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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.