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HIST-USII Exam [E-0DKCGX] First 9 weeks Test 2013
HIST-USII Study Guide Due on October 29, 2013
Test Date: October 31, 2013 Name_____________________________
First 9 weeks Study Guide Class_________________
Define the following types of maps
Physical
Political
Historical
Clue: what region is it in then use your notes to find key cities in that region.
Which significant city is located at approximately 41N and 87W?
What key city is located approximately 39 N and 77 W?
In which 2 hemispheres is North America located?
In which 2 hemispheres is Asia located?
In which 2 hemispheres is South America located?
In which 2 hemispheres is Europe located?
What would be the best title for the box labeled with a star?_________________
What would be the best title for the box labeled with a triangle?____________________________
Before the Civil War, the Great Plains were given two names in which they were often referred to as
What type of housing, displayed in the photo above, allowed settlers to live in the
Great Plains
In which regions did the United States Army fight the Native Americans in the final battles of Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee?
What new technology of the 1800s was a faster, cheaper, and safer way to travel west?
Why was barbed wire invented in the 1800s?
Where was the historic golden spike placed that was used to complete the first
Transcontinental Railroad?
General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry were defeated at the
Which event marked the end of the conflicts with American Indians?
How did the invention pictured above enable settlers to live on the Great Plains?
What is the best title for this graphic?
What result of the Indian Wars forever changed life for the American Indians?
Why were dust storms a problem for farmers in the Great Plains?
During the period of westward expansion, what could you add for number 3?
What is the process in which a group makes changes or modifications to become part of the mainstream American culture?
(To make similar)
Which Sioux leader helped defeat the United States Army in the Battle of Little
Bighorn?
Why did immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s settle in the cities?
Why did immigrants in the late 1900s and early 1900s come to America?
Which American Indian delivered this speech in 1877?
Which adaptation for living on the Great Plains did NOT contribute to the end of the cowboy era?
A Hay fed cattle E The Pony Express
B Barb-wired fences F The telegraph
C Steel plow G Sod Houses
D Railroad H National markets
What does this graph show? Make a statement about it.
What is the reason for the decline in the Native American population in the 1890s?
What is this invention and why was it important in the settling of Great Plains
How did wheat farming change the landscape of the Great Plains?
What are reasons why people lived through hardships in order to travel westward?
President Abraham Lincolns plan for Reconstruction was to____________________
____________________________________________________
What was the result of the industrial growth during the late 1800s?
Define the following:
Urban
City
Rural
Country
Describe the climate and physical features of the Midwest region of the United States
What is the best title for this graphic?
Which American citys population was most affected by immigration?
Which invention caused the most change to life in the Great Plains?
What made the Great Plains difficult to settle?
D
Philadelphia
Why did westward settlers build their houses out of sod?
What is the process in which immigrants become part of the American culture and
American Indians become part of the white culture?
What would be the best title for the graphic below?
Reasons for westward expansion
Why was the technological advance pictured so important after the Civil War?
During the late 1800s, this type of housing was found mostly on the Great Plains because the
This excerpt comes from the
The constitutional amendments that were adopted during Reconstruction and what did they do?
List inventions that helped to settlers in the Great Plains
15th
14th
13th
Which headline would have most likely occurred immediately after the Reconstruction period ended?
"Federal Troops Leave the South"
Frederick Douglass fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed
voting rights
Robert E. Lee was the president of
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared that all United States citizens could do all of the following EXCEPT
What group of people does the picture above make reference to during the
Reconstruction Era?
What most likely attracted the people in this picture to this place?