Benchmark Review

What era is represented by the desire for improved safety conditions, reduced work hours, and restrictions on child labor?

• Progressive Movement

• Modern Social Movement

• Realism Movement

• Civil Rights Movement

We gained possession of which three after the Spam-War?

• Philippines

• Guam

• Puerto Rico

• Cuba

Which two women were influential in gaining women’s suffrage?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Jane Addams

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Rosa Parks

Which captain of industry was a Scotch immigrant from a poor family who ended up giving away most of his fortune?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Jay Gould

• Andrew Carnegie

According to the graph, what was an economic result of the Spanish American War?

• The United States ended economic ties with Cuba following the war.

• B Trade between Cuba and the United States decreased after the war.

• The United States exported more to Cuba than it imported from Cuba.

• Trade between Cuba and the United States increased after the war.

Why did the American Federation of Labor grow during the Progressive Movement?

• Monopolies took over certain areas of business.

• Working conditions, like long hours and low wages, led to the formation of unions.

• Safety conditions and child labor laws were put into place.

• Women began to enter the workforce in larger numbers.

Complete the chart:

• Manifest Destiny

• Reasons for Westward Expansion

• Factors resulting in growth of industry

• Reasons for rise of big business

Which phrase best fits in the space in the diagram labeled with the number 1?

• restrictions on child labor

• advertising

• increased production

• child labor

What was John D. Rockefeller's strategy for economic control of the oil business?

• monopoly

• corporation

• association

• cooperative

How did many Americans react to the Zimmermann Telegram?

• They were outraged over a possible German-Mexican alliance.

• They wanted to fire Zimmermann

• They wanted to avoid membership in the League of Nations

• They became concerned about Russian expansion