Wyatt USII End of The Year Benchmark Prep I

Which industry contributed to the growth of Chicago?

• Meatpacking
• Steel
• Automobile
• Cotton

In which region are the majority of the Great Lakes located?

• Denver
• Midwest
• Northeast
• Philadelphia

W.E.B. DuBois helped establish what organization?

• Freedmen's Bureau
• Tuskegee Institute
• NAACP
• None of these.

What Amendment prohibits slavery?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

Booker T. Washington believed equality could be achieved through:

• demanding violence.
• vocational education.
• running for political office.
• joining labor unions.

What diplomatic policy led to the construction of the Panama Canal?

• Fourteen Points
• Square Deal
• Dollar Diplomacy
• Roosevelt Corollary

As a result of the Spanish- American War, the US became a political power in -- 

• the Hawaiian islands 
• the Panama Canal Zone 
• the Central Powers Alliance 
• the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico 

What ship had a huge explosion that killed 260 Americans?

• The Magic
• The Titanic
• The Lusitania
• The USS Maine

Which development contributed strongly with powering labor-saving devices in the  home? 

• Windmills
• Natural Gas
• Generators
• Electrification

What was prohibition? 

• made it illegal to sell alcoholic beverages  
• made it illegal to segregate schools 
• made it legal to sell alcohol  
• made it legal to segregate schools