US History Benchmark Review

How did the Populist Movement change the role of the federal government in

American society?

• It led the federal government to regulate the economy by ending laissez-faire policies.

• It led the federal government to put the needs of farmers over the needs of other citizens.

• It led the federal government to take on more responsibility for the social welfare of citizens.

• It led the federal government to take over ownership of the railroad industry.

The United States led an international coalition to liberate which nation during the Persian Gulf War?

• Afghanistan

• Iran

• Iraq

• Kuwait

Why did farmers in the late 1800s support the free and unlimited coinage of silver?

• They feared that the gold standard was not stable enough to support the banks and creditors used most often by farmers.

• They believed silver coinage would take money out of circulation and eliminate debt for most farmers.

• They feared leaving the money supply tied only to gold would inflate the value of currency and hurt farmers.

• They believed an expanded currency that included silver would increase crop prices and help farmers.

How did the growth in the popularity of radio in the 1920s contribute to changes in American culture?

• It transformed the entertainment industry, replacing interest in attending movies and sporting events.

• It created regional cultures, isolating people from national news and trends.

• It standardized the information made available to people across the nation, creating a shared culture.

• It fueled negative propaganda, prompting the government to regulate all sources of mass media.

Economic interests in which territory led the United States into the Spanish-American War?

• Cuba

• Hawaii

• Panama

• Puerto Rico

This is an excerpt from The Big Sea, the autobiography of Langston Hughes.

Based on this excerpt, what did the poems of Langston Hughes have in common with writers who were part of the “Lost Generation”?

[My poetry is about] workers, [laborers], and singers, and job hunters on Lenox Avenue in New York, or Seventh Street in Washington or South State in Chicago— people up today and down tomorrow, working this week and fired the next, beaten and baffled, but determined not to be wholly beaten, buying furniture on the installment plan, filling the house with roomers to help pay the rent, hoping to get a new suit for Easter—and pawning that suit before the Fourth of July.

• They examined the struggles of the American experience.

• They celebrated the relationship between wealth and happiness

• They contributed to the development of conformity in American society.

• They recognized the importance of a work ethic and entrepreneurship.

How did the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 impact education?

• It gave state governments total control over education

• It weakened federal oversight of education systems.

• It created a set of national curriculum standards for all education systems to follow.

• It expanded the role of the federal government in education.

We entered this war because violations of right had occurred which touched us to the quick and made the life of our own people impossible unless they were corrected and the world secure once for all against their recurrence. What we demand in this war, therefore, is nothing peculiar to ourselves. It is that the world be made fit and safe to live in; and particularly that it be made safe for every peaceloving nation which, like our own, wishes to live its own life, determine its own institutions, be assured of justice and fair dealing by the other peoples of the world as against force and selfish aggression. All the peoples of the world are in effect partners in this interest, and for our own part we see very clearly that unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us.

Based on this excerpt, President Wilson’s ideas were designed to accomplish what goal?

• to enforce an international trade embargo

• to ensure world peace

• to establish a permanent alliance system

• to justify war reparations

This is an excerpt from a speech given by President Woodrow Wilson in January 1918.

We entered this war because violations of right had occurred which touched us to the quick and made the life of our own people impossible unless they were corrected and the world secure once for all against their recurrence. What we demand in this war, therefore, is nothing peculiar to ourselves. It is that the world be made fit and safe to live in; and particularly that it be made safe for every peaceloving nation which, like our own, wishes to live its own life, determine its own institutions, be assured of justice and fair dealing by the other peoples of the world as against force and selfish aggression. All the peoples of the world are in effect partners in this interest, and for our own part we see very clearly that unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us.

Which foreign policy initiative did President Wilson use this speech to introduce?

• Fourteen Points

• isolationism

• Moral Diplomacy

• neutrality

This chart shows the main components of the Bush Doctrine, President George W.

Bush’s foreign policy.

Component 1 Make no distinction between terrorists and the nations

that harbor them—and hold both to account.

Component 2 Take the fight to the enemy overseas before it can attack

the United States again.

Component 3 Confront threats before they fully materialize.

Component 4 Advance liberty and hope as an alternative to the

Based on this chart, which component was the most idealistic and the least practical

to enforce?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4