[email protected]
W15 HIST 17B Final Study Guide
Thomas Jefferson
Treaty of Fort Laramie
J.P. Morgan
Louisiana Purchase
Crazy Horse
Sherman Antitrust Act
Monroe Doctrine
Chief Joseph
Pogroms
Manifest Destiny
Dawes Allotment
Ellis Island
Mexican-American War
Wounded Knee
Jacob Riis
Antebellum
Comstock Lode
Knights of Labor
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Buffalo Soldiers
Susan B. Anthony
Brigham Young
Great Railroad Strike of
1877
Frederick Douglas
Chinese Exclusion Act
Missouri Compromise
Homestead Act of 1862
Wilmot Proviso
Frederick Jackson Turner
Confederacy
Gilded Age
Jefferson Davis
Jay Gould
World’s Columbian
Exposition, 1893
William Tecumseh
Sherman
Andrew Carnegie
Frances Willard
John D. Rockefeller
Emancipation
Proclamation
Farmers’ Alliance
Ida M. Tarbell
Pullman Strike
Secession
a Trust
William Jennings Bryan
Thirteenth Amendment
Finance Capitalism
Queen Liliuokalani
Fourteenth Amendment
Laissez-faire
Boxer Uprising
Fifteenth Amendment
Social Darwinism
Spanish-American War
Sitting Bull
Ida B. Wells
Battle of the Little Big
Horn
Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union
(WCTU)
Samuel Gompers
Haymarket bombing
Frederick Law Olmstead
Tammany Hall
[email protected]
W15 HIST 17B Final Study Guide
Essay questions are worth 25 points each and you must demonstrate superior knowledge on the
subject to earn all possible points.
Choose two of the following options, and write a careful and thoughtful response in essay form.
A. What was the policy of the U.S. government toward Indians in the 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).
B. 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).
C. 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)
D. 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)