Study Guide for the Semester 1 Final Exam
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Overview of Exam
The exam will consist of 40 questions: multiple-choice, short-answer, and document-based.
Total of three paragraphs of writing required.
Study materials include key vocabulary, reading excerpts, and assignments.
Completion of the study guide is optional but recommended for success.
Written portion provided separately.
Section 1: The Cult of Domesticity
Key Vocabulary:
The Cult of Domesticity
Female virtues
Assignment to Review:
Student Guide Cult of Domesticity Reading
Reading Excerpts: Industrial Revolution and Gender Roles
Industrialization led to distinct roles for men and women, changing dynamics since both used to work together in the family farm.
Women faced legal and political rights disadvantages compared to men; men controlled property, custody, and divorce proceedings.
Women’s public speaking was discouraged in mixed-gender audiences.
Education Access
Women had limited educational opportunities, strongly discouraged from higher education.
Oberlin College was notable for allowing female enrollment in 1837.
Cult of Domesticity and Domestic Virtues
The increasing isolation of women represented a form of oppression, despite some viewing it as key to women's moral superiority.
Women expected to provide moral instruction and manage the home, emphasizing the higher value of 'female virtues'.
It balanced improved material comforts against diminishing public roles for women.
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Section 2: The Early Suffrage Movement & Seneca Falls
Key Vocabulary:
Universal suffrage
Women’s suffrage
Declaration of Sentiments
Seneca Falls Convention
15th Amendment
Assignment to Review:
19th Century Women’s Suffrage Movement Student Guide
Reading Excerpts: Split in the Suffrage Movement
15th Amendment (1870) granted voting rights to men, excluded women, causing division among suffragists.
Some white women opposed the amendment for not including women, leading to racist and classist rhetoric.
NWSA (National Women's Suffrage Association) aimed for a federal amendment, while AWSA (American Woman Suffrage Association) pursued state-by-state rights.
State Suffrage Progress
Early suffrage wins in western states like Wyoming and Colorado due to economic contributions of women to local economies.
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Guided Study Questions
Industrial Revolution Impact: Women became housebound as men worked; rights were further restricted.
Educational Access: Women were pushed toward elementary school, with higher education largely denied.
Terminology Definitions:
Cult of Domesticity: Gender roles ideology for upper and middle-class women.
Female Virtues: Roles emphasizing family care.
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Section 3: Primary vs Secondary Sources
Key Vocabulary:
Primary source
Secondary source
Assignments to Review:
Primary and Secondary Sources Defined.
Flashcards for practice on source identification.
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Section 4: Reconstruction
Key Vocabulary:
Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
Freedmen’s Bureau
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Black Codes
Prohibitive voting measures: Literacy tests, poll tax, racial terror (KKK)
Plessy v Ferguson
Panic of 1873
Compromise of 1877
Assignment to Review:
Reconstruction Means Rebuilding; The End of Reconstruction Video Guide.
Reading Excerpts: Overview of Reconstruction
Post-Civil War, Reconstruction aimed to reorganize the South without slavery until 1877.
Radical Republicans sought to empower former slaves, confiscate rebel land, and ensure full citizenship.
Freedmen's Bureau established to aid freedmen with provisions, protection, and education.
Key Amendments
13th Amendment (1865): Ended slavery.
14th Amendment (1868): Guaranteed citizenship and equal protection under the law.
15th Amendment: Granted African American men the right to vote, but racially restrictive practices emerged post-ratification.
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Continued Reconstruction Reading Excerpts
Violence and Terrestrial Resistance
Southern organizations like the KKK used intimidation, violence, and terrorism against Black political participation.
The federal government’s effectiveness waned as officials sympathized with the Ku Klux Klan, leading to rampant violence against Black communities.
Legal Decisions and Compromise
Plessy v Ferguson: Established "separate but equal," legalizing segregation.
Compromise of 1877: Ended Reconstruction; federal withdrawal from the South allowed White Democrats to regain control.
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Section 5: Immigration
Key Vocabulary:
Push Factors
Pull Factors
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Reading Excerpts: Push and Pull Factors
Immigration reasons can be categorized into push factors (e.g., overpopulation, persecution) and pull factors (e.g., job opportunities, freedom).
Severe overcrowding in Europe and religious persecution drove many to America.
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Key Vocabulary Continued
Angel Island Comparison
Angel Island functioned as both a processing and detention center, mainly for immigrants from Asia, while Ellis Island serviced European immigrants.
Section 6: Indigenous Boarding Schools
Key Vocabulary:
Boarding schools
Assignments to Review:
Study guide on how Native American children were assimilated.
Guided Questions
Assimilation Actions: Children faced strict regulations, harsh conditions, and forced cultural practices.
Replacement of Boarding Schools: New policies continuing the assimilation of Native American children emerged, though specific methods were not referenced in the excerpt.
Section 7: Progressive Era
Key Vocabulary:
Gilded Age
Progressive Era
Pullman Strike
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Laissez-faire capitalism
Robber barons
Self-made man
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Wealth
Muckraker
President Teddy Roosevelt
Square Deal
Trust-busting
Key Insights
The Progressive Era sought reform, addressed labor rights, health standards, and corporate ethics, marked by significant events like the Pullman Strike and Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.