1st Semester Benchmark Test

Question 1

Immigration

Answer 1

Movement of people from one country to another

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

Absorbing into the main culture

Question 3

Ethic Neighborhoods

Answer 3

A neighborhood made up of people who speak the same languages

Question 4

Tenement

Answer 4

The type of crowded apartments where immigrants lived

Question 5

Nativism

Answer 5

Protecting the interests of native-born citizens

Question 6

Strike

Answer 6

Workers organize to fight for a common goal

Question 7

Monopoly

Answer 7

When one company owns all of a majority of a particular industry

Question 8

Who was sent to Angel Island?

Answer 8

The Asian Immigrants, many of them were sent back to

Question 9

Who went to Ellis Island?

Answer 9

European Immigrants, Ellis Island was a lot better than Angel Island

Question 10

West Coast

Answer 10

Chinese blamed

Question 11

East Coast

Answer 11

Irish blamed

Question 12

Who faced to most discrimination

Answer 12

Irish and Chinese

Question 13

What were pulls to go to America?

Answer 13

Freedoms, job opportunities, better living conditions, and desire for adventure

Question 14

What were the pushes to leave their home?

Answer 14

Poverty, war and conflict, corrupt governments, discrimination

Question 15

Why did towns grow during the Industry Revolution?

Answer 15

More jobs opened as new things were being made

Question 16

Factors promoting industrial growth:

Answer 16

Financial resources, ability of workforce, access to raw materials and energy, inventions

Question 17

Where was the Automobile made

Answer 17

Detroit, Michigan

Question 18

Where was meatpacking made?

Answer 18

Chicago, Illinois

Question 19

Where were textiles made?

Answer 19

New England

Question 20

What were the causes of the Spanish American war?

Answer 20

Cuban independence from Spain, American imperialism sinking of the battleship the Maine

Question 21

This battleship exploded on the Havana Harbor and many believed Spain was responsible:

Answer 21

The Maine

Question 22

Who was president during the Spanish-American war?

Answer 22

William McKinley

Question 23

In which battle did the Rough Riders gain fame?

Answer 23

Battle of San Juan Hill

Question 24

Who was the leader of the Rough Riders and who would become president after McKinley’s assassination?

Answer 24

Teddy Roosevelt

Question 25

What did Cornelius Vanderbilt make?

Answer 25

Railroads in New York

Question 26

What did Henry Ford make?

Answer 26

Automobiles in Michigan

Question 27

What did Andrew Carnegie make?

Answer 27

Steel in Scotland

Question 28

What did John D Rockefeller make?

Answer 28

Oil in New York

Question 29

What was ironic about the war’s toll on the US soldiers

Answer 29

More people died from disease than the war

Question 30

What is yellow journalism?

Answer 30

Exaggerated news stories

Question 31

What three territories did the US gain after the war

Answer 31

Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines

Question 32

When did the Spanish American war occur

Answer 32

1898

Question 33

Name two news journalist spreading the yellow journalism

Answer 33

William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitizer II

Question 34

What is imperialism?

Answer 34

Take over other countries, land, and resource

Question 35

Roosevelt expanded the Monroe Doctrine as a way to keep Europe out of what

Answer 35

Western Hemisphere

Question 36

What did the US acquire by using the big stick diplomacy in the early 1900s?

Answer 36

The Panama Canal which is near Latin America

Question 37

Why did Theodore Roosevelt help Panama gain independence?

Answer 37

Panama promised they would give them the canal in return

Question 38

What is the Panama Canal?

Answer 38

Waterway from Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean

Question 39

The Roosevelt Corollary added to what document

Answer 39

Monroe Doctrine

Question 40

Put the dates in chronological order: USS Maine explodes, Cuba gains independence, Teddy Roosevelt becomes president, Rough Riders fight in Cuba.

Answer 40

USS Maine explodes Rough Riders fight in Cuba Cuba gains independence Teddy Roosevelt becomes President

Question 41

Militarism

Answer 41

Building up ones military to prepare for war

Question 42

Alliances

Answer 42

Working together for a common goal

Question 43

Imperialism

Answer 43

Extending a country’s power

Question 44

Nationalism

Answer 44

Strong feeling of pride for your nation

Question 45

Causes of World War I in Europe (hint: MAIN)

Answer 45

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism

Question 46

Allied Powers (hint: FIRE US)

Answer 46

France Italy Russia England (New Britain) U.S. Serbia

Question 47

Central Powers

Answer 47

Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria

Question 48

The Big Four

Answer 48

Great Britain Italy France United States

Question 49

Zimmermann Telegram

Answer 49

Stated if Mexico joined the central powers, Germany would aid and regaining lands lost in America

Question 50

Propaganda

Answer 50

Publications to spread information to influence people through

Question 51

When did World War I start?

Answer 51

June 28, 1914

Question 52

When was the sinking of Lusitania?

Answer 52

May 1915

Question 53

When does the US enter World War I?

Answer 53

April 1917

Question 54

When does World War I end?

Answer 54

November 11, 1918 at 11 AM, 11 11 18 at 11

Question 55

Trench warfare

Answer 55

Disease, hunger trench, foot fear fought, ditches, called trenches, no man’s land between enemy trenches

Question 56

Weapons used in World War I

Answer 56

Tanks, airplanes, boats, poison, gas, machine guns

Question 57

Important battles that stopped Germany from taking Paris

Answer 57

Miracle on the Marne and Battle of Bealeau Wood

Question 58

Newly formed countries after World War I

Answer 58

Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia