Q3 US History Benchmark Review

What were the effects of the Industrial Revolution? Choose all that apply.

• More women worked (in factories)

• Slave labor decreased

• Cities grew

• Cotton was harder to produce

What was the Second Middle Passage?

• The journey of Africans to America in the early 1800s.

• When slaves were sold from the Upper South to the Lower South.

• The movement of former slaves to Northern cities after the Civil War.

• The path of the Underground Railroad where slaves escaped to freedom in the North.

How does the picture show you the impact of the cotton gin on the South?

• Cotton mills moved to the South
• Cotton exports to Europe declined
• Cotton Farmers no longer needed slaves
• Cotton became the South's most important crop

Why were textile mills built near rivers?

• Rivers provided power to operate the mills.
• Rivers provided transportation for employees of the mills.
• Textile mills were built near population centers.
• Textile mills provided cloth for factories near the rivers.

Which conditions in Northern Europe encouraged immigration to the United States between 1845 and 1860?

• war and famine
• disease and slavery
• natural disasters and climate change
• religious persecution and poor education

Which of these is one reason that U.S. immigrants settled in the North?

• It offered free land.
• It offered jobs in mills and factories.
• They were attracted by the good climate.
• They were attracted by the railroad system.

Which Amendment gave all women the right to vote?

• 15th

• 19th

• 17th

• 16th

In what year was the 19th Amendment ratified (approved)?

• 1910

• 1920

• 1931

• 1925

Which two women were mainly responsible for organizing the Seneca Falls Convention?

• Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

• Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Beecher Stowe and Lucretia Mott

This person spoke for equal rights of women in a speech named 'Ain't I a Woman'.

• Elizabeth Cady Staton
• Harriet Tubman
• Sojourner Truth