1. USII.2a-8d Benchmark Review

2. What area of the United states is highlighted on the map?

3. The area shaded on the map is: The Great Plains

4. What are the 4 physical features and climate of the great plains?
Flat _____________________________
Low_____________________________
Frequent_________________________
Land____________________________

5. Flat lands that rise gradually from east to west
Low rainfall
Frequent dust storms
Land eroded by wind and water

6. What invention/adaptation of the great plains would help farming conditions for food?

8. What natural resource matches correctly to the industry of Pittsburgh?
steel iron-ore copper cattle

9. iron-ore

10. What city on the map is the gateway to the west
What city on the map is the gateway to the west? Bonus: What is the latitude & Longitude?
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Denver
St. Louis

11. St. Louis
38 N, 90 W

12. In what significant city can the Harlem renaissance be found?

13. New York city

14. Mrs. Bradshaw just visited Houston, Texas found in what region of the U.S.?

15. The Southwest Region

16. What is the primary purpose of the 14th amendment?

18. What amendment does the picture represent?

20. The following was adopted to limit the freedoms of former _____________.

21. Former Slaves

22. These northerners went to the south to take advantage of the south:

23. Carpetbaggers

24. Who believed in reconciliation during reconstruction?
Lincoln Lee Douglass

25. Lincoln and Lee believed in RECONCILIATION

26. What were the 5 reasons for westward expansion?
A new beginning for ________ ___________
Opportunities for _________ ____________
Technological advances like the _________ ______
Possibility of wealth due to discovery of ____&____
___________________

27. 5 REASONS FOR WESTWARD EXPANSION:
A new beginning for former slaves
Opportunities for land ownership
Technological advances like the Transcontinental Railroad
Possibility of wealth from due to the discovery of silver and gold
Adventure

28. What group of people were forced to these?
Reservations in the U.S.

29. American Indians

30. Who promised immigrants work and housing if they voted for them?
Mechanization
Family members
Employers
Political machines

31. Political Machines

32. Booker T. Washington believed in ____________ education.
vocational
religious
peaceful
W.E.B. Dubois believed in full ____ &___rights.
civil
political
aggressive

33. Booker T. Washington believed in
VOCATIONAL education.
vocational
religious
peaceful
W.E.B. Dubois believed in full POLITICAL and CIVIL rights.
civil
political
aggressive

34. How did railroads encourage industrial growth?
Textiles
Autos
Steel
Meats

35. Resources were transported where needed
Textiles
Autos
Steel
Meats

36. What industry does NOT have a Captain?
Steel
Textile
Oil
Railroad

37. What industry does NOT have a Captain?
Steel
Textile does not have a captain
Oil
Railroad

38. What organization fought for higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions?
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

39. What organization fought for higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions?
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

40. What 2 leading women are represented with the stamp below?
*Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Jane Addams OR *Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

41. What 2 leading women are represented with the stamp below?
*Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Jane Addams OR *Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

42. What movement is represented below:

43. The Temperance Movement

44. Where did the Spanish American war take place?

45. Where did the Spanish American war take place?

46. What do the following maps show?

47. The united states took possession of:
As a result of the Spanish American War

48. What does the picture below represent?

49. Yellow Journalism

50. The following shows what result of the Roosevelt Corollary?

51. the Roosevelt Corollary resulted in the panama canal

52. Name the Central powers of WWI:
G___________
O___________
B___________
A___________

53. Name the Central powers of WWI:
Germany
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
Austria-
Hungary

54. The following represents the reason for America’s involvement in what war?

55. One reason for the U.S. entering WWI

56. Woodrow Wilson prepared a peace plan known as the :
_______ ___________________
that became known as the
_____________ _____ _______________

57. 14 Points
that became known as the
League of Nations

58. What factory improvement produced cost effective cars?

59. The Assembly Line helped produced cost effective cars.

60. What would be a good title for the following list?
Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying
African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South
African Americans moved North and Midwest in search of better job opportunities
African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the North and Midwest

61. African American’s Great Migration
Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying
African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South
African Americans moved North and Midwest in search of better job opportunities
African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the North and Midwest

62. Labor saving products in the early 1900’s included:
*____________________

63. Labor saving products in the early 1900’s included:
Washing Machine
Electric Stove
Water Pump

64. African Americans moving north and Midwest was called:
The Great Migration
Who is known for chronicling the above?

65. African Americans moving north and Midwest was called:
The Great Migration
Who is known for chronicling the above?
Jacob Lawrence

66. What amendment is known as the Prohibition amendment?
What amendment repealed the prohibition amendment?

67. What amendment is known as the Prohibition amendment?
The 18th Amendment
What amendment repealed the prohibition amendment?
The 21st Amendment

68. ___________ are to places to drink illegal alcohol as
___________ are to smuggle illegal alcohol and promote organized crime

69. Speakeasies are to places to drink illegal alcohol as
Bootleggers are to smuggle illegal alcohol and promote organized crime

70. What author would write about this family during the great depression?

71. John Steinbeck would write about this family during the great depression.

72. Who painted each during the 1920’s – 1930’s?
________________
________________

73. Who painted each during the 1920’s – 1930’s?
Jacob Lawrence
Georgia O’Keeffe

74. What type of music was popular during the Harlem renaissance?

75. Jazz and Blues was popular during the Harlem renaissance.