| The final exam will
consist of twenty five to thirty multiple choice/fill
in
the blank questions (25% of test grade), five short answer questions
(25%),
and one long essay (50%). Be prepared to answer questions on any
of the material covered in class: handouts; your primary text;
secondary texts;
the photocopied course pack; as well as lecture content and film
clips.
ESSAY QUESTION
You will receive
one of three questions below on the essay section. You will not
know
which one of the three will be on the exam, so study for all of
them.
Some pointers: answer the question as directly and clearly as
possible.
Be sure to address all the components of the question. Remember
to
integrate the relevant reading and lecture material to support your
argument.
Always avoid vague generalizations. Refer to specific events,
policies,
groups, ideas and individuals in your answers. Blue books will be
provided for your essay question.
1.
According to the Faragher text, “By 1920, immigrants and their children
constituted almost 60 percent of the population of cities over 100,000”
(573). Discuss the arrival of new immigrants during the early
20th
century. Who were they? Why did they come to America?
How did they reshape America? And finally, how did other
Americans
respond to the newcomers?
2. Who were
progressives? What were the causes and consequences of
Progressivism?
How did progressives change America?
3. During the
period from the 1890s to the 1920s, the United States went from being
an
isolated nation to a world super power. Write an essay on America as an
emerging force. Describe the basic arguments made for imperialism and
discuss
the changing shape of US foreign policy.
TERMS, NAMES,
IDEAS
If you are
familiar with the terms and names below, it should help you
considerably
on all three sections of the exam. Remember, it is best
to
know the “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” and “why” of these. The
“why” or the significance of any term or name is most important.
Josiah
Strong
The Maine
Yellow Journalism
Rough Riders
Anti-Imperialist
League
The Platt
Amendment
Boxer Rebellion
Muckrakers
Upton Sinclair
Hull House
Triangle Shirtwaist
Company
Food and Drug
Act
The WCTU
Alice Paul
Mass culture
Roosevelt's
New Nationalism
The Presidential
election of 1912
Wilmington
Race Riot
Ida B. Wells
W. E B. Du
Bois
The IWW
“Preparedness”
campaign
Technology
& WWI
Liberty Bonds
The religious
roots of Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy
The Great
Migration
Committee
on Public Information
Bolsheviks
Sedition Act
The League
of Nations
The Red Scare
of 1919
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