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Us History 1st Semester Study Guide
Us History 1st Semester Study Guide
Using class notes, homework, chapter guides, and the textbooks glossary, answer the following items.
6.1.1 Growth of Industrial America. Chater 6.
Define: Corporation:
Robber aron:
!aisse" #aire:
$ocial Darwinism:
%hat factors were responsible for the rapid industrial growth in the late &'((s)
a* b* c*
+ow did the U$ go,ernment aid the expansion of -merican railroads)
a* b*
ecause of the go,ernments laisse" faire policy, industrialist like Carnegie and Rockefeller established early economic
practices. Complete the following chart and e,aluate their contribution below.
%hat economic inno,ations
helped U$ industry expand)
Describe negati,e conse.uences
to -merican society.
Describe positi,e contributions to
-merican society.
-ndrew
Carnegie
/ohn D.
Rockefeller
Critical 0hinking. 1xplain whether you consider Carnegie and Rockefeller to be 2robber barons3 or 2industrial statesmen3)
6.1.! "r#ani$ation: %ensions and &ivisions. Chater '.
Define: 4ati,ism:
24ew 25mmigrants:
6any nati,e*born -mericans resented the 2new3 immigrants for what7.economic reasons)
7social and religious reason)
%hat role did racism play in the following e,ents)
Chinese 1xclusion -ct of &''8:
9entlemen -greement of &:(;:
<lessy , #erguson, &':= >'*?@:
6.1.( )oulist *ovement and +a#or "nions. Chater ,-! . 6-(.
Define: 5nflation:
%illiam /ennings ryan:
<opulist <arty:
%hy was o,erproduction a problem for the -merican farmer in the &':(s)
%hat did %illiam /ennings ryan promise to do during the election campaign of &':=)
Define: <ullman $trike:
1ugene A. Debs:
B,er what issues did labor and business owners clash)
a* b* c*
%hom did the U$ go,ernment usually support)
6.!.1-! )ro/ressive Era Reforms. Chater 0.
Define: 0rust:
$uffrage:
Referendum:
Recall:
6uckraker:
<rogressi,e
-mendments
Describe the -mendment. %hat social problem was it intended to reform)
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%hat factors aided the passage of the %omens $uffrage -mendment)
a* b* c*
%hat factors led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act?
a* b*
Critical 0hinking. %hy were <residents %ilson and 0heodore Roose,elt considered <rogressi,e <residents)
a* b*
9i,e examples of issues or causes that they promoted during their presidencies:
a* b* c*
6.(.1 1ecomin/ a 2orld )ower. Chater 13.
Define: 5mperialism:
Cellow /ournalism:
$panish*-merican %ar:
<hilippine 5nsurrections:
Roose,elt Corollary:
Bpen Door <olicy:
ig $tick <olicy:
Using the map below, locate and state the significance of the following:
Cuba:
<hilippines:
<uerto Rico:
<anama:
+awaii:
China:
6.(.(-4 2orld 2ar I Chater 11.
Define: 4ationalism:
6ilitarism:
-lliances:
%hat e,ent led to the fighting of %orld %ar 5, in &:&D)
7what was the U$ reaction in &:&D)
%hat e,ent led to the U$ entry into %orld %ar 5, in &:&;)
Using the map below, locate and state the significance of the following: 9reat ritain:
#rance:
9ermany:
-ustria*+ungary:
$erbia:
Russia:
+ow did the U$ entry into %orld %ar 5 affect7.-frican*
-mericans)
7immigrants)
7women)
%hy were the Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) passed)
...why did the $upreme Court uphold these laws in the case of Schenck v US (1918)?
%hat did <resident %ilsons Fourteen Points say about7.secret alliances and treaties)
7freedom of the seas)
...arms reduction)
...self*determination)
...a !eague of 4ations)
0he -llies feared the rise of 9ermany and wished to punish her. +ow was this accomplished in the reat! o" #ersai$$es?
a* b*
6any -mericans feared that the !eague of 4ations would entangle the U$ in future foreign wars7who led the opposition
to passage of the reat! o" #ersai$$es?
...what was the final ,erdict regarding U$ support of the !eague of 4ations)
'.1.1 %he Roarin/ %wenties. Chaters 1( . 1!.
Define: $acco*Aan"etti 0rial:
Red $care:
Euota $ystem:
#lappers:
$copes 0rial:
!ost 9eneration:
+arlem Renaissance:
Critical 0hinking. Using at least one of the abo,e terms, describe the struggle between 2traditional: and 2modern3 -merica
during the &:8(s.
Define: 6argin uying:
Credit <urchases:
%hy did the $tock 6arket Crash bring an end to the prosperity of the &:8(s)
'.1.(-! Great &eression and 5ew &eal. Chaters 14 . 1,.
Define: Dust owl:
onus -rmy:
+oo,er,illes:
4ew Deal:
? Rs:
4ew Deal <rogram %ho was intended to be helped) %hat problem was to be o,ercome)
4ational 5ndustrial Reco,ery -ct
-gricultural -dFustment -ct
$ecurities 1xchange Commission
#ederal Deposit 5nsurance Corporation
Ci,ilian Conser,ation Corps
%orks <rogress -dministration
4ational !abor Relations -ct
$ocial $ecurities -ct
Critical 0hinking. Using at least one of these -cts, describe how the 4ew Deal permanently changed the go,ernments
role in the U$ economy)
ecause the $upreme Court declared se,eral key 4ew Deal programs to be unconstitutional, what did <resident #ranklin
D. Roose,elt ask Congress to do)
...what was the outcome of this 2separation of powers3 struggle)
Critical 0hinking. Critics charged that the 4ew Deal often ,iolated what important -merican ,alues)
'.(.1-( 2orld 2ar II: Causes and Fi/htin/. Chaters 16 . 1'.
Define: -ppeasement:
!end*!ease -ct:
lit"krieg:
5sland*hopping:
Calta -greement:
5n what ways were the 9erman 4a"is and the /apanese militarists similar)
a* b* c*
%hat was the !eague of 4ations reaction to the military aggression of the /apanese and 9ermans in the late &:?(s)
%hat was the 6unich -greement in &:?')
...how did it contribute to the starting of %orld %ar 55)
%hat e,ent led to the starting of %orld %ar 55, in &:?:)
7what was the U$ reaction in &:?:)
%hat e,ent led to the U$ entry into %orld %ar 55, in &:D&)
Using the map below, locate and state the significance of the following: 4orth -frica Campaign:
1l*-lamein:
$talingrad:
D*Day:
<earl +arbor:
6idway:
5wo /ima:
+iroshima:
'.(.!-4 2orld 2ar II: 6ome Front and Genocide. Chaters 16 . 1'.
+ow did the U$ entry into %orld %ar 55 affect7.consumers)
7women)
7-frican*-mericans)
%hy were /apanese*-mericans relocated from the %est Coast to internment camps)
...why did the $upreme Court
uphold this 1xecuti,e Brder, in the
case of %ore&atsu v US >&:DD@?
Define: 9enocide:
#inal $olution:
%hat principle did the 4uremburg
0rials establish)