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Benchmark 2 Study Guide
Answer the following questions
1. What was the goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
2. What is sharecropping?
3. What are the Jim Crow Laws?
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13th Amendment
A. Gave all men over the age of 21 the
right to vote no matter what race
____ 5.
14th Amendment
B. Gave all women the right to vote
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15th Amendment
C. Ended poll tax
____ 7.
19th Amendment
D. Gave citizenship to all people born or
naturalized in the United States,
regardless of race
____ 8.
23rd Amendment
E. Set the voting age to 18
____ 9.
24th Amendment
F. Granted 3 electoral votes to
Washington, D.C.
____ 10.
26th Amendment
G. Abolished slavery
11. What is the purpose of the amendment process?
12. What happens after a proposed amendment is sent to the states?
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13.What does the right to “due process” mean?
Do the following situations grant due process. Yes or No
14. The leaders of the country make decisions about your life, liberty, and
property. Suppose they make these decisions in secret. They do not allow
you or anyone else to participate.
15. The police suspect you of a crime. Suppose they search your house
with a warrant and find evidence against you.
16.Why were the cattle drives important?
17.How did the movement of cattle affect the price?
18.What two famous cattle trails did cowboys use to drive cattle to the north?
19.Where was the Chisholm Trail located?
20.How did the Spanish-American War begin?
21.Name three of William McKinley’s accomplishments.
22.Name three of Theodore Roosevelt’s accomplishments.
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23.What is the Panama Canal and why is it important?
24.How did the Panama Canal and the Spanish-American War play a role in global
expansion of the United States?
25.Name three reasons people emigrated to the United States.
26.Where did most European immigrants settle? What jobs did they find?
27.Where did most Asian immigrants settle? What jobs did they find?
___27. Wright brothers
A. Invented the electric light bulb
___28. Alexander Graham Bell
E. Discovered different uses for peanuts,
sweet potatoes, and pecans.
____29. George Washington Carver
H. Invented the telephone
____30. Thomas Edison
D. Invented the airplane
____31. Salton Sea
E. Located in Arizona, it is one of Earth’s
greatest natural wonders.
____32. Great Salt Lake
F. A salt lake located in California
____33. Mojave Desert
G. Largest salt lake in the western
hemisphere located in Utah
____34. Grand Canyon
H. 22,000 sq miles of land that receives less
than 10 inches of rain each year. Located in
California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.
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35.Describe the households’ function in the U.S. economy.
36.Why was Kitty Hawk’s location important to the Wright brothers’ flight?
37.How did the location of Pittsburgh make it a perfect place for steel industry?
Use the map below to locate the following places.
A
B
D
C
38.Salton Sea _______
39.Grand Canyon _______
40.Great Salt Lake _______
41.Mojave Desert______