United States History: The American Past Vol II. Chapter 24-34 Midterm Study Guide
Ch.24
Radical Republicans, Views on Reconstruction
President Andrew Johnson, Views on Reconstruction
Freedman’s Bureau
14th and 15th Amendment
Tenure of Office Act/ Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant’s Presidency
Post-Civil War Presidents, Traits and Influence
Compromise of 1877
Ch. 25
Politics/ Republicans vs Democrats
President James A. Garfield, Assassination of
National Party Conventions, Importance of
Pensions, Importance of
Ch. 26
Thomas Edison
Railroads, Importance and consolidation of, incentives used to expand
America’s Industrial development
Andrew Carnegie/ Vertical Integrations
John D. Rockefeller/ Horizontal Integration
Ch. 27
Theories used to defend accumulation of wealth
Social Darwinism
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Sherman Antitrust Act
Marriages between rich American daughters and noble Europeans
Ch. 28
Post Civil War Labor Unrest
Samuel Gompers
Strikes/ Railroad (1877), Homestead (1892), and Pullman (1894)
Immigrants (New vs. Old)
Skilled vs. Unskilled Labor, Needs of Industrial Growing Sector
Ch. 29
Growth of Urban Areas/ Link to New Immigrants
Settlement Houses
Urban Political Machine
Issues with Rapid Urban Growth, Constraints on Urban Growth
Jacob Riis
Ch. 30
Frontier After Civil War
Plains Indians/ Traits of
Dawes Severalty Act
Battle of Little Bighorn
Ghost Dance
Importance of Cattle to Western Development
Importance of Mining to Western Development
Myths of the “Wild West”
Ch. 31
Agricultural Changes in the 1870s and 1880s
Sharecroppers and Tennant Farmers
Populist Party, Emergence of
Bimetallism, Silver Coinage
Ch. 32
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Decline of Populist/ Populist Fusion Ticket of 1896
Election of 1896, Election of William McKinley
Efforts to Disenfranchise Southern Blacks/ Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause, etc.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Yellow Press
Spanish American War, Causes and Results
Ch. 33
Growth of Middle Class
Rise of Leisure Activities/ Sports
President Theodore Roosevelt
Ch. 34
Progressives
Progressives and Government
Muckrakers
Prohibition
President Theodore Roosevelt, Actions as
Essay Questions:
From the following list of 4 essay questions two will be on the midterm. INFORMATION IN ITALICS
AND UNDERLINED WILL NOT BE INCLUDED ON THE MIDTERM!!
1) What conditions did freed slaves face in the decades after the Civil War? Essay should cover 18651900, entire time period discussed so far in US History II (2112). In your answer you should discuss
Reconstruction period, disenfranchisement efforts, and Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise.
2)How did labor, immigration, and urban areas change in the decades following the Civil War? Essay
should cover 1865-1900, entire time period discussed so far in US History II (2112). In your answer
discuss New vs. Old immigrants, labor vs management/ strikes, growth of urban areas, and the urban
political machine.
3) What made the election of 1896 a turning point in American political and social history? In your
answer make sure to detail the role of Populist, Republicans, and Democrats (include a discussion of
Williams Jennings Bryan). Make sure to provide a cursory discussion of conditions/politics before AND
after the election of 1896.
4) Explain and explore the Progressive Era. Answer should address the rise of the middle class, reform
efforts and problems seen by Progressives, muckrakers, and Theodore Roosevelt.