<p>Name______Date______Benchmark 2 Study Guide (2015)</p><p>Answer the following questions</p><p>1. 12th Amendment A. Gave all men over the age of 21 the D right to vote no matter what race</p><p>A 2. 15th Amendment B. Gave all women the right to vote</p><p>G 3. 17th Amendment C. Ended poll tax</p><p>4. 19th Amendment D. Electors cast separate votes for B president and vice president to prevent a tie F 5. 23rd Amendment E. Set the voting age to 18</p><p>6. 24th Amendment F. Granted 3 electoral votes to C Washington, D.C.</p><p>7. 26th Amendment G. Ordered that senators be elected by E the people</p><p>8. What is an amendment? A change or addition to the Constitution</p><p>9. What is the purpose of the amendment process? So small groups of people cannot make changes that the majority does not want</p><p>10. How do we amend the Constitution? Step 1: Congress proposes a new amendment.  2/3 of the House of Representatives and 2/3 of the Senate must pass the bill. Step 2: The proposed amendment is sent to the states. Step 3: State Legislatures choose to ratify or reject the amendment Step 4: ¾ of the states must ratify the amendment so it can be added to the Constitution</p><p>11.What does the right to “due process” mean? the legal system that guarantees rights to all U.S. citizens</p><p>12.Why were cattle-drives important? to get the cattle to railway stations and ship them east for beef Name______Date______</p><p>13.What two famous cattle trails did cowboys use to drive cattle to the north? Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Cattle Trail</p><p>14.How did the Spanish-American War begin? An American battleship, the USS Maine exploded in a Cuban Harbor and Spain was blamed</p><p>15.William McKinley was president during the Spanish-American War. This helped America expand by gaining Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.</p><p>16.Theodore Roosevelt is responsible for leading the Rough Riders during the Spanish- American war, and building the Panama Canal as President.</p><p>17.Why is the Panama Canal important? It decreased the amount of travel and increased trade between the U.S. and other nations.</p><p>18.Push factors are reasons emigrants left their native country. What are four examples of push factors? Poverty, disease, persecution, and starvation </p><p>19.Where did most European immigrants settle? What jobs did they find? In the North working in factories</p><p>20.What were the MAIN causes of World War I? Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism</p><p>21.What are three reasons the US entered WWI?  Germany sunk the British passenger ship, the Lusitania  German U-boats fired not only on enemy ships, but also on ships from other countries  The Zimmerman telegram 22. What treaty forced Germany to take full responsibility for World War I? Treaty of Versailles 23. What event caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia? The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand Name______Date______24.How did the US contribute to World War I? They sent food, weapons, supplies, battleships, and Marines to France, Great Britain, and war-torn areas in Europe</p><p>D 25. Wright brothers A. Invented the electric light bulb</p><p>C 26. Alexander Graham Bell B. Discovered different uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and pecans.</p><p>B 27. George Washington Carver C. Invented the telephone</p><p>A 28. Thomas Edison D. Invented the airplane</p><p>29. Name the four sectors of the U.S. economy.</p><p>The part that controls taxes; they decide how much to raise or lower taxes; the government uses the money from taxes to fund our Government military, public schools, and relief programs</p><p>Businesses that specialize in loaning money to people to buy things that people could not normally afford. They also provide checking Banks accounts and savings accounts.</p><p>A business NOT controlled by the government; they can be big or small; they produce goods and/or services that consumers buy; they Private Business sell products to make a profit</p><p>Involves families; a group of people who usually live together that Households share in the financial responsibilities. Name______Date______Use the map below to locate the following places.</p><p>A</p><p>B D C</p><p>30.Salton Sea C </p><p>31.Grand Canyon B </p><p>32.Great Salt Lake A</p><p>33.Kitty Hawk D </p>