US History Fall 2013 Final Exam Review Unit 1 - Foundations of Government 1. Define individual rights. Rights, freedom of speech, BILL OF RIGHTS Turn in the Review Sheet on the Day of the Final. 5pts. Extra!! 2. What US document protects individual rights? BILL OF RIGHT/ CONSTITUTION 3. Define Separation of Powers. THREE BRANCHES OF GOVT. 4. Define checks and balances. BRANCHES CHECK ON EACH OTHER NO ONE HAS MORE POWER THAN THE OTHER Unit 2 - Industrialization 5. Define the Homestead Act 1862. 160 of land, 5YRS, FREE LAND 6. Why did the government give land grants to the railroads? TRANSPORT, EXPAND THE WEST ECO. 7. What natural resource was scarce on the Great Plains? What type of houses did the homesteaders build? SOD, LACK TREES 8. What impact did the telegraph & telephone have on the economic expansion of America? FAST COMMUNICATION 9. Define the Industrial Era. FACTORIES, PEOPLE MAKING MONEY, ROCKERFELLER. 10. Identify Bessemer s Steel Process. STRONGER AND CHEAPER STEEL, MAKE IT FASTER. 11. What was the result of Bessemer s Steel Process? SKYSCRAPERS, BUILDINGS, 12. Why were many children employed during the Industrial Era? CHEAP LABOR, EASY REPLACED 1
13. Define nativism and their reaction to immigrants. HATE IMMIGRANTS.TAKE JOBS AWAY, GET PAID LESS FOR SAME JOB. 14. Why did immigrants live in tenement buildings? CHEAP APARTMENTS, OVERCROWDED IN THE CITIES. 15. Define the Gilded Age. (booming economy and?) PRETTY ON THE OUTSIDE, UGLY ON INSIDE 16. Why were labor unions formed? TOO MANY HOURS WORKING, UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS, LOW WAGES. 17. Define the Social Gospel. HELP POOR, RICH SHOULD HELP/ MONEY TO LIBRARIES AND COLLEGES. 18. Define the Assembly Line. FORD MAKING THE ASSEMBLY LINE 19. What effect did the assembly line have on industry? FASTER, PRODUCE CARS, HELP ECONOMY, MAKE JOBS. 20. Define a Political Machine. CORRUPT CITY GOVERNMENTS 21. Describe the political cartoon. Boss TWEED, CORRUPT, TREATS IMMIGRANTS BADLY, 22. Laizze-faire: The government does NOT regulate business. Unit 3 Populists & Progressives 23. Why were many farmers in debt in the late 19 th century? OVERPRODUCTION 24. Identify William Jennings Bryan- WANTS TO SUPPORT FARMERS/THIRD PARTY 25. What type of monetary supply did the Populists & William Jennings Bryan support? GOLD AND SILVER 26. Why did farmers join the Populist Party? SUPPORTS FARMERS, HELPED COMMON MAN 2
27. What group of people were leaders of the progressive movement? CHANGE: AFRICAN AM., WOMEN MIDDLE CLASS 28. What profession did Jane Addams help create? SOCIAL WORKER; SHE CREATES HULL HOUSE, COMMUNITY CENTER 29. Identify Susan B Anthony. WOMEN SUFFRAGE/VOTE GIVE ME THE RIGHT TO VOTE!! 30. Give the significance of the court case Plessy v Fergusen. SEPRATE BUT EQUAL, SEGREGATION 31. Identify WEB DuBois. WANTED CHANGE NOW!! 32. What was the purpose of the NAACP? SUPPORT AFRICAN AMERICANS. 33. Define initiative, referendum, recall. I-PROPOSE A LAW, REF.- GET A REPERSENATIVE TO PROPOSE MY LAW RE- KICK OUT A POLITICIAN 34. What does initiative, referendum, recall have in common? MORE INVOLVED IN VOTING 35. Identify the 17 th Amendment. ELECT OUR SENATORS 36. Define muckraker. JOURNALIST, CORRUPTION OF GOVT, SOCIETY, 37. Identify Jacob Riis. Upton Sinclair. Ida Tarbell. JR- PICTURES OF IMMIGRANTS AND TENEMENTS US- THE JUNGLE - MEAT INDUSTRY IT- ROCKERFELLER MONOPOLY 38. Explain Teddy Roosevelt s contributions to the conservation movement. KEEP THE LAND, PROTECT THE ENVIORNMENT. 39. Why was the Federal Reserve System created in 1913?- CONTROL THE BANKS 3
40. Why was the Federal Civil Service System begun? TAKE A TEST TO WORK FOR THE GOVT. 41. Define trust and analyze the cartoon. MONOPOLIES, TAKE OUT BAD MONOPOLIES, KEEP GOOD ONES. Unit 4 - Expansionism 42. What event prompted the Spanish American War? USS MAINE- BLAMED THE SPANISH 43. Describe the Roosevelt Corollary PROTECTING CARIBBEAN ISLANDS 44. Explain the reasons for building the Panama Canal. SHORT CUT/ IMPERIALISM 45. Why did imperialists support expansionism? NATURAL RESOUCES, TAKE WEAK NATIONS. WE TAKE GUAM, PHILLIPPINES, PUERTO RICO 46. What events made the US a world power? SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 47. Define the Open Door Policy 1899. And analyze the cartoon. TRADE WITH CHINA, B UT CAN T TAKE IT OVER Unit 5 WWI 48. Why did Woodrow Wilson ask for a declaration of war in 1917? (WWI) ENTER FOR MORAL REASONS. 49. What are they years for WWI? Will immigration go up or down when a war begins? 1914-1918 IMMIGRATION GOES DOWN 50. Make the world safe for democracy - Why does Woodrow Wilson say this? MAKE THE US SAFE 51. What was the major reason for US involvement in WWI? 4
LUSITANIA, ZIMMERMAN NOTE, UNRESTRICTED SUB. WARFARE 52. Define the Espionage and Sedition Acts during WWI. NO SPYING..KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!! 53. Describe American society during WWI. WOMEN WORKING, BUYING BONDS, AFRICAN AM. GO TO WAR 54. What treaty made Germany accept full responsibility for WWI? TREATY OF VERSAILLE S 55. Why did American oppose (RELUCTANT) membership in the League of Nations? DON T WANT TO BE INVOVED IN OTHER COUNTRIES PROBLEMS. 56. Identify Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and his viewpoint immediately following WWI. ISOLATIONISM 57. Why did Americans support Isolationism AFTER WWI? Not our problem Unit 6 Roaring Twenties 58. Define the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. THEY ARE CITIZENS 59. Identify flappers.- WOMEN HAVING FUN 60. Define Prohibition the 18 th Amendment.- NO ALCOHOL IN AMERICA 61. What did prohibition lead to? SPEAKEASIES, ORGANIZED CRIME 62. Describe the African American Great Migration of the early 20 th century. Why were African Americans moving north? MORE JOBS IN NORTH 63. Describe the Harlem Renaissance. JAZZ 64. 19 th Amendment WOMEN RIGHT TO VOTE/ SUFFARAGE 5
65. New inventions/things of the 1920s? ORGANIZED CRIME, 19 TH AMENDMENT, RADIOS, MOVIES TALKING 66. What do these women want? WANT TO VOTE 67. The Scopes Trial a. Clarence Darrow-lawyer b. William Jennings Bryan- lawyer c. Science and Darwinism- theory of evolution d. Biblical Literalism Bible 68. Henry Ford and the Assembly Line- MOVING ASSEMBLY LINE 69. How did the Car Industry help the economy? (look at the pictures) STEEL,RUBBER, GASOLINE Unit 7 Great Depression & New Deal 70. How did the stock market weaken the nation s banks? BANKS INVESTED IN THE STOCK MARKET 71. What impact did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff have on international trade? TAX, REPRISALS FROM OTHER COUNTIRES 6
72. List the causes of the Great Depression. OVERPRODUCTION 73. What group of people were most impacted by the Dust Bowl? FARMERS ON THE GREAT PLAINS.OKLAHOMA 74. Describe the Mexican Repatriation Act. MEXICANS BACK TO MEXICO B/C OF JOBS 75. What legacy did the Great Depression have on American voters? GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE 76. Identify the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). REGULATE THE STOCK MARKET 77. Identify the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). PROTECTS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. 78. Who does Social Security Help? What is Pension? INCOME FOR RETIRED WORKERS, DISABILITIES, UNEMPLOYMENT, DEPENDENT CHILDREN. 79. What event ended the Great Depression? WORLD WAR II 80. Hoover Dam- was created for WATER FOR IRRIGATION, MAKE ELECTRICITY 81. Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was created for WORKERS IN MASS PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES 82. DEFICIT SPENDING- GOVERNEMNT SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 7
Pick One: At least 4 paragraphs for the Essay. Each paragraph should have 5-7 sentences. 1. Describe the causes and effects of Imperialism had on the United States; include the following; Annexation of Hawaii, The Spanish American War, and the Open Door Policy. 2. Explain the push and pull factors of immigration during 1870-1900 and describe the processing that took place at Ellis Island. 3. Take on the role of an American at the time the Constitution was ratified. Describe the Constitution (include the 7 principles of the constitution) and propose a new constitutional amendment. 8