Benchmark Exam Review 1st Nine Weeks

Benchmark Exam Review 1st Nine Weeks

USII.4e-USII.6d

1. What are the negative effects of industrialization?

1. What are the negative effects of industrialization?

•Child labor

• Low wages, long hours

•Unsafe working conditions

2. Rise of Organized Labor2. Rise of Organized Labor

*Formation of Labor Unions-the American Federation of Labor Supported/fought for higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions.

*Strikes- The Homestead Strike ended with non-union workers accepting lower wages.

3. What were the Progressive Movement

workplace reforms?

3. What were the Progressive Movement

workplace reforms?

• Improved safety conditions

•Reduced work hours

•Restrictions on child labor

4. What opportunities did women gain during women’s

suffrage?

4. What opportunities did women gain during women’s

suffrage?

• Increased educational opportunities

•Attained voting rights

4. What amendment gave women these rights?

4. What amendment gave women these rights?

• The nineteenth amendment

4. Who worked for women’s suffrage?

4. Who worked for women’s suffrage?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

5. The Temperance Movement

5. The Temperance Movement

•Composed of groups opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol

• Supported which amendment? The eighteenth amendment

5. What did the 18th amendment do?

5. What did the 18th amendment do?

• Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol.

6. What were the causes for the Spanish American War?6. What were the causes for the Spanish American War?• Protection of American business

interests in Cuba• American support of Cuban rebels to

gain independence from Spain• Rising tensions as a result of the

sinking of the USS Maine• Exaggerated news reports called

YELLOW JOURNALISM

7. What were the results of the Spanish American war?7. What were the results of the Spanish American war?• The USA emerged as a world

power

• Cuba gained independence from Spain

• US gained possession of Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

7a. Where did the Spanish American War take place?7a. Where did the Spanish American War take place?

CUBA

8. Theodore Roosevelt’s Foreign Policies

8. Theodore Roosevelt’s Foreign Policies

• Theodore Roosevelt expanded the Monroe Doctrine as a way to prevent European involvement in the affairs of Latin American countries.

9. Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policies and their impact on the United States included the Roosevelt

Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine which states:

9. Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policies and their impact on the United States included the Roosevelt

Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine which states:

• A. Asserted the United States right to interfere in economic matters of nations in the Americas.

• B. Claimed the United States’ rights to exercise international police power (use of military)

• C. Advocated the “Big Stick” Diplomacy (building of the Panama Canal)

10. Give the 4 reasons the USA got involved in WWI.10. Give the 4 reasons the USA got involved in WWI.

• Inability to remain neutral

• German submarine warfare—sinking of the Lusitania

• US economic and political ties to Great Britain

• Zimmerman Telegram

11. Who were the WWI Allies?

11. Who were the WWI Allies?

•British Empire (Great Britain)

• Serbia

• France

•Belgium

•Russia * USA

11. Who were the Central Powers during WWI?

11. Who were the Central Powers during WWI?

•German Empire

•Austria-Hungary

•Bulgaria

•Ottoman Empire

11a. When the US joined WWI, which side did they

join?

11a. When the US joined WWI, which side did they

join?

• The USA joined on the side of the Allies.

• 12. At the end of WWI, President Woodrow Wilson prepared a peace plan known as the 14 Points that called for the formation of the League of Nations, a peacekeeping organization.

13. Which country did not join the League of Nations?13. Which country did not

join the League of Nations?

•The United States

14. Why didn’t the above country join the League of

Nations?

14. Why didn’t the above country join the League of

Nations?

•The United States Senate failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles

15. List 4 results of improved transportation.

15. List 4 results of improved transportation.

• Greater mobility

• Creation of jobs

• Movement to suburban areas

• Growth of transportation related industries (oil, steel, road construction)

16. Why are the Wright Brothers well known?16. Why are the Wright Brothers well known?

• Invention of the Airplane

17. Who was known for the use of the assembly line,

automobile and rise of mechanization?

17. Who was known for the use of the assembly line,

automobile and rise of mechanization?

•Henry Ford

18. List 3 communication changes.

18. List 3 communication changes.

• Increased availability of telephones

• Development of movies

• Development of radio and the broadcast industry

19. List 4 ways electrification changed American life.

19. List 4 ways electrification changed American life.

• Labor saving products (electric stove, water pump, washing machine)

• Electric lighting

• Entertainment (radio)

• Improved communication

20. What is prohibition?20. What is prohibition?

• Prohibition made it illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages

21. What amendment did Prohibition uphold?

21. What amendment did Prohibition uphold?

• The eighteenth amendment

•What amendment repealed it? The 21st Amendment

22. What are speakeasies?22. What are speakeasies?

• Places for people to drink illegal alcoholic beverages

23. What (Who) are bootleggers?

23. What (Who) are bootleggers?

• People who smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime.

24. List 4 facts about the Great Migration.

24. List 4 facts about the Great Migration.

• Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying.

•African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South.

24. List 4 facts about the Great Migration(continued).

24. List 4 facts about the Great Migration(continued).

• African Americans moved to northern cities for employment opportunities (jobs)

• African Americans also faced discrimination and violence in the North.

25. Georgia O’Keeffe25. Georgia O’Keeffe

•Art—artist known for urban and later southwest scenes

25. F Scott Fitzgerald25. F Scott Fitzgerald

•Literature—novelist who wrote about the 1920’s

25. John Steinbeck25. John Steinbeck

•Literature—novelist who wrote about migrant workers in the 1930’s

25. Aaron Copland25. Aaron Copland

•Music: Uniquely American Music

25. George Gershwin25. George Gershwin

•Music: Uniquely American Music

25. Jacob Lawrence25. Jacob Lawrence

•Art: painter who chronicled the Great Migration

25. Langston Hughes25. Langston Hughes

• Literature: poet who combined African and American cultural roots

25. Duke Ellington25. Duke Ellington

•Music: Jazz composer

25. Louis Armstrong25. Louis Armstrong

•Music: Jazz composer

25. Bessie Smith25. Bessie Smith

•Music: Blues singer

26. List the causes of the Great Depression.

26. List the causes of the Great Depression.

• People overspeculated on stocks using borrowed money they couldn’t repay when stock prices crashed• The Federal Reserve failed to

prevent the collapse of the banking system• High tariffs strangled international

trade

27. List 4 ways the Great Depression impacted Americans

27. List 4 ways the Great Depression impacted Americans

• A large number of banks and businesses failed

• ¼ or 25% of workers were without jobs

• Large numbers of people were hungry and homeless

• Farmers’ incomes fell to low levels

28. List 5 major features of the New Deal.

28. List 5 major features of the New Deal.

• Social Security

• Federal Work Programs

• Environmental Improvement Plans

• Farms Assistance Programs

• Increased Rights for Labor

First Quarter Benchmark SOL’s on the First Nine Weeks

Test

First Quarter Benchmark SOL’s on the First Nine Weeks

TestUSII.3b, 4c-USII.4d

1. Reconstruction Policies and Problems included:

1. Reconstruction Policies and Problems included:

• A. Southern military leaders could not old office

• B. African Americans could hold public office

• C. African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which also authorized the use of Federal troops for its enforcement

Reconstruction Policies and Problems Cont:

Reconstruction Policies and Problems Cont:

• D. Northern soldiers supervised the South

• E. The Freedmen’s Bureau was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South

• F. Southerners resented Northern “carpetbaggers”, who took advantage of the South during Reconstruction

• G. Southern states adopted Black Codes to limit the economic and physical freedoms of former slaves.

2. The End of Reconstruction2. The End of Reconstruction• A. Reconstruction ended in 1877 as a

result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876.

• B. Federal troops were removed from the South.

• C. Rights that African Americans had gained were lost through “Jim Crow” laws.

3. Discrimination against African American continued

after:

3. Discrimination against African American continued

after:•Reconstruction or The Civil

War

4. What is racial segregation?

4. What is racial segregation?

*Based upon race

*Directed primarily against African Americans, but other groups were also kept segregated.

5. “Jim Crow” laws were passed to discriminate

against African Americans.

5. “Jim Crow” laws were passed to discriminate

against African Americans.

•Although these laws were legal in many communities and states, they were enforced primarily in the South/Southeast region.

6. “Jim Crow” laws were characterized by unequal

treatment in what 4 areas?

6. “Jim Crow” laws were characterized by unequal

treatment in what 4 areas?

•Housing

•Work

• Education

•Government

7. African American responses included:7. African American responses included:

*Booker T. Washington Believed equality could be

achieved through vocational education; accepted social separation.

7. *W.E.B. Dubois7. *W.E.B. Dubois

Believed in full political, civil, social rights for African Americans

•8. Between the Civil War and WWI, the US was transformed

from an agricultural

to an industrial nation.

9.. List 4 reasons for the rise and prosperity of big business.

9.. List 4 reasons for the rise and prosperity of big business.

• National markets created by transportation advances.

• Captains of Industry

•John D. Rockefeller—oil

•Andrew Carnegie—steel

•Henry Ford--automobile

9. List 4 reasons for the rise and prosperity of big business

(con’t)

9. List 4 reasons for the rise and prosperity of big business

(con’t)

•Advertising

• Lower-cost production

10. . List 4 factors resulting in the growth of industry.

10. . List 4 factors resulting in the growth of industry.

•Access to raw materials and energy

•Availability of workforce

• Inventions

• Financial resources provided by the Captains of Industry.

11. Examples of Big Business:

11. Examples of Big Business:

*railroads

*oil

*steel

12. Industrialization and the rise of big business influenced life on

American farms by:

12. Industrialization and the rise of big business influenced life on

American farms by:• Mechanization (the reaper)—reduced

farm labor needs and increased production

• Industrial development in cities increased labor needs.

• Industrialization provided access to consumer goods such as mail order.

USII.2c Regions ReviewUSII.2c Regions Review

• 14. Meatpacking- Midwest

• 15. New York City- Northeast

• 16. Automobile industry- Midwest

• 17. Jim Crow Laws- Southeast

• 18. San Francisco- Pacific

• 19. Textile industry- Northeast

• 20. Denver- Western/Rocky Mountains

Regions ReviewRegions Review• 21. Harlem Renaissance- Northeast

• 22. Atlanta- Southeast

• 23. Great Plains- Midwest

• 24. Ellis Island (NY)- Northeast

• 25. Hull House (Chicago)- Midwest

• 26. Steel industry- Northeast

• 27. Homestead Strike (PA)- Northeast

• 28. New Orleans- Southeast

• 29. Juneau- Non-contiguous

• 30. New England- Northeast

Regions ReviewRegions Review• 31. Boston- Northeast• 32. Pittsburgh- Northeast• 33. Detroit- Midwest• 34. Santa Fe- Southwest• 35. Salt Lake City- Western/Rocky Mountains• 36. Los Angeles- Pacific• 37. Honolulu- Non-contiguous• 38. Philadelphia- Northeast• 39. Angel Island, CA- Pacific• 40. Washington D.C.- Southeast

Regions ReviewRegions Review• 41. St. Louis- Midwest

• 42. San Antonio- Southwest

• 43. Seattle- Pacific

• 44. Chicago- Midwest

• 45. Nebraska- Midwest

• 46. Ohio- Midwest

• 47. Maine- Northeast

• 48. Florida- Southeast

• 49. North Dakota- Midwest

• 50. Oklahoma- Southwest

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