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American History Part A
Introduction
KCCT Review
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Identify the various types of maps.
Identify the various map projections.
Describe the advantages of maps over globes.
List the 5 themes of geography and give examples of each.
Describe push/pull factors of migration and give examples.
Identify the difference in primary and secondary sources of information.
Describe the various forms of government and how power is derived by each.
Civil War Overview
8. Identify causes of the Civil War.
9. Describe various plans for reconstruction.
Chapter 8: Settling the West
Miners and Ranchers
1. Trace the growth of the mining industry in the West.
2. Describe the ways that new technology changed open-range ranching.
Farming on the Plains
3. Explain why and how people began settling the Plains.
4. Trace the growth of commercial farming on the Plains.
Native Americans
5. Discuss conflicts that arose between the Plains Indians and American settlers.
6. Summarize problems caused by attempts to assimilate Native Americans.
Chapter 9: Industrialization
The Rise of Industry
1. Indentify the effects of expanding population on industry.
2. Explain the effects of technological innovations such as the telephone and telegraph on
American development.
The Railroads
3. Discuss ways in which the railroads spurred industrial growth.
4. Analyze how railroads were financed and how they grew.
Big Business
5. Analyze how large corporations came to dominate American business.
6. Evaluate how Andrew Carnegie’s innovations transformed the steel industry.
Unions
7. Describe industrial working conditions in the U.S. in the late 1800s.
8. List the barriers to labor union growth.
Chapter 10: Urban America
Immigration
1. Analyze the circumstances surrounding the great wave of immigration after the Civil War.
2. Evaluate how nativisim affected immigration polices.
Urbanization
3. Explain the technological developments that made the growth of cities possible.
4. Evaluate the role that political machines played in urban politics in the late 1800s.
The Gilded Age
5. Evaluate the doctrine of Social Darwinism and the impact it had on American industry.
6. Explain how industrialization promoted leisure time and encouraged new forms of
entertainment.
The Rebirth of Reform
7. Explain the methods that social critics advocated to improve society.
8. Evaluate efforts to help the urban poor.
Chapter 11: Politics and Reform
Stalemate in Washington
1. Explain why the Republicans and Democrats were so evenly matched during this period.
2. Cite the economic problems of the period and the basic viewpoints of each political party.
Populism
3. Explain why farmers wanted a greenback currency and why the adoption of the gold standard
led to the Farmers’ Alliance.
4. Describe who joined the Populist Party and what the party’s goals were.
The Rise of Segregation
5. Discuss how African Americans in the South were disfranchised and how segregation was
legalized.
6. Describe three major African American leaders’ responses to discrimination.
Chapter 12: Becoming a World Power
The Imperialist Vision
1. Analyze how a desire for more trade and markets led to political change between 1877 and
1898.
2. Cite the motivations for and methods of American expansion in the Pacific.
The Spanish- American War
3. Describe the circumstances that led to war between the United States and Spain in 1898.
4. Explain how the war made the United States a world power.
New American Diplomacy
5. Critique Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy as president.
6. Explain the Open Door policy and its effects on relations between the United States and Asia.
Chapter 13: The Progressive Movement
The Roots of Progressivism
1. Discuss the rise of the Progressive movement.
2. Evaluate the impact of initiative, referendum, and recall ,and of the 17th Amendment.
Roosevelt in Office
3. Describe various efforts to regulate concentrated corporate power.
4. Discuss Theodore Roosevelt’s interest in environmental conservation.
The Taft Administration
5. Explain how Theodore Roosevelt helped Taft get elected.
6. Discuss why progressives were disappointed with Taft as president.
The Wilson Years
7. Describe Wilson’s economic and social reforms.
8. Evaluate the legacy of the Progressive movement.
Chapter 14: World War I and Its Aftermath
The United States Enters WWI
1. Discuss the causes and results of American intervention in Mexico and the Caribbean.
2. Explain the causes of WWI and why the United States entered the war.
The Home Front
3. Analyze how the United States raised an army and won support for WWI.
4. Explain how the economy was controlled to support the war.
Bloody Conflict
5. Discuss the fighting techniques used in WWI.
6. Characterize the American response to the Treaty of Versailles.
The War’s Impact
7. Describe the effects of the postwar recession on the United States.
8. Discuss the causes of and reaction to the Red Scare.
Chapter 15: The Jazz Age
Clash of Values
1. Explain the rise of racism and nativism in the 1920s.
2. Describe the clash of values in the 1920s and the changing status of women.
Cultural Innovations
3. Describe the explosion of art and literature and the disillusionment of 1920s artists.
4. Summarize the effects of sports, movies, radio, and music on popular culture.
African American Culture
5. Describe the Harlem Renaissance and rediscovery of African American cultural roots.
6. Explain the increase in African American political activism.
Chapter 16: Normalcy and Good Times
Presidential Politics
1. Describe the corruption that tainted the Harding administration.
2. Explain how Calvin Coolidge restored public confidence after assuming the presidency.
A Growing Economy
3. Analyze how the growing importance of automobiles and other new industries improved the
U.S. standard of living.
4. Analyze the growing economic crisis in farming in the 1920s.
The Policy of Prosperity
5. Explain Andrew Mellon’s economic strategies for maintaining prosperity.
6. Describe how the United States remained involved in world affairs without joining the League of
Nations.
Chapter 17 and 18: The Great Depression
Causes of the Depression
1. Describe the characteristics of the 1920s stock market.
2. Identify the causes of the Great Depression.
Life During the Depression
3. Describe how the Great Depression affected American families.
4. Discuss how artists portrayed the effects of the Depression.
Hoover Responds
5. Evaluate Hoover’s attempt to revive the economy.
6. Analyze the limitations of Hoover’s recovery plan.
Roosevelt Takes Office
7. Discuss FDR’s early political career.
8. Explain the worsening situation in the U.S. banking system in the early 1930s.
The First New Deal
9. List 3 programs of the First New Deal that provided jobs for the unemployed.
10. Discuss why New Dealers believed that sometimes the government needs to regulate industry
and labor.
The Second New Deal
11. Describe the political challenges Roosevelt faced in the mid-1930s.
12. Explain why the Social Security Act is still regarded as an important piece of legislation.
The New Deal Coalition
13. Explain the achievements and the defeats of Roosevelt’s second term.
14. Analyze how the New Deal affected Americans’ sense of security and attitude toward the role of
the government.