1. The Third Nine Weeks Benchmark Review 2009- 2010

2. What were the North’s advantages in the Civil War? More factories More industry More gold More population More railroads More banks

3. How did the South have an advantage during the Civil War? We had Better Generals

4. What were the South’s disadvantages in the Civil War? Smaller population than the North Less factories Less industry Only one foundry Less railroads Less gold Less banks

5. Why was the Confederate defeat important at Vicksburg? Because it split the Confederacy right down the middle along the Mississippi river

6. How did Jim Crow laws come to be and what are they? They allow separate facilities based on race in the South They segregate They became laws because the South was angry at the Federal government’s reconstruction policies in the South

7. The Turning Point of the Civil War is? Gettysburg

8. Why was the KKK created? As a vigilante terrorist group they restricted the rights and lives of freedmen

9. People in the late 1800’s believed that Chinese immigrants were keeping wages and salaries low or down so they did what? Passed the Chinese exclusion Act which stopped Chinese immigration to America

10. Who did the Emancipation Proclamation apply to? Slaves in Confederate states only

11. Why was Andrew Johnson really impeached? He was in a power struggle with Congress over how to handle reconstruction

12. What is the number one reason for the rise of Imperialism? The need for raw materials and new markets To have colonies To increase business opportunities

13. What did the Freedman’s Bureau do? Helped educate and provided assistance to newly freed slaves

14. What did the Supreme Court Dred Scott decision establish? That Congress had no right to make any laws in the territories and states about slaves because they were property

15. What is Thomas Edison known for? Inventing the light bulb, moving pictures, phonograph,

16. What exactly did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Freed the slaves in the Confederate states only

17. Who was the founder of the AFL ( American Federation of Labor) Samuel Gompers

18. What muckraker exposed corruption in the Standard Oil company? Ida Tarbell

19. What is naturalization? The process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen of a country

20. What did Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction call for? 10% of all southern voters to take an oath of Allegiance to the Union

21. What is the place called Wounded Knee known for? A group of very old and very young Lakota Sioux Indians fled U.S. army soldiers after doing the Ghost dance because they were afraid of getting in trouble American soldiers followed and massacred them at a place called Wounded Knee End of Indian resistance to the USA

22. What did W.E. Du Bois want? Immediate equality for all African- Americans

23. What organization did W.E. Du Bois establish?

24. According to the Roosevelt Corollary, what area do other nations need to stay out of or face the wrath of Teddy’s “Big Stick”? Western Hemisphere

25. What is popular sovereignty? The people rule They make the decisions BY VOTING

26. How did the Pullman Strike end in 1894? Federal troops were called in and ended the strike with force and arms

27. Who is John D. Rockefeller and what is he known for? Created Standard Oil Company which at one time owned 95% of all oil production in America Ida Tarbell, muckraker exposed his ruthless business practices

28. What 3 acts of the government worked to eliminate unfair business practices in America? Interstate Commerce Act Sherman Anti-Trust Act Clayton Anti-Trust Act

29. When stronger nations try to control smaller or weaker nations this is called what? imperialism

30. What two railroads built the first Transcontinental Railroad? Union Pacific Central Pacific

31. The Meat Inspection Act was passed because who wrote a book about what industry? Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle

32. What did William Seward buy for America? Alaska

33. Who organized Hull House? Jane Addams

34. What was popular sovereignty in the Kansas- Nebraska Act? The people were allowed to vote on if they wanted a slave state or a free state

35. What amendment abolished slavery? 13th

36. What does Lincoln’s second inaugural address hope for? “charity for all, malice towards none….Bind up the wounds of this nation and make a lasting peace among ourselves” America to be united once again as one country

37. What do all immigrants have in common? They come to America to do better economically and/or have freedom

38. What did the Interstate Commerce Act provide for? Concerning Railroads they:  Forbade rebates and pools  Required rate schedules  Fixed rates  Enforced rates

39. How did American workers fight for better working conditions in the 1800 and 1900’s? Joined Unions

40. Why is the Panama Canal important to Americans? It made it much quicker to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast

41. What is the court case Plessy v. Ferguson noted for establishing? That “separate but equal” is legal and not a problem

42. What 2 movements wanted the government to address political and economic problems in the later 1800’s? Progressive Party Populist Party

43. What are the strengths of reconstruction? The 3 Civil Rights amendments (13,14,15) The Freedman’s Bureau Public education starts in the South

44. What is the time of major reforms in the early 1900’s called? Progressive Era

45. What is a monopoly? When one business or company has complete control of an industry

46. Who was George Custer? American General killed at Little Big Horn by the Sioux Indians

47. Who are some of the major Indian resistance leaders of the late 1800’s? Sitting Bull Geronimo Chief Joseph Crazy Horse

48. What did the Populist Party, a third party,offer to Americans? A different choice than the major 2 political parties

49. What are the major results of the Spanish American War? Cuba is freed and becomes independent We get the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico The USA becomes a world power

50. What is friendly fire? When a soldier is killed by his own men accidentally

51. What Southern General was killed by friendly fire and where did this happen? Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Chancellorsville

52. What are the benefits of a transcontinental railroad? Supplies, goods, mail, and people move more quickly across the country making the cost of goods cheaper and therefore creating wealth

53. Why did Teddy Roosevelt come up with a Corollary to the Monroe doctrine that said America might have to sometimes act as a policeman? He said he had to make this corollary( addition) because wrong doing by international powers might necessitate the USA becoming an international police force in the Western Hemisphere

54. The treaty that ended the Spanish American war said what? Spain gives up Cuba and it becomes independent Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico are given to the USA

55. What did trusts do in order to increase profits? They eliminate business competition by setting prices

56. Who gave America the right to build a canal in Panama? Panama

57. Why was Ellis Island established? To address the increase of immigration to America in the late 1800’s Processing center for immigrants

58. Immigration changes in the later 1800’s Early immigrants (1750- 1850: From England and Ireland Mainly Northern Europe Later Immigrants (1850 to 1930) From Russia, Italy, Slavic countries Mainly from Southern and Central Europe

59. How did our country change from the indirect election of senators to direct election? A constitutional amendment (number 17) was passed by the people

60. Aims and goals of the Progressive party To reform American politics by getting passed the recall, referendum, initiative and direct election of senators amendments to the constitution

61. Compromise of 1877 There is a tie for the Presidency Southern Democrat senators tell candidate Rutherford Hayes in a “smoke filled room bargain” that they will make sure he wins if he agrees to end Reconstruction in the South Hayes does and becomes President Hayes withdraws all troops from South

62. Teddy Roosevelt and conservation Government’s role is to protect and preserve (conserve) the wild areas from being abused and destroyed Created national parks like Yellowstone

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64. Two early civil rights activists are Booker Washington Wanted gradual integration of Freedmen into white society Instrumental in starting vocational education and rehab in the south W.E.B. du Bois Wanted immediate integration of freedmen into white society Founded the NAACP

65. How did state and local governments restrict freedoms of African Americas ? Poll taxes Literacy tests KKK Jim Crow laws Black codes

66. What do poll taxes do? Make people pay money in order to vote or register to vote

67. How did the USA get the Panama Canal? Teddy Roosevelt and Congress helped Panama become an independent nation from Colombia Panama then gave the USA a lease to build the canal in their country and we did

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