Name Date Period Bentley Chapter 30 Study Guide: The Americas in the Age of Independence Eyewitness: Fatt Hing Chin Searches for Gold from China to California (p. 677) 1. Summarize Fatt Hing Chin s importance to world history and the impact on the United States. Gruber G148 2. Describe the struggles the different regions of the Americas faced. 3. What are the characteristics of the Americas in the age of independence. The Building of American States The United States: Westward Expansion and Civil War (p. 679) 4. Describe the framework of government drafted in the constitution. The United States: Westward Expansion and Civil War: Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny (p. 679) 5. Explain the transaction between Napoleon and the U.S. 6. What was manifest destiny? The United States: Westward Expansion and Civil War: Conflict with Indigenous Peoples (p. 679-680) 7. Describe the advantage that the U.S. had in expansion over the Native Americans. 8. Explain the significance of the Ghost Dance. The United States: Westward Expansion and Civil War: The Mexican-American War (p. 680-681) 9. Describe the tension and conflict between the U.S. and Mexico. 10. Besides the desire to expand, describe the most serious problem the U.S. faced and the issues surrounding it. - 1 - Copyright Allen High School 2014
The United States: Westward Expansion and Civil War: Sectional Conflict (p. 682) 11. Besides slavery, what other issues revolved around the Civil War? 12. What s the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the Thirteenth Amendment ratified in 1865? 13. What advantages did the north have? Latin America: Fragmentation and Political Experimentation (p. 685) 14. What was Simon Bolivar s goal in South America and what was the end result? Latin America: Fragmentation and Political Experimentation: Creole Elites and Political Instability (p. 685) 15. Describe the problems the creole elites faced in framing new constitutions. Latin America: Fragmentation and Political Experimentation: Conflicts with Indigenous Peoples (p. 685) 16. What similar problems did Latin America face with indigenous populations as did the United States. Latin America: Fragmentation and Political Experimentation: Caudillos (p. 685-687) 17. What is a Caudillos, and describe their political characteristics, such as Rosas in Argentina. Latin America: Fragmentation and Political Experimentation: Mexico: War and Reform (p. 687-688) 18. Describe transformations in Mexico, include important people and movements. - 2 -
Name Date Period Latin America: Fragmentation and Political Experimentation: Mexico Revolution (p. 688) 19. Describe the Mexican Revolution. Include the causes, the sides involved, war tactics, people, goals, and result. 20. What issues did the Constitution of 1917 address? American Economic Development Migration to the Americas (p. 690) 21. Describe the economic developments that attracted people to the Americas. Who went and what work did they do? Migration to the Americas: Industrial Migrants (p. 690-691) 22. Where did the industrial migrants come from and what was their impact on the United States? 23. What impact did the Asian migrants have on the United States? Migration to the Americas: Plantation Migrants (p. 691) 24. Who went to Latin America, where did they go, what type of work did they do? 25. Explain the term golondrinas. 26. Describe Asian planation workers in the Americas. - 3 - Copyright Allen High School 2014
Economic Expansion in the United States: British Capital (p. 691) 27. Describe the impact of British investment in the United States on both Britain and the U.S. 28. How did the Civil war shape the U.S. economic development? Economic Expansion in the United States: Railroads (p. 691-692) 29. Describe all the impacts of railroads in the United States. Economic Expansion in the United States: Space and Time (p. 692-693) 30. Describe the environmental impact of railroads and industry. Economic Expansion in the United States: Economic Growth (p. 693) 31. Describe other innovations and economic growth in the U.S. 32. What problems arose as a result of industrialization in the U.S.? Latin American Investments (p. 693) 33. Explain how colonization impacted Latin American economies. Latin American Investments: British Investment (p. 694) 34. Describe British investment in Latin America. - 4 -
Name Date Period Latin American Investments: Attempted Industrialization (p. 694-695) 35. Describe the reason for Latin America s slower economic development. American Cultural and Social Diversity Societies in the United States: Women (p.696-697) 36. Describe issues involved in the Seneca Falls Convention in 1948. Societies in the United States: Migrants (p.696-697) 37. Describe the impacts of increased migrations to the U.S. between 1840-1914. Ethnicity, Identity, and Gender in Latin America (p. 699) 38. Who were now at the top of the social hierarchy in Latin America? Ethnicity, Identity, and Gender in Latin America: Migration and Cultural Diversity (p. 699) 39. Describe the impacts of large migrations of a particular group of people to Latin America. Ethnicity, Identity, and Gender in Latin America: Gauchos (p. 699-700) 40. Who were gauchos and what impact did they have in Latin America? Ethnicity, Identity, and Gender in Latin America: Male Domination (p. 700) 41. Summarize the male dominance of Latin America. Ethnicity, Identity, and Gender in Latin America: Female Activism (p. 700) 42. Summarize ways in which women increased their influence in Latin America. - 5 - Copyright Allen High School 2014
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