Summative Grade 8 Social Studies Answer Key
Item
Position
Item Type
TEKS
Maximum
Number
of Points
Correct Answer(s)
Reporting
Category
Readiness or
Supporting
1
Multiple
Choice
8.25.C
1
A
2
Readiness
2
Multiple
Choice
8.5.C
1
C
1
Readiness
3
Multipart
8.24.A
2
C, D
2
Readiness
4
Multiple
Choice
8.4.D
1
D
1
Readiness
5
Multiple
Choice
8.12.B
1
B
4
Readiness
6
Multiple
Choice
8.2.A
1
D
1
Readiness
7
Short
Constructed
Response
8.4.A
2
See Appendix 1.1
1
Readiness
8
Multiple
Choice
8.15.C
1
A
3
Readiness
9
Multiple
Choice
8.8.B
1
D
1
Readiness
10
Multiple
Choice
8.11.A
1
C
2
Readiness
11
Multiple
Choice
8.13.B
1
D
4
Readiness
12
Multiple
Choice
8.10.A
1
D
2
Supporting
13
Drag and
Drop
8.15.B
2
All states had to approve
amendments. States coined
their own money.
See Appendix 1.2
3
Supporting
14
Multiple
Choice
8.9.C
1
B
1
Readiness
15
Inline
Choice
8.3.C
2
experiences of individuals,
democratic feelings
See Appendix 1.3
1
Supporting
16
Multiple
Choice
8.14.A
1
D
4
Supporting
17
Multiple
Choice
8.8.C
1
B
1
Readiness
18
Multiple
Choice
8.28.B
1
C
4
Supporting
19
Multiple
Choice
8.1.A
1
C
1
Readiness
20
Drag and
Drop
8.23.E
2
Harriet Beecher Stowe:
Wrote about the hardships
of slavery, Dorothea Dix:
Worked to improve
conditions for the mentally
ill, Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
2
Supporting
Led efforts to promote
women’s right to vote
See Appendix 1.4
21
Multiple
Choice
8.6.B
1
B
1
Readiness
22
Multiselect
8.18.B
2
B, E
See Appendix 1.5
3
Supporting
23
Multiple
Choice
8.17.B
1
A
3
Readiness
24
Multipart
8.17.A
2
B, D
3
Readiness
25
Multiple
Choice
8.3.A
1
A
1
Readiness
26
Multiple
Choice
8.26.B
1
B
2
Supporting
27
Drag and
Drop
8.15.D
2
Legislative Branch: Makes
laws, Declares war,
Executive Branch: Enforces
the laws, Commands
armed forces, Judicial
Branch: Interprets the laws,
Declares laws
unconstitutional
See Appendix 1.6
3
Readiness
28
Multiple
Choice
8.23.A
1
D
2
Readiness
29
Multiple
Choice
8.20.B
1
C
3
Supporting
30
Multiple
Choice
8.6.C
1
D
1
Readiness
31
Short
Constructed
Response
8.14.B
2
See Appendix 1.7
4
Supporting
32
Multiple
Choice
8.24.B
1
A
2
Readiness
33
Multiple
Choice
8.7.D
1
C
1
Supporting
34
Multiple
Choice
8.10.C
1
D
2
Readiness
35
Multiple
Choice
8.4.C
1
A
1
Readiness
36
Multiple
Choice
8.12.A
1
D
4
Supporting
37
Hot Text
8.22.A
1
history and experience
prove that foreign
influence is one of the most
[harmful enemies] of
Republican Government
See Appendix 1.8
3
Supporting
38
Multiple
Choice
8.21.B
1
C
3
Supporting
39
Multiple
Choice
8.8.D
1
C
1
Supporting
1
40
Multiple
Choice
8.7.B
1
B
1
Supporting
Summative Grade 8 Social Studies Appendix
1.1
Sel
ec
t
TWO
of the foll
ow
ing issues. How was each iss
ue
a
ca
use of
the
Ameri
ca
n Revo
ll
ution?
• Proclamat
io
n of
1763
• The
St
amp Act
• L
ack
of
r
ep
resen
tat
ion in
Pa
rlia
men
t
• Brit ish eco
nomic
policies
fo
l
lowi
ng
the
French and
In
dian
Wa
r
Think
abo
ut
the
ques
ti
on
care
f
ul
ly. Then ent
er
your
answe
r in t
he
box
prov
ided.
# Chars 0/475
Score:
Rubr
ic
Score
D
es
cr
ip
tio
n
Score t
wo
po
i
nt
s
for
correc
t answ
ers
tha
t include
refe
renc
es
to
any two:
Procl
ama
tion of 1763 :
• T
he
British r
estrict
ed
/pr
e
vented
w
es
twar
d e
xp
ansi
on
and
sett
lement.
St
am
p Act:
• A
ll
colonists had to pay taxes on docu
ments
and pape
r.
2 • Taxes had
to
be
paid in s
ilv
e
r,
wh
ich was difficullt to acquire.
Unfair
taxation/lack
of rep
resentatio
n in
Pa
rl
i
ame
nt
:
•
Co
lonis
ts
h
ad
to
pay taxes
that
were crea
ted
by a governme
nt
iin which
th
ey
did not have
repr
ese
nt
at
io
n.
Br
it
isn
eco
nomic pol
ic
i
es
following
tne
French and Indi
an
Wa
r:
• T
he
British used taxes from
th
e
colon
i
es
to
pay off de
bt
from
the
war.
1 T
he
r
es
pon
se
provid
es
on
ly
half
of
t
he
corr
ect detail
s.
0 T
he
re
spons
e is incorr
ect
m irrele
vant.
1.2
1.3
1.4
Which
we
ak
ne
sses are associated
wi
t h
the
Art icles
of
Confeder
at
ion?
Move t he corr
ect
ans
we
rs
to
the box . Not all
answe
rs will be used.
Al
states
had
to
approve
amendments.
err
tory
Weaknesse
s
of
the
Article
s
of
Confederation
! _All_
st
a
te
s_ had to_
approve
_ amendments. _
_]
! _ States_ coined t
he
ir _own _ m
oney
. _
_!
Choose
Lhe Lurre
cl
d
11
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r rru m
<:
a
d,
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oµ
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ovm
111
e
11
u Lu curr,pl
<:
le
Ure
se
11
le
11
c
<:
s.
I he Hrst Gre
at
Awakening
of
the
1 n us und
l/4
Us
focused on the · experiences of individuals ~]. I his
mov
ement
con
tr
ibu
te
d to t he spread ot [ de
mo
crat ic teelings ~] throug
hout
the coloni
es
.
Tl1
12
se w
11l
1iuu
li
o11s
w<:
1e r
11
atle
1.,
y l
.a
c1
tli
11
y reru, mer,; i
11
U.S. l
ri
;;lu1y.
M
ove
Bo
d i
cu
11
Lribu
li
u
11
Lu L
he
cu
,r
'=
t.l rerurme
r.
No
l all ,m
sw.a
rs will be u
se
tl.
H
ar
riet
Be
ech
er
Stowe
Dorothea Dix
Eli
zab
et
h Cady
stant
on
I
Wrot
~
il
ho11t th~ hn
nish
iris of
j _slavery-
·····
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--
·······
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Gibbons v. Ogden
Legislative Branch Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
1.5
1.6
This
ex
cerpt is
fro
m t he U.S.
Const
it ution.
The Con
gress
shall have Power
..
.
To regulate Comm
erce
wit h
for
ei
gn
Nat ions, and among the several St
ates
.
- U.S. Co
nst
itution, Art
icl
e I,
Sect
ion 8, Clause 3
How did the
U.
S. Supreme Court in
ter
pret this
arti
cle in Gibbons v.
Og
den (
1824
)?
Sel
ect
TWO
corr
ect
answers.
0 States may c
ont
ro
l commerce within t
hei
r borders t hat involves foreign c
oun
t ries.
~
States may be su
bj
ect
to f
ede
ral regulation in mat
te
rs of com merce.
0 States may possess t he
pow
er
to
reg ulate in
te
r
state
commerce.
0 States may pa
ss
le
gi
sl
at
ion
t hat rest ricts i
nt
ers
tate com merce.
~
States may regula
te
com merce
wi
t hin t heir own b
or
de
rs.
Wh
i
c:
h pnw
P.
rs
rl
m~s t
hP.
l J.S. r.on~t i
tu
tion
giv
P.
to
P.
nr:h br;;n
c:h
nf
\)C
JV
P.
rn
m Pnt?
M
ov
e each con
st
it ut ional
pow
er to the correct branch of governme
nt
.
Interprets
L>cclarc!.
war;;
[nfor
Legi
s
la
tive B
ra
n
ch
Ex
ec
utive
Bra
nch
Ju
d
icial
B
ra
nc
h
i
Ma
l<
eG
the laws 1
' ;
f Enforces the laws j Interpr
ets
the laws !
[ De
cl
ares wars i
~
·'
i Commands
ar
m
ed
fo
rces i
: '
Declares laws unconstit
ut
ional !
1.7
Th
is
l
ist
de
scr
ib
es
circumsta
nces
in New En
gl
and in
1816
.
The
Year
w
ithout
a
Summer
,
1816
•
Volc
an
ic erupt ions in Asia cau
sed
wea
t
he
r chan
ge
s a
ro
un
d t he
globe
.
•
New
Eng l
and
e
xperi
e
nce
d a sum m er
with
very
co
ld temperat ur
es
.
•
Crops
fa
il
ed
acro
ss t
he
re
g
ion.
Base
d on
the
li
st
an
d
you
r
knowledge
of
the
U.S.
free-e
nte
rprise
system,
what
happened
to t he
pri
ce of
wh
eat in
1816
AND
why?
Th
in
k
abo
ut the q
uestions
ca
r
efu
lly. Th
en
en
ter
your
answer
to
BOTH
qu
estio
ns in t he
bo
x
pro
vi
ded
.
#
Cha
rs 01
47
5
Sc
ore
:
Rub
ri
c
Score Description
Score
two
points
for
correct
answers
that
in
clude
a
reference
to
both:
Price
of
wh
ea
t:
•
The
price of
wheat
went
up
.
•
Wheat
w
as
more
expensive.
2
Reason
pr
ice in
creased:
•
When
there
was
less
wheat,
mo
re
people
wanted
to
buy
it,
so
se
ll
ers
raised t
he
ir prices.
•
When
t
here
was
less
wheat,
it had
to
be
impor
t
ed
from
ot
her
areas,
so
the
price
increased.
1
The
response
provides only
half
of
the
co
rrect
details.
0
The
response
is incorrect
or
irr
elevant.
1.8
Th
is
excerpt
is
fr
om
George
Wa
sh
in
gton's
F
arew
ell Address in 1
796
.
Whic
h
ph
r
ase
from
t he
exce
rpt
demons
t
rates
Presi
den
t Washi
ngton's
recomm
enda
t
ion
t hat t
he
Un
ite
d
States
sh
ould
avo
id
pe
rm
anent
all
iances?
Select
the
co
rr
ect
answer
.
The
na
me of Am
er
i
can,
wh
ich
belong
s
to
y
ou,
in
yo
ur
nat
ional capa
ci
ty , mu
st
al
ways
[
pra
i
se
]
the
ju
st
pr
ide of
P
atr
iot
is
m . . .
Of
all t
he
. . .
habi
ts
whic
h lead
to
politica
l
prosper
i
ty,
Re
ligion
and
morali
ty are
indis
pen
sa
ble su
ppo
r
ts
.
P
ro
m
ote
t hen
as
an
object
of
pri
ma
ry
im
portance,
Inst
i
tut
i
ons
fo
r the
general
di
ffus
ion
of
kno
wledge
. . . .
As
a ve
ry
im
portan
t
source
of str
ength
&
sec
urity,
che
rish
public
credit
.
One
m
ethod
of
preserving
it
is
to u
se
it
as
[
rare
l
y]
as
possible
..
. .
. . A
fr
ee
peop
le
ought
to
be
constantly
awa
ke
;
since
history
and
experience
prove
that
foreign
influence
is
one
o
t •
..
I I
. . . ,.
-
George
Washington
's
Farewell
Address,
September
19
,
1796
