants who sought a better life in America	Q1
US.15(A)	Describe how the economic impact of the Transcontinental  Railroad and the Homestead Act contributed to the close of  the frontier in the late 19th century	Q1	Q2
US.15(B)	Describe the changing relationship between the federal  government and private business, including the costs and  benefits of laissez‐faire, anti‐trust acts, the Interstate Commerce Act, and the Pure Food and Drug Act	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.24(B)	Evaluate the contributions of significant political and social  leaders in the United States such as Andrew Carnegie,  Thurgood Marshall, Billy Graham, Barry Goldwater, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Hillary Clinton
US.26(B)	Discuss the Americanization movement to assimilate  immigrants and American Indians into American culture

 

PROGRESSIVE ERA

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SPIRAL STANDARDS
US.2(B)	Identify the major eras in U.S. history from 1877 to the present  and describe their defining characteristics	Q1	Q2
US.23(A)	Identify and analyze methods of expanding the right to  participate in the democratic process, including lobbying,  non‐violent protesting, litigation, and amendments to the U.S.  Constitution	Q1	Q2
US.26(A)	Explain actions taken by people to expand economic  opportunities and political rights, including those for racial,  ethnic, and religious minorities as well as women, in American society	Q1
US.26(C)	Explain how the contributions ofpeople of various racial,  ethnic, gender, and religious groups shape American culture	Q1
US.26(D)	Identify the political, social, and economic contributions of  women such as Frances Willard, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dolores Huerta, Sonia Sotomayor, and Oprah Winfrey to American society	Q1	Q2

 

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US.3(B)	Analyze economic issues such as industrialization, the growth  of railroads, the growth of labor unions, farm issues, the cattle  industry boom, the rise of entrepreneurship, free enterprise, and the pros and cons of big business	Q1
US.5(A)	Evaluate the impact of Progressive Era reforms, including  initiative, referendum, recall, and the passage of the 16th, 17th,  18th, and 19th amendments	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.5(B)	Evaluate the impact of muckrakers and reform leaders such as Upton Sinclair, Susan B. Anthony, Ida B. Wells, and W. E. B. DuBois on American society	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.14(B)	Identify the roles of governmental entities and private citizens in managing the environment such as the establishment of the National Park System, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Endangered Species Act	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.22(A)	Discuss Alexis de Tocqueville’s five values crucial to America's success as a constitutional republic: liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissez‐faire	Q1	Q2
US.23(B)	evaluate various means of achieving equality of political rights, including the 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments and congressional acts such as the American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924	Q1

 

 RISE OF WORLD POWER

 

 

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SPIRAL STANDARDS
US.12(A)	Analyze the impact of physical and human geographic factors on  the settlement of the Great Plains, the Klondike Gold Rush, the  Panama Canal, the Dust Bowl, and the levee failure in New  Orleans after Hurricane Katrina	Q1	Q2
US.12(B)	Identify and explain reasons for changes in political boundaries  such as those resulting from statehood and international conflicts	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.19(B)	Explain constitutional issues raised by federal government policy  changes during times of significant events, including World War I, theGreat Depression, World War II, the 1960s, and  9/11	Q1	Q2

 

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US.4(A)	Explain why significant events, policies, and individuals such as the Spanish American War, U.S. expansionism, Henry Cabot  Lodge, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, Sanford B.  Dole, and missionaries moved the United States into the position of a world  power	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.4(C)	Identify the causes of World War I and reasons for U.S. entry	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.4(D)	Understand the contributions of the American Expeditionary  Forces (AEF) led by General John J. Pershing	Q1
US.4(E)	Analyze the impact of significant technological innovations in  World War I such as machine guns, airplanes, tanks, poison gas,  and trench warfare that resulted in the stalemate on the Western  Front	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.4(F)	Analyze major issues such as isolationism and neutrality raised by U.S. involvement in World War I, Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, and the Treaty of Versailles	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.15(D)	Describe the economic effects of international military conflicts, including the Spanish‐American War and World War I, on the United  States	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.26(F)	Discuss the importance of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, including individuals of all races  and genders such as Vernon J. Baker, Alvin York, and Roy Benavidez	Q1

 

ROARING TWENTIES

 

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SPIRAL STANDARDS
US.2(B)	Identify the major eras in U.S. history from 1877 to the  present and describe their  defining characteristics	Q1
US.13(A)	Analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic  patterns resulting from migration within the United States,  including western expansion, rural to urban, the Great  Migration, and the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt	Q1
US.28(A)	Analyze how scientific discoveries, technological innovations,  and the application of these by the free enterprise system,  including   those in  transportation and communication, improve the standard of living in the United States	Q1	Q2

 

 

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US.5(A)	Evaluate the impact of Progressive Era reforms, including  initiative, referendum, recall, and the passage of the 16th,  17th, 18th, and 19th amendments	Q1
US.6(A)	Analyze causes and effects of events and social issues such  as immigration, Social Darwinism, eugenics, race relations,  nativism, the Red Scare, Prohibition, and the  changing role  of women	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.6(B)	Analyze the impact of significant individuals such as Clarence  Darrow, William Jennings Bryan, Henry Ford, Glenn Curtiss,  Marcus Garvey, and Charles A. Lindbergh	Q1	Q2
US.16(A)	Analyze causes of economic growth and prosperity in the  1920s, including Warren Harding’s Return to Normalcy, reduced taxes, and increased production efficiencies	Q1	Q2
US.19(C)	Describe the effects of political scandals, including Teapot  Dome, Watergate, and Bill Clinton’s impeachment, on the  views of U.S. citizens concerning trust in the federal  government and its leaders	Q1	Q2
US.25(B)	Describe both the positive and negative impacts of significant  examples of cultural movements in art, music, and literature  such as Tin Pan Alley, the Harlem Renaissance, the Beat Generation, rock and roll, the Chicano Mural Movement, and country and western music on  American society	Q1	Q2	Q1
US.27(C)	Understand the impact of technological and management  innovations and their applications in the workplace and the  resulting productivity enhancements for business and labor  such as assembly line manufacturing, time-study analysis, robotics, computer management, and just‐in‐time inventory management	Q1	Q2

 

GREAT DEPRESSION / NEW DEAL 

 

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SPIRAL STANDARDS
US.2(B)	Identify the major eras in U.S. history from 1877 to the  present and describe their  defining characteristics	Q1
US.12(A)	analyze the impact of physical and human geographic  Factors on the settlement of the Great Plains, the Klondike  Gold Rush, the Panama Canal, the Dust Bowl, and the levee  failure in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina	Q1
US.14(A)	Identify the effects of population growth and distribution on  the  physical environment	Q1
US.19(B)	Explain constitutional issues raised by federal government  policy changes during times of significant events, including  World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the 1960s,  and 9/11	Q1	Q2
US.21(B)	Discuss historical reasons why the constitution has been  amended	Q1
US.26(D)	Identify the political, social, and economic contributions of  women such as Frances Willard, Jane Addams, Eleanor  Roosevelt, Dolores Huerta, Sonia Sotomayor, and Oprah  Winfrey to American society	Q1

 

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US.16(B)	Identify the causes of the Great Depression, including the  impact of tariffs on world trade, stock market speculation,  bank failures, and  the monetary policy  of the Federal  Reserve System	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.16(C)	Analyze the effects of the Great Depression on the U.S.  economy and society such as widespread unemployment and  deportation  and repatriation of people  of European and  Mexican heritage and others	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.16(D)	Compare the New Deal policies and its opponents’  approaches to resolving the economic effects of the Great  Depression	Q1	Q2
US.16(E)	Describe how various New Deal agencies and programs,  including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the  Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Social  Security Administration, continue to affect the lives of U.S.  citizens	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.19(A)	Evaluate the impact of New Deal legislation on the historical  roles of  state and federal government	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.20(B)	Evaluate the impact of relationships among the legislative,  executive, and judicial branches of government, including  Franklin D.  Roosevelt’s attempt to increase the number of  U.S. Supreme Court justices and  the presidential election  of 2000	Q1	Q2
US.24(B)	Evaluate the contributions of significant political and social  leaders in the United States such as Andrew Carnegie,  Thurgood Marshall, Billy Graham, Barry Goldwater, Sandra  Day O’Connor, and Hillary Clinton	Q1

 

 WORLD WAR II

 

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SPIRAL STANDARDS
US.23(A)	Identify and analyze methods of expanding the right to  participate in the democratic process, including lobbying,  non‐violent protesting, litigation, and amendments to the  U.S. Constitution	Q1
US.27(B)	Explain how specific needs result in scientific discoveries  and technological innovations in agriculture, the military, and medicine, including vaccines	Q1

 

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US.7(A)	Identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II,  including Italian, German, and Japanese dictatorships and  their aggression,  especially the attack on Pearl Harbor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.7(B)	Evaluate the domestic and international leadership of  Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman during World War  II, including the U.S. relationship with its allies and domestic  industry’s rapid mobilization for the war effort	Q1
US.7(D)	Analyze major issues of World War II, including the  Holocaust; the internment of German, Italian, and  Japanese Americans and Executive Order 9066; and  the development of conventional and atomic weapons	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.7(E)	Analyze major military events of World War II, including  the Battle of Midway, the U.S. military advancement through  the Pacific Islands, the Bataan Death March, the invasion of  Normandy, fighting the war on multiple fronts, and the  liberation of concentration camps	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.7(G)	Explain the home front and how American patriotism inspired  exceptional actions by citizens and military personnel,  including high levels of military enlistment; volunteerism; the  purchase of war bonds; Victory Gardens; the bravery and  contributions of the Tuskegee  Airmen, the Flying Tigers, and  the Navajo Code Talkers; and opportunities and obstacles for  women and ethnic minorities	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5	Q6
US.17(A)	Describe the economic effects of World War II on the home  front such as the end of the Great Depression, rationing, and  increased opportunity for women  and minority employment	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.26(F)	Discuss the importance of Congressional Medal of Honor  recipients, including individuals of all races and genders such as Vernon J. Baker, Alvin York, and Roy Benavidez	Q1	Q2

 

 EARLY COLD WAR 

 

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SPIRAL STANDARDS
US.2(D)	Explain the significance of the following years as turning  points: 1898 (Spanish‐American War), 1914–1918 (World  War I), 1929 (the Great Depression begins), 1939–1945 (World War II), 1957 (Sputnik launch ignites U.S.–Soviet space race), 1968-1969 (Martin Luther King Jr. assassination and U.S. lands on  the moon), 1991 (Cold War ends), 2001 (terrorist attacks on World  Trade Center and the Pentagon), and 2008 (election of first black president, Barack Obama)	Q1
US.14(A)	Identify the effects of population growth and distribution  on the physical environment	Q1
US.19(B)	Explain constitutional issues raised by federal government  policy changes during times of significant events, including World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the 1960s, and 9/11	Q1
US.25(B)	Describe both the positive and negative impacts of significant  examples of cultural movements in art, music, and literature  such as Tin Pan Alley, the Harlem Renaissance, the Beat Generation, rock and roll, the Chicano Mural Movement, and country and western  music on  American society	Q1
US.27(A)	Explain the effects of scientific discoveries and technological  innovations such as electric power, telephone and satellite  communications, petroleum‐based  products, steel production,and computers on the economic development of  the United States	Q1

 

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US.8(A)	Describe U.S. responses to Soviet aggression after World  War II, including the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan,  the North Atlantic  Treaty Organization, the Berlin airlift,  and John F. Kennedy’s role in the Cuban Missile Crisis	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5	Q6
US.8(B)	Describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the arms  race, the space race, McCarthyism, and the House  Un‐American Activities Committee (HUAC), the findings of  which were confirmed by the Venona Papers	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.8(C)	Explain reasons and outcomes for U.S. involvement in the  Korean War and its  relationship to the containment policy	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.8(D)	Explain reasons and outcomes for U.S. involvement in  foreign countries and their relationship to the Domino Theory, including the Vietnam War	Q1
US.17(B)	Identify the causes of prosperity in the 1950s, including the  Baby Boom and the impact of the GI Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944), and the effects of prosperity in the 1950s such as increased consumption and the growth of  agriculture and business	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.17(C)	Describe the economic impact of defense spending on the  business cycle and education priorities from 1945 to the 1990s	Q1
US.26(E)	Discuss the meaning and historical significance of the mottos  “E Pluribus Unum” and “In God We Trust”	Q1
US.27(B)	Explain how specific needs result in scientific discoveries and  technological innovations in agriculture, the military, and  medicine, including vaccines	Q1	Q2	Q3

 

 

VIETNAM and the 1960s 

 

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US.23(A)	Identify and analyze methods of expanding the right to  participate in the democratic process, including lobbying,  non‐violent  protesting, litigation, and amendments to the  U.S. Constitution	Q1
US.25(A)	Describe how the characteristics and issues in U.S. history  have been reflected in various genres of art, music, film, and  literature	Q1	Q2
US.25(B)	Describe both the positive and negative impacts of significant  examples of cultural movements in art, music, and literature  such as Tin Pan Alley, the Harlem Renaissance, the Beat  Generation, rock and roll, the Chicano Mural Movement, and  country and western  music on  American society	Q1

 

 

 

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US.8(D)	Explain reasons and outcomes for U.S. involvement in  foreign countries and their relationship to the Domino Theory, including the  Vietnam War	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.8(E)	Analyze the major issues and events of the Vietnam War such  as the Tet Offensive, the escalation of forces, Vietnamization,  and the fall of Saigon	Q1	Q2
US.8(F)	Describe the responses to the Vietnam War such as the draft,  the 26th Amendment, the role of the media, the credibility  gap, the silent majority, and the anti‐war movement	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.17(B)	identify the causes of prosperity in the 1950s, including the  Baby Boom and the impact of the GI Bill (Servicemen’s  Readjustment Act of 1944), and the effects of prosperity in  the 1950s such as increased consumption and the growth of  agriculture and business	Q1
US.20(A)	Describe the impact of events such as the Gulf of Tonkin  Resolution and the War Powers Act on the relationship  between the legislative and executive branches of government	Q1	Q2
US.26(F)	Discuss the importance of Congressional Medal of Honor  recipients, including individuals of all races and genders such as Vernon J. Baker, Alvin York, and Roy Benavidez	Q1

 

CIVIL RIGHTS 

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SPIRAL STANDARDS
US.23(C)	Explain how participation in the demographic process reflects  our national ethos, patriotism, and civic responsibility as well  as our progress to build a “more perfect union”	Q1
US.26(A)	Explain actions taken by people to expand economic  opportunities  and political rights, including those for racial,  ethnic, and religious  minorities as well as women, in  American society	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.26(C)	Explain how the contributions of people of various racial,  ethnic,  gender, and religious groups shape American culture	Q1	Q2
US.26(D)	Identify the political, social, and economic contributions of  women such as Frances Willard, Jane Addams, Eleanor  Roosevelt, Dolores Huerta, Sonia Sotomayor, and Oprah  Winfrey to American society	Q1

 

 

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US.9(A)	Trace the historical development of the civil rights movement  in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, including the 13th, 14th,  15th, and  19th amendments	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.9(C)	identify the roles of significant leaders who supported various  rights movements, including Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar  Chavez, Rosa Parks, Hector P. Garcia, and Betty Friedan	Q1
US.9(D)	Compare and contrast the approach taken by some civil rights  groups such as the Black Panthers with the nonviolent  approach of Martin Luther King Jr.	Q1	Q2
US.9(F)	Describe presidential actions and congressional votes to  address minority rights in the United States, including  desegregation of the  armed forces, the Civil Rights acts  of  1957 and 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.9(G)	Describe the role of individuals such as governors George  Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox and groups,  including the Congressional bloc of southern Democrats,  that sought to maintain the status quo	Q1
US.9(H)	Evaluate changes and events in the United States that have  resulted from the civil rights movement, including increased  participation of minorities in the political  process	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.17(D)	Identify actions of government and the private sector such  as the Great Society, affirmative action, and Title IX to  create economic opportunities for citizens and analyze the  unintended consequences of each	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.21(A)	analyze the effects of landmark U.S. Supreme Court  decisions, including Brown v. Board of Education, and  other U.S. Supreme Court decisions such as Plessy v.  Ferguson, Hernandez v. Texas, Tinker v. Des  Moines,  Wisconsin v. Yoder, and White v. Regester	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
US.24(B)	Evaluate the contributions of significant political and  social leaders in the United States such as Andrew  Carnegie, Thurgood Marshall, Billy Graham, Barry  Goldwater, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Hillary Clinton	Q1

 

1970s END OF THE COLD WAR 

 

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SPIRAL STANDARDS
US.10(A)	Describe Richard M. Nixon’s leadership in the normalization  of relations with China and the policy of détente	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.14(A)	Identify the effects of population growth and distribution on the physical environment	Q1
US.26(C)	Explain how the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic,  gender, and religious groups shape American culture	Q1

 

 

Released questions from previous years have been organized here, by TEKS number. Click on "Vid" to see how to answer the given question.
US.10(B)	Describe Ronald Reagan’s leadership in domestic and  international policies, including Reaganomics and Peace  Through Strength	Q1	Q2
US.10(C)	Compare the impact of energy on the American way of life  over time	Q1
US.10(D)	Describe U.S. involvement in the Middle East such as support  for Israel, the Camp David Accords, the Iran‐Contra Affair,  Marines in  Lebanon, and the Iran Hostage Crisis	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.10(E)	Describe the causes and key organizations and individuals of  the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, including  Phyllis Schlafly, the Contract with America, the Heritage  Foundation, the MoralMajority, and the National Rifle  Association	Q1
US.10(F)	Describe significant societal issues of this time period	Q1
US.14(B)	Identify the roles of governmental entities and private citizens  in managing the environment such as the establishment of the  National Park System, the Environmental Protection Agency  (EPA), and the Endangered Species Act	Q1
US.17(E)	Describe the dynamic relationship between U.S. international  trade policies and the U.S. free enterprise system such as the  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil  embargo, the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT),  and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)	Q1	Q2
US.18(A)	Discuss the role of American entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates,  Sam Walton, Estée Lauder, Robert Johnson, Lionel Sosa, and  millions of small business entrepreneurs who achieved the  American dream	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.19(C)	Describe the effects of political scandals, including Teapot  Dome, Watergate, and Bill Clinton’s impeachment, on the  views of U.S. citizens concerning trust in the federal  government and its leaders	Q1	Q2
US.19(D)	Discuss the role of contemporary government legislation in  the private and public sectors such as the Community  Reinvestment Act of 1977, USA PATRIOT Act of 2001,  and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009	Q1
US.24(B)	Evaluate the contributions of significant political and social  leaders in the United States such as Andrew Carnegie,  Thurgood Marshall, Billy Graham, Barry Goldwater, Sandra  Day O’Connor, and Hillary Clinton	Q1	Q2
US.25(C)	Identify the impact of popular American culture on the rest  of the world over time	Q1
US.27(C)	Understand the impact of technological and management  innovations and their applications in the workplace and  the resulting productivity enhancements for business and labor such as assembly line manufacturing, time‐study analysis, robotics, computer management,  and just‐in‐time inventory management	Q1
US.28(B)	Explain how space technology and exploration improve  the quality of life	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4

 

 

1990s 21st CENTURY

 

Released questions from previous years have been organized here, by TEKS number. Click on "Vid" to see how to answer the given question.
SPIRAL STANDARDS
US.12(A)	Analyze the impact of physical and human geographic factors  on the settlement of the Great Plains, the Klondike Gold Rush,  the Panama Canal, the Dust Bowl, and the levee failure in  New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.13(A)	Analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic  patterns resulting from migration within the United States, including western expansion, rural to urban, the Great  Migration, and the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt	Q1	Q2
US.13(B)	Analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic  patterns resulting from legal and illegal immigration to the United States	Q1
US.14(A)	Identify the effects of population growth and distribution  on the physical environment	Q1	Q2
US.14(C)	Understand the effects of governmental actions on  individuals, industries, and communities, including the  impact on Fifth Amendment property rights	Q1
US.19(E)	Evaluate the pros and cons of U.S. participation in  international organizations and treaties	Q1	Q2
US.23(C)	Explain how participation in the demographic process  reflects our national ethos, patriotism, and civic responsibility as well as our progress to build a “more perfect union”	Q1
US.26(C)	Explain how the contributions of people of various racial,  ethnic, gender, and religious groups shape American culture	Q1
US.27(A)	Explain the effects of scientific discoveries and technological  innovations such as electric power, telephone and satellite  communications, petroleum‐based  products, steel production, and computers on the economic development of  the United  States	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.28(A)	Analyze how scientific discoveries, technological innovations,  and the application of these by the free enterprise system,  including   those in  transportation and communication, improve the standard of living in the United States	Q1	Q2	Q3

 

Released questions from previous years have been organized here, by TEKS number. Click on "Vid" to see how to answer the given question.
US.11(A)	Describe U.S. involvement in world affairs, including the end  of the Cold War, the Persian Gulf War, the Balkans Crisis,  9/11, and the  global War on Terror	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		Q5
US.11(D)	Analyze the impact of third parties on presidential elections	Q1	Q2
US.11(E)	Discuss the historical significance of the 2008 presidential  election	Q1	Q2
US.14(B)	Identify the roles of governmental entities and private citizens  in managing the environment such as the establishment of the  National Park System, the Environmental Protection Agency  (EPA), and the Endangered Species Act	Q1
US.17(E)	Describe the dynamic relationship between U.S. international  trade policies and the U.S. free enterprise system such as the  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil  embargo, the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade  (GATT), and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.18(B)	Identify the impact of international events, multinational  corporations, government policies, and individuals on the  21st century economy	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.19(C)	Describe the effects of political scandals, including Teapot  Dome, Watergate, and Bill Clinton’s impeachment, on the  views of U.S. citizens concerning trust in the federal  government and its leaders	Q1
US.19(D)	Discuss the role of contemporary government legislation in  the private and public sectors such as the Community  Reinvestment Act of 1977, USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, and  the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.20(B)	Evaluate the impact of relationships among the legislative,  executive, and judicial branches of government, including  Franklin D.  Roosevelt’s attempt to increase the number of  U.S. Supreme Court justices and  the presidential election  of 2000	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.25(C)	Identify the impact of popular American culture on the rest  of the world over time	Q1	Q2	Q3
US.25(D)	Analyze the global diffusion of American culture through  the entertainment industry via various media	Q1
US.27(C)	Understand the impact of technological and management  innovations and their applications in the workplace and  the resulting productivity enhancements for business and labor such as assembly line manufacturing, time‐study analysis, robotics, computer management,  and  just‐in‐time inventory management	Q1	Q2
US.28(C)	Understand how the free enterprise system drives  technological innovation and its application in the marketplace such as cell phones, inexpensive  personal computers, and global positioning products	Q1

 

CONSTITUTION 

Released questions from previous years have been organized here, by TEKS number. Click on "Vid" to see how to answer the given question.
US.1(A)	Analyze and evaluate the text, intent, meaning, and  importance of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, and identify the full text of the first three paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence	Q1	Q2
US.1(B)	Analyze and evaluate the application of these founding  principles to historical events in U.S. history	Q1
US.21(A)	Analyze the effects of landmark U.S. Supreme Court  decisions, including Brown v. Board of Education, and other U.S. Supreme Court decisions such as Plessy v. Ferguson, Hernandez v. Texas, Tinker v. Des  Moines, Wisconsin v. Yoder, and White v. Regester	Q1
US.23(C)	Explain how participation in the demographic process reflects  our national ethos, patriotism, and civic responsibility as well as our progress to build a “more perfect union”	Q1