1st Quarter Benchmark Test

Which of the following happened in order for The U.S. Constitution to be formed and agreed upon?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The Federalist Papers

• The Articles of Confederation

Which best describes Abraham Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of The Civil War?

• Preserving the Union

• Emancipating the Slaves

• Destroying the concept of States' rights

• Punishing the Confederate States

What piece of American doctrine guarantees civil liberties and certain unalienable rights for all Americans? 

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Federalist Papers

What is the subject of this cartoon?

• Greedy and powerful monopolists/trusts overseeing the Senate

• Standard Oil and the Senate

• How senators viewed voters and their wants and needs

• The power and influence of the federal government over monopolists/trusts

Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Asia, Mexico, Southern and Eastern Europe

• Nativists

• Populists

• Industrialists

• Social Workers

The time between 1870 and 1900 (late 1800s) during which the population and economy grew quickly along with political and corporate corruption. "The rich got richer at the expense of the poor"

• The Monopoly Age

• The Political Age

• The Gilded Age

• The Corruption Age

“When Rockefeller founded Standard Oil, kerosene was 30 cents a gallon. Twenty years later, Rockefeller had almost a 90 percent market share and kerosene was only eight cents a gallon. Customers were the real winners here, because Rockefeller’s size allowed him to cut costs. . . .”

—Historian Burton W. Folsom, Jr.

Folsom would be most likely to call John D. Rockefeller 

• Carpetbagger

• Robber Baron

• Captains of Industry

• Philanthropist

What were the main strategies used by Labor Unions to better their work environment?

• Collective Bargaining

• Strikes

• Protests

• All the Above

What was the Treaty that officially ended the American Revolutionary War in 1783? 

• Treaty of Yorktown

• Treaty of Boston

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Philadelphia

How were Americans influenced by the growth of railroads during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• Railroads led to shortages of raw materials for factories and workers on farms

• Railroads stimulated the construction of steamships to trade up and down rivers

• Railroads created time zones, the growth of cities, and the first truly national market

• Railroads caused cotton, rice, and wheat production to move from the Southeast to the West Coast