Transcript Second Nine Weeks History Review

Benchmark Exam
rd
Review 3 Nine Weeks
USII.4e-USII.6d
(goes with Study Guide I-II if needed)
51. . What are the negative
effects of industrialization?
• Child labor
• Low wages, long hours
• Unsafe working conditions
52. 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?
• Improved safety conditions
• Reduced work hours
• Restrictions on child labor
54. What opportunities did
women gain during
women’s suffrage?
• Increased educational
opportunities
• Attained voting rights
54. What amendment gave
women these rights?
• The nineteenth amendment
54. Who worked for women’s
suffrage?
• Susan B. Anthony
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
55. The Temperance
Movement
• Composed of groups opposed
to the making and selling and
transportation of alcohol
• Supported which amendment?
The eighteenth amendment
th
18
55. What did the
amendment do?
• Prohibited the manufacture,
transportation, and sale of
alcohol.
Study Guide II:
• USII.5abc-6abc
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?
• 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?
CUBA
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:
• 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
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.
• 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?
• British Empire (Great Britain)
• Serbia
• France
• Belgium
• Russia
* USA
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?
• 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?
• The United States
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.
• 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?
• Invention of the Airplane
15. Who was known for the
use of the assembly line,
automobile and rise of
mechanization?
• Henry Ford
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.
• Labor saving products
(electric stove, water pump,
washing machine)
• Electric lighting
• Entertainment (radio)
• Improved communication
18. What is prohibition?
• Prohibition made it illegal
to manufacture, transport,
and sell alcoholic
beverages
19. What amendment did
Prohibition uphold?
• The eighteenth amendment
• What amendment repealed
st
it? The 21 Amendment
20. What are speakeasies?
• Places for people to drink
illegal alcoholic beverages
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:
• 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).
• African Americans moved to
northern cities for employment
opportunities (jobs)
• African Americans also faced
discrimination and violence in the
North.
23. Georgia O’Keeffe
• Art—artist known for urban
and later southwest scenes
23. F Scott Fitzgerald
• Literature—novelist who
wrote about the 1920’s
23. John Steinbeck
• Literature—novelist who
wrote about migrant
workers in the 1930’s
23. Aaron Copland
• Music: Uniquely American
Music
23. George Gershwin
• Music: Uniquely American
Music
23. Jacob Lawrence
• Art: painter who chronicled
the Great Migration
23. Langston Hughes
• Literature: poet who
combined African and
American cultural roots
23. Duke Ellington
• Music: Jazz composer
23. Louis Armstrong
• Music: Jazz composer
23. Bessie Smith
• Music: Blues singer
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