STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) Bundle Set

narrative - Answer The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. dialogue - Answer a conversation between two persons setting - Answer when and where the story takes place narrator - Answer in a narrative, the person telling the story protagonist - Ans...

What is the first amendment? - Answer Freedom of speech,press,assembly,petition,and religon Second amendment? - Answer Right to bear arms Third amendment? - Answer No quartering of soliders in people's houses. Fourth amendment? - Answer No searches and seizures without warrant ...

expository - Answer This has a thesis, reason 1, reason 2, and conclusion or restate the thesis short answer - Answer This includes the answer, backup, and the commentary (this quote demonstrates that....) crossover - Answer This includes the answer, 1st backup, 2nd backup, and a comm...

Reasons for exploration - Answer Include increase wealth (gold), expand empire (glory) and spread religion/Christianity (God). Spain - Answer claimed Florida, Texas, California, and built missions France - Answer claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading New England Economy...

James Madison - Answer 4th president of US Main author of the US Constitution during the War of 1812 John Adams - Answer 2nd president of US Helpes negotiate Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution Southern Colonies - Answer Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, G...

setting - Answer where and when the story takes place conflict - Answer the problem in the story resolution - Answer how the problem is solved or fixed; the ending or final outcome of a story main idea - Answer what a piece of writing (or paragraph) is mainly about < main ide...

Gilded Age - Answer 1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics and growing gap between the rich and poor Technological (Second Industrial) Revolution - Answer based on steel, railroads, electricity, oil-based products Alexander Graham Bell - Answer ...

Jamestown - Answer 1607; first successful colony in North America Declaration of Independence - Answer 1776; document stating that the 13 colonies were a free and independent nation Constitutional Convention (Philidelphia Convention) - Answer 1787; gathering of state representatives t...

Richard Nixon - Answer 1969-1974; Republican; Ended Vietnam War; Recognized China/ Watergate scandal; First president to resign Watergate - Answer A scandal arising from the Nixon administration's attempt to cover up its involvement in the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee...

First permanent colony was founded in 1607 - Answer Jamestown VA The arrival of the Pilgrims (Separatists) on the Mayflower in 1620 at _______ colony. - Answer Plymouth, Massachusetts An agreement that established the idea of self-government and majority rule. (Massachusetts, 1620) - Ans...

Thomas Jefferson - Answer One of the Founding Fathers, he wrote the Declaration of Independence, which set forth the colonies' reasons for becoming a country known as The United States of America. He was the 3rd President of the U. S. serving from 1801-1809. He died on July 4, 1826, the same day...

5. What was the effect of the "clear and present danger" ruling established in Schenck v. United States (1919)? a. placing 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 ...