USH - Final
1) Tell the story of Francis Scott Key
a) He was a lawyer
b) During the War of 1812, he went on a British Fleet to save his buddy at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD.
c) He overhead British's surprise plan attacks.
d) He was taken as Prisoner at the fleet.
e) He wrote the star-spangled Banner
2) What was so significant about the Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858?
a) In 1858, Stephen A. Douglas was running for reelection for senator for Illinois, and Abraham Lincoln wanted to debate him on the issue of slavery.
b) Douglas argued that the decisions was upon popular sovereignty, while Lincoln argued that expansion of slavery should stop (He wasn’t against the idea of slavery)
c) They went to debate in 7 towns in Illinois, for a total of 7 debates.
d) Lincoln won all of the seven debates, but because choosing the senator is based on the legislative, Douglas would ultimately win the seat.
e) Although Lincoln lost, he gather so much notice from his debates with Douglas, that later he won presidency.
3) What was so special about the Minie Ball?
a) The Minié Ball was invented in the 1840s by Claude-Étienne Minié
b)Its a conical shape bullet, that would spin as it was shot from the rifle.
c) The minie ball had great accuracy and force that once it hit something, it would flatten upon impact.
d) The Minie Ball would both be used by the union and Confederacy during the Civil War.
e) This minie ball would cause 625,000 casualties.
4) Describe the experience of being a Chinese immigrant to the United Staes during the Industrial Revolution.
a) During the Industrial Revolution, Chinese immigrants came to the US and settled in overcrowded cities with low-paying jobs.
b) They worked in mines, farms, and on the Transcontinental Railroad with harsh job conditions.
c) The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 passed, where it restricted immigration and basic rights towards Chinese people.
d) Rock Spring Massacre of 1885 occurred where white miners attacked on Chinese laborers, resulting in casualties.
e) When Angel Island opened, under the exclusion act, Chinese people were subjected to harsh inspections and long detentions.
5) How did Jim Crow disenfranchise African-Americans?
a) The KKK used fear and lynching to stop African-Americans from voting after they gained rights during the Reconstruction.
b) Despite the 15th amendment, African-Americans were required to pay a poll tax, but most of them lived in poverty.
c) If they payed the poll tax, African Americans would be required to pass a literacy test, which was unfair compared to the white’s literacy test.
d) Moreover, the grandfather clause stated that they could vote if their grandfathers’ voted before the Civil War, although they couldn’t prove or trace it back, and most were enslaved.
e) On top of that, the Plessy v. Ferguson strengthen the Jim Crow laws, the “Separate but Equal” clause allowed for more discriminatory and segregation.
6) How did William Randolph Hearst and the New York Journal use Yellow Journalism to advance America’s imperialistic agenda?
a) William Randolph Hearst and the New York Journal used journalism to profit for themselves.
b) Through Yellow Journalism, they exaggerated and sensationalize stories to sell more newspapers to Americans.
c) When the USS Maine exploded, they would blame the Spain for the attack, even without evidence or proof.
d) This coverage stirred public outrage and pressure on President McKinley to take action.
e) Ultimately, the US would declare war on Spain, although Spain never attacked the Maine.
7) Explain the five steps the US and Panamanians used to see their vision for a canal realized?
a) The US really wanted the Panama Canal to be built.
b) For it to be built, they needed to eradicate Yellow Fever by killing all mosquitoes with oil, pumping out standing water, and burning forests.
c) The US negotiate with Colombia, offering $10 million + $250,000 per year for the rights and control of the canal.
d) It took 10 years, 40,000 laborers, $390 million to build the canal, that stretched 50 miles.
e) After Colombia backed out of the deal, the US would support Panamanian Independence, in order to secure the rights of the Panama Canal.
8) What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory? What was the outcome for American workers as a result of this event?
a) The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a sweatshop on the 9th floor that employed mostly immigrant women, and earned pennies a day.
b) The owners were so afraid workers might steal scraps of fabric that they only kept one entrance open, and the rest locked.
c) In 1911, a cigarette was discarded and it would result in a fire breaking out, and most women were trapped because there was only one entrance open.
d) Due to this tragedy, it sparked public outrage of the dangerous conditions in sweatshops.
e) With lawmakers pushed to act, it resulted in reforms in NYC such as strengthening laws for fire safety, building standards, and workers right in the US.
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