US2 Midterm Review
The US2 Midterm will be comprised of three parts; a multiple-choice section, an openended document analysis section, and a document based essay. For the multiple choices,
you will need to be familiar with and able to use maps, charts, historical terms, and
political cartoons. You will also need top be able to read and interpret primary source
documents. To prepare for the exam use the topics and events below to guide your
review of the textbook (chpt. 15-19) your notes and any relevant documents in your
binder. Good Luck!
The Progressive Era
Labor issues (The Progressive Party)
Muckrakers (The Jungle)
Government regulations (laws)
Socialism
Prohibition
Suffrage
Industrialization
Capitalism
Urbanization
Assembly line (Ford)
Monopoly
Immigration
Open door v. restrictions
Laws (Chinese exclusion, quotas, etc.
Xenophobia/Nativism
Early Civil Rights
Jim Crow (Plessey v. Fergusson)
Sharecropping
KKK (lynching)
The Great Migration
Booker T. Washington
WEB DuBois
Marcus Garvey
Harlem Renaissance
US Expansion
Imperialism (Spanish American War, Panama Canal,)
WWI (US involvement, sub warfare, minorities and the war, Treaty of
Versailles)
Essay Preparation: Review the subject of immigration in your notes and textbook and
outline the people, places, laws and events that tell the story of immigration in the United
States. For the essay you should be able to discuss America’s immigration policies and
actions by the U.S. government as they reflected the needs and attitudes towards
immigrants in the time periods that we have been studying.