BA Unit 1 Review

Benchmark Advance

Unit 1 Review

Multiple Choice

What is the main topic of Unit One?

Short Read #1: Working Together

Vocabulary:

federal government

state government

city government

volunteers

citizens

responsibilities

Multiple Choice

Working Together was about a town coming up with a plan to protect homes and businesses from a ______.

• tsunami

• heat wave

• flood

• blizzard

Multiple Choice

Working Together showed students participating in a government plan to help their community. They did this by _____.

• filling bags with sand

• building a snowman

• cleaning up the streets

Multiple Select

What does it mean to be a good citizen? (Check all correct answers)

• help your community

• do the right thing

• respect others

• speak up when someone is being treated unfairly

Short Read #2: Election Day

Vocabulary:

voter**polls**ballot

office**president**mayor

candidates**campaign**rights

Multiple Choice

Thurgood Marshall was a ___ who cared about protecting the rights of voters.

• Farmer

• Doctor

• Scientist

• Supreme Court Justice

Multiple Select

In the first presidential election of 1788, only _____ were allowed to vote. (Check all correct answers)

• Women

• White

• Men

• Land owners

Multiple Choice

On Election Day, you can vote for your favorite ______.

• candidate

• ballot

Multiple Choice

The voter fills out a _______.

• list

• ballot

• citizen

Extended Read 1: It Is My Right!

• Alice Paul: It Is My Right to Vote!

• Rosa Parks: It Is My Right to Sit Anywhere!

• Martin Luther King Jr: It Is My Right to Speak Out!

• Cesar Chavez: It Is My Right to Organize!

Multiple Select

Alice Paul wanted women to have the right to vote. Another word for this is___.

• women's suffrage

• women's freedom

Multiple Choice

What were Jim Crow laws?

• racist laws that kept African Americans separate from whites (schools, swimming pools, tables, restrooms, drinking fountains, etc.)

• laws that were fair for everyone

Multiple Select

What did Rosa Parks's protest lead to? (Check all correct answers)

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Jim Crow Laws ending

• Her arrest

• Her becoming a national hero

Multiple Choice

Where did Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech take place?

• Texas

• Washington D.C.

• Hawaii

Multiple Choice

Which one was NOT Dr. King's "Dream" for the U.S.?

• unity, equality, and respect

• for people not to be separated by race, and treated unfairly

• for everyone to keep on being separated by race

• Good jobs for African Americans (economic justice)

Multiple Choice

Who was Cesar Chavez trying to help when he organized the grape boycott?

• rich, white farmers

• farm workers

• the army

Extended Read 2: Winning the Right to Vote

• African Americans and the Right to Vote

• Women and the Right to Vote

• Other Groups Fought for the Vote: Native Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans

• Young People and the Right to Vote

Important Amendments to the United States Constitution:

• 14th Amendment (1868) - African Americans are free citizens

• 15th Amendment (1870) - A citizen cannot be kept from voting because of the color of his skin.

• 19th Amendment (1920) - Women gain voting rights

• 24th Amendment (1964) - Poll taxes are banned

• 26th Amendment (1971) - Voting age is lowered from 21 to 18

Open Ended

Why do you think so many people fought so hard for the right to vote?

Multiple Select

What kinds of things can voters decide?

• who the president of the country should be

• who the mayor of the city should be

• what kinds of problems are important to solve in the U.S.

• who our representatives (lawmakers) should be

• how much money should be spent on things like roads, police, schools, and firefighters

Poll

Do you think it is important to vote in elections when you turn 18?

• Yes, voting is important.

• No, voting is not important.