EXAMINATION 1 REVIEW
US SINCE 1877
This will be your first examination. It will cover events from chapter 16 to 19 in your online text (American Yawp) and your secondary readings (primary documents).
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 and scantron sheet for the multiple choice and a bluebook for the essay. .
Things you should know:
Chapter 16--Capital and Labor:
You should know:
Chapter 17--Conquering the West:
You should know:
Chapter 18--Life in Industrial America:
You should know:
Chapter 19—American Empire:
You should know:
TERMS:
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 and scantron sheet for the multiple choice and a bluebook for the essay. .
Things you should know:
Chapter 16--Capital and 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 gave rise to Social Darwinism and how did that influence big business and social inequality?
- What led to worker protest?
- Be able to discuss the Great Railroad strike of 1877 and the implications of that strike
- Look over the early labor movements—Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
- Know the circumstances surrounding the Haymarket Riot of 1886 and the results of that incident.
- What occurred with the Homestead Strike/Pullman Strike?
- The farmers’ problems and agrarian movements—Farm Alliances, and Populists (People’s Party)
- Currency issue and silver movement
- Election of 1896—First modern election, role of populists, silver issue, and “New Era”—William Jennings Bryan
- Study the Socialist movements in the US
Chapter 17--Conquering the West:
You should know:
- Be familiar with the migration patterns and trends to the West. How did the Homestead Act, 1862, facilitate westward migration and settlement?
- Study the Indians Wars and federal policy toward Native Americans. Be able to discuss the nature of the Indian Wars and the outcome.
- Be familiar with the Rise and Conditions of Mining in the West. Consider the nature of the mining rushes and mining towns.
- Be able to discuss the Rise and fall of the Cattle Kingdom/Cattle Drives. How did the Cattle Industry develop? Describe the cow towns. What role did the “cowboy” play in Western lore?
- Know the impact of the Railroad on the West and on the United States as a whole.
- What was the impact of farming and the end of the open range?
Chapter 18--Life in Industrial America:
You should know:
- What was the impact of technology and industrialization on American life?
- What were some of the great inventions of the late 19th century and how did they affect the way people lived their lives?
- 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. What role did cities play in the lives of the new immigrants? How and why did ethnic enclaves develop?
- What role did political machines, such as Tammany Hall in New York, play in urban life?
- Social changes brought about by education and new philosophical trends (Darwinism & Social Darwinism)
- Social Reform—Social Gospel—Settlement houses
- Women’s suffrage
- 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
- What was the ethos of the New South? What was the myth of the “Lost Cause”?
- Be able to discuss Women and Gender, Religion, and Culture in the late 19th Century
Chapter 19—American Empire:
You should know:
- What was the nature of American foreign policy from the end of the Civil War until the 1890s? What were the patterns of American intervention during this period?
- What led to the idea of American imperialism—i.e. Idea of imperialism already gripping Europe, Economic considerations, Christian missionaries, expansion beyond the continent, notion of Anglo-Saxon superiority, and religion.
- Be able to discuss Mahan’s Book, The Influence of Sea Power.
- Initial expansion in the Pacific region—Alaska, Hawai’i and Samoa
- Spanish-American War—Causes, course of war (Dewey/Philippines; Roosevelt/Cuba), and outcome of the war
- Involvement in China—“Open Door” policy in China
- What role did Theodore Roosevelt, as President, play in American Imperialism? What were the Monroe Doctrine and the “Roosevelt Corollary”?
- Panama Canal, Russo-Japanese War and involvement in Europe
- What was the role of women in American expansionism?
TERMS:
cHP. 16
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chp. 17
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chp. 18
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chp. 19
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