American History Semester One Review Cause and Consequences of the Civil War

1. American History Semester One Review Cause and Consequences of the Civil War Significant people or groups of Reconstruction Issues that divided the Republican Party during Reconstruction Freedoms guaranteed to African Americans with the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments Jim Crow laws & Black Codes influenced life for African Americans Sharecropping and debt peonage for African Americans Native American experience Economic challenges to American farmers and farmer’s responses to the challenges in the mid to late 1800’s

2. Changes that occurred as the US moved from an agricultural to industrial society Social, political, and economic causes, course and consequences of the second industrial revolution that began in the late 19th century How the development of steel, oil, transportation, communication and business practices affected the US economy Identify significant inventors of the Industrial revolution, including African Americans and women Causes, course, and consequences of the labor movement in the late 19th and 20th centuries Examine the importance of social change and reform in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (migration from farms to cities, Social Gospel Movement, settlement houses, and churches providing for the poor) Different economic and philosophic ideologies Experience of immigrants in the East (Asia) to the West (Europe) Impact of political machines How different nongovernmental organizations and progressives worked to shape public policy, restore economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life

3. Major factors that drove the US to imperialism Motives for the US acquisition of new territories Causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish-American Civil War Economic, military, and security motivations of the US to complete the Panama Canal as well as major obstacles to its construction Causes, course and consequences of the US involvement in WWI How the US government prepared the nation for war New weaponry of WWI & wartime strategies Experiences of all Americans during WWI Provisions of the Treaty of Versailles and the failure of the US to support the League of Nations

4. Economic outcome of the end of WWI • Causes and public reaction associated with the Red Scare • Economic boom during the Roaring 20’s changed consumers, business, and marketing • Influence Hollywood, the Harlem Renaissance, the Fundamentalist movement, and prohibition had in changing American Society • Support of KKK with respect to issues such as anti-immigration, anti- union, etc. • Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the Great Depression and the New Deal. • Test Taking Tips • Look for clues in the stem of the question, charts, graphs, and images (it’s a puzzle!) • Eliminate distractors • Actively participate in each question (Read like a detective, gather evidence like a lawyer) • The clues are there! YOU CAN DO THIS!!!