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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:
  1. Technological ______allowed people to live in more challenging environments.
  2. Because of new ______, people saw the Great Plains not as a “______”, but as a vast area to be settled.
  3. List 8 inventions/adaptations of the Great Plains:

a.e.

b.f.

c.g.

d.h.

USII.2b: Advances in Transportation

  1. Advances in transportation linked resources, products, and markets by:
  2. moving natural resources such as ______and ______to eastern factories
  3. moving iron ore deposits to sites of steel mills in ______.
  4. transporting finished products to national ______.
  1. Three examples of manufacturing areas that were located near centers of population included:
  2. textile industry located in ______(region:______)
  3. automobile industry located in ______(region:______)
  4. steel industry located in ______(region:______)

USII.2c: Review found on the last page 

USII.3a Reconstruction

  1. Reconstruction took place after the ______War.

15-17:

Amendment: / 13th / 14th / 15th
Grants:

18. The 14thAmendment guarantees ______

under the law for ______citizens.

USII.3b Reconstruction Policies and Problems

  1. Reconstruction policies were ______and created ______in the South.
  2. Reconstruction attempted to give meaning to the ______that the former enslaved African Americans had achieved.
  3. Reconstruction policies and problems included:
  4. Southern military ______could ______hold office.
  5. African Americans ______hold public office.
  6. African Americans gained ______as a result of the Civil Rights Act of ______, which authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement.
  7. ______soldiers supervised the South.
  8. ______was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South.
  9. Southerners resented northern “______”, who took advantage of the South during ______.
  10. Reconstruction ended with the Election of ______.
  11. ______troops were removed.
  12. Rights that African Americans gained were lost through ______codes.

USII.3c: The Legacy of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass

  1. 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

  1. New opportunities and technological advances led to westward migration following the ______War.
  2. 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 ______

  1. The Impact on American Indians:
  2. Opposition by American Indians to westward expansion (Battle of ______Big Horn, Sitting ______, and ______).
  3. Forced ______from traditional lands to ______.

(Chief Joseph, Nez ______)

  1. Reduced ______through warfare and disease (Battle of ______Knee).
  2. Assimilation attempts and lifestyle ______, e.g., reduction of ______population.
  3. Reduced their homeland trough ______that were broken.
  4. American Indians were not considered citizens until ______.
  5. 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

  1. Reasons for increased immigration were:

H______

E______

A______

R______

  1. The 3 reasons why cities developed:

1. Specialized industries including: ______(Pittsburgh)

and ______(Chicago)

  1. ______from other countries
  2. 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 ______

  1. 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 EnglandNOTE: 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:

  • BostonSeattle
  • PhiladelphiaSan Francisco
  • New YorkLos Angeles
  • Washington D.C.Juneau
  • AtlantaHonolulu
  • New Orleans
  • St. Louis
  • San AntonioNOTE: 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.