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American History Mid-term Study Guide
Part I
The first part of the American History Mid-term Exam will cover Chapters 11 and 12 (The Great Depression
and the New Deal). This part of the exam will be a format similar to all of the other tests we have taken
throughout the year.
Topics to Focus On:
1. Causes of the Great Depression
-over speculation, stock market crash, government policy, unrestricted credit, overproduction,
uneven prosperity
2. Effects of the Great Depression
-workers lose jobs, increased poverty, banks closing/failing, GNP falls, global economy
3. The New Deal
-agencies, critics of the New Deal, legacy of the New Deal
4. Life during the Great Depression
- Dust Bowl
Part II
The second part of the final will cover everything we have covered throughout the first semester. The majority
of the questions will be multiple choice, but there will also be a few short answer and extended response
questions.
I will also allow you to make a “cheat sheet” for the final. I will provide you with a 3” x 5” index card in which
you may write anything that you believe will help you with the exam.
Important Concepts and Ideas
1. Chapter 3: Reconstruction (Section 3 ONLY)
-Reconstruction
-Black Codes and the KKK
-13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
2. Chapter 4: Settling the West
-Homestead Act
-Indian Peace Commission
-Assimilate
-Dawes Act
3. Chapter 5 & 6: Industrialization and Urban America
-Effects of Industrialization
-changes in the workplace, child labor, modernization of agriculture, urbanization, impact
of the middle class on art, leisure and culture
-Impact of Industrialization on economic and political practices
-laissez-faire policies, monopolies, standard of living
-Growth of organized labor
4. Chapter 7: Becoming a World Power (Imperialism)
-Development of the U.S. as a world power
-Spanish-American War, Imperialism in the Far East, South Pacific, Caribbean, and
Central America
5. Chapter 8: The Progressive Movement
-Goals and Outcomes of Progressivism
-urban reforms, conservation, business and antitrust legislation, public schooling,
regulation of child labor
6. Chapter 9: WWI and Its Aftermath
-Development of the U.S. as a world power
-decision to enter WWI, Treaty of Versailles, decision NOT to participate in the league of
nations
7. Chapter 10: The Jazz Age
-Political, economic, and social developments of the 1920s
-Red Scare, Women’s right to vote (19th Amendment), Great Migration, Immigration
restrictions, reemergence of the KKK, Harlem Renaissance
8. Chapters 11 and 12: The Great Depression Begins and The New Deal
-Causes and consequences of political, economic, and social developments of the 1930s
-The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the New Deal
Key Terms
Reconstruction
Black Codes
KKK
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Homestead Act
Assimilate
Dawes Act
Laissez-faire
Pacific Railway Act
Land Grants
Corporation
Stock
Economies of Scale
Monopoly
Trusts
Trade Unions
Industrial Unions
Arbitration
Closed Shops
Nativism
Chinese Exclusion Act
Tenements
Political Machine
Gilded Age
Social Darwinism
Americanization
Populism
Inflation
Deflation
Segregation
Poll Tax
Jim Crow Laws
Imperialism
Protectorate
Anglo-Saxonism
Pan-Americanism
Yellow Journalism
Sphere of Influence
Open Door Policy
Boxer Rebellion
Progressivism
Muckrakers
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Social Dawinism
Federal Reserve Act
NAACP
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Propaganda
Sussex Pledge
Zimmerman Telegram
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Selective Service
Convoys (Tech. Of WWI)
Wilson’s 14 Points
National Self-Determination
League of Nations
Reparations
Treaty of Versailles
Red Scare
Isolationism
Assembly Line
Mass Production
Welfare Capitalism
Fundamentalism
Speakeasies
Prohibition (18th and 21st Amendments)
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz and Blues
Margin
Speculation
Black Tuesday
Bank Run
Dust Bowl
Public Works
Bonus Army
Relief, Recovery, Reform
New Deal
100 Days
Bank Holiday
Civilian Conservation Corps
Deficit Spending
Social Security Act
Court-Packing Scheme