Social Studies Benchmark 1 Review

Why did Bourbon Democrats not want Black people and poor white people to vote?

• They wanted to keep voting practices fair

• They thought it would be unfair to the government

• They wanted voters who would support the Republican party

• They only wanted voters who would support the Democratic party

Which of the following factors is considered a pull factor for human migration?

• War

• Natural Disasters

• Job Opportunities

• Religious Persecution

The act that divided Native American reservations into allotments was called

• The Dawes Act

• Immigration Acts

• Jim Crow Act

• The Homestead Act

Choose the sentence that best describes the Grandfather Clause

• Black men had to own land and pay a poll tax to be able to vote. 

• White men who could not pay the poll tax or pass a reading test could still vote if their father or grandfather had voted in the 1860 election.

• Black men had to pass a literacy test to be able to vote. 

• The General Assembly put the majority of Black voters in one congressional district.

What political party was formed by farmers and was popular in the rural South?

• Socialist

• Populist

• Democratic

• Republican

To break up monopolies, Congress passed

• The Dawes Act

• Immigration Acts

• The Homestead Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

According to the map, where did most people immigrate to the United State from?

• South America

• Australia

• Asia

• Europe

After the Spanish-American War, the United States gained control of,

• Nothign

• Guam and Puerto Rico

• Hawaii

• Spain

Select two ways the railroad impacted the physical landscape of the United States?

• People mostly stayed in the east

• Landforms were altered to build the tracks

• Wildlife became more scarce in certain areas

• More goods were shipped across the country

What main causes did Progressives work for in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• All of the Above

• Better housing for the working class

• An end to child labor

• Women's suffrage