Northeast United States and Inventions Worksheet

Which term best describes the group of people mentioned in the quote?

• A. Carpetbaggers

• B. Abolitionists

• C. African Americans

• D. Military leaders

Frederick Douglass supported the adoption of constitutional amendments that—

• guaranteed equal rights to white Southerners

• preserved slavery in the United States

• guaranteed voting rights for African Americans

• allowed for preservation of “Jim Crow” laws

Which industry helped develop the city labeled 1 on the map?

• Steel

• Meat packing

• Construction

• Textile

What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communication forever?

• Telephone

• Electrical systems

• Telegraph

• Internet

Which group of people were denied citizenship to the United States until 1924?

• Asian Americans

• American Indians

• Irish Americans

• African Americans

Read the quote. These million intelligent, earnest women of the United States, typifying the true womanhood of our nation, have shown us conclusively the stuff that women are made of. The work they are doing and have done makes clear to us in what direction their interests lie. It shows us the character of their aims and their purposes and their abilities. —Clifford Howard The Los Angeles Graphic The quote above supported the passage of the—

• 15th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

How did the Roosevelt Corollary promote Big Stick Diplomacy?

• It prevented countries in the Western Hemisphere from trading with any nation other than the United States.

• It declared the right of the United States to interfere in the economic matters of other nations in the Western Hemisphere

• It allowed the countries of South America and the Caribbean to use military force against one another.

• It allowed European nations to colonize areas within South America and the Caribbean.

What were the reasons for the Spanish-American War?

• Sought revenge for the sinking of the U.S.S. Arizona

• Protection of business interests

• Support for the rebels from injustice

• Prevention from another Cuban Missile Crisis

• Outrage from slanted media report

Look at the timeline. 1914: World War I begins 1915: ? 1917: The Zimmerman Telegram is published 1918: World War I ends Which event best completes the timeline?

• The Lusitania sinks off the coast of Ireland

• The United States declares war on Germany

• The Treaty of Versailles fails in the Senate

• Woodrow Wilson creates the Fourteen Points

Which map accurately displays the Great Migration?

• Map with arrow from the South to the North

• Map with arrow from the South to the West

• Map with arrow from the East to the West

• Map with arrow from the North to the South