Tough Questions from the Benchmark

Two inventions that contributed to change and industrial growth were electricity and —

• telegraph machines

• steam engines

• locomotives

• telephone service

Identify four factors that promoted industrial growth in America after the Civil War.

• Access to raw materials and energy sources

• Large work force due to immigration

• New inventions

• Financial resources

• Large work force due to American Indians

Which helps to explain why farm production increased around the turn of the 20^th century while the number of workers decreased?

• Mechanization

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Suburbanization

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

• Civil Rights Movement

• Progressive Movement

• Realism Movement

• Modern Social Movement

Which statement should be placed in the box labeled with the number 2?

• Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories

• Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• Guarantees employment to all previous slaves

• Grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law

Which right did the 15^th Amendment fail to protect?

• Women's right to vote

• Black men's right to vote

• Landowners' right to vote

• Immigrants' right to vote

What state completes the graphic above?

• Nevada

• Montana

• Utah

• Oregon

Detroit is to the automobile industry as Chicago is to the —

• meat-packing industry

• steel industry

• service industry

• textile industry

Which of the following states should be placed in the empty ovals?

• Illinois and North Dakota

• North Dakota and Mississippi

• Idaho and South Dakota

• Pennsylvania and Michigan

Which state best completes the graphic?

• Rhode Island

• West Virginia

• Texas

• Indiana