United States History II



United States History II

Mid-Year Examination 2011

Study Guide/2011

Directions: Use this study guide to help you prepare for you mid-year exam on what you have studied in United States History II

Turn of the Century

1. Explain American Imperialism

2. How did the US acquire Hawaii and Alaska, and who were the major players? Were these good purchases, why?

3. What were the causes that lead to the Spanish-American war, and who was Jose Marti?

4. Where was the most famous battle, and where was the treaty signed?

5. What lands did the US obtain as a result?

6. Explain the importance of Theodore Roosevelt

7. What was the Panama Canal?

Progressive Era

1. What are the 4 goals of progressivism? Name one movement for each goal.

2. Who were muckrakers? Name them and properly explain their impact.

3. Name the women’s rights movements and their leaders in the progressive era.

4. What was Roosevelt’s Square Deal?

5. What role did Taft play in the Progressive Era?

6. What was Wilson’s New Freedom?

World War I

1. What were the MAIN causes of the war?

2. Explain American’s initial reaction to the war in Europe

3. What causes led to American involvement in WWI?

4. What attacks on civil liberties took place during WWI?

5. Where was the treaty signed, and what clause infuriated the Germans?

6. What was the fate of Wilson’s 14 points?

7. What was the League of Nations and how did America feel about it?

America During the 1920’s

1. Explain the ideological differences between modernists and traditionalists

2. Who were Sacco and Vanzetti, and for what are they famous?

3. How did modernists and traditionalists feel about: immigrants, prohibition, the bible, and evolution?

4. Explain the growth and decline of labor unions in the early to mid 20’s

5. What is a speakeasy? Who were AL Capone and the Untouchables?

6. Explain the importance of the Scopes Monkey Trial?

7. Explain the Palmer Raids and the rise of the KKK.

The Great Depression

1. Explain the cause of the Great Depression by identifying: margin spending, speculation, and credit.

2. What was Hoover’s reaction to the Great Depression?

3. What was the Dust Bowl? How were farmers affected?

4. Explain the events that occurred with the Bonus Army

5. What was the RFC and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act?

6. What was Black Tuesday?

The New Deal

1. Summarize the initial steps that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance in the United States.

2. Describe the New Deal work programs.

3. Identify the numerous critics of FDR’s New Deal policies.

4. Summarize the New Deal programs for farmers.

5. Identify the New Deal programs for labor and the economy.

6. Explain the “Pack the Court Bill”.

7. Describe the AFL/CIO.

Format of the Exam

• 50 Multiple Choice Questions

• Document Based Questions

• Open Response Question

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