Final Exam Review Short Answer Questions Only What

Final Exam Review Short Answer Questions Only

• What are some differences between the north and south 1

• Describe the fugitive slave act 2

• Why did some states secede? 3

• Explain the 14 th Amendment 4

• Describe three conditions during and after reconstruction that denied “freed peoples” their equal rights. 5

• What was the impact of the explosion in new inventions on American business? 6

• What was the effect of industrialization on the lives of children? 7

• What did it mean to “assimilate” Native Americans? 8

• What pulled or pushed people west? 9

• Describe general reasons people are “pushed” to move somewhere else and reasons that “pull” people to move somewhere else. 10

• What did the Statue of Liberty mean to immigrants? 11

• What problems were present in American life during the late 1800 s and early 1900? • What reforms were created to address these problems? 12

• Describe several of the new “freedoms” women enjoyed in the 1920 s. 13

• Explain why the American government felt it necessary to establish limits on the number of immigrants entering the United States in the 1920 s. 14

• How and why did the United States acquire territory? 15

• Why did the United States enter World War I? 16

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