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W16 HIST 17B Final Study Guide
Thomas Jefferson
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Louisiana Purchase
Crazy Horse
J.P. Morgan
Monroe Doctrine
Chief Joseph
Sherman Antitrust Act
Manifest Destiny
Dawes Allotment
Pogroms
Mexican-American War
Wounded Knee
Ellis Island
Antebellum
Comstock Lode
Jacob Riis
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Buffalo Soldiers
Samuel Gompers
Susan B. Anthony
Brigham Young
Knights of Labor
Frederick Douglas
Chinese Exclusion Act
Missouri Compromise
Frederick Jackson Turner
Great Railroad Strike of
1877
Wilmot Proviso
Gilded Age
Homestead Act of 1862
Jay Gould
Confederacy
Andrew Carnegie
Jefferson Davis
John D. Rockefeller
World’s Columbian
Exposition, 1893
William T. Sherman
Ida M. Tarbell
Buffalo Bill Cody
Emancipation
Proclamation
a Trust
Frances Willard
Finance Capitalism
Farmers’ Alliance
Laissez-faire
Pullman Strike
Social Darwinism
William Jennings Bryan
Ida B. Wells
Queen Liliuokalani
Secession
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Sitting Bull
Battle of the Little Big
Horn
Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union
(WCTU)
Haymarket bombing
Frederick Law Olmstead
Tammany Hall
Boxer Uprising
Spanish-American War
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W16 HIST 17B Final Study Guide
Write a careful and thoughtful response in essay form to the prompt below, and turn it in by
March 22, 2016. Essay questions are worth 25 points each and you must demonstrate superior
knowledge on the subject to earn all possible points.
What was the policy of the U.S. government toward Indians in the 19th-century
West, and how did it evolve over time? Differentiate between Indian removal,
reservations, and allotment (10 points). How did the slaughter of bison
contribute to the Plains Indians’ removal? (5 points) What happened at
Wounded Knee; where and when did it occur? (10 points).
One of the following is to be written in class on March 22, 2106 for the Final Exam.
A. How did the practices of Andrew Carnegie, Jay Gould, and John D. Rockefeller reflect the
theory of Social Darwinism? (10 points) Why would these kinds of business leaders prefer a
Laissez-faire government? (5 points) Give three examples of how the Gilded Age reflects
today’s America. (10 points).
B. During the 19th century, Congress enacted major legislation that had lasting implications.
Explain each of the following, giving the date, the purpose, and the result: Embargo Act,
Fugitive Slave Act, Homestead Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, and the Sherman Anti-trust Act.
(25 points)
C. Sometimes history focuses on the achievements and failures of men, disregarding the impact
that women have had. Describe the achievements and challenges of the following women:
Sacajawea, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Ida B. Wells, Clara Barton, Queen Liliuokalani. (25 points)