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Theme 1: Manifest Destiny, Standard 6.1.12 A.3.a, 6.1.12 D.3.b

  1. What was the belief that the United States should own most or all of North America?
  2. During the______, about 25,000 laborers migrated to California from this country.
  3. Polk’s expansionist policies in this northwestern territory resulted in the split of the ______between United States and Britain.
  4. Conditions were placed on these settlers ______moving to Texas. They were supposed to worship as Roman Catholics. They were to become Mexican citizens. And they were to refrain from practicing slavery.
  5. In which supreme court decision, it ruled that slaves were property and not citizens?

Theme 2: Disunion, Standard 6.1.12.A.4a

  1. How did African-Americans best support the war effort?
  2. During the ______, one effect was it gave African-American men the right to vote.
  3. What did the Enforcement Act of 1870 make illegal?
  4. How did Hayes’ election effectively end Reconstruction?

Theme 3: Industrialization, Standard 6.1.12. d.6.a

  1. ______fueled industrialization by encouraging entrepreneurs to established businesses.
  2. Which labor strike turned Americans away from labor strike?
  3. The federal government supported employers during times of labor unrest by denying ______recognition as legally protected groups.
  4. How did electricity extend the number of hours in a day that Americans could work and play?
  5. The government and consumers worried that monopolies would squeeze out of small businesses and raises prices because of big ______.
  6. How did corporations maximize their profits?
  7. What was the primary goal of cartels, monopolies, trusts, and horizontal and vertical integration?
  8. Identify the arguments that support big businesses leaders as “captains of industry”.
  9. In the late 1800s, industrial workers faced low ______and long hours in unsafe working conditions.

Use the quotation below and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question.

“The recent alarming development and aggression of aggregated wealth, which, unless checked, will inevitably lead to the pauperization and hopeless degradation of the toiling masses, render it imperative, if we desire to enjoy the blessings of life, that a check should be placed upon its power … and a system adopted which will secure to the laborer the fruits of his toil …” (From the Preamble to the Knights of Labor constitution)

According to the preamble above, the Knights of Labor were devoted to …

  1. Specific workers’ issues such as wages, working hours, and working conditions.
  2. Violent strikes, boycotts, and negotiations with employers.
  3. Political reform through new laws and court cases.
  4. Broad social reform, including helping to improve the financial situation of laborers.

Theme 4 – Urbanization

  1. Steady jobs motivated ______migration.
  2. Who called attention to living conditions of tenement-dwellers?
  3. How did cities address the problems caused by urban living?
  4. Mass Transit allowed cities to be marked off by separate zones for heavy industry, financial institutions, residences, and public spaces. (Given)
  5. Which invention made the building and use of skyscrapers feasible?
  6. How did mass culture signify a change in American life?
  7. What were American schools suppose to do with immigrants?
  8. Identify the pull factors that brought immigrants to the United States.
  9. Why did most immigrants live in cities?

Theme 5 – Regional Changes

1. Use the graph and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

Why did the price of cotton drop after 1865?

  1. The boll weevil created an abundance of cotton.
  2. During the Civil War, many European textile factories had found suppliers outside the South.
  3. Without slave labor, Southern farmers could not afford to grow cotton.
  4. The Farmers’ Alliance forced the government to regulate crop prices.

2. Why was the Farmers’ Alliance formed in the 1870s?

3. How did Southern blacks lose rights in the years after the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments?

4. Use the graph and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.


What does the above chart indicate about the economic situation of many Southerners?

a.Many Southerners depended too heavily on industry.

b.After the Civil War, many Southerners struggled financially.

c.The Civil War and Reconstruction had little effect on the South.

d.Southerners needed to focus more on cotton production.

5. What was a central goal of Henry Grady’s idea for a New South?

6. What limited the economic recovery of the South? Southern banks with modest assets struggled to support industrial development. (Given)

7. Which of the following threatened the livelihoods of Southern farmers? The boll weevil (Given)

8. How did the U.S. government respond to attacks by Sioux Indians in eastern Minnesota?

9. What ultimately happened to Native Americans after war with America?

10. How did congress support the construction the transcontinental railroad?

Section 2 – Short Answers (15 pts)

Respond to one out of the two short answer questions below. Make sure that you fully answer the question.

1. Were John Brown's actions justified? (Think about both Bleeding Kansas and Harper’s Ferry)

2. How did the military draft cause social problems in the North during the Civil War?

Word Bank for Section 2

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John B rown

Harpers Ferry

Bleeding Kansas

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Popular Sovereignty

Abolitionist

Conscription Act

New York Draft Riots

Civil War

“Rich man’s war, poor man’s fight.”

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Section 3 – Short Answers (!5 pts)

Respond to one out of the two short answer questions below. Make sure that you fully answer the question.

3. What is a corporation? What are the advantages of creating a business as a corporation?

4. Were business leaders in the 19th century “robber barons” or “captains of industry”? Compare them to business leaders today.

Word Bank for Section 3

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Corporation

Horizontal Integration

Vertical Integration

Liability

Monopoly

Capital

Andrew Carnegie

John Rockefeller

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Section 4 – Short Answers (15 pts)

Respond to one out of the two short answer questions below. Make sure that you fully answer the question.

5. Did the US government treat Native Americans fairly in the period after the US Civil War?

6. How did the South change in the time period after the Civil War?

Word Bank for Section 4

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Wounded Knee

Chief Joseph Dawes Act Battle of Little Big Horn Sand Creek Massacre Industrialization Railroad

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US History 1 Final Review Sheet

Section 5 – Short Answers (15 pts)

Respond to the short answer question below, based on the map.

In which states were the largest reservations located and why do you think reservations were located in these places?