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Social Studies Midterm Review Sheet 8IA

Exam Dates: Jan 11, 2017 essay; Jan 13,2017 multiple choice. Complete this entire sheet by ______Prepare for this very important exam, please write as much detail as possible when you identify, describe or define these words. Use your tech book, notes, homework, and handouts. Save this handout for use for final exam too. You can also use loose leaf to record your answers.

1. What is capitalism?
2. What led to the rise of Big Business?
3. Define laissez-faire
4. Who was John D. Rockefeller?
5. Why were corporations allowed to grow?
6. What were monopolies?
7. What was the government’s response to big business?
8. Define: Interstate Commerce Act
9. Define: Sherman Antitrust Act
10. How did labor unions help workers?
11. What problems were associated with urbanization?
12. What were the working conditions like in the factories?
13. What was the impact of immigration?
14. Define nativism
15. What were ethnic ghettos/ ethnic neighborhoods?
16. “melting pot” theory vs. “salad bowl theory”
17. Define: exodusters
18. What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?
19. What were some goals of the Populists?
20. Why were parties like the Populist Party created?
21. What did the Progressive Party want to change?
22. How did the Progressive movement change the nation?
23. What did muckrakers do to inform people about problems?
24. What was the purpose of the Meat Inspections Act?
25. What does the term “general welfare” mean? / In the public’s best interest. For the good of the people
26. What was Theodore Roosevelt’s position on Trusts?
27. Define: 18th amendment – Prohibition.
28. Define:19th amendment
29. Define: suffrage/franchise
30. Define: imperialism
31. Define: neutrality
32. Define: expansionism
33. Define: Big Stick Policy
34. What was the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
35. Why did Teddy Roosevelt want to build the Panama Canal?
36. Spanish American War (causes and effects)
37. World War I - causes
38. World War I - effects
39. What was trench warfare?
40. Define rationing.
41. What was the role of conservation during WWI?
42. What are immigration quotas or restrictions? Why were they used?
43. What changes in the auto industry impacted the economy?
44. What changes occurred for women during WWI?
45. What is a primary source?
46. “Which is the result of the other three?” type questions

Possible essay topics:

A. Reform movements

B. Foreign policy

C. Turning points in history