Name: ________________________________________________
Date: _________________________ Period: ______
APUSH – CHAPTER 26
Define reservation system.
List 2 issues that made it difficult to create treaties between Native Americans and the federal government.
1)
2)
What role did George Custer play at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Describe what happened to the Nez Perce tribe?
Role Played in Native American Struggle
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
Geronimo
How was the buffalo representative of the greed and waste that accompanied expansion?
Who was Helen Hunt Jackson and what was her contribution during this time period?
Why was the Battle of Wounded Knee important?
List the 3 parts of the Dawes Severalty Act.
1)
2)
3)
What happened to the former reservation land not allotted to the Indians under the Dawes Act?
Define forced-assimilation.
What was the Comstock Lode?
How did women achieve equality in some western states and territories?
Explain the following statement:
The railroad made the Long Drive, and the railroad unmade the Long Drive.
What was the Homestead Act of 1862?
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?
How many people obtained land through the Homestead Act?
What was the negative impact of the Homestead Act?
Why was the dry farming method developed?
How were farmers becoming both consumers and producers in the latter part of the 1800’s?
Discuss the positive and negative impacts the mechanization of agriculture had on farmers.
How did money supply have a negative impact on farmers?
Discuss how new farm machinery actually had a negative impact on farmers.
Discuss ways the government did not support farmers.
1)
2)
3)
4)
What was the purpose of the National Grange? (include Oliver Kelly)
List 3 accomplishments of the Grange. (Granger Laws)
1)
2)
3)
What was the Farmers Alliance and why was it unsuccessful?
Who was Jacob Cokey?
Discuss the Pullman Strike and the role of each of the following:
Eugene Debs:
Pullman Palace Car Company:
Richard Olney:
What were Marcus Hanna’s beliefs in regards to government?
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
What was the impact of the Cross of Gold speech?
Define the term “free silver”.
How is the phrase “16 to 1” representative of the election of 1896?
How was the “Free-silver Election of 1896” a significant political turning point?
How did the Dingley Tariff of 1897 impact the economic upswing?
What was the Gold Standard Act?
Name: ________________________________________________
Date: _________________________ Period: ______
APUSH CHAPTER 27 NOTES PACKET
Define imperialism. (outside source)
What contributed to the desire for the U.S. to expand overseas?
1)
2)
What is yellow journalism and how did it encourage overseas expansion?
How did Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge apply the idea of Darwinism to expansion?
What was the Big Sister Policy?
What led to the conflict between the United States and Britain in 1895-1896?
How did the outcome of the U.S. British conflict become the cornerstone of both nations foreign policy at
the beginning of the 20th century?
What led the U.S. to take an interest in Hawaii?
Discuss the following quote:
“The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe.”
Why did President Cleveland fail to follow through with the annexation of Hawaii?
How did this link to the U.S. interests in Cuba?
American Sympathizers
American Businesses
Panama Canal
Who was General Valeriano Weyler?
How did yellow journalism, Hearst and Pulitzer play a role in fueling an American war in Cuba with Spain?
What was the De Lome Letter? (outside source for more)
What happened with the U.S.S. Maine? (please don’t tell me it exploded!)
Define jingoism. (outside source)
What was the Teller Amendment?
Who was George Dewey and what role did he play in the Philippines?
Who were the Rough Riders?
How did the Rough Riders impact the Spanish-American War?
What 2 choices was McKinley faced with in regards to the Philippines?
Arguments FOR the annexation of the
Philippines
Arguments AGAINST annexation of the
Philippines
What role did the Anti-Imperialist League play in the conflict over annexation of the Philippines?
What decision was made in regards to the Philippines?
What was the Foraker Act of 1900?
Did the U.S. honor the Teller Amendment in Cuba? Explain your answer.
What was the Platt Amendment?
Discuss the parts of the Platt Amendment?
1)
2)
3)
4)
How did the Filipinos react to the annexation of the Philippines? (Philippine Insurrection)
Define sphere of influence. (outside source)
Secretary of State John Hay is given credit for the Open Door Note. What was the importance of this
communication?
How was the Boxer Rebellion reflective of the Chinese response to western interference?
What issues faced the candidates in the election of 1900?
Discuss the following quote and Roosevelt’s idea of big stick diplomacy.
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Define each of the following treaties and explain what the U.S. gained from the treaty, if anything.
Treaty
Define
U.S. Gains
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
What role did Colombia play in the U.S. securing the Panama Canal route?
What was the Roosevelt Corollary? How was the Corollary viewed by Latin Americans?
Why did Roosevelt receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906?
Why did the Japanese resent the peace terms of the Russo-Japanese War?
How did the U.S. respond to the influx of Japanese immigrants at the turn of the century? (Gentlemen’s
Agreement)
What was the Root-Takahira Agreement?
Name: ________________________________________________
Date: _________________________ Period: ______
APUSH CHAPTER 28 NOTES PACKET
Define progressives.
What contribution did each of the following writers make to the progressive movement?
Henry Demarest Lloyd:
Thorstein Veblen:
Jacob A. Riis:
How did American publishers impact the progressive movement?
Why did Roosevelt give the name muckrakers to journalists?
What contribution was made to the progressive era by each of the following?
Lincoln Steffens:
Ida Tarbell:
What industries were impacted by muckrakers?
Explain this statement:
“Progressivism was less a monolithic minority movement and more a broadly dispersed majority
mood.”
What reforms were made in regards to elections and voting?
Why was it necessary to place restrictions on the amount of money candidates could raise?
What was the 17th Amendment and why was it necessary to add to the Constitution?
How did Robert La Follette work to reform the state of Wisconsin? Were his reforms successful?
What was the settlement house movement?
How were female progressive activities an extension of the traditional roles of wife and mother?
What is the significance of the Muller v. Oregon case?
How was the Supreme Court decision in Lochner v. New York a setback for reformers?
What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York in 1911?
What impact did the WCTU have upon reforms?
Explain how the square deal impacted each area:
Control of corporations
Consumer protection
Conservation of natural resources
What led Roosevelt to create the Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903?
Discuss reforms made to the railroad industry.
(Elkins Act, Hepburn Act, good trusts, bad trusts)
Describe how Roosevelt’s trust-busting policies benefited consumers.
What impact did Upton Sinclair’s novel, “The Jungle” have on the meat packing industry?
What issues existed?
What did this act do to resolve the issues?
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
What was the Forest Reserve Act of 1891?
What was the purpose of the Newlands Act of 1902?
Why did conservatives name the economic downturn in 1907 the “Roosevelt Panic?”
What type of fiscal reforms occurred as a result of the Panic of 1907?
What contributions did Roosevelt leave behind with his presidency?
Who were the candidates and what were the issues in the Election of 1908?
Discuss Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy.
What led to Taft’s interest in each of the following areas?
Manchuria
Caribbean
Latin America
Discuss the impact Taft had upon breaking up monopolies.
(trust-busting)
What was the purpose of the Payne-Aldrich Bill?
What was the Ballinger-Pinchot Affair?
What was Roosevelt’s “new nationalism?”