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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
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How did African-Americans best support the war effort?
During the ______________, one effect was it gave African-American men the right to vote.
What did the Enforcement Act of 1870 make illegal?
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 …
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Specific workers’ issues such as wages, working hours,
and working conditions.
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Violent strikes, boycotts, and negotiations with
employers.
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Political reform through new laws and court cases.
Broad social reform, including helping to improve the
financial situation of laborers.
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Theme 4 – Urbanization
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Steady jobs motivated ________________ migration.
Who called attention to living conditions of tenement-dwellers?
How did cities address the problems caused by urban living?
Mass Transit allowed cities to be marked off by separate zones for heavy industry, financial institutions,
residences, and public spaces. (Given)
Which invention made the building and use of skyscrapers feasible?
How did mass culture signify a change in American life?
What were American schools suppose to do with immigrants?
Identify the pull factors that brought immigrants to the United States.
Why did most immigrants live in cities?
Theme 5 – Regional Changes
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Use the graph and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Why did the price of cotton drop after 1865?
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The boll weevil created an abundance of cotton.
During the Civil War, many European textile factories
had found suppliers outside the South.
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Without slave labor, Southern farmers could not afford
to grow cotton.
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The Farmers’ Alliance forced the government to
regulate crop prices.
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Why was the Farmers’ Alliance formed in the 1870s?
How did Southern blacks lose rights in the years after the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments?
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?
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Many Southerners depended too heavily on industry.
After the Civil War, many Southerners struggled financially.
The Civil War and Reconstruction had little effect on the South.
Southerners needed to focus more on cotton production.
What was a central goal of Henry Grady’s idea for a New South?
What limited the economic recovery of the South? Southern banks with modest assets struggled to support
industrial development. (Given)
Which of the following threatened the livelihoods of Southern farmers? The boll weevil (Given)
How did the U.S. government respond to attacks by Sioux Indians in eastern Minnesota?
What ultimately happened to Native Americans after war with America?
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.
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Were John Brown's actions justified? (Think about both Bleeding Kansas and Harper’s Ferry)
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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
Abolitionist
Harpers Ferry
Conscription Act
Bleeding Kansas
New York Draft Riots
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Civil War
Popular Sovereignty
“Rich man’s war, poor man’s fight.”
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.
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What is a corporation? What are the advantages of creating a business as a corporation?
Were business leaders in the 19th century “robber barons” or “captains of industry”? Compare them to business
leaders today.
Word Bank for Section 3
Corporation
Monopoly
Horizontal Integration
Capital
Vertical Integration
Andrew Carnegie
Liability
John Rockefeller
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.
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Did the US government treat Native Americans fairly in the period after the US Civil War?
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How did the South change in the time period after the Civil War?
Word Bank for Section 4
Wounded Knee
Chief Joseph Dawes Act
Battle of
Little Big Horn Sand Creek Massacre
Industrialization
Railroad
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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?
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