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:
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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.