I. Objective Section (20 points) You will answer multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, and/or matching questions based on the following terms:

Transcontinental RR                    Dawes Act                              15th Amendment
14^th Amendment                           Freedmen’s Bureau                 Wounded Knee
Homestead Strike                          KOL                                      AFL
John D. Rockefeller                      Reservation Schools                Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Reasons for U.S. Imperialism       Manifest Destiny                   Social Darwinism
Businessman’s Revolt                  Election of 1876                      The Grange
Jane Addams                                 Booker T. Washington            The Jungle
Women’s Clubs                            Platt Amendment                    Frederick Taylor
Andrew Johnson                           Carpetbaggers                         Chinese Immigration
Buffalo Bill Cody                         Frederick Jackson Turner Alice Paul

Sand Creek Massacre William Jennings Bryan Horatio Alger

Pullman Strike The Homestead Strike The Pankhursts

       Ida B. Wells Jacob Riis Florence Kelley
       Alfred T. Mahan Tenements                                 Yellow Journalism
       War in the Philippines Muckrakers                              Settlement Houses

II. Essay (80 points) You will write an essay on one of the following:

1. Describe the lives of African Americans from 1870 to the early 1900s. Be sure to address their rights and/or restrictions in the following areas: the law, society, politics, education, and rights.

2. Describe American territorial and political expansion from 1870 through the 1920s. Be sure to focus on the US taking over territory in the West and overseas and its role in WW I.

3. During the late 1800s, the United States became an industrial power. How and why was this the case and what effect did it have on immigrants and on farmers at the time? How did immigrants and farmers try to better their conditions?

4. Describe the role of women in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Be sure to address gender roles, both the lives of middle and working class women, and the roles of women in the progressive movement. Additionally, how did women win the right to vote and what effect did this have on women?

Strong essays will not only be thorough but will also cite examples from lectures, the text, handouts, overheads, and/or videos. You may bring outlines to class on the forms that I will provide, but they must be in outline form. Make sure to bring a green or blue book and a pen to class on March 11th. Good Luck!!!!!