1) How and why did transportation developments spark economic growth during the period from 1860 to 1900

in the United
States?

2) Analyze the economic consequences of the Civil War with respect to the following in the United States between 1865 and
1880:
a. agriculture
b. labor
c. industrialization
d. transportation

3) For the following organizations, explain their strategies for advancing the interests of workers. To what extent were these
organizations successful in achieving their objectives? Confine your answer to the period from 1875 to 1925.
a. Knights of Labor
b. American Federation of Labor
c. Socialist Party of America
d. Industrial Workers of the World

4) Analyze the impact of any TWO of the following on the American industrial worker between 1865 and 1900.
a. Government actions
b. Labor Unions
c. Immigration
d. Technology changes

5) To what extent and for what reasons did the policies of the Federal government from 1865 to 1900 violate the principles of
laissez faire, which advocated minimal government intervention in the economy? Consider with specific reference to the
following three areas of policy:
a. railroad land grants
b. control of interstate commerce
c. antitrust activities

6) Compare and contrast the attitudes of the following toward the wealth that was created in the United States during the late
19th century:
a. Andrew Carnegie
b. Eugene Debs
c. Horatio Alger
d. Booker T. Washington
e. Ida Tarbell

7) Analyze the reasons for the emergence of the Populist movement in the late 19th century.

8) How successful were progressive reforms during the period 1890 to 1915 with respect to the following?
a. Industrial conditions
b. Urban life
c. Politics

9) Describe and account for the rise of nativism in American society from 1900 to 1930.

10) Assess the relative influence of three of the following in the American decision to declare war on Germany in 1917:
a. German naval policy
b. American economic interests
c. Woodrow Wilsons idealism
d. Americas claim to world power
11) To what extent did the United States achieve the objectives that led it to enter the First World War?

12) Following Reconstruction, many southern leaders promoted the idea of a New South. To what extent was this New
South a reality by the time of the First World War? In your answer be sure to address the following.
a. Economic development
b. Politics
c. Race relations

13) In what ways did economic conditions and developments in the arts and entertainment help create the reputation of the
1920s as the roaring twenties?

14) The 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia
on the other. What led to the tensions between old and new and in what ways was the tension manifested?

15) To what extent and why did the United States adopt an isolationist policy in the 1920s and 1930s?

16) Identify the following New Deal measures and analyze the ways in which each attempted to fashion a more stable economy
and a more equitable society:
a. Agricultural Adjustment Act
b. Securities and Exchange Commission
c. Wagner National Labor Relations Act
d. Social Security Act

17) Why did United States foreign policy after the Second World War [1945-1960] take a different direction from that after the
First World War [1918-1939]? Give approximately equal attention to both periods.

18) Analyze the differences and similarities between the war on the home front during the First World War and the Second World
War. To what do you attribute the differences?

19) Presidential elections between 1928 and 1948 revealed major shifts in political party loyalties. Analyzed both the reasons for
these changes and their consequences during this period.

20) The Second World War was a catalyst for both the Civil Rights Movement and the Feminist Movement. In what ways and
to what extent is this a true statement?

21) Analyze the impact of World War II on the following:

a. Women
b. African-Americans
c. Japanese-Americans

22) Analyze the home-front experiences of the following groups during the Second World War.
a. African Americans
b. Japanese Americans
c. Jewish Americans
d. Mexican Americans

23) Explain the origins of the following third parties and evaluate their impact on United States politics and national policies.
a. The Peoples Party (Populists), 1892
b. The Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party), 1912
c. The States Right Party (Dixiecrats), 1948
d. The American Independent Party, 1968

24) Assess the success of the United States policy of containment in Asia between 1945 and 1975.

25) How do you account for the appeal of McCarthyism in the United States in the era following the Second World War?

26) Analyze the influence of the following on American-Soviet relations in the decade following the Second World War:
a. Yalta conference
b. Communist revolution in China
c. Korean War
d. McCarthyism
27) To what extent did the decade of the 1950s deserve its reputation as an age of political, social, and cultural conformity?

28) Analyze the ways in which TWO of the following contributed to the changes in womens lives in the United States in the
mid-twentieth century.
a. Wars
b. Literature and/or popular culture
c. Medical and/or technological advances

29) Compare and contrast the 1920s with the 1950s with respect to the following:
a. Roles for Women
b. African-Americans
c. Consumerism

30) Discuss, with respect to two of the following, the view that the 1960s represented a period of profound cultural change:
a. education,
b. gender roles
c. music
d. race relations

31) 1968 was a turning point for the United States. To what extent is this an accurate assessment? In your answer, discuss the
following:
a. national politics
b. Vietnam War
c. civil rights

32) Describe the following and analyze the ways in which each has affected the status of women in American society since 1940.
a. changing economic conditions,
b. the rebirth of an organized womens movement
c. advances in reproductive technology
d. the persistence of traditional definitions of womens roles

33) In what ways did the Great Society resemble the New Deal in its origins, goals, and social and political legacy? Cite specific
programs and policies in support of your arguments.

34) Describe the patterns of immigration in the periods listed below. Compare and contrast the response of Americans to
immigrants in these periods.
a. 1880 to 1924
b. 1965 to 2000