Benchmark Unit 1 Test

Which definition matches the meaning of

oath in panel 8?

• promise

• withness

• duty

• permission

Based on the information in panels 5 to 7, which sentence best states the main idea of the speech?

• Congress shouldn’t pass an amendment that gives African

  Americans the right to vote.

• In the United States, many men and women have the

  chance to vote.

• Americans have taken an oath to defend the Constitution

  of the United States.

• It is the responsibility of every American to ensure that

  equal rights are given to all.

In panel 7, which sentence

best explains the problem Johnson addresses in the speech?

• “And we are here as Americans—not as Democrats or

  Republicans—to solve that problem.”

• “This was the first nation in the history of the world to

  be founded with a purpose. ‘All men are created equal.’”

• “This dignity rests on his right to be treated as a man

  equal in opportunity to all others.”

• “Yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country,

  men and women are kept from voting simply because

  they are Negroes.”

After rereading panel 3, you can infer that—

• voting rights are only problematic in southern states.

• all Americans are either Democrats or Republicans.

• Americans are divided over the issue of African American

  voting rights.

• all Americans are equally responsible for the oppression of

  people of color.

What civil right listed in panel 6 directly relates to the main problem being addressed in the text?

• “share in freedom”

• “choose his leaders”

• “educate his children”

• “provide for his family”

Which meaning matches the definition of justices in panel 5?

• the quality of being fair

• rulers who represent territories

• judges in the U.S. Supreme Court

• Illinois policemen

Which words from panel 8 help you understand the meaning of outraged?

• “southerners were pleased”

• “antislavery movement grew”

• “civil war”

• “the country took a step”

Which sentence best states the main idea of panel 2?

• Dred Scott was thought of as property, so the government

  could not interfere with his movement.

• The most important issue of the time was whether new

  territories and states would allow slavery.

• Dred Scott was considered a citizen and therefore did not

  have rights that were protected by the U.S. Constitution.

• The Dred Scott decision was made at a time when the

  North and South had different views on slavery

What key details best support the main idea?

• “People of color have ‘no rights which any white man was

  bound to respect.’”

• “In the 1830s, his owner, John Emerson, was sent on

  military assignments to Illinois, a free state, where he

  stayed for more than two years.”

• “Many southerners were pleased by the decision;

  northerners were outraged.”

• “This decision canceled out the Missouri Compromise

  of 1820, which for nearly forty years had limited the

  territories in which slavery could be practiced.”

Look at the map in panel 2. What idea describes the map?

• It shows the big number of slave states and states that are closed to slavery

• It shows that the whole states are slave states

• It shows the big number of free states

• It does not mean anything