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24 Benchmark Review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 2hrs 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did political machines help people?

a)

helped them find jobs

b)

made sure they had well run police and fire departments

c)

made sure their cities were clean and safe

2.
Why did labor unions first form?
a)
To protect the rights of business owners
b)
To protect the rights of workers
c)
To protect the rights of customers
d)
Allof the above
3.
Which of the following statements describes how Westward Movement affected Native Americans?
a)
Many Native Americans were pushed off their homelands and forced onto reservations.
b)
They were paid for their land so that they could buy land elsewhere.
c)
Americans gained a better understanding of Native American culture and began treating them with respect.
d)
American pioneers offered to share the land with the Native Americans.
4.
Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.
a)
Nativism
b)
Ethnic Enclaves
c)
Assimilation
5.
The Dawes Act...
a)
Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
b)
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
c)
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
d)
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad
6.

Who were the Exodusters?

a)

immigrants from Europe

b)

Great Plains Indians forced to relocate

c)

Former slaves who settled the Great Plains

d)

Cowboys who worked long drives.

7.

What did the Carlisle school do to Native Children?

a)

made them read

b)

made them work the fields

c)

made them assimilate

d)

made them learn a trade

8.

a steel manufacturing process that involved blowing air into molten iron to remove impurities, which results in a stronger metal

a)

telegraph

b)

standard time

c)

Bessemer Process

d)

boom and bust cycle

9.
Question Image

Match the following Progressive Era

a)
1.

IDA B. Wells

(Stop Lynching)

b)
2.

Jane Addams

(Hull House)

c)
3.

Sinclair

(Drug & Food Act)

d)
4.

W.E.B Dubois

(NAACP)

e)
5.

Susan B. Anthony

(Women Suffrage)

10.
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Progressive Era Amendments

a)
1.

raise income tax

b)
2.

17th Amendment

(Direct Election of Senator)

c)
3.

Prohibition of Alcohol

d)
4.

19th Amendment

11.
a)NAACP
b)Vocation School
c)Gradual Change
d)Tuskegee Institute
1
2
3
4
1)
2)
3)
4)
12.
Which labor movement allowed only skilled industrial and craft laborers? 
a)
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
b)
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
c)
United Auto Workers (UAW)
d)
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
13.

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

a)

One of the first NFL football teams to join the league

b)

Method used to increase union membership during the late 1890s and early 1900s

c)

Labor union that used strikes as a major tactic. Successful in winning higher wages and shorter workweeks

d)

Labor union that welcomed both skilled and unskilled laborers

14.

An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.

a)

Labor Union

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

15.

What was the purpose of Indigenous boarding schools?

a)
To promote diversity and inclusion
b)
To provide quality education for Indigenous children
c)
To preserve Indigenous culture and language
d)

To assimilate Indigenous children into White American culture and eliminate their Indigenous identity and language.

16.
Which statement best summarizes President Theodore Roosevelt’s views about conservation, leading to the creation of national parks?
a)
Environmental issues are best decided by the private sector.
b)
Unlimited access to natural resources is the key to business growth.
c)
Wilderness areas and their resources should be protected for the public good.
d)
Decisions about the use of natural resources should be left to the states.
17.

Railway workers strike against the company that built railway cars.

a)

Railroad Strike of 1877

b)

Haymarket Riot

c)

Homestead Strike

d)

Pullman Strike

18.

What did Congressman McGann think about the Labor Day holiday?

a)

A holiday celebrating working people was silly and meaningless

b)

A holiday celebrating working people would be good for the country

 

c)

A holiday celebrating working people would be bad for business and America

19.

3 Examples of Theodore Roosevelts big stick policy (again select 3 correct answers)

a)

Started WW1

b)

Panama Canal increased global trade

c)

U.S. Sent troops to Caribbean countries

d)

Great White Fleet sailed around the work

e)

The Transcontinental railroad improved communication

20.

"Having received the surrender of the Island of Guam, I took formal possession at 2:45 p.m. No Spanish vessel of war has visited Guam during the last 18 months"

-Letter from Captain Henry Glass, 1898

a)

By used illegal actions to force public recognition of its demands

b)

By demonstrating naval superiority in the Indian Ocean

c)

By using Reaganomics to fix the stagflation issues of the 1970's and 1980's

d)

By securing the U.S. presence in the Pacific Ocean

21.
On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank
a)
the Maine
b)
The Titanic
c)
The Lusitania
d)
The Queen Mary
22.

What was one of the reasons President Wilson declared war?

a)

Panama canal

b)

Property was taken wrongly

c)

German submarine attacks killed innocent people

d)

Germany invaded the neutral nation of Belgium

23.

What were some economic effects of the Spanish-American War?

a)

Increased economic success

b)

New inovations

c)

Industrialization & Urbanization

d)

natural resources & new markets for trade

24.
A major reason the U.S. entered WWI was to
a)
gain additional colonial possessions
b)
react to the bombing of Pearl Harbor
c)
safeguard freedom of the seas for the U.S.
d)
honor prewar commitments to its military allies
25.

Strong nations extended political, military, and economic control over weaker nations:

a)

Imperialism

b)

nationalism

c)

militarism

26.

What technology was used in WW1?

a)

Tanks, trench warfare, submarines, gas masks and poisonous gas

b)

Poisonous gas, trench warfare, tanks, submarines, airplanes, and gas masks

c)

Trench warfare, tanks, submarines, gas masks and airplanes

27.

Which factor best accounts for the economic growth of the 1920s?

a)

federal support from labor unions

b)

low taxes and government subsidies

c)

the efficiencies created by the assembly line

d)

increased trade

28.

Reorder the following events that led to the Great Depression

a)

The Stock Market Crashed

b)

The Banks closed.

c)

Americans were unable to get their money from the banks.

d)

Businesses closed

e)

People lost their homes

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
29.

How did the American Liberty League (ALL) mission differ from New Deal policies?

a)

The League focused more on personal responsibility than government

b)

The League is a show that I know the name of but have never seen it

c)

The League I believe is a baseball term or fantasy football but not for sure

30.

Why did President FDR come up with his "court-packing plan" to add 6 more justices to the Supreme Court?

a)

to make sure he would be re-elected to the presidency

b)

to stop Supreme Court from declaring his New Deal programs unconstitutional

c)

to help the Supreme Court have power over Congress

d)

to provide relief to unemployed Supreme Court judges

31.

This amendment overturned the 18th amendment and ended Prohibition.

a)

12th

b)

21st

c)

11th

d)

22nd

32.
What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II?      
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
John F. Kennedy
33.
Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?
a)
wanted to see if the bomb worked
b)
 did not think they could defeat the Japanese
c)
did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan
d)
They estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion
34.

What is the best central idea of the Tuskegee Airmen?

a)

Flying planes in war comes at a high cost.

b)

Equal rights in a system of segregation comes with struggle and high cost.

c)

Its best to let a situation play-out on its own.

d)

Always consider safety first.

35.

In the World War II poster, what did Rosie the Riveter

symbolize to Americans?

a)

American women who were placed in internment camps

b)

American women who fought for the right to vote

c)

American women who were opposed to the war

d)

American women who took jobs in defense plants

36.

Who was primarily targeted by Executive Order 9066?

a)

Japanese Americans

b)

Military

Veterans

c)

Jewish

Americans

d)

French

Exiles

37.

_____________is our country’s seal, it means “out of many, one”.

a)

Due Process

b)

E Pluribus Unum

c)

Ratify

d)

Amendment

38.
Which two countries did Truman fear would fall to Communism if the U.S. didn’t give aid?
a)
Greece and Germany
b)
Greece and Poland
c)
Greece and Ukraine
d)
Greece and Turkey
39.

North Korea was given weapons and airplanes from ________________, which has a _________________ government.

a)
U.S.S.R./communist
b)
U.S.S.R./democratic
c)
U.S.A./communist
d)
U.S.A./democratic
40.

South Korea was given weapons by ________________ which has a _________________ government.

a)
U.S.S.R./communist
b)
U.S.S.R./democratic
c)
U.S.A./communist
d)
U.S.A./democratic
41.

During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Big Stick Policy

c)

Containment Policy

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

42.

Read the following statement and answer the question:


Consumer goods were no longer rationed and people cashed in war bonds. Businesses converted their factories back from making war materials to making more consumer goods.


What economic practice is being explained here?

a)

Rationing

b)

Socialism

c)

Consumerism

d)

Supply and Demand

43.

Who is considered the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll?"

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

Fats Domino

c)

Chuck Berry

d)

Buddy Holly

44.

Genre of music that rocked the world in the 1950's!

a)

Jazz

b)

Folk

c)

Rap

d)

Rock and Roll

45.

Which foreign policy aimed at preventing Communism from spreading?

a)

Containment

b)

NATO

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Berlin Airlift

46.

What decision was made about Vietnam at the 1954 Geneva Conference?

a)

Vietnam became a colony of the British.

b)

Ho Chi Minh was allowed to take over the country.

c)

Vietnam was united after elections were held that year.

d)

The country was temporarily divided until elections could be held.

47.

What resulted from the Kent State University Protest?

a)

Decrease in federal funding of student loans

b)

Reinstatement of the draft

c)

the signing of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

d)

Increased support of the antiwar movement

48.
Which amendment gave people 18+ the right to vote? 
a)
Amendment 1
b)
Amendment 26
c)
Amendment 5
d)
Amendment 9
49.

Voting age changed from 21 years old to 18 years old. Which amendment is this?

a)

25th

b)

14th

c)

26th

d)

12th

50.

Name the 3 topics most likely to be protested in the 60's.

a)

Vietnam war, traffic, civil rights

b)

Civil rights, the environment, WW2

c)

The environment, Vietnam War, Civil rights

d)

WW2, economy, Civil rights

51.

The important Civil Rights Act of 1964 calls for __________.

a)

the end of discrimination in public areas

b)

the integration of religious and state facilities

c)

Jim Crows to continue

d)

None of the above

52.

MLK Jr. said "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their _____________."

a)

hair

b)

eyes

c)

skin

d)

shoes

53.

Arkansas Governor who ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Little Rock’s ‘Central High’ to prevent 9 African American students from enrolling.

a)

Lester Maddox

b)

George Wallace

c)

Orval Faubus

d)

Southern Bloc of Democrats

54.

This law created job training programs as well as starting the War on Poverty. It passed in 1964. It was called the

a)

Economic Opportunity Act

b)

Medical Care Act

c)

Elementary & Secondary Education Act

d)

Voting Rights Act

55.

The language in the 4th amendment protects us from unlawful search and seizures?

a)

True

b)

False

56.

Which court case established that evidence seized in violation of the 4th amendment could not be used by prosecution in the subsequent trial?

a)

Gideon v. Wainwright

b)

Mapp v. Ohio

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

57.

A form of action in favor of a cause that involves marches, boycotts, and possibly deliberately breaking the law to highlight opposition to that law.

a)

Nonviolent Protest

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Libel

d)

Integrate

58.

Israel was one of the few democracies in the middle east

a)

True

b)

false

59.

Who is this?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Taylor Swift

d)

Phillis Wheatley

60.
What religious group formed to promote family values and support conservative politicians?
a)
Great Society
b)
New Right
c)
Moral Majority
d)
Social Gospel
61.

This international organization took control of oil prices and oil supply in the 1970s

a)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

b)

World Trade Organization (WTO)

c)

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

d)

International Petroleum Confederation

62.
What caused the Persian Gulf War?
a)
The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
b)
Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
c)
The Stock Market crashed
d)
The Japanese bombed North Korea
63.
Which type of third (minor) party tend to be most successful in receiving popular votes?
a)
splinter
b)
single issue
c)
ideological
d)
economic protest
64.

Which of the following third party candidates impacted the 2000 election by spoiling the popular vote for the Democrats?

a)
George Wallace
b)
Ron Paul
c)
Ralph Nader
d)
H. Ross Perot
65.
What hurricane destroyed much of the city of New Orleans in 2005?
a)
Hurricane Ike
b)
Hurricane Irene
c)
Hurricane Katrina
d)
Hurricane Andrew
66.

What happened in New Orleans?

a)

A princess kissed a frog.

b)

The city was water proof, #EPIC

c)

There was Levee failure and the city flooded.

d)

There was a display of really good engineering.

67.

Hurricane Katrina more like Hurricane....

a)

Harvey

b)

Dorian

c)

Irma

d)

Tortilla

68.

What was Bill Clinton impeached for?

a)

Cheating on his wife.

b)

Committing adultery.

c)

Lying about cheating under oath.

d)

Sleeping with an intern.

69.

What is the name for an addition, or change, to the US Constitution?

a)

Bill

b)

Alteration

c)

Amendment

d)

Law

70.

Wanted a stronger national government

a)

Anti-federatlist

b)

Federalist

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