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Benchmark Review

Total questions: 108

Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the name of the African American men who moved West after the Civil War to work on cattle farms

a)

Native Americans

b)

Black Cowboys

c)

The Pesos

d)

None of the above

2.

What were the name of the two cattle trails

a)

Chisholm and Great Western

b)

Chisholm and Westward

c)

Great Path and Jesse's Trail

d)

There was only one trail called the Chisholm

3.

WHich cattle trail was the longest

a)

Chisholm

b)

Great Western

4.

What was the state where the cattle trails started

a)

Kansas

b)

Nebraska

c)

Texas

d)

Alabama

5.

What was the name of the cow town or railhead city where the cattle were taken

a)

Athens

b)

Appling

c)

Abilene

d)

Alberto

6.

Why were the herded to Kansas and shipped east?

a)

To sell the cattle for the same price

b)

too many cattle in Texas and no more room

c)

it was the law

d)

to make greater profits and sell the cattle for more money

7.

I was an African American scientist who taught crop rotation at Tuskegee Institute. I made over 300 inventions using peanuts and sweet potatoes. Who am I

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Wright Brothers

8.

I invented the electric light bulb to improve visibility at night. People could stay up longer and work later because of me. Who am I

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Wright Brothers

d)

George Washington Carver

9.

I invented the telephone. My wife and mom were both deaf. I taught at a deaf school. Who am I

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Wright Brothers

d)

George Washington Carver

10.

We flew the first motorized airplane in Kitty Hawk, NC. The flight lasted 12 seconds who are we

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Wright Brothers

11.

We flew the first motorized airplane in Kitty Hawk, NC. The flight lasted 12 seconds who are we

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Wright Brothers

12.

Why did the Black Cowboys move West to work on cattle farms

a)

treated equally and fairly and same pay

b)

treated okay but still made less money

13.

What is the name of the location where the yellow star is?

a)

Montgomery, AL

b)

Pittsburgh, PA

c)

Chicago, IL

d)

Kitty Hawk, NC

14.

What is the name of the location of the yellow star?

a)

Pearl Harbor, HI

b)

Montgomery, AL

c)

Chicago, IL

d)

Kitty Hawk, NC

15.

What is the name of the location with the yellow star?

a)

Kitty Hawk, NC

b)

Montgomery, AL

c)

Pittsburgh, PA

d)

Pearl Harbor, HI

16.

What is the name of the location with the yellow star?

a)

Pearl Harbor, HI

b)

Kitty Hawk, NC

c)

Pittsburgh, PA

d)

Chicago, IL

17.

What is the name of the location with the yellow star?

a)

Kitty Hawk, NC

b)

Pearl Harbor, HI

c)

Chicago, IL

d)

Pittsburgh, PA

18.

What is the name of the location with the yellow star?

a)

Kitty Hawk, NC

b)

Montgomery, AL

c)

Chisholm Trail

d)

Pearl Harbor, HI

19.

Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to a white man and went to jail. This started the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Civil Rights Movement

a)

Montgomery, AL

b)

Pittsburgh, PA

c)

Kitty Hawk, NC

d)

Chisholm Trail

20.

A trail from Texas to Kansas where cattle were herded to railheads to ship North and East for more money

a)

Montgomery, AL

b)

Pearl Harbor, HI

c)

Chisholm Trail

d)

Pittsburgh, PA

21.

Andrew Carnegie put his Carnegie Steel Co. here because of waterways, population, and transportation

a)

Montgomery, AL

b)

Pittsburgh, PA

c)

Chicago, IL

d)

Pearl Harbor, HI

22.

Wright Brothers flew the first engine powered airplane for 12 seconds on the beach

a)

Montgomery, AL

b)

Chicago, IL

c)

Chisholm Trail

d)

Kitty Hawk, NC

23.

Large city with population, transportation, and waterways to support the factories and the big city

a)

Pittsburgh, PA

b)

Chicago, IL

c)

Kitty Hawk, NC

d)

Pearl Harbor, HI

24.

Japan surprised attacked the naval base and killed about 2,000 people on December 7, 1941. U.S. enters WWII

a)

Chisholm Trail

b)

Montgomery, AL

c)

Pearl Harbor, HI

d)

Kitty Hawk, NC

25.

The Stock Market Crash, bank failures, umemployment, farm failures were all a part of the

a)

Turn of the Century

b)

Great Depression

c)

WWI

d)

Bill of Rights

26.

Long period of drought in the Great Plains. The soil blew away and formed large clouds of dust.

a)

bank failures

b)

The Great Migration

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

Hooverville

27.

Which president believed the government should not be involved in the recovery of the economy.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William McKinley

c)

Franklin D Roosevelt

d)

Herbert Hoover

28.

Which president believed the government's duty was to help the citizens in need.

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William McKinley

29.

What was the name of the programs Franklin D Roosevelt used to help the US recover from the Great Depression

a)

The Great Deal

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Old Deal

d)

The Great Migration

30.

During the Dust Bowl the farmers (also known as "Oakies") income decreased which caused them to do what

a)

replant their crops

b)

moved West to look for work in California

c)

moved South for the winter

d)

sold their farms to the Indians

31.

Who was the president during the Great Depression

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

William McKinley

d)

Woodrow Wilson

32.

How did the people eat during the Great Depression

a)

Pie pantries

b)

Soup Kitchens

33.

Adminstration that gave money to senior citizens once they reach 65 years old

a)

SSA Social Security Adminstration

b)

CCC Civiliam Conservation Corps

c)

WPA Works Progress Adminstration

d)

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

34.

Put young American men to work preserving the nation's natural resources. soil conservation, tree planting, and flood control

a)

SSS Social Security Adminstration

b)

CCC Civilian Conservation Corps

c)

WPA Works Progress Adminstration

d)

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

35.

This program pur unemployed to work building bridges, public buildings, parks, airports, and paint murals on buildings

a)

CCC Civilain Conservation Corps

b)

SSA Social Security Adminstration

c)

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

d)

WPA Works Progress Adminstration

36.

Helped transform the Tennessee River to build dams to control floods and generate electricity to homes and farms

a)

CCC Civilian Conservation Corps

b)

WPA Works Progrss Adminstration

c)

SSA Social Security Adminstration

d)

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

37.

The New Deal helped provide what to pull America out of the Great Depression

a)

feed families, improved environment, energy, and jobs

b)

soup kitchens, dust bowls

38.

What were the effects of the Great Depression

a)

food, new banks, Hoover reelected, lots of jobs

b)

spread depression to other countries, poverty, loss of jobs to millions, New Deal, Roosevelt president

39.

Which president said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

40.

What were the three R's for the New Deal as it helped people during the Great Depression?

a)

Relief, recovery, reform

b)

relief, revolt, recover

c)

recovery, restock, reassemble

d)

refor, relief, revisit

41.

What year did the Stock Market Crash?

a)

1920

b)

1929

c)

1999

d)

2021

42.

The Great Depression was BEST described as

a)

financial and economic stability and low unemployment

b)

financial and economic stability and high unemployment

c)

financial and economic instability and low unemployment

d)

financial and economic instability and high unemployment

43.

The Great Depression was BEST described as

a)

financial and economic stability and low unemployment

b)

financial and economic stability and high unemployment

c)

financial and economic instability and low unemployment

d)

financial and economic instability and high unemployment

44.

Which event caused the Great Depression to end?

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

Civil War

d)

Vietnam War

45.

The 1920's became known as

a)

Roaring Twenties

b)

Flapper Age

c)

Guilded Age

d)

WWI

46.

What things did women begin to do in the 1920's

a)

walk, shop, cook

b)

sports, work outside home

47.

Men and women drove _____ for the first time

a)

horses

b)

buggies

c)

motorcycles

d)

automobiles

48.

Yong women who cut their hair short and wore knee length skirts were known as

a)

flappers

b)

rappers

c)

soldiers

d)

veterans

49.

The 19th Amendment gave who the right to vote

a)

children

b)

men

c)

women

d)

African Americans

50.

What kind of music became popular in the 1920's

a)

rap

b)

country

c)

r & b

d)

jazz

51.

Singer and trumpeter who made Jazz music popular

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Charles Lindberg

52.

Jazz fit that decade so well it was also know as the

a)

Jazz Age

b)

Renaissance

c)

Guilded Age

d)

WWI

53.

Jazz fit that decade so well it was also know as the

a)

Jazz Age

b)

Renaissance

c)

Guilded Age

d)

WWI

54.

Harlem became a center for African American music, arts, and poetry This was known as

a)

Jazz Age

b)

Roaring Twenties

c)

Harlem Renaissance

55.

Famous poet of the 1920's

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Charles Lindberg

56.

The most popular programs to watch and listen to were

a)

news

b)

elections

c)

sports

d)

cars

57.

The first baseball player to hit 60 homeruns in a season

a)

Charles Lindberg

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Louis Armstrong

58.

In 1927, who became the first person to fly alone or solo across the Atlantic Ocean

a)

Charles Lindberg

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Langston Hughes

59.

the name of Charles Lindberg's plane

a)

Spirit of the World

b)

Spirit of New York

c)

Spirit of St. Louis

d)

Spirit of Georgia

60.

WWI was known as the

a)

Longest War

b)

Great War

c)

Deadliest War

d)

Saddest War

61.

Who were the Allied Powers

a)

Russia, Great Britian, France, Serbia, United States

b)

Russia, Great Britian, Germany, Serbia, United States

62.

Who were the Central Powers

a)

Germany, Serbia, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

b)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

63.

The land between the ditches was called __________ because of the barbed wire and landmines

a)

crater fields

b)

mine shafts

c)

no man's land

d)

trenches

64.

The soldiers fought from long narrow ditches called

a)

warfare

b)

alliances

c)

barbed wire

d)

trench warfare

65.

Germany bombed the British ship Lusitania. They promised not to do it again, they lied and bombed US ships. This prompted Woodrow Wilson to

a)

declare war on Central Powers

b)

declare war on Allied Powers

66.

What was the name of the British ship that Germany bombed

a)

USS Maine

b)

Lusitania

67.

What new weapons were invented during WWI

a)

missiles, guns, muskets, knifes

b)

machine guns, hand grenades, cannons, posionous gases, tanks, airplanes

c)

machine guns, darts, bb guns, lasers

d)

traps, barbed wire, land mines,

68.

What amendment gave women the right to vote

a)

17

b)

18

c)

19

d)

20

69.

Who started working in factories because of the men being off in the war

a)

men and children

b)

children and women

c)

women and African Americans

d)

African Americans and children

70.

The Allied leaders used the Treaty of Versailles to punish

a)

Serbia

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Germany

71.

Allied Powers went to France to sign a treaty to end the war

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of France

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Wilson

72.

Woodrow Wilson did not want to punish Germany, but he supported the Treaty because it created the

a)

League of Nations

b)

League of Worlds

c)

League of Tommorow

d)

League of Treaties

73.

Germany was blamed for WWI what did they have to give up

a)

money, land

b)

money, economy,

c)

money, factories

d)

land, farms

74.

Who won WWI

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Central Powers

75.

What was the name of the ship that exploded in the Cuban Harbor?

a)

Lusitania

b)

Maine

c)

George

d)

Somme

76.

The American newspapers blamed who for the bombing of the ship

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Spain

c)

Guam

d)

Hawaii

77.

Who created the group the Rough Riders

a)

McKinley

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Bush

d)

Lincoln

78.

What two oceans did the Panama Canal connect

a)

Southern, Artic

b)

Atlantic, Pacific

c)

Pacific, Indian

d)

Southern, Pacific

79.

The Panama Canal saves _____ and ______

a)

time and food

b)

ships and gas

c)

time and money

d)

fish and men

80.

Roosevelt tried to buy Panama from _____

a)

Cuba

b)

Colombia

c)

Spain

d)

Panama

81.

How long did it take to build the Panama Canal

a)

5 years

b)

6 years

c)

20 years

d)

10 years

82.

What president was assisnated during the Spanish American War

a)

McKinley

b)

Jones

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Lincoln

83.

What amendment abolished poll taxes?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

23rd

d)

24th

84.

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

24th

d)

26th

85.

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

24th

d)

26th

86.

What amendment gave all citizens regardless of their race the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

23rd

d)

24th

87.
What does the 4th Amendment guarantee?
a)
no illegal search and seizure
b)
the right for cops to come into your house unnannounced
c)
no illegal gambling in your house
d)
no illegal cruel and unusual punishments
88.
Which amendment gives you the right of Religion, Assembly, Speech, and Press?
a)
First Amendment
b)
Second Amendment
c)
Third Amendment
d)
Fourth Amendment
89.
Which amendment gives you the right of Religion, Assembly, Speech, and Press?
a)
First Amendment
b)
Second Amendment
c)
Third Amendment
d)
Fourth Amendment
90.
Which amendment gives you the right to keep weapons or arms?
a)
First Amendment
b)
Second Amendment
c)
Third Amendment
d)
Fourth Amendment
91.
Protecting the rights and freedoms of American citizens is _________________.
a)
the purpose of the 1st amendment
b)
the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
c)
the purpose of the 10th amendment  
d)
the purpose of the Bill of Rights
92.
Which of the following is an example of the 1st amendment in real life?
a)
Turning away soldiers who try to live in your home during a time of war.
b)
Having a trial with a jury
c)
Reading a newspaper article which presents two sides of a issue
d)
Protesting an issue with violent behavior
93.
Can the US Constitution be changed?
a)
Yes
b)
No
94.
Guarantees the right of the people to bear arms and to maintain a well-regulated militia
a)
Amendment 1
b)
Amendment 6
c)
Amendment 2
d)
Amendment 3
95.
Guarantees the rights of people accused of a crime to due process of law including the right not to incriminate oneself or to be tried for the same crime twice (double jeopardy)
a)
Amendment 5
b)
Amendment 6
c)
Amendment 4
d)
Amendment 8
96.
What is the 5th Amendment of the Bill of Rights?
a)
Rights of the abused, with overdue library books
b)
Rights of the cursed
c)
Right to a speedy trial
d)
Rights of the accused, Due process
97.
Which Amendment protects you from having the military stay in your home?
a)
First Amendment
b)
Second Amendment
c)
Third Amendment
d)
Fourth Amendment
98.
The First 10 Amendments are referred to as
a)
The Super 10
b)
The Bill of Rights
c)
Rights and Responsibilities
d)
People's Rights
99.
Prevents the quartering of soldiers in any home without the consent of the owner
a)
Amendment 2
b)
Amendment 3
c)
Amendment 6
d)
Amendment 8
100.
What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
Did NOT want religious freedom
b)
Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
c)
Wanted LESS diversity
d)
Wanted to live more simply
101.

How was Angel Island different from Ellis Island?

a)

Main station for European immigrants

b)

Main station for Chinese/Asian immigrants

c)

Located on the EAST coast

d)

People were only there a few hours

102.
How did prejudice create problems for some immigrants?
a)
Major companies wanted to hire them
b)
People laughed at their accents
c)
Were not allowed jobs because of their race/ethnicity
d)
Immigrant children were not allowed to attend school
103.

The first stop for immigrants from China.

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

104.
Immigrants from Europe came here first.  They were taken by ferry boat here.
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
105.
Immigrants faced this from native born Americans.  This means they were treated unfairly because of their race/ethnicity.
a)
diversity
b)
prejudice
106.
This means variety.
a)
diversity
b)
prejudice
c)
Laws
107.
The Statue of Liberty represented all of these EXCEPT what to immigrants?
a)
Freedom
b)
Excitement for a new life
c)
Opportunity to be successful
d)
Fear for a worse life
108.
Immigrants were checked for dangerous diseases because...
a)
They didn't want them to bring them into the US
b)
They were discriminating against immigrants
c)
They had prejudice and did it just to be mean