Modern American Civilization History 104 Fall 2024 Study Guide for Mid Term Exam The mid term exam will be administered in class on Wednesday October 9 I will bring blue books for you to use to write your exam There will be two parts of the exam The first will ask you to write an essay answering one of the essay questions listed below On the day of the exam I will select one of these questions You will answer it in a well written well organized essay that uses an abundance of information from assigned readings lectures and discussions to support your answer The purpose of giving you this list of potential questions is to focus your study help you prepare and write a good essay The second part of the exam will be a list of seven identification terms important concepts people events documents covered in readings lectures and discussions selected from the list below You will select five from the seven included on the exam and write a paragraph on each defining the item and discussing its significance The essay will be worth 100 points and the short answers 100 points 20 points each Total value of the exam is 200 points or 20 of your course grade Possible Identification Terms Sherman Anti trust Act Coinage of silver Vertical Integration Sheppard Towner Act 1921 Ku Klux Klan Sedition Act 1918 Social Darwinism Steel Strike 1919 Closing of the Frontier Philippine War USS Maine Court Packing Plan Possible Essay Questions Johnson Reed Act 1924 Jane Addams Assembly line Woman suffrage Robert LaFollette Henry Ford s Service Department The Peace Ship League of Nations Women s Christian Temperance Union National Labor Relations Act 1935 Works Progress Administration Treaty of Versailles 1 What was the Second Industrial Revolution Why did it occur in the United States in the period 1870 1920 How did the Second Industrial Revolution change the lives of workers farmers business owners and women How did it change US politics 2 The Populists and the Progressives were both reform groups concerned about problems that resulted from the Second Industrial Revolution yet each movement had somewhat different remedies for these problems Compare and contrast Populism and Progressivism How were they similar Did their reform agendas overlap and if so how How were they different In your opinion which of these movements had the biggest effect on American society and politics Explain why 3 Between 1898 and 1919 the U S was involved in two overseas wars How were Progressive values and ideas reflected in the U S decision to enter these two wars and in the policies the U S pursued in the aftermath of each war How did participation in these two wars change the U S role in the world 4 Explain how you would define Progressive reform Did U S participation in World War I advance the goals of Progressive reformers or did U S participation help bring an end to Progressive reform Explain and support your position 5 Abner Shutt believed that he was better off than his father Tom had been and he attributed this to his opportunity to work for the Ford Motor Co How would Abner have described the ways in which his life was better than his dad s Why did Abner give credit to Henry Ford for his good fortune Upton Sinclair clearly empathized with Abner a fictional character he created but he also believed that Abner s assessment of Henry Ford was too charitable and that Abner needed a labor union to protect him from exploitation How would Sinclair have made his case to Abner 6 How did the Great Depression which began in 1929 affect the lives of Americans farmers laborers business owners bankers children women Explain the different approaches President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin Roosevelt s took to the problems Americans faced during the Depression Why did Roosevelt s approach win widespread support and enable him to win re election in 1936 and in 1940 and 1944 7 Some historians argue that the New Deal was truly revolutionary dramatically transforming the balance of power among corporations working class Americans and government Others argue that it brought about a lot of changes but that it was essentially conservative because it protected American capitalism from collapse and revolution Discuss the changes the New Deal brought to U S politics society and government Were these changes revolutionary Why or why not
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