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1 U.S. History Fall Semester Exam Review 2015 December 15 th 3 rd and 4 th periods December 16 th 7 th and 8 th periods December 17 th 1 st and 2 nd periods December 18 th 5 th and 6 th periods Westward Movement: What was the Homestead Act of 1862? Why was it created? (p.104) 2. How does the Transcontinental Railroad help with the rapid settlement of the West? (p.124) 3. How does the Transcontinental Railroad help with the closing of the frontier? (p.124) 4. What does the Dawes Act do to help assimilate Native Americans into white culture? (p ) Primary Documents that Created America 5. Which philosopher influenced the key principles used to create the Declaration of Independence. (p.14-15) 6. Why were the Bill of Rights created? Review these 10 amendments and know their importance. (p.36-37) 7. Who was Alexis Tocqueville? Explain his 5 values for a democracy.(p ) Gilded Age: For the following events/vocabulary, explain what it is and why it is important in history: A. monopoly (p. 130) B. Nativism (p.146) C. philanthropy (p.157)

2 9. Explain who the following people were and their contributions in this time period: A. John D. Rockefeller/Standard Oil (p /Notes) B. Andrew Carnegie/Steel Bessemer Process and Gospel of Wealth (p.129 & Notes) 10. How did the U.S. government support big businesses? Name specific acts or legislation created to help large businesses in this time period. How did the Senate help out the big businesses? (p.164 & 205) 11. List the platform of the Populist Party in the 1892 election. Which candidates ran in support of the Populist Party in the elections of 1892 & 1896? (p. 167 & Populist Party Notes) 12. Why did labor unions gain strength during the Gilded Age? (p.132, ) 13. Political Bosses/Machines: What were they? How did they stay in power? What was Tammany Hall? (p.154 & Political Machine Notes) 14. How can a free enterprise system encourage economic growth in America during the Gilded Age? (p ) 15. Which amendments were created in response to the Populist Party platform? (Populist Party Notes) 16. What were 3 demands made by the labor unions in support of the workers? (p.132) Progressive Era, These are the important people, practices and legislation that marked various attempts at solving social problems. Identify each one AND explain its importance in history. 17. Jane Addams (p. 159) 18. Ida B. Wells (p.172)

3 19. W.E.B. Dubois (p. 173) 20. Upton Sinclair (p. 215) 21. Social Darwinism (p.212) 22. Initiative (p.204) 23. Referendum (p.204) 24. Recall (p.204) 25. Seventeenth Amendment (p.205) 26. Eighteenth Amendment and Amendment That Repeals It (p.210 & 274) 27. Nineteenth Amendment (p.207) 28. Pure Food and Drug Act (p.215) 29. Sixteenth Amendment (p.222) 30. Federal Reserve System of 1913 (p.223 ) 31. Sherman Anti-Trust Act (p.165) 32. Interstate Commerce Act (p.215) Imperialism: Explain the role of each of the following in making America a world power in the late 1800s: A. Alfred T. Mahan (p.182) B. Theodore Roosevelt (p.182 & 186)

4 34. Why was the Open Door policy created? (p.191) 35. Explain how the United States acquired the Panama Canal. (p.192) 36. What were the economic effects of the Spanish-American War? (p.189) 37. Why did Americans support imperialism? (p.180) 38. Why was the Spanish-American War a turning point in American history? (p ) 39. Which areas were acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War? (p.186) World War I: Explain the events of the court case, Schenck v. United States, and its outcome. Why is this important? (p.239) 41. What effect do new weapons have on how the war is fought? (p ) 42. Explain 2 events that cause America to get involved in the war. On what dates does the U.S. finally join the fight? (p.236) 43. Explain the importance of the Battle of the Argonne Forest. (p ) 44. What are Wilson s Fourteen Points about? Why are they important? (p ) 45. Why doesn t the U.S. Senate ratify the Treaty of Versailles? (p.248) 1920s: 46. What was the reason for the Great Migration that began in 1919? (p.279 & 282 Map) 47. Explain the meaning of Warren G. Harding s Return to Normalcy campaign. (p.260) 48. What helped create economic growth during the 1920s? (Great Depression Notes)

5 49. Identify and explain the importance of the following during the 1920s: A. Harlem Renaissance (p.279) B. Red Scare (p.270) C. Emergency Quota Act 1921 (p. 271) D. Ku Klux Klan (p.271) E. Tin Pan Alley (p.274) F. Eugenics (1920s Notes) 50. Identify each of the following and their importance during the 1920s: A. Clarence Darrow (p.273) B. William Jennings Bryan (p.273) C. Henry Ford (p.265) D. Glenn Curtiss (p.266) E. Marcus Garvey (p.283) The Great Depression: 51. Explain how each of the following caused the Great Depression: a. Buying stocks on the margin and margin calls (p.291) b. the role of speculation in the stock market (p.291) c. the participation of banks in investing in the stock market (p.292) d. the uneven distribution of income (p.293)

6 e. mistakes by the Federal Reserve (p.294) f. a decline in export sales and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff (p.294) g. overproduction (p.293) 52. How did the following contribute to life during the Great Depression? a. bank and business closings (p.295)- b. Dust Bowl (p.296)- 53. How does President Hoover initially respond to the Great Depression? What policies does he initiate? (p ) 54. What is the Mexican Repatriation Act? Why does Hoover enact this? (Great Depression Notes) 55. What was the Bonus Army? Why did they gather at Washington, DC? What happened? (p.303) 56. Why did bank runs occur? (p.292) 57. What does FDR do during his first one hundred days in office in response to the Great Depression? (p.312) 58. Explain FDR s court-packing plan. (p & Great Depression Notes) 59. What were fireside chats? Why did FDR use them? (p.313)

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