HISTORY 1302 (Distance learning)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

TEST 1

Because the history of the United States was shaped and influenced to a large degree by the geography of the continent, it is imperative that students know the basic details of United States geography. Therefore the student will be required to take a geography map test. A couple of websites that might help you with the map quiz are: Drag and Drop the States and The USA Quiz

The multiple-choice map test will be taken in the Testing Center on an answer sheet provided by the Testing Center.

The map test will be the first test taken in this course and must be completed by the deadline date listed in the syllabus.

Any good atlas will help you locate all of the features that you need to identify. Your text has a map that shows most of the features listed below. A practice map which may be copied for study is found below.

The test will specify thirty (30) of the following and ask the student to locate them on a map:
All 50 states by name Great Basin
Canada Great Plains
Mexico Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Ocean Florida Keys
Pacific Ocean Long Island
Gulf of Mexico Cape Cod
Hudson River 49 s North Latitude
Ohio River Washington D.C.
Mississippi River New York City
Missouri River Philadelphia
Red River Boston
Columbia River Charleston, S.C.
Colorado River Chicago
Rio Grande River Austin, Texas
All 5 Great Lakes by name Richmond
Sierra Nevada Mountains Denver
Rocky Mountains





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TEST 2
Chapters 17- 20

 

Chapter 17

 

1. Identify the physical features of the Great Plains that impeded western settlement.

 

2. Describe the lifestyle and organization of the Indians o the Great Plains.

 

3. Describe the development and results of the Reservation Policies.

 

4. Name the major U.S. government Indian policies from 1830 to 1890. How did these policies try to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society? What were the results?

 

5. Describe the “Sioux Wars.” What was the last battle fought?

 

6. Identify the most significant blow to Indian tribal life.

7. Describe the U.S. government's land distribution policy from1862-1890.

8. Identify the largest landowning group in the west.

9. Discuss the Spanish influences in Southwestern life and institutions. Describe their impact on law, labor and gender relations.

10. Describe the typical mining camp of the 19th century. Describe their leisure pursuits, forms of government, and demographics.

11. Describe the development of the cattle industry. What factors helped the industry to develop? What difficulties did they encounter.

12. Identify the major aspects of cowboy society.

13. Describe the problems facing western farmers.



Chapter 18

1. Explain the factors that aided the  rapid industrial growth in the 19th century U.S.

2. List the elements in the transportation and communications revolutions.

3. Explain the advantages of the railroads in promoting economic growth.

 

4. Describe the government’s role in developing railroads.

5. Describe how post-Civil War railroads were constructed and their political and economic impact on society.

6. Explain how the transcontinental railroad was constructed and financed.

7. Describe the economic difficulties associated with rapid  railroad growth in the U.S.

8. Explain why the steel industry grew in the 19th century. What processes helped the mass production of steel?

9. Evaluate why Andrew Carnegie triumphed in the steel industry to 1901.

10. Describe why John D. Rockefeller triumphed in the oil industry.

11. List the two MOST important innovations of the late 19th century.

12. Describe the workplace conditions for 19th century men, women and children. What kinds of work did each do?

 

13. Compare and contrast the growth, organization and goals of the Knights of Labor with the American Federation of Labor. Who were the most important leaders? Who joined each organization? What kinds of skills did members have? What tactics did these organizations use to reach their goals?

 

14. Describe the most important labor strikes of the period. What were their causes and results?

 

Chapter 19

1. Identify the developments in city architecture and housing patterns in the late 19th century.

2. Describe the problems of overcrowding caused by the rapid population growth of American cities.

 

3. Describe the characteristics of immigrants from 1877 to 1890. Where did they come from? What were their goals?

 

4. Compare and contrast the immigrants who came to America before 1880 with those who came between 1880 and 1910. Describe the “new immigrants?”

5. Explain how the urban political machines worked from 1850 to 1900. Identify the most famous machines. Who were the most prominent leaders?

6. Name the main types of popular entertainment from 1877 to 1890.

7. Explain how the average American middle class family changed from 1877 to 1890.

 

8. Describe the changing roles of women in society. What was femme couverte?

9. Identify the main American educational trends from 1877 to 1890.

10. Name the court case establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine.

11. Describe the factors fostering the growth in higher education to 1900.

12. Describe the place of Blacks in higher education from 1860 to 1900. What opportunities and hardships did they face?

13. What is meant by Social Darwinism?


14. Describe the goal of Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise."

 

15. Describe the growth of Jim Crow segregation and the Supreme Court decisions that upheld it.

16. Describe the background and goals of the Settlement House program.

 

Chapter 20

1. Identify the social, political and economic results of the depression in the 1890s.

 

2. Identify the issues supported by the Gilded Age Democratic Party.

3. Identify the issues supported by the Gilded Age Republican Party.

4. Describe the purposes, provisions and results of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. How effective was it?


5. Evaluate the purpose of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act


6. Describe the farmers' major complaints.


7. Discuss the Ocala Platform of the Populists.

8. Describe the 1892 election. What were the platforms of the different parties? What groups did each party appeal to? Who won the election?

9. Discuss the causes, nature and results of the Pullman Strike. How did it end?


10. Describe the causes and consequences of the Depression of 1892. How did the government respond? How did it affect women and children as workers?


11. Describe the most important trends in American literature during the Gilded Age.

12. Describe the campaign strategies of the candidates in 1896. Describe the results. Who were the candidates? What were the main issues?

13. Evaluate the economy and legislation passed during the first McKinley administration.

14. Describe the results of the election of 1900.

 

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Test 3
Chapters 21-24

 


Chapter 21

1. Explain why Americans became interested in an overseas empire in the late 19th century.

2. Discuss the tenets of Social Darwinism espoused by Josiah Strong.

3. Describe the basic goals of 19th century American foreign policy.

4. Describe U.S. foreign policy goals towards Latin America from 1869 to 1896.

5. Discuss the U.S. relationship with Hawaii in the 19th century.

6. Describe the reasons to support and to oppose the annexation of Hawaii. Describe the annexation process.

7. Describe Alfred Thayer Mahan's arguments for a new navy. How did American foreign policy goals change? What were the domestic and foreign results of this more aggressive policy?

8. List the causes of the Spanish-American War.

9. Describe the types of U.S. troops used in the Spanish-American War.

10. List the major campaigns in the Spanish-American War.

11. Describe the new American empire after the Spanish-American War. What new territories were gained? What difficulties did the US face with this new empire?

12. Explain the reasons for opposition in the U.S. to overseas empire.

13. Discuss John Hay's "Open Door" policy in China .



Chapter 22


1. Who were the most prominent muckrakers? Describe their work.

 

2. Name the leading industry in the mass production movement.

3. Explain how Henry Ford transformed the auto industry.

4. Discuss the important aspects of mass production in the early 20th century.

5. Describe the changes in the workplace as a result of mass production. How did the jobs of workers change because of mass production and assembly lines?

6. List the principles of Frederick Taylor's scientific management.

7. Discuss the major aspects of U.S. farm life in the early 20th century. How had farm life changed? What policies did the government pursue?

8. Explain the conditions faced by working women in 1900. How had these conditions changed? What types of jobs did they hold?

9. Describe the efforts and leaders of the Niagara Movement and the NAACP.

10. Explain the main characteristics of immigration to the U.S. 1901-1920. who came to America? How many people? What conditions did they face?

11. Describe the changing conditions for labor and the growing number of strikes. What were the main sources of conflict?


12. Name the major unions and their leaders in the early 20th century U.S. labor movement. Who did the appeal to? What were the main goals of these unions?


13. What unions did women join? What difficulties did women face?


14. How did the Ford Company deal with workers?


15. Describe the important demographic characteristics of the U.S. population in 1920.

16. describe the cultural changes that took place in the early 1900s. Describe the new leisure activities.

17. Identify the new expressions in dance, art and poetry. How did the music industry change?


Chapter 23

1. List the supporters, characteristics and goals of Progressivism.

 

2. Describe the rise of the “Professions” and how it influenced the growth of a new middle class.


3. Describe the Social Justice Movement. What were their goals?


4. Name the constitutional amendments passed by Progressives. Who were the leaders who helped pass them?

 

5. Describe the Progressive reforms in municipal and state governments.

6. Who was the most important leader in educational reform?

7. Explain Theodore Roosevelt's trust policy. What company was his first target in his attack on trusts?

8. List the legislative accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt.

9. Describe the conservation policies of Theodore Roosevelt.

10. Discuss the issues over which the Republican Party split during Taft's presidency.

11. Identify the candidates, issues and results of the presidential election of 1912.

12. Describe Wilson's goals and list his legislative accomplishments. What were his positions on women and minority rights?

13. Describe Wilson 's anti-progressive stands on legislation. 

 


Chapter 24

1. Describe Theodore Roosevelt's defense and foreign policies.

2. Discuss how the U.S. got the Panama Canal.

3. Explain the purposes, and results of the Roosevelt Corollary.

4. Explain the goals of Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy."

5. Discuss the characteristics of Wilson 's “Moral Diplomacy.”

6. Describe Wilson's diplomacy prior to U.S. entry into World War I.

7. Describe Wilson's policy toward Mexico from 1913 to 1917.

8. Discuss the diplomatic events of 1914 leading to World War I. BHow did the US act in 1914?

9. Explain the basis of American support for Britain in 1914.

10. Explain why the U.S. entered World War I.

11. Discuss the developments on the home front during WWI. Discuss the social and political conflicts that took place.


12. Identify the major provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.

13. Explain why the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

 

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TEST 4

Chapters 25-28


 
Chapter 25

1. List the factors that contributed to the rise of the Second Industrial Revolution.

2. Discuss why the automobile industry grew in the 1920's.

3. Discuss the social and economic results of mass production and the mass consumption of consumer goods. What did these changes mean for traditional industries?

4. Describe the areas of economic weakness in the 1920's.

5. Describe changes for women and the family that took place in the 1920's. Describe the changes in politics, family size and labor patterns.

6. Describe the changing popular culture of the 1920s

7. Explain the events of the Red Scare.

8. Evaluate Prohibition in America. Who supported it? How was it enforced? Describe the results.

9. Describe the membership, growth and ideology of the Second Ku Klux Klan.

 

10. Describe the growth and results of nativism  (anti-immigrant sentiment) in the 1920s.

11. Describe the participants and results of the Scopes Trial.

12. Describe the scandals of the Harding administration.

13. Detail the Republicans' policies and legislative priorities in the 1920's.

14. Describe the factions within the Democratic party in the 1920's.

15. Evaluate the candidates and their supporters in the election of 1928.



Chapter 26

1. Discuss the causes of the Great Crash.

2. Identify the main causes of the Great Depression.How were minorities and the different social classes affected?

3. Name the most prominent victim of the Great Depression.

4. Describe Hoover 's response to the Great Depression.

5. Name FDR’s first effort to deal with the economic crisis.

6. Explain the provisions and problems of the National Recovery Act.

7. Explain the implementation and problems of the Agricultural Adjustment Act.Who did and who did not benefit?

8. Who were the most prominent critics of the New Deal? What were their arguments?

10. Identify the true originator of Social Security and identify the most important aspects of the program.

11. Name the most successful and enduring of the New Deal programs.

 

12. Describe the state of unions and labor during the 1930s. Who benefited? How?


14. Describe the impact of the New Deal on American minorities.

14. Explain what FDR’s court-packing scheme was and why it failed.

15. Explain why the Democrats suffered in the 1938 elections.



Chapter 27

1. What was the intent of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?


2. Explain the reasons why isolationism increased in the U.S. during the 1920's and 1930's. What policies resulted from this isolationist sentiment?

3. Detail the principal events of U.S. foreign policy from 1939 to 1941.

4. Explain why Japan went to war with the U.S.

5. Evaluate the planning and attack on Pearl Harbor. Describe the results.

6. Name the single greatest advantage of the U.S. in World War II.

7. Explain the U.S. distrust of the Soviet Union during World War II. How did the US try to keep the Soviets in the war?

8. Describe the war plan followed by the Allies in 1942-43.

9. Describe the U.S. strategy in the Pacific during World War II.

10. Examine the major domestic developments during World War II. Describe the internment of Japanese Americans during the war. What were the purposes and results?

11. How did America become the "Arsenal of Democracy."?


12. How did the war affect women and minorities?


13. Describe how FDR won the election of 1944.

14. Evaluate the results of the Yalta conference.


15. Explain why the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945.



Chapter 28

1. Discuss the results of the Potsdam Conference. What did the Allies agree to do?

2. Describe events in Europe after WWII. How did the West and Soviets divide Europe?  

3. Describe the goals and results of the Baruch Plan

4. Explain the components of Truman's Containment Policy. Who were the most prominent supporters? Describe the most important containment polices. What were the results?

5. Describe Russia's land blockade of West Berlin. How did the US respond? How did his Republican opponents respond? What were the results?

6. Describe the key elements of U.S. defense policy from 1945 to 1960.

7. Explain why China "fell" to the Communists in 1949. What were the results?

8. Describe the outbreak of the Korean War. What were the perceptions and expectations of each side? Describe the results.


9. Identify the domestic controversies during Truman’s first term

10. Name the candidates and describe the issues in the1948 presidential election. How did the different candidates campaign? What were the results?

11. Describe the events that encouraged the rise of McCarthyism. Describe his tactics.

12. Describe the events that contributed to the downfall of McCarthyism.

 


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TEST 5
Chapters 29-32

 


Chapter 29


1. Discuss the main social events of the postwar era from 1945 to 1960. Discuss the changing demographics that took place after the war

2. Explain the cause of the U.S. post-World War II economic boom.

3. Explain the results of postwar suburbanization.

4. Describe the results of the launching of "Sputnik."


5. Who were the critics of 1950s culture? What did they argue?


6. Identify Truman’s biggest success in the area of Civil Rights.

7. Discuss Eisenhower's legislative program.

8. Describe the Brown v. Board of Education. Who were the most important leaders? How did the South respond? Discuss the difficulties surrounding enforcement. What were the results?

9. Explain the role of the Supreme Court and the President in desegregating the schools.

 

10. Describe the beginnings of black activism in an effort to gain civil rights. Who were the most prominent leaders? Describe the tactics they use to end racial discrimination? Describe the major confrontations that followed.

11. Describe the main actions of the civil rights movement in the 1950's.

 

 

Chapter 30

1. Explain the factors that helped Kennedy win the presidential election of 1960. How did he gain both support from Blacks and the South?

2. Describe Kennedy's defense policy.

3. Describe Kennedy's strategy for containing Communism

4. Evaluate Kennedy's Cuban policy of 1961 concerning the Bay of Pigs

5. Describe the events that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. How did the US and Soviets each respond? How was it resolved? What were the results that followed the resolution?

6. Describe Kennedy's civil rights program.

7. Describe the political consequences for passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


8. List the legislative accomplishments of Johnson's Great Society.

9. Explain the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. Why was it passed? What were the results?

10. Explain why Johnson pushed the U.S. into large-scale involvement in South Vietnam in 1965.

 

11. Describe the impact of the American bombing campaign in North Vietnam

12. Discuss the focus of the student revolt of the 1960's.

13. Explain the fundamental change in the civil rights movement from the mid-1960's to the rise of Black Power.

14. Describe the events and results of the Tet Offensive in 1968. How was this a turning point in the war?

 

15. Describe the efforts and goals of Cesar Chavez.

16. Who were the candidates in the 1968 presidential election? Explain the campaign and the results of the election.

 

Chapter 31

1. Discuss the foreign policies of Richard Nixon. describe his policy of détente. Describe his relatins with both China and Russia. What agreements were made?

2. Detail Nixon's Vietnamization plan to end the war.

3. Describe the key events in the Watergate Scandal leading to Nixon’s resignation.

4. Explain the causes of the energy crisis in 1973-1974. What were the results?

6. Describe the U.S. energy policy dealing with the energy shortage.

7. Explain the difficulties Carter faced as president.

 

8. Describe the gains and setbacks women faced in the 1980s and 1990s..

 

10. Describe the growth of the gay liberation movement.

11. Describe Carter's Iranian crisis.

12. Explain why Reagan won the presidential election of 1980.

13. Explain the main principles and results of Reagan's supply-side economics.

14. Describe the basic tenets of Reagan's foreign policy. WWht type of foreign leader was likely to win support or opposition from this administration?  What were the results of these policies?

15. Describe Reagan's Latin American foreign policy.

16. Describe the origins and results of the Iran-Contra scandal.

 

Chapter 32

1. Describe how the collapse of the Soviet Union created new tensions in the Middle East

 

2. Describe the foreign and domestic issues Bush faced as president. What were his responses?

3. Describe the events leading to U.S. foreign policy success in Kuwait.

4. Name the points of origin for most immigrants to the U.S. between 1970 and 2002.

5. Name the largest ethnic minority in the U.S. in 2010.

6. Name the second largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. in 2010.

7. Describe the general characteristics of Hispanic Americans in 2010.

8. Name the fastest growing minority group in the 2000's.

9. Discuss Clinton's domestic policy in his first term. Describe his successes and failures.

10. Describe the campaign & results of the presidential election of 1996.

11. Discuss the Clinton impeachment crisis.

12. Describe the presidential election of 2000. Who were the candidates? Describe the issues and controversies. How was it resolved?

13. Describe George W. Bush’s economic policies. What were the results? How did he deal with the “Great Recession?

 

14. What factors contributed to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait?  How did the US respond? Describe the results.


15. Describe George W. Bush’s policies on terrorism. Why did he invade Iraq? Describe the American led alliance against Iraq. What problems did he face in rebuilding Iraq.

 

16. Describe Obama’s economic policies. How did he deal with the “Great Recession”?

 

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HIS 1302 (DL) Sample Test Questions

Exam questions  will fall into three categories: 1) the "Except" type question, 2) the "All of the above are correct" variety, and 3) the one-concept answer type question. 

The "Except" question is used when there is more than one factor or cause that precipitated the event mentioned in the Learning Objective and it is important that you recognize all of these factors. This is the MOST FREQUENT type of question you will encounter.

 

Most of the Learning Objectives have several important factors, influences, steps, results or developments (whichever the Learning Objective requires) and therefore as you review the text to find the answers, you ought to find three or four factors, etc. for each Learning Objective. Relatively few of the Learning Objectives can be answered with one word answers such as found in the third type of question. As you find the three or four pertinent factors, etc. for each Learning Objective, WRITE OUT your answer, and then study your notes; you ought to do well on the exams. If you simply skim the text looking for one word answers to the Learning Objectives, you WILL have difficulty with the exams. Put the time into studying and you should be pleased with your test results.