Study Guide Test # 1 History 112 Dr.

Prior
Please bring a blue or black pen and a Bluebook to class on Monday, February 6.
Bluebooks are available at most of the bookstores that cater to the university. DO
NOT write in or on your Bluebook before the start of the exam. The exam will be
closed-book and closed-notes. You cannot have any outside information, whether in
written form or otherwise, while taking the exam. The strongest exam responses
will be those that demonstrate command over all the lectures and discussions
through Friday, February 3, and all readings assigned to date excluding chapter 18
of either Give me Liberty! or Voices of Freedom.
Essay Questions: First Set (50% of exam grade)
The exam will have ONE of the below essay questions for you to answer. You will
not have any choice over which essay appears on the exam. A strong response will
offer a clear answer to the question, and support it by drawing on the lectures and
readings. You do not need to provide formal citations for an in-class exam, but
strong responses will demonstrate a detailed understanding of relevant essay
readings and the content of either Give me Liberty! or Voices of Freedom. During
the exam, you will want to take at least 20 minutes to write out your response.
1. In what ways did the United States change in the decade after the Civil War?
To what extent was the Civil War the cause of those changes? Your answer
should include but not be limited to a discussion of Reconstruction.
2. How did the South change from the ending of the Civil War through the first
decade of the 20th century? What explains these changes? Your answer
should include but not be limited to a discussion of Reconstruction.
Essay Questions: Second Set (50% of exam grade)
The exam will have ONE of the below essay questions for you to answer. You will
not have any choice over which essay appears on the exam. A strong response will
offer a clear answer to the question, and support it by drawing on the lectures and
readings. You do not need to provide formal citations for an in-class exam, but
strong responses will demonstrate a detailed understanding of relevant essay
readings and the content of either Give me Liberty! or Voices of Freedom. During
the exam, you will want to take at least 20 minutes to write out your response.
3. What was the Gilded Age? Did the North, the South, and the West experience
it in the same ways or to the same extent? How did it transform daily life for
different groups in the United States?
4. How and why did the role of the United States in international politics change
from 1865 to the early 1900s? Make sure to address major events, especially
those surrounding the War of 1898, as well as their underlying causes.