United States History

Fall Semester 2011 Study Guide

1. List some of the advantages of westward expansion for the United States.
2. The belief that God intended the U.S. to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean was
known as what?
3. What was the relationship between the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad and
the Plains Indians?
4. Define the Morrill Act.
5. What were some of the reasons for the increased settlement of the West?
6. What was the relationship between cattle drives and the development of cities in the
West?
7. What was the Dawes General Allotment Act? What impacts did it have on Native
Americans?
8. How did the U.S. government attempt to assimilate American Indians into white culture?
9. Cities such as Gary Indiana and Pittsburgh Penn. were positively impacted by what
industrial process?
10. What happened to American Indians that agreed to go to reservations?
11. What is the difference between a corporation and a small business?
12. What is the difference between a monopoly and a trust?
13. What is Laissez-faire capitalism?
14. What is Social Darwinism?
15. Describe working and living conditions for most workers in the late 1800s.
16. Why did the Sherman Antitrust Act fail?
17. Identify and describe the various inventions that allowed urban centers expand vertically.
18. What caused urban areas to grow from 1865 to 1900?
19. Explain problems that developed in urban neighborhoods due to Industrialization.
20. Why did most immigrants during the period of Industrialization settle in eastern cities?
21. Why was the invention of electricity so important in the development of factories?
22. List some reasons why new immigrants came to the United States.
23. What was done at the immigration station at Ellis Island?
24. Define at least three push factors that motivated immigration to the United States from
1865 to 1920.
25. Explain where and describe who went through the two main Immigration Stations.
26. Describe the populist movement.
27. Progressives sought to do what?
28. Explain how and why did the Pure Food and Drug Act get passed?
29. Define and describe Susan B. Anthony and her influence on the passage of the 19 th
Amendment.
30. What legislation was passed to make government more responsive to the peoples needs?
31. List the progressive era amendments to the US Constitution (16-19) and explain each.
32. What were referendums, initiatives, and the recall designed to do?
33. Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?
34. Why did America want to become an imperial power?
35. What events contributed to American support for U.S. involvement in Cuba?
36. Who were the Rough Riders made up of?
37. What were some of the outcomes of the Spanish-American War?
38. What caused the U.S. to become an imperial power?
39. Why was President Theodore Roosevelt willing to support the Monroe Doctrine?
40. List some issues that affected the construction of the Panama Canal?
41. How did the swamp conditions within Panama create problems with building the Panama
Canal?
42. What were the four underlining causes of WWI?

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Who were the Allied Powers in 1914?

Who were the Central Powers in 1914?
What was trench warfare?
Explain the various events that led to US involvement in WWI?
How was the U.S. contributing the Allies before entering WWI?
Explain why in 1917 President Wilson supported involvement in WWI.
What were the responsibilities of the War Industry Board?
Define Communism and give an example of how it affected WWI.
Explain Wilsons 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles.
Explain the War-Guilt Clause.
The rejection of the Treaty of Versailles reflected a return to what American foreign
policy?
How did the U.S. try to isolate itself from European conflicts after WWI?
Compare and contrasts the foreign policies of presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Taft and
Wilson.
What was the Harding administrations view on big business?
Why did African Americans move north?
What did the Ku Klux Klan do?
What was the goal of the Pan-African movement?
What was the Lost Generation and who are some of its members?
What did the 18th Amendment do?
During the 1920s, what was the nations biggest business?
What did the assembly line lead to?
List some effects of the Red Scare.
Which movement originated among African American musicians of the south?
What was the mindset of many Americans during the Red Scare?
Define Nativism.
Explain the connection between the strong feeling of individuality and fashion of the
flapper.
What was the purpose of the New Deal?
Where did the Dust Bowl occur and what were its affects?

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