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End of Year Benchmark Review 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the Industrial Revolution, what were working conditions like?

a)

Great pay

b)

Lots of breaks

c)

Safe conditions

d)

Long hours

2.

Why did so many families sent their children to work during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

To punish the kids

b)

Children could make more money than the parents

c)

They were VERY POOR!

d)

They did not care about education

3.

Andrew Jackson believed in Manifest Destiny so much that he caused this event:

a)

Assimilation

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Trail of Tears (Cherokee Removal)

d)

The Holocaust

4.

How did the Louisiana Purchase change the U.S.?

a)

We doubled in size overnight.

b)

We got California.

c)

It led to better relationships with the Natives.

d)

We stole it from France.

5.

How did Lewis and Clark help future settlers to the West?

a)

They mapped their route

b)

They met Pocahontas

c)

They claimed California for the United States

d)

They found lots of gold

6.

President Andrew Jackson is know as the champion of the common man, why?

a)

He lowered the voting age

b)

He stopped taxes

c)

For the first time, ALL white men could vote (even poor men)

d)

He rewrote the Constitution

7.

Before Andrew Jackson only these people could vote (there is more than one answer):

a)

White

b)

Owned property

c)

Men

d)

Women

8.

How did the War of 1812 affect the United States?

a)

It gave us the Louisiana Purchase

b)

It showed that we were willing to fight to keep our freedom

c)

We defeated Spain once and for all

d)

We lost and had to be a British colony again

9.

What song came out of the War of 1812?

a)

The Star Spangled Banner

b)

America the Beautiful

c)

We Wish you a Merry Christmas

d)

Oh Canada

10.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

The belief that all people are created equal

b)

A railroad company slogan

c)

When Natives tried to live like white Americans

d)

The belief that God wanted white people to go west

11.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

a)

A time when we fought for our freedoms

b)

A time when the Natives gained more territory

c)

A time when factories and technology changed America

d)

A time when children's education was really valued

12.

Why did Dred Scott think he might be granted his freedom under law?

a)

Dred Scott was born free.

b)

His long term residence in a free state.

c)

President Lincoln had made slavery illegal in the entire United States.

d)

Dred Scott was a white man.

13.

What are Jim Crow laws?

a)

Laws that restricted African Americans rights in the South.

b)

Laws that restricted African Americans rights in the North.

c)

Amendments added to the Constitution.

d)

If you are named Jim, you can't vote.