Unit 1_Study Guide_Student (Repaired) HISTORY 1301 HIS 315L

HIS 315L UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE HOW TO USE THE STUDY GUIDE This study guide is designed to help guide your learning for this unit. Use this structure to generate and organize terms, ideas, questions, and your own key insi ...

HIS 315L UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE HOW TO USE THE STUDY GUIDE This study guide is designed to help guide your learning for this unit. Use this structure to generate and organize terms, ideas, questions, and your own key insights from each lesson. As you read, discover, and learn from your course materials, you should continue to add information and evidence from each lesson, and to record your responses to each unit question. By the end of the unit, the work you do in this guide will become a thorough review sheet that you can use to develop strong and wellsupported exam essays. PART 1: ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Before you start your reading for this unit, take a look at the following questions. These questions are important, because they are the broad questions that summarize each day’s lesson. As you read, try to identify information and evidence that can help you answer each question. When you find key passages, note the page numbers and sources, so that you can access this information easily later for studying and assessments. Questions Citation Directions: Preview these questions before reading. Directions: Note page numbers and sources from your readings or the Crash Course videos. To what extent were African-Americans freed by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments? What forces shaped freed slaves’ lives during Reconstruction and the latter 19th century? https://www.loc.gov/exhib its/african-americanodyssey/reconstruction.ht ml The second half of the 19th century is almost always referred to as a period of laissezfaire. Assess the role of federal, state, and local government in the economy of the period. https://www.independent. org/news/article.asp? id=1390 Describe the attitudes toward wealth and poverty in the Gilded Age. How did these attitudes shape government policy and societal institutions in the period? https://www.khanacademy .org/humanities/ushistory/the-gildedage/gilded-age/a/socialdarwinism-in-the-gildedage How did the belief that the frontier had closed by the 1890s shape American domestic policy in that decade and into the 20th century? https://www.apstudynotes. org/us-history/topics/endof-the-frontier/ How did the belief that the frontier had closed by the 1890s shape American foreign policy in that decade and into the 20th century? https://www.historians.org /about-aha-andmembership/aha-historyand-archives/historicalPage 1 of 10 EXPERIENCE COLLEGE BEFORE COLLEGEHIS 315KL archives/the-significanceof-the-frontier-inamerican-history PART 2: INTRODUCTORY TERMS AND IDEAS To prepare for the beginning of the unit quiz, read and watch all assigned material in Lesson 1. Write the definition, time period and/or date, and historical significance of each term in the space provided, and connect each term to a course Big Idea (American Identities, Reform and Renewal, Self and Society, Labor and Technology, America in the World). The time period and dates will help you to construct historical chronologies in Part 4 of this guide. Terms Time Period and/or Date(s) Definition and Significance Course Big Idea 13th Amendment April 8, 1864 Stated; “Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States except punishment of crime.” This officially ended slavery and made it illegal. Self and Society 14th Amendment July 9, 186 This gave everyone born in the united states the right, and will, to be an American citizen. And basically, everyone had human rights Self and Society 15th Amendment February 3, 1870 All citizens have the right to vote, no matter what race or color. (except women) Self and Society American Federation of Labor 1886 Leader Samuel Gompers, led the AFL, during the American Labor Movement in protest for better wages, better working conditions, and stop child labor. Self and Society/ american identities Alexander Graham Bell Mar 3, 1847- Aug 2, 1922 A Scottish- American inventor, scientist, and engineer. Famous for the co-founder of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885 American identities Black Codes 1865-1866 Also called Black Laws, were passed to govern the newly freed blacks. Its significance was even though they were just freed, their freedom was restricted, and their labor wages were low. Reform and Renewal Booker T. Washington Apr 5, 1856- Nov 14, 1915 Booker Taliaferro Washington is an American educator, author, orator, and an advisor to multiple presidents. He was a famous in the AfricanAmerican Community and an black elite. American Identities Page 2 of 1