ELL U.S.

HISTORY 2 SEMESTER FINAL nd

REVIEW
1. Describe following amendments:
a. 13th: Slavery ended

b. 14th: Black people got citizenship

c. 15th: Black men got vote

2. Give a descrip<on of each of the following groups and their views on Reconstruc<on:
a. Radical Republicans:
They wanted to remind people that it was the South/Confederacy that had started the Civil War.

b. Moderate Republicans:
Moderate Republicans felt strongly that if the South was punished too hard, they would rebel, or ght back,
again. Moderate Republicans supported the North helping to rebuild the South

c. Southerners:
The United States government occupied the South, freed the slaves, and dissolved, or got rid of, the
Confederate Government.

d. Freedmen:
Many felt as if they had died and gone to heaven. Finally, they were free! However, Freedmen faced many
questions and uncertainties after slavery was abolished
3. In the chart below, provide a descrip<on of the parts of both the Presiden<al and Congressional
Reconstruc<on plans.

Presiden(al Reconstruc(on Plan Congressional Reconstruc(on Plan

Help the slaves

Help the
soldiers, but
they need to do The people that
oath born in US is
American

4. Describe what the Black Codes were and give at least one example.
Was laws that the government put to control the black people after the freedom.
5. Below, explain the following:
a. What the KKK was/is:
Violence group
b. The goals of the KKK:
Equal rights
c. Different strategies the KKK used to scare/inHmidate people:
Bombs or guns

6. Define lynching.
A group of people who murder someone believe they communist a crime without have any evidence.

7. Why were people lynched? Were people actually innocent or guilty of the crimes they were lynched for?
People who were lynched were never acuss of a crimen.

8. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau, and how did it try to help the Freedmen?

Tried to protect the africans Americans. The tried to reunite familys

9. What is the definiHon of disenfranchisement?

v Freedmen had to pay in order to vote / Literacy tests Freedmen needed to pass a test in order
to vote
10. How were poll taxes and literacy tests examples of disenfranchisement?
v To take away, or deprive someone of their right to vote / Poll tax

11. Describe the Compromise of 1877.

Ended the Reconstruction

12. In the chart below, describe both the successes and failures of ReconstrucHon.

Successes Failures

14th amendment: citizenship

/ 15th amendment: right to vote Lynching / Continued
/ Black men elected to govt. Growing number of violence by the
African Americans in politics KKK
/ Freedman's Bureau- helps give education and V Black Codes / Segregation
training to Freedmen & helps unite families

13. Fill in the chart below:

Push factors for immigrants to the US Pull factors for immigrants to the US

14. What types of immigrants were coming to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
From di erent parts of the world like Europe or Asian, and South America
 15. How were Chinese/Asian immigrants treated who were coming to the United States?
Asians also traveled by boats prosecuted on Angel Island and faced laws of exclusion and discrimination.

16. Define “na<vism.”

Nativism is an ideology that favors citizens born in the country over immigrants

17. What were three causes of the Industrial Revolu<on?

a.

b.

c.

18. Define Robber Baron.

19. Define philanthropist.

20. Provide a defini<on of “monopoly,” and explain why monopolies are bad for people.

A monopoly is when a person controls the market of a single prod

21. Fill in the chart below:

Posi4ve effects of the Industrial Revolu4on Nega4ve effects of the Industrial Revolu4on

It came with many conditions dangerous jobs

It helped economic growth, employment,
economic inequality environmental pollution,
improvements in life, infrastructure
exploitation of children and loss of traditional
development, transforming societies and
ways of life
helping to improve
22. What did workers do during the Industrial Revolu<on to improve their employment/working
condi<ons?

23. What were industrial ci<es/urban areas like during the Industrial Revolu<on?

24. What was the Progressive Era?

25. List and describe the 4 goals of the Progressive era.

a.
a. Political Reform Progressives sought to make the government more transparent
b. b. Social Justice They sought to address labor exploitation urban poverty and improve working and living conditions
c. Economic Regulation They proposed antitrust laws trade regulations
c. d. Environmental Conservation: they moved the conservation of natural resources and the protection of parks
by the creation of national parks and park use regulations
d.

26. What was a “muckraker” and what was their goal?

Was a research journalist who exposed corruption and social abuses during the Progressive Era in the
USA
moving reforms and public awareness

27. What were 2 accomplishments of the muckrakers?

28. What was the 19th Amendment?

Gave women the right to vote

29. Define imperialism.

30. What were the reasons for American Imperialism?
a.

b.

c.

d.

31. Define “yellow journalism,” and explain how it helped cause the Spanish American War.

32. What were the three causes of the Spanish American War?
a.

b.

c.

33. What areas did the US gain control of a[er the Spanish American War?
34. Describe how the US gained control over the following areas, as well as HOW they took control and
WHY they wanted to control that area:
a. Puerto Rico:

b. Cuba:

c. Hawaii:

d. Philippines:

e. Panama

35. List and describe the four long term causes of World War 1:
a.

b.

c.

d.

36. What was the short-term cause of WWI?

37. What were the 2 reasons why the US entered World War 1?

38. List and describe five ways WWI impacted US society.

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

39. What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? (We discussed 3 in class.)

40. What was the Red Scare?

41. Draw and describe the Business Cycle in the space below.
42. Define consumerism.

43. List and describe 3 reasons why people were spending more money in the 1920s.

44. Who are flappers, and how did women change in the 1920s?

45. What was prohibi<on and what was an effect of prohibi<on?

46. Define/describe the Harlem Renaissance.

47. What caused the stock market to crash in 1929?

48. List and describe at least 4 causes of the Great Depression.

a.

b.

c.

d.
49. What was the New Deal?

50. What were the three goals of the New Deal?

51. Describe each of the following New Deal programs:

a. Bank Holiday & the Emergency Banking Relief Act:

b. Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora<on (FDIC):

c. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA):

d. Works Progress Administra<on (WPA):

e. Civilian Conserva<on Corps (CCC):

f. Securi<es and Exchange Commission (SEC):

g. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA):

h. Social Security Act:

52. What was the Dust Bowl, what were the cause of the Dust Bowl, and who did it affect?

53. What struggles did Italy and Germany face a[er WWI? How did this impact their governments?
54. What countries were part of the Allies in WWII? What countries were part of the Axis powers in WWII?

55. What were the feelings and policies of the US in the 1930s towards what was happening in Europe?

56. What happened on December 7, 1941? How did this impact the United States?

57. What is total war, and how did we see total war in both WWI and WWII?

58. How did Americans support WWII from the Homefront?

59. What was the Holocaust?