EXAMINATION 1 REVIEW:
EXAMINATION 1 REVIEW
US HISTORY SINCE 1877
This will be your first examination. It will cover events from chapter 18 to 21 in your text.
Since this is the first examination most of you will be taking in my class, I thought that it would be useful to go over what you could expect on my test. Although I do allow you to retake one exam this semester, I hope that you won't need to exercise that option on the first exam.
Your examination will be part multiple choice AND part essay. You will need to bring to class with you a pencil for the multiple choice and a bluebook for the essay. We will take the exam during the second part of the period on Thursday.
Things you should know:
Chapter 18—Big Business and Organized Labor:
You should know:
· What contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution in the US
· The role of the Railroads in the late 19th century
· What led to the concept of big business
· Captains of Industry—Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan
· What led to worker protest
· Great Railroad strike of 1877
· Early labor movements—Knights of Labor
· Haymarket Riot
· Homestead Strike/Pullman Strike
· Socialist movements in the US
Chapter 19: The New South and New West.
You should know:
· The notion of the “New South” and Henry W. Grady
· Conditions of Tenancy and Sharecropping
· The rise of the Bourbon class in the south
· Disfranchising African-American and imposing “Jim Crow” laws/Segregation
· Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois
· The migration to the West—i.e. “Exoduser”
· The Indians Wars
· Rise and Conditions of Mining in the West
· Rise and fall of the Cattle Kingdom
· The impact of the Railroad on the West
· Farming and the end of the open range
Chapter 20—Emergence of Urban America:
You should know:
· What led to the rise of large cities in the US
· How cities coped with growth
· Be able to describe life in the cities
· Discuss the experience of the new immigrant to the US and nativist reaction to the new immigrant
· Social changes brought about by education and new philosophical trends (Darwinism & Social Darwinism)
· Social Reform—Social Gospel—Settlement houses
· Women’s suffrage
Chapter 21—The Gilded Age and Agrarian Revolt:
You should know:
· What the Gilded Age was
· Nature of politics—i.e. presidency; equilibrium of political parties; role of third parties; what voter turn out was like and why; and the major issues (political corruption and the tariff)
· The issues of the Hayes administration—civil service reform, division of Republicans, why Hayes did not run for a second term
· Garfield and Arthur administrations—Assassination of Garfield; Arthur’s support of civil service reform and tariff reform
· Election of 1884 and Cleveland’s first administration—issues of the election and Cleveland’s views on government, civil service reform, Union veterans’ pensions, railroad regulation, and tariff reform
· Harrison administration—Veterans’ benefits, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Sherman Silver Purchase Act and McKinley Tariff
· The farmers’ problems and agrarian movements—Grangers, Farm Alliances, Greeback Party and Populists (People’s Party)
· Currency issue and silver movement
· Election of 1896—First modern election, role of populists, silver issue, and “New Era”
TERMS:
1. Henry W. Grady
2. The Duke family of North Carolina
3. The Bourbons
4. Mississippi Plan
5. Plessy v. Ferguson
6. Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois
7. Exodusers
8. Battle of the Little Bighorn
9. A Century of Dishonor
10. Dodge City
11. Daws Severalty Act
12. Transcontinental Railroad
13. “Robber Barons”
14. Molly Maguires
15. Anarchism
16. Samuel Gompers
17. Eugene Debs
18. IWW
19. Contract Labor Law 1864
20. Ellis Island
21. American Protective Association
22. Social Darwinism
23. Salvation Army
24. Jane Addams/Hull House
25. Susan B. Anthony
26. Stalwart and Half-Breeds
27. Pendleton Civil Service Act
28. Bland-Allison Act
29. Mongrel Tariff
30. Sherman Antitrust Act
31. Interstate Commerce Commission
32. Grangers
33. Populists
34. William Jennings Bryan
US HISTORY SINCE 1877
This will be your first examination. It will cover events from chapter 18 to 21 in your text.
Since this is the first examination most of you will be taking in my class, I thought that it would be useful to go over what you could expect on my test. Although I do allow you to retake one exam this semester, I hope that you won't need to exercise that option on the first exam.
Your examination will be part multiple choice AND part essay. You will need to bring to class with you a pencil for the multiple choice and a bluebook for the essay. We will take the exam during the second part of the period on Thursday.
Things you should know:
Chapter 18—Big Business and Organized Labor:
You should know:
· What contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution in the US
· The role of the Railroads in the late 19th century
· What led to the concept of big business
· Captains of Industry—Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan
· What led to worker protest
· Great Railroad strike of 1877
· Early labor movements—Knights of Labor
· Haymarket Riot
· Homestead Strike/Pullman Strike
· Socialist movements in the US
Chapter 19: The New South and New West.
You should know:
· The notion of the “New South” and Henry W. Grady
· Conditions of Tenancy and Sharecropping
· The rise of the Bourbon class in the south
· Disfranchising African-American and imposing “Jim Crow” laws/Segregation
· Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois
· The migration to the West—i.e. “Exoduser”
· The Indians Wars
· Rise and Conditions of Mining in the West
· Rise and fall of the Cattle Kingdom
· The impact of the Railroad on the West
· Farming and the end of the open range
Chapter 20—Emergence of Urban America:
You should know:
· What led to the rise of large cities in the US
· How cities coped with growth
· Be able to describe life in the cities
· Discuss the experience of the new immigrant to the US and nativist reaction to the new immigrant
· Social changes brought about by education and new philosophical trends (Darwinism & Social Darwinism)
· Social Reform—Social Gospel—Settlement houses
· Women’s suffrage
Chapter 21—The Gilded Age and Agrarian Revolt:
You should know:
· What the Gilded Age was
· Nature of politics—i.e. presidency; equilibrium of political parties; role of third parties; what voter turn out was like and why; and the major issues (political corruption and the tariff)
· The issues of the Hayes administration—civil service reform, division of Republicans, why Hayes did not run for a second term
· Garfield and Arthur administrations—Assassination of Garfield; Arthur’s support of civil service reform and tariff reform
· Election of 1884 and Cleveland’s first administration—issues of the election and Cleveland’s views on government, civil service reform, Union veterans’ pensions, railroad regulation, and tariff reform
· Harrison administration—Veterans’ benefits, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Sherman Silver Purchase Act and McKinley Tariff
· The farmers’ problems and agrarian movements—Grangers, Farm Alliances, Greeback Party and Populists (People’s Party)
· Currency issue and silver movement
· Election of 1896—First modern election, role of populists, silver issue, and “New Era”
TERMS:
1. Henry W. Grady
2. The Duke family of North Carolina
3. The Bourbons
4. Mississippi Plan
5. Plessy v. Ferguson
6. Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois
7. Exodusers
8. Battle of the Little Bighorn
9. A Century of Dishonor
10. Dodge City
11. Daws Severalty Act
12. Transcontinental Railroad
13. “Robber Barons”
14. Molly Maguires
15. Anarchism
16. Samuel Gompers
17. Eugene Debs
18. IWW
19. Contract Labor Law 1864
20. Ellis Island
21. American Protective Association
22. Social Darwinism
23. Salvation Army
24. Jane Addams/Hull House
25. Susan B. Anthony
26. Stalwart and Half-Breeds
27. Pendleton Civil Service Act
28. Bland-Allison Act
29. Mongrel Tariff
30. Sherman Antitrust Act
31. Interstate Commerce Commission
32. Grangers
33. Populists
34. William Jennings Bryan
