American II 1-5 Benchmark

“In course of further development of international revolution there will emerge two centers of world significance: a socialist center, drawing to itself the countries which tend toward socialism, and a capitalist center, drawing to itself the countries that incline toward capitalism. Battle between these two centers for command of world economy will decide fate of capitalism and of communism in entire world.” - Joseph Stalin on their rivalry with US

7.1 - Which term best describes the power the Soviet Union exerted over the countries in Eastern Europe during the Cold War?

• Spheres of Influence

• Democratic Allies

• Cultural Exchanges

• Economic Sanctions

"You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases..." - Chief Joseph 3.2 - To what is this quote MOST LIKELY a response?

• Second Sioux War

• Carlisle School

• Dawes Act of 1887

• Homestead Act of 1862

"Up to our own day American History is the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land,...and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development." 3.2 - This quotation from Frederick Jackson Turner's Thesis during the 1890's suggests that the American frontier...

• was instrumental in the formation of an American "identity" or character

• has mirrored European values and social patterns

• should be preserved for the public use of all people

• Has had no effect on growth of US

"There are certain things we can only do together. There are certain things only a union can do. Only a union could harness the courage of our pioneers to settle the American west, which is why [President Abraham Lincoln] passed a Homestead Act giving a tract of land to anyone seeking a stake in our growing economy." - President Barack Obama 8.2 - Passage of the Homestead Act and of legislation supporting the construction of the transcontinental railroads demonstrated the federal government's commitment to...

• limits on big business

• conservation of natural resources

• settlement of western territories

• equality for all immigrants and native Americans

"The white people, who are trying to make us over into their image, they want us to be what they call 'assimilated,' bringing the Indians into the mainstream and destroying our own way of life and our own cultural patterns. They believe we should be contented like those whose concept of happiness is materialistic and greedy, which is very different from our way." - 1927 Grand Council of American Indians 3.3 - How did the American Government relocate the Native American land after pushing them off their reservations?

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Land Grant Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Dawes Act

What argument would be used by reformers who opposed the laissez-faire policies of the United States government?

• The federal government should not interfere with big business

• The government should only coin gold, not silver

• It is the government’s responsibility to help citizens in need

• individual strengths and hard work are the root of economic success

3.4 – Which BEST explains the rationale behind the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

• Jim Crow laws and racial tension in the South extended to Chinese immigrants

• Farmers were angry over competition from Chinese immigrant farmers

• The two main railroad companies were trying to reduce their use of immigrant labor

• There was a perceived threat of competition from foreign laborers for American jobs

“The sinks are in the hallway, that all the tenants may have access--and all be poisoned alike by their summer stenches. Hear the pump squeak! It is the lullaby of tenement-house babes. In summer, when a thousand thirsty throats pant for a cooling drink in this block, it is worked in vain. But the saloon, whose open door you passed in the hall, is always there. The smell of it has followed you up. Here is a door. Listen! That short hacking cough, that tiny, helpless wail--what do they mean? They mean that the soiled bow of white you saw on the door downstairs will have another story to tell--Oh! a sadly familiar story--before the day is at an end. The child is dying with measles. With half a chance it might have lived; but it had none. That dark bedroom killed it.” - Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives 3.4 – What problems did rapid growth pose for cities?

• Rise in immigrant racial discrimination

• Increased government interference

• Rise in poor sanitation and scarcity of resources

• Decrease in immigrants coming to America

“I. That the government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain by colonization or for military or naval purposes or otherwise, lodgments in or control over any portion of said island.“ – Platt Amendment 3.1 – Which of the following are true of the Platt Amendment?

• Cuba is allowed to make economic deals with foreign powers

• Cuba is not allowed to negotiate treaties with other countries

• . Cuba is not allowed to negotiate treaties with other countries

• The US will leave Cuba, letting the Cubans begin their own independence.

“The United States is a nation birthed by imperialism, matured in imperialism and is now just like its parent.” 3.1 - What was the primary goal of United States foreign policy from 1900 to 1915?

• develop close economic ties with African nations

• promote United States influence in Latin America

• oppose revolutionary movements in western Europe.

• prevent the spread of communism in western Europe and Asia.