1. The law that divided reservation land among individual Native Americans

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1 Loman Honors/US History Midterm Review Chapter 5 1. The law that divided reservation land among individual Native Americans 2. A cattle trail that went from San Antonio, Texas, to rail centers in Kansas 3. The law that allowed any head of household over age 21 to claim 160 acres of land 4. The term for companies operating without government interference 5. System in which most businesses are privately owned 6. Belief that stronger people, businesses, and nations would prosper, while weaker ones would fail 7. Law that made it illegal to form trusts that would interfere with free trade 8. Immigration station opened in New York Harbor in The idea that faith should be expressed through good works 10. Laws created to enforce segregation What did the Pacific Railway Act and the Morrill Act do? Why was the government interested in helping railroads expand westward? What effect did the expansion of railroads have on the West? What were working conditions like for factory workers? What goals did union organizers have? Chapter 6 Progressivism Eighteenth Amendment Initiative, Referendum, Recall

2 Nineteenth Amendment Why do you think that the city manager plan of government eventually became more popular than the commission plan? What strategy did major women s suffrage organizations use to campaign for the vote? What issues did Progressives focus on, and what helped energize their causes? How did Progressives reform government at the national, state, and local levels? Chapter 7 Imperialism Sphere of Influence Open Door Policy Boxer Rebellion Yellow Journalism Platt Amendment Protectorate Roosevelt Corollary Dollar Diplomacy What are two benefits the Panama Canal has provided for the United States? Who was Queen Liliuokalani? Why did Liliuokalani s plans for strengthening the monarchy alarm the American business community in Hawaii? In what various ways did the United States exert its power in Latin America? How did the acquisition of overseas territory affect the way the United States viewed its role in the world? What were the consequences of the Spanish-American War?

3 Chapter 8 Militarism Balance of Power Trench Warfare Isolationism Convoy System Communists Liberty Bonds Propaganda What were the main causes of World War I? Which German actions helped shift U.S. public opinion toward supporting the Allies in the war? What effect did U.S. troops have on the Allied fight against the Central Powers? Why did the U.S. government impose so many regulations on industrial and food production during the war? What impact did U.S. industrial and food production have on the war effort for the Allies? What are reparations? How did Wilson s goal for the peace treaty differ from that of the other Allies? What provisions from Wilson s Fourteen Points were included in the Treaty of Versailles? Chapter 9 Red Scare Palmer Raids

4 Alien Deportation Anarchist Assembly Line Suburb Credit/Installment Buying Welfare Capitalism What are some examples of postwar havoc in the United States? What factors contributed to the postwar havoc? Why do you think many Americans reacted to the difficulties of the postwar years by targeting immigrants? How did the economic performance of agriculture compare to that of industry in the 1920s? What was the role of consumer credit in the expansion of the 1920s economy, and why might this pose a problem in the future? Chapter 10 Flapper Values Fundamentalism Evolution Bootlegger/Speakeasy Harlem Renaissance Jazz How did young Americans change society during the 1920s? What was the significance of the fact that the 1920 census showed that the United States population was more urban than rural?

5 Identify at least two events that represent the conflict over values taking place in America in the 1920s How did the Great Migration relate to the development of the Harlem Renaissance? What effects did the development of radio and motion pictures have on American culture? Why did the development of mass culture contribute to the creation of widespread adoration of heroes, such as movie stars, sports figures, and Charles Lindbergh? Chapter 11 Buying on margin Gross National Product Black Tuesday Great Depression Drought/Dust Bowl/Okie What was the general experience of investors in stocks in the United States in the mid-1920s? How did the collapse of the stock market come to hurt so many people who did not have money invested in stocks? How did the Great Depression affect ordinary Americans? How did victims of the Great Depression cope with the effects of homelessness and joblessness? What was President Hoover s basic belief about the proper relationship of citizens to their government?

6 Chapter 12 Public Works New Deal Fireside Chat Second New Deal Deficit Social Security Minimum Wage Incumbent How did the Tennessee Valley Authority change life in much of the rural South? Who did the Democratic Party choose as its candidate in 1932? What did the American people seem to like most about Roosevelt s programs? What did they find fault with? What factors undermined support for Roosevelt and his programs? How did the Roosevelt administration treat women and African Americans? What effects did New Deal programs have on the major problems of the Great Depression, such as unemployment? On what grounds can the New Deal be considered a success? A failure? Success: Failures: