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Benchmark 1 Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

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Class
Date
1.

What was the impact of the the Fourteenth Amendment on the legal status of African Americans. Which of the following statements is accurate?

a)


Protected the right to vote based on race

b)

Provided equal protection under the law for all citizens.

c)


Overturned "Jim Crow Laws" in the South

d)

Abolished slavery in the United States.

2.

Analyze the purpose and impact of Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws during Reconstruction. Which of the following statements is true?

a)


Black Codes were designed to protect the rights of African Americans

b)

Jim Crow Laws enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans.

c)


Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws were abolished immediately after the Civil War.

d)


Jim Crow Laws provided equal opportunities for African Americans in education.

3.

Which of these did the Homestead Act do?

a)

Allowed settlers to build two-story homes

b)

Allowed settlers to settle into Florida

c)

Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free

4.
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
5.

Which of the following describes the relationship between Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Jim Crow segregation laws compelled Plessy to protest segregated trains.

b)

Jim Crow segregation laws were made possible by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson hoped to end the segregation common during Jim Crow.

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson made Jim Crow laws widely accepted, but not officially legal.

6.

African Americans who left the South and migrated to the west to find a better life were:

a)

Exodusters

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Freedmen

d)

Settlers

7.

Boss Tweed's true form of keeping power was through

a)

Voter Fraud & Extortion

b)

Terrorism

c)

Education

d)

Military Force

8.

The person who ultimately brought down Boss Tweed was a cartoonist by the name of

a)

Benjamin Moore

b)

Harper Bazar

c)

Thomas Nast

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

9.

The co-founder of Hull House in Chicago was

a)

Boss Tweed

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

10.

The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called:

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Tammany Hall

d)

Hull House

11.

The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to:

a)

decrease Chinese immigration

b)

create segregated classrooms (Chinese/American)

c)

settle a disagreement of trade between China and America

d)

stop Chinese Americans from attending college in the United States

12.

Tammany Hall was the name of:

a)

a famous settlement house

b)

a New York Customs House

c)

a New York City political machine

d)

federal courthouse in New York City

13.

Who were the Muckrakers?

a)

Investors seeking to make a fortune in the stock market.

b)

Journalists who wrote about injustices and exposed the filth of society

c)

People who mopped the floors at meat packing facilities in Chicago.

d)

The nickname given to President T. Roosevelt's cabinet.

14.

Jacob Riis is most important for

a)

finding a method to mass-produce steel.

b)

exposing the terrible conditions in the slums of New York.

c)

developing a new process to speed up production in factories.

d)

being the driving force behind the transcontinental railroad.

15.
Which practice in the photo shows what Progressive leaders were trying to regulate?
a)
child labor
b)
indentured servitude
c)
union organization
d)
assembly lines
16.

Which event of the early 1900’s proves the impact of Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle?

a)

Adoption of reforms in public education

b)

Passage of legislation requiring federal inspection of meat

c)

Passage of legislation limiting immigration

d)

Adoption of the 18th amendment establishing Prohibition

17.

Book by Upton Sinclair which exposed the wretched and unsanitary conditions at meatpacking plants

a)

The Jungle

b)

How the Other Half Lives

c)

Wisconsin idea

d)

The Shame of Cities

18.

How did the 19th Amendment expand the democratic process?

a)

By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race.

b)

By eliminating the poll tax.

c)

By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender.

d)

By lowering the voting age.

19.

Which Civil Rights leader pushed for African-Americans to receive immediate full citizenship rights?

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Susan B. Anthony

20.

The Social Gospel suggested that Christians had a duty to....

a)

address social issues and help the poor

b)
ignore social issues and focus on individual piety
c)
separate religion from social issues
d)
focus solely on personal salvation
21.

The "grange" movement allowed which occupation to work together more efficiently?

a)

Farmers

b)

Doctors

c)

Lawyers

d)

Fish Mongers

22.

Which group widely supported the Populist movement?

a)

Lawyers

b)

College Professors

c)

Farmers

d)

Professional Wrestlers

23.

Who created the National Parks Service?

a)

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew "Macho" Camacho

b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Woodrow Wilson
24.

Which president set aside land that would eventually be used for the National Parks Service?

a)

C. Montgomery Burns

b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
25.

Which two acts were put into place in order to help competition in business?

a)

The Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

The Clayton Antitrust Act

d)

The Townshend Acts

26.
President Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he
a)
directed the building of the Panama Canal
b)
encouraged conservation of natural resources
c)
supported legal action against business monopolies
d)
resigned from the Republican Party
27.

In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?

a)

Standing guard to protect big business

b)

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

Leading a government take-over of large industries

d)

Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment

28.

18th Amendment?

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

29.

Who wrote The History of Standard Oil, a book which describes how John D. Rockefeller used ruthless business practices in the oil industry?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Lincoln Steffens

30.

What does the power of referendum give voters the right to do?

a)

select a candidate to run in the general election

b)

to propose a law by getting signatures on a petition

c)

remove elected officials from public office

d)

to approve or reject a law (especially one that imposes taxes)

31.

16th Amendment

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

32.

17th Amendment

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Federal Income Tax

d)

Prohibition

33.
• Overcrowding
• High crime rate
• Poor sanitation

In the early 1900s, these problems were most directly a result of
a)
muckrakers’ influence
b)
conservation programs
c)
westward migration
d)
rapid urbanization
34.

Based on the excerpt, with which statement would Lincoln Steffens agree?

a)

Political machines have corrupted many of America's cities.

b)

City officials are doing a good job at exposing sources of corruption.

c)

Progressive reforms have successfully eliminated most sources of urban corruption.

d)

Americans are no longer willing to tolerate the corrupt practices of political machines.

35.

These organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers-

a)

Political Bosses

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Political Machines

d)

Farmers

36.

A refusal to work (most successful method)

a)

strikes

b)

lockouts

c)

collective bargaining

d)

black lists

37.
Political machine who took advantage of New York city to make millions
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)

Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall

c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Jane Addams
38.

Term that means the government will not regulate or interfere in industry.

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Regulatory Restraint

d)

Socialism

39.

Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...

a)

flight.

b)

oil.

c)

railroads.

d)

steel.

40.
Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois agreed that African Americans should
a)
use education to gain opportunities
b)
support a “Back to Africa” movement
c)
take part in boycotts to end segregation
d)
adopt a gradual approach to gain the right to vote