Name______________________________________Date________Period________ STAAR Review- Using Strategies for answering multiple choice Questions

Read the Question 2x Look for the subject Underline key words List what you know about the subject Try to answer the question before looking at the answer choices 'llowed by the law or constitution 1. The Pri ary ! "econdary "ources #Quotes$ charts$ cartoons$ %ictures$ a%s$ gra%hs& Read the source Translate in your own words what is being said. Find evidence for each answer choice in the source.

legal basis for the United States purchase of the Louisiana Territory was the
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1. power granted to the President to make treaties 2. Presidents power as ommander in hief !. authority of ongress to declare war ". Senates duty to appro#e the appointment of ambassadors

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#hen students are not accustomed to processing and appl$ing information% the$ will struggle with strategic and comple& reasoning' This is the level of (uestion found on the STAAR test' )a*e it second nature to them to +rea* information down into a managea+le wa$ of arriving to the answer' #al* them threw it and give them opportunit$ to practice it' ,ou can-t pass the driving test without learning how to drive. !nowing the +oo* *nowledge is not enough'

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1. &ndustriali'ation of the United States 2. Sectional onflicts in the United States !. Transportation (e#olution in the United States ". Shifting )rontier of the United States

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6n this case students needed to a%%ly what they knew about the industriali9ation$ conflicts$ trans%ortation$ and the frontier.

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