Sparkle’s SUPER AWESOME U.S. History Final Exam Review
Westward Expansion
Homestead Act - ________________________________________________________________
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Transcontinental Railroad - _______________________________________________________
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Manifest Destiny - ______________________________________________________________
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1. How does the U.S. Government treat Native Americans during the period of Westward
expansion? Give examples.
Industrialization
Social Darwinism - ______________________________________________________________
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Nativism - _____________________________________________________________________
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Bessemer Process - ______________________________________________________________
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Monopoly - ____________________________________________________________________
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WHY ARE MONOPOLIES ILLEGAL? - ___________________________________________
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1. What is the difference between Horizontal and Vertical Consolidation?
2. Which major business leaders used these tactics?
3. How did Ellis Island and Angel Island play a significant role in the late 1800s?
4. Explain the experience of an immigrant to the United States. Where did they live and
work, what struggles did they face? Be specific.
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Progressive Era
Muckraker - ____________________________________________________________
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17th Amendment - _______________________________________________________
18th Amendment - _______________________________________________________
19th Amendment - _______________________________________________________
1. Why is this time period known as the “PROGRESSIVE” era? Why is this name
appropriate?
Imperialism and Spanish – American War
Imperialism - ___________________________________________________________________
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Spanish-American War
Conflict:
U.S. Response:
Why did we finally get involved?
Outcomes:
U.S.S. Maine - __________________________________________________________________
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Yellow Journalism - ______________________________________________________________
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1. Explain the importance of the Panama Canal. (MAJOR Accomplishment!)
WWI
Causes:
Event that sparked the fighting:
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How did the United States initially respond to the start of war in Europe?
Treaty of Versailles - _____________________________________________________________
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Wilson’s 14 Points - _____________________________________________________________
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League of Nations - ______________________________________________________________
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Roaring Twenties
Harlem Renaissance - ____________________________________________________________
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1. Explain why Prohibition failed. What was the negative outcome of Prohibition?
2. What gave the illusion of a booming economy in the 1920s? How did this ultimately lead
to the Great Depression?
Great Depression
New Deal - ____________________________________________________________________
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1. Discuss the difference between Herbert Hoover and FDR’s response to the Great
Depression.
2. Explain how FDR’s New deal created programs to develop trust in the national banking
system.
3. How did WWII provide an end to the Great Depression in the United States?
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WWII
Lend-Lease Act - ________________________________________________________________
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1. What was the ultimate goal/ intention of the Japanese when they attacked Pearl
Harbor?
2. Explain the experience of minorities during WWII.
a. Women:
b. African Americans:
c. American-Indians:
d. Japanese-Americans:
3. How does the war end in Europe AND in Japan?
Cold War
Berlin Airlift - ___________________________________________________________________
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United Nations - ________________________________________________________________
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Marshall Plan - _________________________________________________________________
Cuban Missile Crisis - ____________________________________________________________
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Truman Doctrine - ______________________________________________________________
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NATO - ________________________________________________________________________
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McCarthyism - _________________________________________________________________
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Hollywood Ten/ HUAC Trials - _____________________________________________________
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1. Describe the multiple ways the Soviet Union and United States competed over world
power.
2. What is the result of the Korean War? Was the policy of containment successful?
Explain.
3. How was American society affected by the fear of communism during the Cold War? Be
specific.
1950s
Baby Boom - ___________________________________________________________________
Urban Sprawl - _________________________________________________________________
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Beatniks - _____________________________________________________________________
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1. Why was the interstate highway system constructed during this era?
2. Explain women’s roles in the 1950s.
Civil Rights
Plessy vs. Ferguson - _____________________________________________________________
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Brown v. BOE - _________________________________________________________________
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Civil Rights Act 1964 - ____________________________________________________________
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LA Riots - ______________________________________________________________________
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1. Why was non-violent protest favored by the Civil Rights movement? Give an example.
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2. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr. and how was his March on Washington significant to
the Civil Rights Movement? What speech did he give there?
3. Compare the beliefs and tactics of MLK and Malcom X.
4. How did MLK, Jr.’s assassination affect the Civil Rights movement?
Vietnam War
War Powers Act 1973 - ___________________________________________________
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1. Why was public opinion of the Vietnam War so negative? How were soldiers treated as
they returned from the war?
2. List some of the major war events that upset people and caused protest.
Nixon/ Ford/ Carter Administrations
SALT I and II - __________________________________________________________________
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Détente - ______________________________________________________________________
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Camp David Accords - ____________________________________________________________
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Watergate Scandal - _____________________________________________________________
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1. What was the purpose of affirmative action programs?
2. What legislation was proposed and/ or passed to improve the status of women?
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80s/90s/NOW
Reagan’s “Trickle Down” Economics - _______________________________________________
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - _____________________________________
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Electoral College - _______________________________________________________________
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Patriot Act - ____________________________________________________________________
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1. How did oil play a role in the Persian Gulf War? What is the overall result of the Persian
Gulf War?
2. Explain the overall reaction to the election of 2000? What was the big issue?
Writing Topic: – Cold War – details, understand how and why it started, U.S. foreign policies
of the time, U.S. and Soviet Relationship, U.S. domestic policies – Make an organizer
below.
Foreign Policies (outside U.S.) during the
Cold War
Domestic Policies (inside U.S.) during the
Cold War
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