WorksheetsBenchmark 1 Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 23mins
What was the impact of the the Fourteenth Amendment on the legal status of African Americans. Which of the following statements is accurate?
Protected the right to vote based on race
Provided equal protection under the law for all citizens.
Overturned "Jim Crow Laws" in the South
Abolished slavery in the United States.
Analyze the purpose and impact of Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws during Reconstruction. Which of the following statements is true?
Black Codes were designed to protect the rights of African Americans
Jim Crow Laws enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans.
Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws were abolished immediately after the Civil War.
Jim Crow Laws provided equal opportunities for African Americans in education.
Which of these did the Homestead Act do?
Allowed settlers to build two-story homes
Allowed settlers to settle into Florida
Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free
Which of the following describes the relationship between Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson?
Jim Crow segregation laws compelled Plessy to protest segregated trains.
Jim Crow segregation laws were made possible by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision
Plessy v. Ferguson hoped to end the segregation common during Jim Crow.
Plessy v. Ferguson made Jim Crow laws widely accepted, but not officially legal.
African Americans who left the South and migrated to the west to find a better life were:
Exodusters
Indentured Servants
Freedmen
Settlers
Boss Tweed's true form of keeping power was through
Voter Fraud & Extortion
Terrorism
Education
Military Force
The person who ultimately brought down Boss Tweed was a cartoonist by the name of
Benjamin Moore
Harper Bazar
Thomas Nast
W.E.B. DuBois
The co-founder of Hull House in Chicago was
Boss Tweed
Grover Cleveland
Jane Addams
Rutherford B. Hayes
The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called:
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Tammany Hall
Hull House
The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to:
decrease Chinese immigration
create segregated classrooms (Chinese/American)
settle a disagreement of trade between China and America
stop Chinese Americans from attending college in the United States
Tammany Hall was the name of:
a famous settlement house
a New York Customs House
a New York City political machine
federal courthouse in New York City
Who were the Muckrakers?
Investors seeking to make a fortune in the stock market.
Journalists who wrote about injustices and exposed the filth of society
People who mopped the floors at meat packing facilities in Chicago.
The nickname given to President T. Roosevelt's cabinet.
Jacob Riis is most important for
finding a method to mass-produce steel.
exposing the terrible conditions in the slums of New York.
developing a new process to speed up production in factories.
being the driving force behind the transcontinental railroad.
Which event of the early 1900’s proves the impact of Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle?
Adoption of reforms in public education
Passage of legislation requiring federal inspection of meat
Passage of legislation limiting immigration
Adoption of the 18th amendment establishing Prohibition
Book by Upton Sinclair which exposed the wretched and unsanitary conditions at meatpacking plants
The Jungle
How the Other Half Lives
Wisconsin idea
The Shame of Cities
How did the 19th Amendment expand the democratic process?
By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race.
By eliminating the poll tax.
By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender.
By lowering the voting age.
Which Civil Rights leader pushed for African-Americans to receive immediate full citizenship rights?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
Susan B. Anthony
The Social Gospel suggested that Christians had a duty to....
address social issues and help the poor
The "grange" movement allowed which occupation to work together more efficiently?
Farmers
Doctors
Lawyers
Fish Mongers
Which group widely supported the Populist movement?
Lawyers
College Professors
Farmers
Professional Wrestlers
Who created the National Parks Service?
Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew "Macho" Camacho
Which president set aside land that would eventually be used for the National Parks Service?
C. Montgomery Burns
Teddy Roosevelt
Which two acts were put into place in order to help competition in business?
The Sherman Antitrust Act
The Monroe Doctrine
The Clayton Antitrust Act
The Townshend Acts
In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?
Standing guard to protect big business
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Leading a government take-over of large industries
Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment
18th Amendment?
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
Who wrote The History of Standard Oil, a book which describes how John D. Rockefeller used ruthless business practices in the oil industry?
Ida Tarbell
Jane Addams
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens
What does the power of referendum give voters the right to do?
select a candidate to run in the general election
to propose a law by getting signatures on a petition
remove elected officials from public office
to approve or reject a law (especially one that imposes taxes)
16th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
17th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
• High crime rate
• Poor sanitation
In the early 1900s, these problems were most directly a result of
Based on the excerpt, with which statement would Lincoln Steffens agree?
Political machines have corrupted many of America's cities.
City officials are doing a good job at exposing sources of corruption.
Progressive reforms have successfully eliminated most sources of urban corruption.
Americans are no longer willing to tolerate the corrupt practices of political machines.
These organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers-
Political Bosses
Labor Unions
Political Machines
Farmers
A refusal to work (most successful method)
strikes
lockouts
collective bargaining
black lists
Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall
Term that means the government will not regulate or interfere in industry.
Laissez Faire
Open Door Policy
Regulatory Restraint
Socialism
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...
flight.
oil.
railroads.
steel.
