Benchmark Exam Review 3rd Nine Weeks

Benchmark Exam Review 3rd Nine Weeks

USII.4e-USII.6d(goes with Study Guide I-II if needed)

51. . What are the negative effects of industrialization?51. . What are the negative effects of industrialization?

•Child labor

• Low wages, long hours

•Unsafe working conditions

52. Rise of Organized Labor52. 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.

53. What were the Progressive Movement

workplace reforms?

53. What were the Progressive Movement

workplace reforms?

• Improved safety conditions

•Reduced work hours

•Restrictions on child labor

54. What opportunities did women gain during women’s

suffrage?

54. What opportunities did women gain during women’s

suffrage?

• Increased educational opportunities

•Attained voting rights

54. What amendment gave women these rights?

54. What amendment gave women these rights?

• The nineteenth amendment

54. Who worked for women’s suffrage?

54. Who worked for women’s suffrage?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

55. The Temperance Movement

55. The Temperance Movement

• Composed of groups opposed to the making and selling and transportation of alcohol

• Supported which amendment? The eighteenth amendment

55. What did the 18th amendment do?

55. What did the 18th amendment do?

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

Study Guide II: Study Guide II:

•USII.5abc-6abc

1. What were the causes for the Spanish American War?1. 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

2. What were the results of the Spanish American war?2. 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

2a. Where did the Spanish American War take place?2a. Where did the Spanish American War take place?

CUBA

3. Theodore Roosevelt’s Foreign Policies

3. 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.

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

Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine which states:

4. 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)

5. What year did WWI begin?1914

5. What year did WWI begin?1914

6. What continent did WWI take place? Europe

7. What year did the United States get involved in WWI? 1917

8. Give the 4 reasons the USA got involved in WWI.8. 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

9. Who were the WWI Allies?9. Who were the WWI Allies?

•British Empire (Great Britain)

• Serbia

• France

•Belgium

•Russia * USA

9. Who were the Central Powers during WWI?

9. Who were the Central Powers during WWI?

•German Empire

•Austria-Hungary

•Bulgaria

•Ottoman Empire

9a. When the US joined WWI, which side did they join?

9a. When the US joined WWI, which side did they join?

• The USA joined on the side of the Allies.

• 10. 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.

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

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

•The United States

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

Nations?

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

Nations?

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

13. List 4 results of improved transportation.

13. List 4 results of improved transportation.

• Greater mobility

• Creation of jobs

• Movement to suburban areas

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

14. Why are the Wright Brothers well known?14. Why are the Wright Brothers well known?

• Invention of the Airplane

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

automobile and rise of mechanization?

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

automobile and rise of mechanization?

•Henry Ford

16. List 3 communication changes.

16. List 3 communication changes.

• Increased availability of telephones

• Development of movies

• Development of radio and the broadcast industry

17. List 4 ways electrification changed American life.

17. List 4 ways electrification changed American life.

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

• Electric lighting

• Entertainment (radio)

• Improved communication

18. What is prohibition?18. What is prohibition?

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

19. What amendment did Prohibition uphold?

19. What amendment did Prohibition uphold?

• The eighteenth amendment

•What amendment repealed it? The 21st Amendment

20. What are speakeasies?20. What are speakeasies?

• Places for people to drink illegal alcoholic beverages

21. What (Who) are bootleggers?

21. What (Who) are bootleggers?

• People who smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime.

22. List 4 reasons for the Great Migration North and

Midwest:

22. List 4 reasons for the Great Migration North and

Midwest:• Jobs for African Americans in

the South were scarce and low paying.

•African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South.

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

22. 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.

23. Georgia O’Keeffe23. Georgia O’Keeffe

•Art—artist known for urban and later southwest scenes

23. F Scott Fitzgerald23. F Scott Fitzgerald

•Literature—novelist who wrote about the 1920’s

23. John Steinbeck23. John Steinbeck

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

23. Aaron Copland23. Aaron Copland

•Music: Uniquely American Music

23. George Gershwin23. George Gershwin

•Music: Uniquely American Music

23. Jacob Lawrence23. Jacob Lawrence

•Art: painter who chronicled the Great Migration

23. Langston Hughes23. Langston Hughes

• Literature: poet who combined African and American cultural roots

23. Duke Ellington23. Duke Ellington

•Music: Jazz composer

23. Louis Armstrong23. Louis Armstrong

•Music: Jazz composer

23. Bessie Smith23. Bessie Smith

•Music: Blues singer

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