A.P. U.S. History

February 26-28, 2008

1. Read:  Read chapters 22 and 23 and complete the study guide.  Take notes on the chapters—study and learn their contents.  Take the online quiz for chapters 22 and 23.  (Due March 4).

Study Guide: Chapter 22

“The Age of Reform”

I.  Learning Objectives:

                A.  Explain the origins and philosophical basis of the Progressive Movement and list the successes it had reforming cities and states.

                B.  Evaluate the Roosevelt administration in regard to its business policies and the Square Deal.  What were its most notable achievements?

                C.  Evaluate the presidency of Taft as a “progressive” administration and explain how Taft split the Republican party after 1909.

                D.  Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s presidency using his “New Freedom” campaign message as criteria.

               

II.  People, Places, and Things: Define or identify each of the following names and terms on a separate sheet of paper.  Please use complete sentences.

1.  Progressive

2.  Muckrakers

3.  “Ashcan” artists

4.  City manager

5.   Commission government

6.  Trustbuster

7.  “Talented tenth”

8.  McClure’s

9.  Wisconsin Idea

10.  Muller v. Oregon

11.  Triangle shirtwaist factory

12.  The Jungle

13.  Payne-Aldrich Tariff

14.  New Nationalism

15.  New Freedom

16.  Federal Reserve Act

17.  Clayton Antitrust Act

18.  Lincoln Steffens

19.  William “Big Bill” Haywood

20.  Robert M. “Bob” La Follette

21.  Susan B. Anthony

22.  Gifford Pinchot

23.  W.E.B. DuBois

24.  Carl Sandburg

 

III.  Essay Questions:  Answer each of the following questions in at least 150 words.  Be sure to begin with a thesis and support your answer with at least ten factual points.

 

1.  Explain how the progressive movement emerged as a response to post-Civil War industrialism.  What was the role of the muckrakers in the progressive movement?

2.  Explain how Theodore Roosevelt helped to strengthen the executive function of the presidency, with reference to his policies toward business and the Square Deal.

3.  Explain why the progressive movement offered little hope to blacks and other minority groups desiring to improve their status.

 

Study Guide: Chapter 23

“From Isolation to Empire”

I.  Learning Objectives:

                A.  List factors leading to the rise of Imperialism in the United States and explain American special interest in Latin America and the Far East at the turn of the twentieth century.

                B.  Summarize the Spanish-American War: causes, key battles, outcome, peace treaty.

                C.  List reasons why Americans were divided over the question of annexing the Philippines in 1898.

                D.  Evaluate the significance of the Open Door policy in China.

                E.  Trace the timetable of events that led to the construction of the Panama Canal.

               

II.  People, Places, and Things: Define or identify each of the following names and terms on a separate sheet of paper.  Please use complete sentences.

1.  “Reconcentration “ camps

2.  Archipelago

3.  Anti-imperialists

4.  “Insular cases”

5.  “Spheres of influence”

6.  “Yellow peril”

7.  isthmus

8.  “Dollar diplomacy”

9.  Treaty of Washington

10.  Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

11.  Maine

12.  Teller Amendment

13.  Platt Amendment

14.  Roosevelt Corollary

15.  Boxer Rebellion

16.  Open Door Policy

17.  “Gentlemen’s Agreement

18.  Rough Riders

19.  William H. Seward

20.  Queen Liliukalani

21.  John L. Stevens

22.  George Dewey

23.  John Hay

24.  Isolationism

A Schedule for upcoming Weeks:

Week Twenty-two  (2/25)

UnitSeven:ModernAmerica

Carnes, chapters 22 and 23

Week Twenty-three  (3/3)

Unit Six test (20, 21, 22)

Carnes, chapter 24

Week Twenty-four  (3/10)

 

Carnes, chapter 25

Easter Break  (3/17)

Unit Eight: The 20th Century

No Class

Carnes, chapter 26

Week Twenty-five  (3/24)

Unit Seven test(23, 24, 25)

Carnes, chapter 27

Week Twenty-six  (3/31)

 

Carnes, chapter 28

Week Twenty-seven  (4/7)

Unit Eight test (26, 27, 28)

UnitNineContemporaryAmerica

Carnes, chapter 29

Week Twenty-eight  (4/14)

 

Carnes, chapters 30-31

Week Twenty-nine  (4/21)

Unit ten: Synthesis and Review

No Class Thurs.

Carnes, chapters 32-33

 

Week Thirty  (4/28)

Unit Nine test(29-33)

Practice A.P. Tests

Week Thirty-one  (5/5)

A.P. Exam: Friday a.m.

Practice A.P. tests

Week Thirty-two  (5/12)

Portfolios

 

Week Thirty-three (5/19)

Semester Final Exam

 

Essay Questions for Chapters 21-22

Use these to review and study

1)  Explain how Populism emerged from the agricultural discontent of the late nineteenth century.  Describe the major values, programs, and figures associated with Populism.

2)  Describe the major issues and events of the presidential election of 1896.  Explain why this election is often seen as a turning point in American political history.

3)  Describe the major characteristics of city governments in the Gilded Age.  Analyze the major problems they faced and how effectively they solved them.

4)  Focusing on the major issues of the period, compare and contrast the Democrats and the Republicans in the late nineteenth century.

5)  Describe the leading political figures in the late nineteenth century.  Compare and contrast their major values and their positions on the major issues of the day.

6)  Explain the issues in the election of 1912.  Describe the candidates and their platforms.  Describe how President Wilson fulfilled his campaign promises.

7)  Summarize the causes of progressivism.  Explain its basic assumptions and values.

8)  Describe the typical progressive reforms at the municipal, state, and national levels.  Summarize the most important problems the progressives tried to solve.  Explain their basic goals.

9)  Explain why Theodore Roosevelt is often seen as the first progressive president.  Evaluate his major achievements, programs, and goals as a president and later as a presidential candidate.

10)  Summarize how the progressives viewed minority groups and how minorities responded to the progressives.