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Benchmark Test Review Study Guide I: USII.2a-4e TEST DATE: 4/17/15
USII.2a: The Great Plains
1. Complete the Graph:
2. Technological ____________________ allowed people to live in more challenging environments.
3. Because of new ____________________, people saw the Great Plains not as a “____________________________”, but as a vast area to be settled.
4. List 8 inventions/adaptations of the Great Plains:
a. e.
b. f.
c. g.
d. h.
USII.2b: Advances in Transportation
5. Advances in transportation linked resources, products, and markets by:
a. moving natural resources such as __________ and _______ to eastern factories
b. moving iron ore deposits to sites of steel mills in ______________.
c. transporting finished products to national _______________.
6. Three examples of manufacturing areas that were located near centers of population included:
a. textile industry located in ____________________ (region:_________________)
b. automobile industry located in ________________ (region:_________________)
c. steel industry located in _____________________ (region:_________________)
USII.2c: Review found on the last page (
USII.3a Reconstruction
14. Reconstruction took place after the __________ War.
15-17:
|Amendment: |13th |14th |15th |
|Grants: | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
18. The 14th Amendment guarantees ____________ ___________________
under the law for _______ citizens.
USII.3b Reconstruction Policies and Problems
19. Reconstruction policies were ________ and created ________ in the South.
20. Reconstruction attempted to give meaning to the __________ that the former enslaved African Americans had achieved.
21. Reconstruction policies and problems included:
a. Southern military _________ could ______ hold office.
b. African Americans ______________ hold public office.
c. African Americans gained ___________ __________ as a result of the Civil Rights Act of __________, which authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement.
d. ________________ soldiers supervised the South.
e. ______________ _____________ was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South.
f. Southerners resented northern “_____________________”, who took advantage of the South during __________________.
22. Reconstruction ended with the Election of ___________.
a. _______________ troops were removed.
b. Rights that African Americans gained were lost through _____________ codes.
USII.3c: The Legacy of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass
23. The actions of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass created lasting __________.
24-26:
Abraham Lincoln Robert E. Lee Frederick Douglass
1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2.
USII.4a Westward Expansion
24. New opportunities and technological advances led to westward migration following the ___________ War.
25. List the 5 reasons for westward expansion:
Opportunities for ____________ownership
Technological advances, including the __________________ Railroad
Possibility of wealth created by the discovery of __________ and __________
Adventure
A new beginning for former slaves, also called ____________________
26. The Impact on American Indians:
a. Opposition by American Indians to westward expansion (Battle of __________ Big Horn, Sitting _________, and _________________).
b. Forced ______________________ from traditional lands to __________________.
(Chief Joseph, Nez ____________)
c. Reduced _________________________ through warfare and disease (Battle of ________________ Knee).
d. Assimilation attempts and lifestyle __________________, e.g., reduction of ________________________ population.
e. Reduced their homeland trough ___________ that were broken.
f. American Indians were not considered citizens until ________________.
g. Indian policies and wars:
-land set aside for Native Americans is called: ______________________
-last victory for the Native Americans: ______________________________________
-led his people to Canada to escape living on reservations:_______________________
USII.4b Immigration
27. Reasons for increased immigration were:
H_____________________
E_____________________
A_____________________
R_____________________
28. The 3 reasons why cities developed:
1. Specialized industries including: ______________ (Pittsburgh)
and ________________(Chicago)
2. ___________________ from other countries
3. Movement of Americans from ___________ to ____________ areas for jobs.
33. What inventions created great change and industrial growth in the United States?
1. Lighting and mechanical uses of _________________ by ___________________
2. __________________ service by __________________________
34. Population changes, growth of cities, and new __________________ produced interaction and often conflict between different _________________ groups.
USII.4b Immigration (continued)
35. Population changes, growth of ___________, and new inventions produced problems in urban areas.
36. Inventions had both positive and negative effects on society.
37. Rapid _______________________ and __________________________ led to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and __________________________.
38. Efforts to solve immigration problems included:
*Settlement houses such as __________ House, founded by ___________ _____________
*Political machines (politicians) that gained power by attending to the needs of new ________________
(politicians promising immigrants jobs and housing)
39. Challenges faced by cities:
*Overcrowded and run-down neighborhoods called ____________________ and _______________
*Political corruption by ___________________ _______________________
40. *Discrimination against immigrants:
-_________________________
-_________________________
USII.4c Jim Crow
41. Discrimination against African Americans continued after _________________________.
42. What is racial segregation?
*Based upon _________________
*Directed primarily against __________________ Americans, but other groups were also
kept segregated
43. "Jim Crow" laws were passed to discriminate against ___________________________. Although these laws were legal in many communities and states, they were enforced primarily in the ___________________ region.
44."Jim Crow" laws were characterized by unequal opportunities in __________________, _____________________, _____________________, and _________________________.
45. African American responses included:
*___________________________________
Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education;
accepted social separation
*___________________________________
Believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans
USII.4d Big Business
46. Between the _________ War and ___________, the United States was transformed from an _________________________ nation to an _______________________ nation.
47. List the 4 Reasons for the Rise and Prosperity of Big Business:
*National markets created by ________________________ advances
*Captains of Industry:
_____________________, Oil
_____________________, Steel
_____________________, Automobile
_____________________, Shipping and Railroads
*Advertising
*Lower-cost _____________________
48. The 4 Factors resulting in the growth of industry:
*Access to ___________ materials and _______________
*Availability of the _____________ ________________ due to _____________________.
*Inventions
*Financial ______________ provided by the _____________________________
49. Examples of Big Business:
*________________________ *__________________ *_________________
50. Industrialization and the rise in big business influenced life on American farms by:
*Mechanization (the ____________________) which reduced farm ______________ needs
and increased _______________________.
*Industrial development in _____________ created increased ______________ needs
*Industrialization provided access to consumer goods, such as ____________________
USII.4e Progressive Movement
51. Negative effects of industrialization
• _____________________________
• _____________________________
• _____________________________
52. Rise of organized labor
• ________________________________: Growth of American Federation of Labor
• Strikes: _____________________________________
53. Progressive Movement workplace reforms
• ___________________________________
• ___________________________________
• ___________________________________
54. Women’s suffrage
• Increased _______________________ opportunities
• Attained ________________________ rights
*Women gained the right to _______________________ with passage of the _______________________ to the Constitution of the United States of America.
*_____________________________ and ____________________________worked for women’s suffrage.
55. Temperance movement
• Composed of groups _________________ to the ________________________,
________________________and _______________ of alcoholic beverages.
• Supported the ______________________________ to the Constitution of the United States, prohibiting the ___________________________,______________________ and ____________________ of alcoholic beverages.
USII.2c Review Directions:
Place a red STAR on the following cities of industry on the map below BEFORE you start coloring:
• Detroit
• Chicago
• Pittsburgh
• New England NOTE: You should have 4 cities with a STAR
Place a red DOT on the following significant cities on the map below BEFORE you start coloring:
• Boston Seattle
• Philadelphia San Francisco
• New York Los Angeles
• Washington D.C. Juneau
• Atlanta Honolulu
• New Orleans
• St. Louis
• San Antonio NOTE: You should have 16 cities with a DOT
• Santa Fe
• Denver
• Salt Lake City
Map Directions: Color the Pacific ORANGE, the Southwest RED, and the Noncontiguous states BLUE. Then, color the Western/Rocky Mountain Region GREEN, the Midwest Region YELLOW, the Northeast PINK, & the Southeast PURPLE. Label the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Physical features and climate of the Great Plains
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