Review: American History 2:

1820 – 2003

British and American Culture

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American History

Review: The Age of Expansion (1820 -1860)

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1) What was the Trail of Tears?

– When Cherokee Indians were forced to move from Georgia to Oklahoma in the 1830s

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2) What was a result of the Mexican American war?

– The U.S. acquired the northern half of Mexico.

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3) What is “Manifest Destiny”?

– Belief that the U.S. basically had a God-given right to occupy and "civilize" the whole continent

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4) What happened right after Lincoln was elected?

– South Carolina seceded from the U.S. as they felt their way of life was threatened.

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American History

Review: The Civil War (1860 -1865)

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1) Did all of the slave states secede and join the Confederacy?

– No– Missouri, Kentucky

and half of Virginia (which became the state of West Virginia) stayed with the Union.

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2) What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

– Freed all the slaves in those states still in rebellion.

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3) What impact did it have on slaves in the North?

– Very little. It did not free them.

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4) What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?

– Abolished slavery in the U.S.

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American History

Review: The Reconstruction Era (1865 -1896)12

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1) What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 do?

– Declared that all persons born in the U.S. (except Natives) were now citizens, without regard to race, colour, or previous condition.

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2) What did the withdrawal of federal troops from the South mean for Blacks?

– Racial equality in the South stopped being enforced.

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3) What was the Battle of Wounded Knee?

– Last major battle between Indians and US troops

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Review: The Progressive Era (1868-1917)16

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1) What did the 1890 Sherman Anti-trust Acts do?

– Outlawed trusts (anti-competitive agreements) and “illegal” monopolies

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2) What were 2 innovations made by Henry Ford?

– making a simple, reliable car the average American worker could afford

– the assembly line

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3) Why did the U.S. acquire control of the Panama Canal region in 1904?

– It would be a big benefit to American shipping.

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American History

Review: Era of the World Wars (1917-1945)20

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1) What did the Sedition Act of 1918 do?

– Made it a federal crime to criticize the government or Constitution

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2) What became known as the ‘Red Scare’?

– After the Russian revolution, when many in the U.S. became afraid of communism and anything that looked like it.

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3) In 1920 what did the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?

– Gave women the vote

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4) What was the Marshall plan designed to do?

– foster economic recovery in certain European countries after World War II

– contain the growing Soviet influence

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Review: The Cold War (1945-1989)25

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1) When the Truman doctrine was expanded what did it justify?

– support for any nation that the U.S. government believed was threatened by Communism during the Cold War period

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2) What was a major consequence of Watergate in 1974?

– Shook American faith in their political system

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3) What was a result of the Immigration Act of 1965?

– It changed the face of America

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Review: Post Cold War (1991-2003)29

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1) What was 911?

– September 11, 2001, when hijacked jets were crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

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End of History Review: 1820 to 2003