History 103 – Exam Study Guide

Learning Module One

 

General Information:

 

  • This exam will be on September 9  It is worth 80 points
  • There will be two sections to the exam and both sections will be taken in class.
    • Section One (50 points): Objective exam on lectures, Activity 1& 2, and assigned chapters in the textbook.  This section will include 50 questions, each worth 1 point.
    • Section Two (30 points):  
  • Bring a scantron and blue book to the exam.

 

Section One: Objective Exam.  Questions are based on the following:

 

Lectures: See Lecture Notes. Information in these lecture notes amplifies the information in the textbook.  Study these lecture notes for the interpretation of historical events and emphasis given to specific events and ideas.

 

Agrarian Domains – Added Information / Emphasis from Textbook:

 

  • Legacies of the Civil War
  • Reconstruction Amendments
  • Writings / Positions of Booker T. Washington and William E. Du Bois
  • Wounded Knee

 

Quiz on Activity 1 and Activity 2: Social Darwinism v. Reform Darwinism.  Questions from the two quizzes will be on the exam. 

 

Textbook Assignments:

 

Chapter 17: 

 

Be familiar with the specific actions and factors of the federal government toward the Native Americans in the late 19th century.  Specifically know:

 

  • The Ghost Dance
  • The Dawes Act
  • The Battle of Wounded Knee

 

Be familiar with the specific actions and factors that impacted African Americans and white citizens in the southern states in the latter decades of the 19th century:  Specifically know:

 

  • The philosophy of the New South
  • Economic basis of the New South
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

 

Chapter 18:

 

Understand the concepts/events of

 

  • The Gilded Age/Age of Extremes
  • The interconnection among rapid industrialization, immigration and urbanization.  See lecture notes (Age of Extreme & Foundations of Social Reform) as well as the textbook.
  • Factors that facilitated industrial development
  • New immigration
  • Impact of industrialization on black Americans living in the northern states and on the middle class
  • Social ethic / factors leading to success and upward mobility.
  • Hierarchy of working class (see PowerPoint Presentation, “the Working Class” as well as the discussion in the textbook.
  • Various labor union movements
  • Labor strikes: Homestead and Pullman Strikes

 

Chapter 19: Middle Class Reform: Pay specific attention to women’s rights / opportunities; also this section was part of the quiz and questions will be included on the exam.

 

Chapter 20:

 

  • Ideas of Alfred T. Mahan and Josiah Strong
  • “Missionary ideal” and American expansion in the Pacific Rim
  • Causes and impact of the Spanish American War; Sinking of the Maine; annexation of the Philippines; ideas and actions of anti-imperialists
  • Theodore Roosevelt’s attitudes and approaches to foreign policy; Panama Canal; Roosevelt Corollary; Open Door Policy