Student
Dr. Newcomer
US History 2020
Study Guide: Exam One
Format: The exam will consist of twenty five multiple-choice questions (worth two points each/50 total), ten matching questions (worth two points each/20 total), and fifteen identifications (worth two points each/30 total).
SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE: Each of the multiple choice questions will ask you to identify the significance of an event or issue by completing the sentence. They will cover material from the lectures.
Mark Twain referred to the late-nineteenth century as the “Gilded Age” because A) of its large economic boom. B) he suspected that period politicians were corrupt. C) he became rich during the time. D) he believed American democracy was at its best then.
SAMPLE MATCHING: Each of the matching questions will ask you to identify the sentence that best describes a person, idea or event.
1. Mark Twain _C_ C. Coined phrase “Gilded Age.”
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION: Each question will ask you to provide the proper term in the blank space.
Mark Twain used the term Gilded Age to critique the United States in the late nineteenth century.
Useful Terms: These terms were covered in class and will provide a basis for preparation for the exam.
Western Settlement:
Civil war loyalties
Expansion, 1803-1854
Homestead Act
Speculation
Transcontinental Railroads
Spin-off industries
Plains wars
Little Big Horn
Reservations
“Closed” frontier
Cities and Workers
Centennial Exhibition
Urban growth
Agriculture
Mechanization
Internal migration
Immigration
Jim Crow Laws
Income gap
Suburbs
Tramways
Electricity, sewage
Tenements
Department stores
Middle class
National identities
Politics
George Washington Plunkitt
Self-interested
Politicians
Special interests
Partisan politics
Spoils system
Two party system
Republicans
Democrats
Civil War legacy “Safe” issues
Income gap
Temperance
Grover Cleveland
Pendleton Act
Radicalism
US History 2020
Study Guide: Exam One
Format: The exam will consist of twenty five multiple-choice questions (worth two points each/50 total), ten matching questions (worth two points each/20 total), and fifteen identifications (worth two points each/30 total).
SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE: Each of the multiple choice questions will ask you to identify the significance of an event or issue by completing the sentence. They will cover material from the lectures.
Mark Twain referred to the late-nineteenth century as the “Gilded Age” because A) of its large economic boom. B) he suspected that period politicians were corrupt. C) he became rich during the time. D) he believed American democracy was at its best then.
SAMPLE MATCHING: Each of the matching questions will ask you to identify the sentence that best describes a person, idea or event.
1. Mark Twain _C_ C. Coined phrase “Gilded Age.”
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION: Each question will ask you to provide the proper term in the blank space.
Mark Twain used the term Gilded Age to critique the United States in the late nineteenth century.
Useful Terms: These terms were covered in class and will provide a basis for preparation for the exam.
Western Settlement:
Civil war loyalties
Expansion, 1803-1854
Homestead Act
Speculation
Transcontinental Railroads
Spin-off industries
Plains wars
Little Big Horn
Reservations
“Closed” frontier
Cities and Workers
Centennial Exhibition
Urban growth
Agriculture
Mechanization
Internal migration
Immigration
Jim Crow Laws
Income gap
Suburbs
Tramways
Electricity, sewage
Tenements
Department stores
Middle class
National identities
Politics
George Washington Plunkitt
Self-interested
Politicians
Special interests
Partisan politics
Spoils system
Two party system
Republicans
Democrats
Civil War legacy “Safe” issues
Income gap
Temperance
Grover Cleveland
Pendleton Act
Radicalism