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Benchmark III

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This invention caused slavery to increase —

a)

Steamboat

b)

Sewing machine

c)

Cotton gin

d)

Telegraph

2.

This group fled persecution and settled in the Great Salt Lake —

a)

Mormons

b)

Catholics

c)

Muslims

d)

Ukrainians

3.

The South hated protective tariff because it —

a)

abolished slavery

b)

raised price of foreign goods

c)

it renewed fuel

d)

consumed Popeyes chicken

4.

A major cause of the U.S.-Mexican War was —

a)

Annexation of Virginia

b)

Settlement of Utah

c)

Annexation of Texas

d)

Discovery of gold

5.

Why did migrants settle in Oregon Country?

a)

Fertile lands

b)

Eliminate the buffalo

c)

Bring peace to the Natives

d)

Find chicken sandwich

6.

This invention revolutionized mass production —

a)

Mercedes Benz

b)

Interchangeable parts

c)

Steam engine

d)

Steel plow

7.

A central question in the Nullification Crisis was —

a)

Can we all get along?

b)

the ability to reject peace?

c)

Can a state nullify federal law?

d)

the abolition of slavery

8.

The common man was able to vote during Jacksonian Democracy because —

a)

Property requirement was removed

b)

the Mormons denied God

c)

Property owners rejoiced

d)

None of the abobve

9.

An effect of the War of 1812 was —

a)

U.S. won the World Cup

b)

increased domestic manufacturing

c)

Repeal of the Embargo Law

d)

No income tax

10.

What invention made transportation more efficient?

a)

Steamboat

b)

Cotton gin

c)

Submarine

d)

Harvester

11.

Sectional differences increased as result of —

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Industrialization

c)

Plantation system

d)

Dancing with the stars

12.

Pioneers migrated to California as a result of —

a)

Cash crops

b)

Climate change

c)

Discovery of gold

d)

Global warming

13.

What impact did immigration have on the U.S. in the 1800s?

a)

Provided labor for industries

b)

Eliminated religion

c)

Provided enslaved people on farms

d)

None of the above

14.

Where did the Mormons settle in the above map?

a)

Fredericksburg

b)

Salt Lake City

c)

Paris

d)

Sacramento

15.

Andrew Jackson passed this law to move the Natives west of the Mississippi —

a)

Joiner's Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Indian Removal Act

16.

An economic system that allows for competition, choice, and mininmal government interference —

a)

Command economy

b)

Free enterprise

c)

Salutary Neglect

d)

Mercantilism

17.

This case established the priniciple of judicial review by the Supreme Court —

a)

Dred Scott v Sanford

b)

Worcester v Georgia

c)

Gibbons v Ogden

d)

Marbury v Madison

18.

A major cause of the U.S.-Mexican War was the —

a)

Signing of the Treaty of Ghent

b)

Annexation of Maryland

c)

Annexation of Texas

d)

Battle of Buena Vista

19.

Enslaved labor

Ideal climate to cash crops

Long growing season

These factors contributed to the development of the —

a)

Plantation system in the South

b)

Small weapons for war

c)

Industrial economy in the North

d)

Education system

20.

Cotton gin

Steel plow

Steamboat

Telegraph

These innovations where characteristics of what era?

a)

Agrarian Age

b)

Antebellum Era

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Transitional Era