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Name:_______________ STUDY GUIDE FOR AMERICAN HISTORY II MID-TERM – 11TH GRADE – JANUARY 2017 Terms (Identification - 10 points) – 5 minutes Popular sovereignty Freedman’s Bureau Cotton diplomacy Visa Bessemer process Mass production division of labor monopoly “Robber barons” Sherman Anti-Trust Act Map of the United States (34 points – 1/2 point spelling and 1/2 point location) 34 states chosen randomly from the list of 50. Timeline – 10 points Civil War begins -1861 Emancipation Proclamation comes into effect – January, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg – July, 1863 Gettysburg Address – November, 1863 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse - 1865 America celebrates 100th anniversary – 1876 Light bulb invented - 1876 Telephone invented - 1879 Ellis Island opens - 1892 Plessy vs. Ferguson says segregation legal - 1896 Amendments – Fill-ins – (6 points- 2 points each) Give the purpose and significance of the following amendments. Describe its impact on us today. 13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment Short Essays (40 points – 10 points each) – 15 minutes on each totaling 60 minutes Below is a list of essays. You must do the two required essays, then choose 2 (two) from the remaining list. Each essay should be two- three paragraphs long. You are allowed to bring the “Life of a Sharecropper” source. Required 1. The Abolitionist Movement did not happen overnight. It took many years for it to become a significant movement that led to the end of slavery in America. In a two paragraph essay, summarize the challenges faced by African-Americans in different periods of time. Paragraph Two: Discuss how certain events impacted affected free or enslaved African-Americans in the United States. Select two (2) from below, and define and describe in detail the event and its affect on African-Americans. Declaration of Independence The Constitution Invention of the cotton gin Louisiana Purchase Slave rebellions Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decision Compromise of 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Paragraph Two: Explain how the abolitionist movement helped change attitudes towards slavery in America. Include one of the abolitionists listed below. Describe their contributions in detail and describe how they contributed to the movement. Frederick Douglass David Walker Sojourner Truth William Lloyd Garrison Grimke sisters Henry Highland Garnett Benjamin Lundy 2. After reading the primary source “The Life of a Sharecropper,” discuss three challenges faced by sharecroppers in the south. Choose 2 from the following: 3. In one paragraph, summarize three (3) positives of owning either a sole proprietorship, a partnership, or a corporation. In a second paragraph, summarize three (3) negative of owning that type of business. Then, discuss whether you would want to own such a business. 4. In one paragraph, summarize three (3) positives of working for either a sole proprietorship, a partnership, or a corporation. In a second paragraph, summarize three (3) negative of working in that type of business. Then, discuss whether you would want to own such a business. 5. Write an essay defining a strike, lockout, and a collective bargaining agreement. Give an example learned in class or an example of each. You may hand in a newspaper article and use it as an example for extra credit. 6. In class, we discussed the differences between the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. In one paragraph, describe two aspects of the Union army, then in a second paragraph, counter them with aspects of the Confederate army. Consider which armies had the advantage or disadvantage before the conflict.