U. S. History 1 - Study Guide Directions: Answer the following questions as thoroughly as possible to prepare for the final exam.

Define the Enlightenment. Who were the main philosophers and what were their beliefs? How did they influence the Declaration of Independence and the U. S. Constitution?

What is the Great Awakening? Who were the major contributors?

What was the Revolutionary War about? What officially ended the war? What were the major events?

What are the Articles of Confederation? What were their concerns? What replaced them?

What is the U. S. Constitution? What parts are inspired by the Enlightenment? What freedoms are granted in the first amendment?

What is laissez-faire capitalism. Give some examples. Who is Adam Smith? What did he write?

Define Manifest Destiny.

What is the purpose of the Great Compromise? What were the major events?

What was the Civil War about? What officially ended the war? What were the major events?

What did the Fourteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution do?

Who were Social Darwinists? What did they want to establish? Explain.

What was the industrial revolution? How did it begin? What were the major events?

During the industrial revolution, where did people move to? How were conditions in the factories? How did industrialization change the way people lived?

Who was Susan B. Anthony? What did she fight for? Why was she arrested?

What was the purpose of the Freedman’s Bureau?

What was fundamentalism?

What were political machines? What was the most notorious one? How did machine bosses become powerful?

Who were the Ku Klux Klan? What types of people did they choose to persecute?

What was the Populist party? What did it call for?

What was the Spanish – American War? What officially ended the war? Who was the victor and what did they claim?

Who was Theodore Roosevelt? What is he known for?

Who is the originator of Big Stick Diplomacy? What was it designed to do? Explain.

Who were Nativists? What do they oppose?

Who wrote The Jungle? What do they portray? What do muckrakers do?

What opportunities began to open up to women in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Define the Progressive Era.

Who was the inventor of Dollar Diplomacy? What is it designed to do? Explain.

Who were Woodrow Wilson and William Taft? What happened during the 1912 election? What were Wilson’s goals for tariffs and anti-trust legislation?

Define isolationism.

Define prohibition. What groups participated in this movement?

Define communism. Who first created this social system?

What did the Nineteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution do?

Who was the inventor of the assembly line? What was the purpose? Explain.

Who created the Open Door Policy? What was he trying to impose?

What was World War I about? What officially ended the war? What were the major events? Why did the U. S. refuse to ratify the peace treaty?

What was the Harlem Renaissance? Who were the prominent figures?

Define the Dust Bowl. Where di it mostly occur? Where did most victims migrate to?

What was Black Tuesday? How did governments in the U. S. and in other countries try to protect industries?

What was the Great Depression? What was the main cause of it? Explain. Why was Hoover blamed for it?

Describe the New Deal. What did it try to do? What are the major New Deal programs?