Quarter 1
Concepts to Know:
1. Causes and results of the Civil War
2. The many problems that the Nation faced rebuilding the South.
3. As the settlers moved west, the western landscape was transformed.
4. The conflict between Native Americans and the U.S. Government occurred over western land.
5. New communities and political groups were created by the settlers on the Great Plains.
Vocabulary, Events, and Important People: All definitions can be found in the Social Studies Class Notebook. Study all notes in the class notebook and use your textbook for further explanation.
Manifest Destiny, Sectionalism, Compromise of 1850, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fort Sumter, Dred Scott Decision, Jefferson Davis, abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln, Border States, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, Emancipation Proclamation, Clara Barton, total war, Appomattox Courthouse
Reconstruction, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, John Wilkes Booth, Andrew Johnson, Black Codes, impeachment, Ku Klux Klan, segregation, Father Isaac Hecker, Sisters of Charity, New York Foundling Hospital, Comstock Lode, boomtown, cattle drive, Great Plains, Pony Express, Transcontinental Railroad, Promontory Point, Reservations, Battle of Little Big Horn, Buffalo Soldiers, Sitting Bull, Long Walk, Chief Joseph, Homestead Act 1862, National Grange, Interstate Commerce Act 1887, Populist Party _______________________________________________________
Quarter 2:
Concepts to Know:
1. The Second Industrial Revolution led to new sources of power and advances in transportation and communication.
2. The growth of big business in 1800 led to the creation of monopolies.
3. Changes in the workplace led to a rise in labor unions and workers’ strikes.
Vocabulary, Events, and Important People: All definitions can be found in the Social Studies Class Notebook. Study all notes in the class notebook and use your textbook for further explanation.
Second Industrial Revolution, Bessemer Process, Edwin L. Drake, Thomas Alva Edison, patent, Henry Ford, assembly line, acquire, Wilbur and Orville Wright, corporations, Andrew Carnegie, vertical integration, John D. Rockefeller, horizontal integration, trust, monopoly, Sherman Antitrust Act, conspiracy, strike, American Federation of Labor, collective bargaining, Haymarket Riot, Pullman Strike 1894
Possible Essay Questions:
1. Discuss the Battle of Gettysburg. Know where and why it started? What were the strategies? What were the results?
2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the North and the South during the Civil War.
3. Explain why settlers moved West- farmers, immigrants, and African Americans. What challenges did they face? What was the role of women and children?
4. Discuss the Bessemer Process- What was it and who was involved? What effect did it have on the steel industry in the United States?
5. Explain vertical and horizontal integration. What was the difference between them? Who used them?
