Q3 Benchmark Review

As cotton plantations increased in the United States, so did ... (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

• slavery

• impressment of sailors

• constitutional rights

• textile factories

What did Frederick Douglass mean when he said "What to a slave is the Fourth of July - it is a sham (a lie)"?

• Fourth of July should be celebrated by all

• Enslaved people like the Fourth of July

• The Fourth of July meant nothing to enslaved people because they did not have freedom

• Enslaved people had to lie to celebrate the holiday

Why did many immigrants settle in Northern cities in the 1850s?

• those were the free states

• they faced less racism

• there were more job opportunities

• the south banned immigration

Which of the following were consequences of the Industrial Revolution? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

• women began advocating for voting rights

• cities in the North increased

• immigration from Ireland and Germany increased

• slavery ended

Most women who fought for women's right in the 1800s did not live to see women gain the right to vote. What year did all women gain the right to vote with the 19th Amendment?

• 1848

• 1865

• 1920

• 1973

Who were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott?

• Ordinary citizens of Pennsylvania.

• People who were okay with not having as many rights as men.

• Leaders at the Seneca Falls Convention.

When Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men AND WOMEN are created equal," she was changing the words of which document?

• the Constitution

• the Declaration of Independence

• the slave codes

• the Bill of Rights

The Declaration of Sentiments written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton uses quotes from the Declaration of Independence. She says "that all men AND WOMEN are created equal." Why?

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the author, got lazy

• The same person that wrote The Declaration of Independence also wrote The Declaration of Sentiments

• To remind men that they said everyone was created equal in The Declaration of Independence

• To insult The Declaration of Independence

Henry Clay's American System created roads, railroads, and canals that were...

• worse than those in the 1700s

• funded by the government

• harder to travel

• destroyed during the Civil War

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A secret network of people and hiding places to help slaves escape to freedom.
• Rights protected by people. 
• Not being controlled by someone. 
• Forced to work without pay.