America’s Core Democratic Values: Be able to list and define
The West CH 12
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Why are people moving west?
Who benefited from the westward expansion?
Which group or groups was/were affected negatively as Americans moved west? How so?
What was the idea of Manifest Destiny?
What opportunities and conflicts emerged as Americans moved West?
Check out the Chapter summary on pg. 161
o Be sure you understand Mining, Ranching, Transcontinental railroad, Indian wars,
Homestead Act, protests by farmers
The Age of Innovation and Industry CH 13
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What new technologies revolutionized America?
What is the Bessemer process?
What big name individual is synonymous with oil?
What big name individual is synonymous with steel?
Who revolutionized the use of the assembly line?
o How did it work? Why was it efficient?
What is horizontal integration?
What is vertical integration?
o Chart on pg. 171
How does the policy of laissez fair relate to business and economics?
Chapter Summary pg. 175
Labor’s Response to Industrialism CH 14
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What/who was the working class?
What were some of the unfair conditions that industry workers faced?
Why did people start to form unions?
o What were there top 3 demands
How did the owners deal with union workers?
What were the pros and cons of joining unions?
What was very common for workers/unions to do if they were unpleased with the ownership?
Chapter Summary p. 185
Through Ellis and Angel Island: The Immigrant Experience CH 15
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What were the two main points of entry to the U.S.?
o Who went where?
What are push and pull factors? Be able to give an example
What kind of experiences did immigrants have at the ports of entry?
o Medical, legal, etc.
o Dependent on jobs, and home countries
 Chinese Exclusion Act
What is nativism?
Where did most immigrants live?
Current Immigration issue
Chapter Summary p. 201
Uncovering Problems at the Turn of the Century CH 16
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Who were the muckrakers? What did they do?
What problems were many of Americans facing?
o Housing, environment, politics, social class.
o Ethnic neighborhoods
Chapter summary 217
The Progressives Respond CH 17
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Who were the progressives?
How did they address the problems they saw?
What inspired the Progressives to work for reforms?
What were party bosses like?
How did progressive reforms give more power to voters?
What was the NAACP?
o What were the goals?
What was the difference between Booker T Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois?
Chapter summary p. 229
Progressivism on the National Stage CH 18
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How did Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson promote progressive goals in national policies?
o Square Deal
o National Parks
o Federal Reserve System
o Income Tax
o 16th-19th amendments
Chapter summary p. 239
Foreign Policy: Setting a Course of Expansionism CH 19
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Realism vs Idealism
o Be able to defend your opinions of whether or not US expansion was dominated by
realism or idealism
Washington’s Farewell Address
o What two things did he advocate for?
Acquiring new territory
o What did we get?
o How did we get it?
 Force?
Monroe Doctrine
Diplomacy
Imperialism
 Differing viewpoints: Should U.S. become an Imperialist Power?
Chapter Summary p. 255
The Spanish-American War CH 20
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Why did the U.S. go to war with Spain?
o USS Maine
o The de Lome Letter
Yellow journalism
Rough Riders
Platt Amendment
Chapter Summary p. 267