1. How did the Dawes Act aid in destroying the way of life of Native American s?

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1 Name Period Chapter 4 Reconstruction **List and discuss the failures and successes of Reconstruction concerning political and social rights of African Americans. Make sure and include the Amendments 13, 14, 15, Hayes-Tilden, Black Codes, Share Cropping, Freedmen s Bureau, Jim Crow Laws, KKK, and Plessy v. Ferguson Chapter 5 Changes on the Western Frontier 1. How did the Dawes Act aid in destroying the way of life of Native American s? 2. How were the Massacre of Sand Creek, the Battle of Wounded Knee, Red River War, and the battle of Little Big Horn all examples of U.S. policy toward Native American rights? 3. Why did the Populist Party form? Discuss the platform or goals of the Populist Party. What occupations were primarily members of the Populist Party? Were the populist different than Socialist and Communist? Explain. 4. What political party was more apt to adopt Populist Party ideas; Democrat or Republican? Explain why? 5. What innovations lead to the rapid development of the west from 1840 to How did this effect the Buffalo and Plains Native American s?

2 6. What brought an end to the open range? 7. ***** How did the Homestead Act and the Transcontinental Railroad (Union Pacific and Central Pacific) effect the American West? Think social, economic, and political change. Chapter 6 A New Industrial Age Know the major innovations and inventors of the Second Industrial Revolution 1877 to The inventors should include but not be limited to: Thomas Edison Edwin Drake Alexander Bell Henry Bessemer Charles Goodyear Nicola Tesla Guglielmo Marconi the Wright Brothers George Eastman 8. What is vertical and horizontal integration? What did John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie have to do with it? 9. Define Robber Baron. How was this term applied to industrialist during the Gilded Age Second Industrial Revolution? 10. What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? Was it actually used to break up monopolies? Chapter 7 Immigrants and Urbanization 11. What were major forms of entertainment during the 1920 s?

3 12. During the Second Industrial Revolution, the United States experienced the largest immigration movement to America in its history. Why did many of these new immigrants experience a hard time assimilating into American culture (think ethnic enclaves)? How does this relate to Nativism? 13. How was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire just one example of the problems of mass urbanization and industrialization? 14. How were the Chinese Exclusion and the Gentlemen s Agreement examples of Nativism and Social Darwinism? 15. How did the social reform movement relate to the Settlement House Movement during the Gilded Age Second Industrial Revolution? 16. Explain what political machines are and how they work. Explain how William Tweed and Tammany Hall was an example of a political machine boss. What did the passage of the Pendleton Act have to do with political machines? 17. What did Thomas Nast have to do with political machines? **18. Discuss the major pros and cons of the Second Industrial Revolution. Chapter 8 Life at the Turn of the Century 19. How did education improve with the implementation of public schools by the early 20 th century?

4 20. Give examples of discrimination and segregation (especially lynching) by the early 20 th century. How does the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson relate to this? 21. List a few major scientific breakthroughs by the early 20 th century. 22. Define consumerism and mass culture. What innovations aided these movements? Chapter 9 The Progressive Era 23. How where the Progressive movement and Populist movement similar? What were the major goals of the Progressive movement? 24. Who were muckrakers? How does Upton Sinclair and the Jungle relate to this term? 25. What was the main goal of the WCTU? How do they relate to the 18 th Amendment? 26. What major amendments were passed during the Progressive movement? Know how each was a major reform. 27. Explain the purpose of the initiative, referendum, and recall. 28. What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve System? 29. Teddy Roosevelt distinguished between good trust and bad trust. Wilson believed all trust were bad. Explain the difference in their philosophies. 30. What was the purpose of Teddy Roosevelt s Bull Mouse Party?

5 31. How did Upton Sinclair s Jungle effect the Progressive reform movement? 32. The Progressives did not have a good track record in reducing racial discrimination and segregation. How does the NAACP relate to this? 33. Could it be said President s Roosevelt and Wilson were Progressives? Give evidence to back your answer. **34. Were the Progressive successful in reforming the ills of society at the local, state, and national level? Give at least two pieces of evidence for each level. Chapter 10 Imperialism 35. What were the major reasons the U.S. expanded overseas in the late 1800 s? 36. How are the following events or actions debatable Imperialist actions by the United States? Open Door Policy Panama Canal Roosevelt Corollary Moral Diplomacy Boxer Rebellion Spanish-American War Speak softly and carry a big stick Yellow Journalism Annexation of Hawaii Wilson and Mexico Philippine American War Puerto Rico and Cuba 37. What were the major results of the Spanish-American War?

6 Chapter 11 The First World War 38. What event sparked the beginning of WWI? 39. What were the main reasons the U.S. entered WWI? 40. What did President Wilson mean by a war to end all wars? 41. What were the most important elements of Wilson s 14 Points that he believed would bring overall peace to the world by not allowing for another major war? 42. What was the overall outcome of the Treaty of Versailles? 43. Why did many Americans disagree with the passage of the Espionage and Sedition Acts? Chapter The Roaring 20 s 44. How were the Washington Naval Conference and the Kellogg Briand Pact evidence that the U.S. did not practice total isolation during the 1920 s? 45. What was the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act)? 46. What was the importance of the Fordney McCumber Tariff?

7 47. What three major strikes made people even more fearful of Communism thus promoting the Red Scare? 48. What was the Dawes Plan during the 1920 s? **49. Explain the tensions between traditionalist or old way v. Liberalism or new way of the 1920 s For the rest of the review, see your completed Roaring 20 s study guide/project.

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