HIST 1493 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE

Over Norton, 20-23, Oates IV-VI, Lectures

Pendleton Act William Jennings Bryan
Civil Service Commission Populism and Free Silver
Spoils System The election of 1892
Stalwarts / Half-Breeds Roosevelt’s Corollary
Coxey's Army The election of 1912
Populism Open Door Notes
Wabash Case William Taft
Sherman Anti-Trust Act Square Deal
W.E.B. DuBois Tariffs & Cuban sugar economy
Booker T. Washington Cuban independence
The Jungle The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
Meat Inspection and Pure Food Acts Hawaii's annexation
Pendleton Act The beginnings of WWI
Garfield's Assassination German-American relations, 1914-1917
McKinley's Assassination Submarine warfare
McKinley Tariff Blockades
Democratic and Republican Parties through the Lusitania
Gilded Age and Progressive Era Sea warfare in WWI
Depression of 1893 Land warfare in WWI
Yellow journalism Allied Expeditionary Force
Muckrakers Zimmerman telegram
William Randolph Hearst Bolshevik revolution in Russia
Spanish-American War New nations after WWI
Battle of Manila Bay Armistice
Plessy v. Ferguson Peace Treaty
Grover Cleveland’s administrations Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations

ESS AY QUESTIONS: Three of the following five questions will be on the test:
1. Many historians believe that the election of 1896 was the most critical election of the post–Civil
War years. Do you agree with this assessment? How did the election change American politics?

2. Why was Theodore Roosevelt so eager to have Dewey attack the Spanish fleet in the
Philippines, a move that certainly would not help in the liberation of Cuba? Furthermore, why
would the cautious McKinley ever approve such a move?

3. Discuss the U.S. policy on American troops serving in Europe during World War I. Why do you
think American commanders were hesitant to allow U.S. soldiers to serve in British and French
regiments? What effect did this policy have on America’s relations with the other Allied countries?

4. Discuss the US' Allied Expeditionary Force's effect on the outcome of WWI. Did American
fighting strength materially help in the Western Front?

5. Discuss Wilson's plans for the League of Nations. Do you think his plans would have worked to
bring about and enforce peace between the nations, or was it a “soap bubble dream”?