History 17B: United States History from 1865 – Present E.M. Nava Fall 2016

FIRST EXAM

You will be required to answer one of the following questions on Thursday September 15.

You may choose the question. Therefore, you must study and prepare for one question to be answered in class. In your answer, incorporate the reading material from your text, the reader, your lecture notes, and any documentaries viewed in class. Please make sure your thoughts are clear and analytical. Support your arguments with examples and make strong conclusions. Good Luck. Bring a small Blue Book, 8.5X7

  1. Develop a critical essay examining the positive and negative effects of the Reconstruction period. What kind of impact did these effects have on the African American community, Southern Society and the Women’s movement? (Be sure to make reference to the 13, 14 and 15 amendments, the Compromise of 1877, the AWSA, NWSA and Plessy V. Ferguson in your analysis). Conclude with your own analysis of why Reconstruction was a success or not.
  1. Examine and critically analyze the historical events, concepts, and laws that crushed the American Indians, concluding with the Battle of Wounded Knee. In your discussion make sure you critically analyze the political, social, and economic differences between the American Indian and the “New” American. Conclude with an analysis of their differences.
  1. With the development of the American West came changes in American society. Develop an essay summarizing the political, social, and economic changes that occurred after the Civil War and into the late 1800’s in the American West. In your discussion, discuss how the Chinese and Mexican Americans were affected by these changes and analyze how each of these groups pushed against the prevailing attitudes of the government in order to built strong communities. Conclude with an evaluation of their effectiveness.

You may wish to incorporate some of the following into your essay:

History 17B: United States History from 1865 – Present E.M. Nava Fall 2016

  • The Little Big Horn
  • Dawes Act of 1887
  • Reservation Policy
  • Wounded Knee, 1890
  • Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
  • Barrioization
  • Sitting Bull
  • Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
  • A.W.S.A.
  • Ku Klux Klan
  • Susan B. Anthony/NWSA
  • Ghost Dance
  • Santa Barbara (A Case Study)
  • Mutual Aid Societies
  • Dual Wage System
  • Foreign Miners Tax
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Charles Sumner
  • Booker T. Washington
  • Lucy Stone/AWSA
  • “ The Chinese Problem”
  • “The Mexican Problem”
  • Convict Leasing
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Laramie Treaty
  • Medicine Lodge Treaty