Worksheets1st Quarter Benchmark Test
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following happened in order for The U.S. Constitution to be formed and agreed upon?
The Missouri Compromise
The Great Compromise
The Federalist Papers
The Articles of Confederation
Which best describes Abraham Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of The Civil War?
Preserving the Union
Emancipating the Slaves
Destroying the concept of States' rights
Punishing the Confederate States
What piece of American doctrine guarantees civil liberties and certain unalienable rights for all Americans?
The Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
The U.S. Constitution
The Federalist Papers
What is the subject of this cartoon?
Greedy and powerful monopolists/trusts overseeing the Senate
Standard Oil and the Senate
How senators viewed voters and their wants and needs
The power and influence of the federal government over monopolists/trusts
Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Asia, Mexico, Southern and Eastern Europe
Nativists
Populists
Industrialists
Social Workers
The time between 1870 and 1900 (late 1800s) during which the population and economy grew quickly along with political and corporate corruption. "The rich got richer at the expense of the poor"
The Monopoly Age
The Political Age
The Gilded Age
The Corruption Age
“When Rockefeller founded Standard Oil, kerosene was 30 cents a gallon. Twenty years later, Rockefeller had almost a 90 percent market share and kerosene was only eight cents a gallon. Customers were the real winners here, because Rockefeller’s size allowed him to cut costs. . . .”
—Historian Burton W. Folsom, Jr.
Folsom would be most likely to call John D. Rockefeller
Carpetbagger
Robber Baron
Captains of Industry
Philanthropist
What were the main strategies used by Labor Unions to better their work environment?
Collective Bargaining
Strikes
Protests
All the Above
What was the Treaty that officially ended the American Revolutionary War in 1783?
Treaty of Yorktown
Treaty of Boston
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Philadelphia
How were Americans influenced by the growth of railroads during the Second Industrial Revolution?
Railroads led to shortages of raw materials for factories and workers on farms
Railroads stimulated the construction of steamships to trade up and down rivers
Railroads created time zones, the growth of cities, and the first truly national market
Railroads caused cotton, rice, and wheat production to move from the Southeast to the West Coast
