The exam will be based on readings, discussions, PowerPoints, and lectures related to Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, & 24. That is, the period in US history stretching from 1865 to 1939.
Part I – Multiple Choice Questions.
You will be given twenty-six questions. This section should take fifteen-twenty minutes and is worth 13 percent of your test grade. The multiple choice questions will focus on topics drawn from all chapters except Chapter 24.
Part II -- Identifications.
From a list of six terms, you will be asked to identify three in several sentences. These terms will be drawn from the terms sheets provided for each chapter and from our discussions. This section should take about fifteen minutes and is worth 12 percent of your test grade.
Part III – Short Answer Questions.
You will be given seven questions and asked to answer five of them in a concise, but thorough manner. These questions will emphasize a bit of analysis, but primarily explanation. Questions in this section will mainly, but not exclusively concentrate on topics covered in the last four chapters we studied (Ch. 20-22 & 24). This section should take twenty minutes and is worth 20 percent of your test grade.
Part IV – Connections.
You will be given six sets of three terms (i.e. names, concepts, events, etc.) and asked to describe the ways in which terms in three of the sets are connected. That is, in your responses to this section of the exam, you will be asked to explain what a set of three items have in common. This section should take twenty minutes and is worth 15 percent of your test grade.
EXAMPLE
Terms: The Grange – Populist Party – William Jennings Bryan
Now think about the following questions: How are these terms related? To what group does each of these items connect? What impulses or trends do they highlight?
Part V – Essay.
In response to the essay question below, write a well-organized, detailed (as much as possible), multi-paragraph essay. This section should take 50 minutes and is worth 40 percent of your test grade.
Essay Topic:
Many historians have claimed that the growth in the scope and influence of the federal government following the Civil War is one of the more significant themes in US history. Trace the expansion of the federal government between 1865 and 1939 by focusing primarily on a single issue (i.e. labor rights, the presidency, social reform movements, international policy, civil rights, etc.). The Hitch: You must also discuss how this topic (changes in the power afforded the federal government) reaches into the decade you researched.
Tuesday, May 15
Thursday, May 10
More Test Review Questions
1. List the "economic weaknesses" that underlay the crash at the end of October 1929, and the onset of the Great Depression.
2. How did the Depression threaten democracy?
3. What impact did growing success of left-wing political organizations in the mid-1930s have on FDR and the focus of the New Deal?
4. Why was the emergence of the CIO significant?
5. If the New Deal did not treat African Americans fairly, why did they support FDR and the New Deal?
2. How did the Depression threaten democracy?
3. What impact did growing success of left-wing political organizations in the mid-1930s have on FDR and the focus of the New Deal?
4. Why was the emergence of the CIO significant?
5. If the New Deal did not treat African Americans fairly, why did they support FDR and the New Deal?
Tuesday, May 8
Review Questions
- List reasons why the Harlem Renaissance was significant for African Americans and the whole American population.
- What was government’s attitude toward business in the 1920s?
- What was the Scopes trial and why was it significant?
- What happened to farmers during the Depression? Why?
- How did Herbert Hoover approach the Depression?
- What two basic strategies for attacking the Depression emerged during FDR’s First Hundred Days?
- What criticisms of the New Deal were raised?
- What were the effects of the Wagner Act?
- What impact did the New Deal have on the power of the federal government?
- Did the New Deal solve the Depression?
Test Preview: 1920s-Great Depression-New Deal
Test Preview
The exam will be based on readings, discussions, PowerPoints, and lectures related to the 1920s and Chapter 24. This means that the exam will cover US history in the 1920s-1930s.
Part I – Multiple Choice Questions.
You will be given sixteen questions. This section should take ten minutes and is worth 29 percent of your test grade.
Part II -- Identifications.
From a list of five terms, you will be asked to identify four in several sentences. These terms will be drawn from the terms sheets provided for the chapter and from our discussions. This section should take about fifteen minutes and is worth 33 percent of your test grade.
Part III – Short Answer Questions.
You will be given eight questions and asked to answer seven of them in a concise, but thorough manner. These questions will emphasize a bit of analysis, but primarily explanation. This section should take thirty minutes and is worth 38 percent of your test grade.
Topics to review for the test:
1) 1920s. What kind of relationship emerges between business and government? Who was Warren G. Harding and what characterized his presidency? Discuss the social and political effects of the growing anti-immigration sentiments. What was the Harlem Renaissance? What ideas developed in connection with the movement? Explain the significance of the Scopes Trial.
2) Great Depression. What were the causes of the Great Depression? How did the Great Depression affect the American economic system? How did Americans respond to the Great Depression? Why? How did the Hoover administration attempt to deal with the economic and human crises of the Great Depression? How effective were these endeavors? How were they received? What was the Dust Bowl and how does it correlate to the Great Depression?
3) The New Deal. What was the theoretical foundation of the First New Deal? The Second? Explain the aims and accomplishments of alphabet agencies, especially AAA, CCC, FERA, and NRA. Explain the aims and accomplishments of Second New Deal programs: Social Security, WPA, and Wagner Act. How did the New Deal affect labor? How did the New Deal affect African Americans? How and why did the Democratic coalition change in this era? What kinds of criticisms were leveled against the New Deal? How did these alter its course? How did the New Deal change the relationship between the federal government and American citizens? What are the legacies of the New Deal?
4) Differences. American experience varies based on gender, class, race, ethnicity, occupation, and location. Demonstrate awareness of these dissimilarities in your response.
The exam will be based on readings, discussions, PowerPoints, and lectures related to the 1920s and Chapter 24. This means that the exam will cover US history in the 1920s-1930s.
Part I – Multiple Choice Questions.
You will be given sixteen questions. This section should take ten minutes and is worth 29 percent of your test grade.
Part II -- Identifications.
From a list of five terms, you will be asked to identify four in several sentences. These terms will be drawn from the terms sheets provided for the chapter and from our discussions. This section should take about fifteen minutes and is worth 33 percent of your test grade.
Part III – Short Answer Questions.
You will be given eight questions and asked to answer seven of them in a concise, but thorough manner. These questions will emphasize a bit of analysis, but primarily explanation. This section should take thirty minutes and is worth 38 percent of your test grade.
Topics to review for the test:
1) 1920s. What kind of relationship emerges between business and government? Who was Warren G. Harding and what characterized his presidency? Discuss the social and political effects of the growing anti-immigration sentiments. What was the Harlem Renaissance? What ideas developed in connection with the movement? Explain the significance of the Scopes Trial.
2) Great Depression. What were the causes of the Great Depression? How did the Great Depression affect the American economic system? How did Americans respond to the Great Depression? Why? How did the Hoover administration attempt to deal with the economic and human crises of the Great Depression? How effective were these endeavors? How were they received? What was the Dust Bowl and how does it correlate to the Great Depression?
3) The New Deal. What was the theoretical foundation of the First New Deal? The Second? Explain the aims and accomplishments of alphabet agencies, especially AAA, CCC, FERA, and NRA. Explain the aims and accomplishments of Second New Deal programs: Social Security, WPA, and Wagner Act. How did the New Deal affect labor? How did the New Deal affect African Americans? How and why did the Democratic coalition change in this era? What kinds of criticisms were leveled against the New Deal? How did these alter its course? How did the New Deal change the relationship between the federal government and American citizens? What are the legacies of the New Deal?
4) Differences. American experience varies based on gender, class, race, ethnicity, occupation, and location. Demonstrate awareness of these dissimilarities in your response.
Thursday, May 3
Decades Research Guide
Reference Resources
The following titles can be found in the Reference area of the library. If you have any questions, please ask a librarian.
Bigelow, Barbara C. World War II: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 1999.
A variety of World War II documents are included in this text along with introductory material, and a description of the impact each document or event had on this time period. (REF 940.54 BIG)
Ciment, James, ed. Postwar America: an Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2007.
Alphabetical entries in this four volume set cover all aspects of Postwar America. Each entry provides the reader with an overview of the subject, a bibliography of additional resources and a “see also” for links to other subjects within the set. (REF 973.92 POS)
Derks, Scott. Working Americans: 1880-2005 Millerton, NY: Grey House Publishing, 2005.
The library owns three in this series; Women at Work, Americans at War, and Social Movements. Each decade is broken into the profile, historical snapshots, timelines, news features and selected prices to provide comparison of prices between the decades. (REF 973.9 WOR)
Frankel, Benjamin, ed. The Cold War: 1945-1991, Leaders and Other Important Figures in the United States and Western Europe. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1992.
A comprehensive resource on the events and leaders during the Cold War. This three volume set provides extensive articles followed by a bibliography of resources and listing of other related articles within this set. (REF 973.918 FRA)
Fremon, David K.. The Watergate Scandal in American History. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1998.
Explores the people and events surrounding the political scandal that began with a June 1972 burglary and resulted in the resignation of President Nixon, discussing the scandal's effects on American politics and history. (973.92 FRE)
Gregory, Ross. Cold War America: 1946-1990. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
Tables of statistics on all aspects of U.S. history and culture during the second half of the twentieth century make up a large percentage of each chapter. Overview information on the time period is also included. A bibliography is included for further reading.(REF 973.92 GRE)
Hamilton, Neil. The 1970s. New York: Facts on File, 2006.
Primary Source materials included. Eyewitness testimony follows each article. The articles are quite extensive covering each year of the 1970s and the highlighting the key events of the year. There is an Appendix of the documents included in the text, a biography of the major personalities included and a lengthy bibliography. (REF 973.9 HAM)
Hanes, Sharon M. and Richard C. Hanes. Cold War: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2004.
The contents section of the book outlines the events during the Cold War, and the documents, speeches, radio and television broadcasts and other primary source documents available for each subject listed. (REF 973.918 HAN)
Hillstrom, Kevin and Laurie Collier Hillstrom. Vietnam War: Primary Sources. Detroit, UXL, 2001.
A timeline of the war serves as an introduction to this volume which contains primary source excerpts throughout the book. (REF 959.7 HIL)
History of World War II. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2005.
From the origins and outbreak, to the aftermath, this three volume set provides extensive articles on many aspects of World War II. (REF 940.54 HIS)
Maga, Timothy. The 1960s: An Eyewitness History. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
Primary Source materials included. Provides background information on events during the 1960s along with personal, first hand accounts of events from leaders and those who lived through them. A chronicle of events from each year is included along with a listing of resources for further reading. (REF 973.92 MAG)
Parker, Thomas and Douglas Nelson. Day by Day: The Sixties. New York: Facts on File, 1983.
This two volume set is a timeline of the 3,653 days of the sixties breaking down topics into ten different categories including world affairs, U.S. Politics and Social Issues, U.S. foreign policy, the economy, environment, science and technology. The Index is an invaluable way to locate the subjects within the timeline. (REF 973.92 DAY)
Riley, Edward J. The 1960s. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
This volume describes changes in American society during the 1960s, from feminism and civil rights to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Aspects of American popular culture are explored, a timeline, and bibliography are included. (REF 973.9 AME)
Schneider, Carl J. and Dorothy Schneider. World War II. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
Primary Source materials included. Each chapter contains an overview of historical content, a chronicle of events, and eyewitness testimony. Maps and a bibliography for further reading are included. (REF 940.53 SCH)
Singleton, Carl, ed. The Sixties in America. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999.
Articles on a range of topics on American history in the 1960s. Articles include the origin, impact and subsequent events in history. A listing of additional resources can also be found at the end of each article. (REF 973.92 SIX)
Sitkoff, Harvard. Postwar America: a student companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Provides brief articles for an overview reading on topics and names from Postwar America. An Appendix with a timeline highlighting important events is included as well as a bibliography for further reading. (REF 973.918 SIT)
Sickels, Robert. The 1940s. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
Daily life and American popular culture are explored in this volume, focusing on the 1940s. A timeline and bibliography are included. (REF 973.9 AME)
Twentieth Century America: A Primary Source Collection from The Associated Press. New York: Grolier Educational Corp., 1995.
Articles and photographs from the Associated Press dating back to 1901 make up this ten volume set. (REF 973.9 TWE)
U.S.A. Sixties Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2001.
This six volume set provides an alphabetical listing of events, personalities, and popular culture from the 1960s. Each volume has its own time line and includes a set index. (REF 973.92 SIX)
Winkler, Allan M. The Cold War: a history in documents. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Primary Source materials included. Includes background information and documents on the Cold War era, from the origin of the atomic bomb to the end of the Cold War. Descriptions on primary source documents and how to read and interpret a document are included. Provides an extensive bibliography for further reading. (REF 973.918 WIN)
Young, Marilyn B. The Vietnam War: A History of Documents. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Primary Source materials included. Includes background information and documents on the Vietnam War, with background information on the country of Vietnam, specific battles, conflicts, and the aftermath. Descriptions on primary source documents and how to read and interpret a document are included. Provides an extensive bibliography for further reading. (REF 959.7 YOU)
Search the Pescosolido OPAC from the CAP OPAC link for additional materials. Use keywords and subject heading from any overview reading you have done to search for additional resources from the circulating collection of the library.
Databases
History Resource Center: US
Offers an extensive collection of primary source documents, reference resources, and full text documents from pre-colonial times to the present.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive
Provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news from 1923 to the present.
Issues & Controversies in American History
In-depth explorations on issues, includes primary source documents, timelines, biographies, images, historical texts, interviews, and more.
Searching the Internet
Web Pages:
Take a look at the following web pages for authoritative information and in some cases, primary source documents.
Library of Congress: American Memory - Browse the collection by topic or search all of the collections. The Library of Congress holds primary source documents such as photographs, manuscripts, maps, and journals. Browsing by topic will help you narrow your topic and timeline.
The National Archives – The National Archives website provides access to Federal documents. Begin with a search of your subject and you will find links to other resources within each article or connected to specific documents. Presidential Libraries are linked from the National Archives and offers the ability to search Presidential documents.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - Digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government are included in the Yale Law School site. Search by browsing the documents of each century of enter specific search terms.
Begin your internet searching with a Subject Directory:
Librarians Index to the Internet
Internet Public Library
Links in these directories have been selected, evaluated, and annotated by librarians. Begin with a simple search or browse the topics to find the timeline or specific topic you are looking for.
Search engines such as Google and Ask have special features to make your search much more efficient.
Try using Google Advanced Search or Ask Advanced Search and limit the domain by .org, .gov, or .edu. This is a good way to locate authoritative URL's and primary source documents. Another feature of Ask.com is the ability to narrow or broaden a search from the results list.
Citation
The OWL at Purdue University has a tutorial on citing the MLA way. Scroll to the bottom of the page for links to specific resource types.
MLA citation recourses can be found at the library, ask at the Circulation Desk for:
A Guide to MLA Documentation. Trimmer, Joseph F. A Guide to MLA Documentation. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
The following titles can be found in the Reference area of the library. If you have any questions, please ask a librarian.
Bigelow, Barbara C. World War II: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 1999.
A variety of World War II documents are included in this text along with introductory material, and a description of the impact each document or event had on this time period. (REF 940.54 BIG)
Ciment, James, ed. Postwar America: an Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2007.
Alphabetical entries in this four volume set cover all aspects of Postwar America. Each entry provides the reader with an overview of the subject, a bibliography of additional resources and a “see also” for links to other subjects within the set. (REF 973.92 POS)
Derks, Scott. Working Americans: 1880-2005 Millerton, NY: Grey House Publishing, 2005.
The library owns three in this series; Women at Work, Americans at War, and Social Movements. Each decade is broken into the profile, historical snapshots, timelines, news features and selected prices to provide comparison of prices between the decades. (REF 973.9 WOR)
Frankel, Benjamin, ed. The Cold War: 1945-1991, Leaders and Other Important Figures in the United States and Western Europe. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1992.
A comprehensive resource on the events and leaders during the Cold War. This three volume set provides extensive articles followed by a bibliography of resources and listing of other related articles within this set. (REF 973.918 FRA)
Fremon, David K.. The Watergate Scandal in American History. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1998.
Explores the people and events surrounding the political scandal that began with a June 1972 burglary and resulted in the resignation of President Nixon, discussing the scandal's effects on American politics and history. (973.92 FRE)
Gregory, Ross. Cold War America: 1946-1990. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
Tables of statistics on all aspects of U.S. history and culture during the second half of the twentieth century make up a large percentage of each chapter. Overview information on the time period is also included. A bibliography is included for further reading.(REF 973.92 GRE)
Hamilton, Neil. The 1970s. New York: Facts on File, 2006.
Primary Source materials included. Eyewitness testimony follows each article. The articles are quite extensive covering each year of the 1970s and the highlighting the key events of the year. There is an Appendix of the documents included in the text, a biography of the major personalities included and a lengthy bibliography. (REF 973.9 HAM)
Hanes, Sharon M. and Richard C. Hanes. Cold War: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2004.
The contents section of the book outlines the events during the Cold War, and the documents, speeches, radio and television broadcasts and other primary source documents available for each subject listed. (REF 973.918 HAN)
Hillstrom, Kevin and Laurie Collier Hillstrom. Vietnam War: Primary Sources. Detroit, UXL, 2001.
A timeline of the war serves as an introduction to this volume which contains primary source excerpts throughout the book. (REF 959.7 HIL)
History of World War II. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2005.
From the origins and outbreak, to the aftermath, this three volume set provides extensive articles on many aspects of World War II. (REF 940.54 HIS)
Maga, Timothy. The 1960s: An Eyewitness History. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
Primary Source materials included. Provides background information on events during the 1960s along with personal, first hand accounts of events from leaders and those who lived through them. A chronicle of events from each year is included along with a listing of resources for further reading. (REF 973.92 MAG)
Parker, Thomas and Douglas Nelson. Day by Day: The Sixties. New York: Facts on File, 1983.
This two volume set is a timeline of the 3,653 days of the sixties breaking down topics into ten different categories including world affairs, U.S. Politics and Social Issues, U.S. foreign policy, the economy, environment, science and technology. The Index is an invaluable way to locate the subjects within the timeline. (REF 973.92 DAY)
Riley, Edward J. The 1960s. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
This volume describes changes in American society during the 1960s, from feminism and civil rights to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Aspects of American popular culture are explored, a timeline, and bibliography are included. (REF 973.9 AME)
Schneider, Carl J. and Dorothy Schneider. World War II. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
Primary Source materials included. Each chapter contains an overview of historical content, a chronicle of events, and eyewitness testimony. Maps and a bibliography for further reading are included. (REF 940.53 SCH)
Singleton, Carl, ed. The Sixties in America. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999.
Articles on a range of topics on American history in the 1960s. Articles include the origin, impact and subsequent events in history. A listing of additional resources can also be found at the end of each article. (REF 973.92 SIX)
Sitkoff, Harvard. Postwar America: a student companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Provides brief articles for an overview reading on topics and names from Postwar America. An Appendix with a timeline highlighting important events is included as well as a bibliography for further reading. (REF 973.918 SIT)
Sickels, Robert. The 1940s. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
Daily life and American popular culture are explored in this volume, focusing on the 1940s. A timeline and bibliography are included. (REF 973.9 AME)
Twentieth Century America: A Primary Source Collection from The Associated Press. New York: Grolier Educational Corp., 1995.
Articles and photographs from the Associated Press dating back to 1901 make up this ten volume set. (REF 973.9 TWE)
U.S.A. Sixties Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2001.
This six volume set provides an alphabetical listing of events, personalities, and popular culture from the 1960s. Each volume has its own time line and includes a set index. (REF 973.92 SIX)
Winkler, Allan M. The Cold War: a history in documents. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Primary Source materials included. Includes background information and documents on the Cold War era, from the origin of the atomic bomb to the end of the Cold War. Descriptions on primary source documents and how to read and interpret a document are included. Provides an extensive bibliography for further reading. (REF 973.918 WIN)
Young, Marilyn B. The Vietnam War: A History of Documents. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Primary Source materials included. Includes background information and documents on the Vietnam War, with background information on the country of Vietnam, specific battles, conflicts, and the aftermath. Descriptions on primary source documents and how to read and interpret a document are included. Provides an extensive bibliography for further reading. (REF 959.7 YOU)
Search the Pescosolido OPAC from the CAP OPAC link for additional materials. Use keywords and subject heading from any overview reading you have done to search for additional resources from the circulating collection of the library.
Databases
History Resource Center: US
Offers an extensive collection of primary source documents, reference resources, and full text documents from pre-colonial times to the present.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive
Provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news from 1923 to the present.
Issues & Controversies in American History
In-depth explorations on issues, includes primary source documents, timelines, biographies, images, historical texts, interviews, and more.
Searching the Internet
Web Pages:
Take a look at the following web pages for authoritative information and in some cases, primary source documents.
Library of Congress: American Memory - Browse the collection by topic or search all of the collections. The Library of Congress holds primary source documents such as photographs, manuscripts, maps, and journals. Browsing by topic will help you narrow your topic and timeline.
The National Archives – The National Archives website provides access to Federal documents. Begin with a search of your subject and you will find links to other resources within each article or connected to specific documents. Presidential Libraries are linked from the National Archives and offers the ability to search Presidential documents.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - Digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government are included in the Yale Law School site. Search by browsing the documents of each century of enter specific search terms.
Begin your internet searching with a Subject Directory:
Librarians Index to the Internet
Internet Public Library
Links in these directories have been selected, evaluated, and annotated by librarians. Begin with a simple search or browse the topics to find the timeline or specific topic you are looking for.
Search engines such as Google and Ask have special features to make your search much more efficient.
Try using Google Advanced Search or Ask Advanced Search and limit the domain by .org, .gov, or .edu. This is a good way to locate authoritative URL's and primary source documents. Another feature of Ask.com is the ability to narrow or broaden a search from the results list.
Citation
The OWL at Purdue University has a tutorial on citing the MLA way. Scroll to the bottom of the page for links to specific resource types.
MLA citation recourses can be found at the library, ask at the Circulation Desk for:
A Guide to MLA Documentation. Trimmer, Joseph F. A Guide to MLA Documentation. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
Saturday, April 21
Test Preview
The test will be based on readings, discussions, PowerPoints, activities, and lectures related to Chapters 21 – 22 in your textbook. This means that the exam will cover US history from the 1890s-1919.
Part I – Matching
You will be given ten items and asked to connect each of these with the most appropriate definition or explanation provided. This section should take ten minutes and is worth eleven percent of your test grade.
Part II -- Identifications.
From a list of six terms, you will be asked to identify five in several sentences. These terms will be drawn from the terms sheets provided for each chapter and from our discussions. This section should take about fifteen minutes and is worth 22 percent of your test grade.
Part III – Short Answer Questions.
You will be given seven questions and asked to answer six of them in a concise, but thorough manner. Two starred questions will be answered by all students. These questions will emphasize a bit of analysis, but primarily explanation. This section should take thirty minutes and is worth 67 percent of your test grade.
Topics to review for the test:
1) Progressivism. How does the movement emerge? What are its main themes, concerns, intentions, divisions? What is the impact of Progressive ideals on education, gender, labor, law, and social sciences? How are the various Progressive ideas different and similar? How do different reform interests affect each other?
2) Examples of Progressivism. What is the relationship between TR’s social, political, and economic ideas and his actions as president? Likewise, how do Wilson’s beliefs shape his actions and approaches? Study the similarities and differences between TR and Wilson. How does Progressivism change city and state laws and political structures? What are the issues and legacies of the Election of 1912? What are the successes and failures of Progressive reform?
3) World War I. What are the short and long term causes of the First World War? How do these correspond to other periods we have studied? How does the US become involved in the war? How does Wilson negotiate the politics of neutrality and of war? In particular, what is “peace without victory”? What was Wilson’s role in the Paris Peace Conference? How do the changing attitudes toward the war reveal the United States’ ideas about its role internationally?
4) The Home Front during WWI. How did Americans respond to the First World War and the US eventual entry into it? What impact does the war have on the home front? How does the war affect the federal government, business and industry, labor organizations, African Americans, and women? What kinds of legislation are passed during the war, and how do these bills and organizations bring up civil liberties concerns? What are the elements of the debate over the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and American participation in the League of Nations? Why does the Senate reject the treaty?
5) Differences. American experience varies based on gender, class, race, ethnicity, occupation, and location. Demonstrate awareness of these dissimilarities in your response.
Part I – Matching
You will be given ten items and asked to connect each of these with the most appropriate definition or explanation provided. This section should take ten minutes and is worth eleven percent of your test grade.
Part II -- Identifications.
From a list of six terms, you will be asked to identify five in several sentences. These terms will be drawn from the terms sheets provided for each chapter and from our discussions. This section should take about fifteen minutes and is worth 22 percent of your test grade.
Part III – Short Answer Questions.
You will be given seven questions and asked to answer six of them in a concise, but thorough manner. Two starred questions will be answered by all students. These questions will emphasize a bit of analysis, but primarily explanation. This section should take thirty minutes and is worth 67 percent of your test grade.
Topics to review for the test:
1) Progressivism. How does the movement emerge? What are its main themes, concerns, intentions, divisions? What is the impact of Progressive ideals on education, gender, labor, law, and social sciences? How are the various Progressive ideas different and similar? How do different reform interests affect each other?
2) Examples of Progressivism. What is the relationship between TR’s social, political, and economic ideas and his actions as president? Likewise, how do Wilson’s beliefs shape his actions and approaches? Study the similarities and differences between TR and Wilson. How does Progressivism change city and state laws and political structures? What are the issues and legacies of the Election of 1912? What are the successes and failures of Progressive reform?
3) World War I. What are the short and long term causes of the First World War? How do these correspond to other periods we have studied? How does the US become involved in the war? How does Wilson negotiate the politics of neutrality and of war? In particular, what is “peace without victory”? What was Wilson’s role in the Paris Peace Conference? How do the changing attitudes toward the war reveal the United States’ ideas about its role internationally?
4) The Home Front during WWI. How did Americans respond to the First World War and the US eventual entry into it? What impact does the war have on the home front? How does the war affect the federal government, business and industry, labor organizations, African Americans, and women? What kinds of legislation are passed during the war, and how do these bills and organizations bring up civil liberties concerns? What are the elements of the debate over the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and American participation in the League of Nations? Why does the Senate reject the treaty?
5) Differences. American experience varies based on gender, class, race, ethnicity, occupation, and location. Demonstrate awareness of these dissimilarities in your response.
Thursday, April 19
On Blog!
Welcome to the blog created for various and sundry activities related to our US history class! This week and next this space will be devoted to study for the unit test (un)covering Progressivism and World War I.
As discussed in class, I will post below a version, possibly redacted, of the questions you all have submitted. Your task is to respond in a productive way to 3 questions by Monday, April 23rd at 9pm. What is a "productive way"? It means that you should attempt to answer the questions you select in a detailed and thoughtful manner. Or, if you don't feel informed enough to answer a particular question, try to contribute to the discussion by asking related questions, pointing out connections to other topics or events, revising or repositioning the original question, etc. This ought to help us to identify blind spots in our knowledge about these topics and to begin to fill in those spots.
What will we do with this blogular location in the weeks that follow? The possibilities are, you know, endless. And I will entertain all suggestions. I think, however, that we will use this blogtastic space to prepare for our second -- and final! -- quarter test and the semester exam. And also to discuss ideas and concerns related to the Decades Film project.
As discussed in class, I will post below a version, possibly redacted, of the questions you all have submitted. Your task is to respond in a productive way to 3 questions by Monday, April 23rd at 9pm. What is a "productive way"? It means that you should attempt to answer the questions you select in a detailed and thoughtful manner. Or, if you don't feel informed enough to answer a particular question, try to contribute to the discussion by asking related questions, pointing out connections to other topics or events, revising or repositioning the original question, etc. This ought to help us to identify blind spots in our knowledge about these topics and to begin to fill in those spots.
What will we do with this blogular location in the weeks that follow? The possibilities are, you know, endless. And I will entertain all suggestions. I think, however, that we will use this blogtastic space to prepare for our second -- and final! -- quarter test and the semester exam. And also to discuss ideas and concerns related to the Decades Film project.
WWI Questions
Below are the questions submitted that relate to World War I:
Use the comments to reply to these questions. Be sure to identify in your comment the specific question to which you are responding.
- Could the US involvement in the Great War have been prevented? How?
- Why didn't the U.S. follow its expansionist beliefs during WWI and try to gain more land or spread American beliefs at the Peace conference in Paris?
- Did America really believe that they were going to war to protect the world from the new Bolshevik government in Russia?
- How was the United States relationship with Italy during World War I?
- With all of the different treaties and alliances happening in World War I, what were the effects on trading?
- Was WW1 inevitable even if Franz Ferdinand did not get murdered?
- Would the Allies have fallen if the U.S. had not entered WW1?
- How did the U.S joining the war affect the outcome? What would the war have been like if the U.S did not join?
- What were the benefits of World War I for the United States, if any?
- How was World War I made into a “patriotic crusade” by the American people? Similarly, why was lynching of Germans seen as “patriotic murder”?
Use the comments to reply to these questions. Be sure to identify in your comment the specific question to which you are responding.
Progressivism Questions
Below are the questions submitted that relate to Progressivism:
- How did the woman sufferage movement relate to progressivism?
- Was progressivism successful with the consideration that World War 1 was a step backwards for the U.S.?
- How did Progressivism lead to the 16th-20th amendments?
- What were the major differences between the progressive candidates Roosevelt and Wilson?
- Did everyone in America agree with the progressive beliefs of reform? Who were they?
- Did Progressive ideas affect the stance of America in the Great War? How?
- How did Progressivism change the role of women in the early 1900's? Did their role change for the better, if at all?
- Who, in your opinion, did progressivism benefit most and why?
- How did factors such as Henry George’s Progress and Poverty help shape the movement of progressivism?
Use the comments to reply to these questions. Be sure to identify in your comment the specific question to which you are responding.
Wednesday, April 18
TR and the Song of Roland
Remember I mentioned that Theodore Roosevelt could recite the entire Song of Roland in its original Old French? Well, I did mention it. And they say he could do it. All 4000 lines of it. If you're looking for some exciting beach reading this summer, look no further. Roland is an eleventh or twelfth (it's hard to know for sure) action story about the 8th century exploits of Charlemagne's army.
For an English translation: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/roland-ohag.html or http://omacl.org/Roland/
For a look at Old French: http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~harsch/gallica/Chronologie/11siecle/Roland/rol_ch01.html
For audio clips of the Old French: http://eee.uci.edu/programs/medieval/ofclips.html
For an English translation: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/roland-ohag.html or http://omacl.org/Roland/
For a look at Old French: http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~harsch/gallica/Chronologie/11siecle/Roland/rol_ch01.html
For audio clips of the Old French: http://eee.uci.edu/programs/medieval/ofclips.html
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