Tuesday, January 27- Last day of Quarter 2! Deadline for quarter 2 work, makeup, re-submissions, etc.
2025-2026 Midterm schedule:
Wednesday, January 28
G- 8:00-9:30 AM
F- 10:00- 11:30 AM
E- 12:30-2:00 PM
Thursday, January 29
D- 8:00-9:30 AM
C- 10:00- 11:30 AM
Friday, January 30
B- 8:00-9:30 AM
A- 10:00- 11:30 AM
Common midterm- The common midterm exam (all 10th grade teachers/all levels) is comprised of 61 multiple choice questions worth 64 points total based on the notes and unit tests from chapters 13-23 (Westward Expansion-New Deal). There are true/false and matching questions in the multiple choice, but most of them are classic 4 option multiple choice. The 2 matching questions are worth 8 points each (16 total). The exam is also comprised of 1 open response question worth 9 points based on a course essential question. There is one essay question based on Essential questions as well and it is worth 15 points. Rubrics are provided. These questions require specific examples and explanations to show knowledge pertaining to the question from 1877 until the 1930's. Below are the essential question-based open response questions you may see.
Essential Question #1- How has the Idea of the American Dream influenced the lives of Americans and how does it evolve over time?
-With Immigration 1877-1930's?
-Ellis Island
-Emma Lazarus/New Colossus
-Angel Island
-Birds of Passage
-For farmers?
-For middle class?
Mass consumption/materialism of the 1920's/Auto ownership
Essential Question #2- Explain an example from 1877-1930's of one of the below groups attempting to access their rights and/or how they were opposed.
-Women
-19th Amendment
-Jeannette Rankin
-African Americans
-Plessy vs. Ferguson
-Jim Crow Laws (Segregation)
-Voting Restrictions
-Literacy Test
-Poll Tax
-Grandfather Clause
-15th Amendment
-Booker T. Washington/Up From Slavery
-W.E.B. Du Bois/"Souls of Black Folk"/Niagara Movement
-Great Migration
-Native Americans
-Land ownership
-Assimilation
-Outlawing the Ghost Dance, etc.
-Reservations
-Laborers
-Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
-Immigrants
-Literacy Tests
-Gentleman's Agreement
-Chinese Exclusion Act
-Immigration Restriction League
-Sacco and Vanzetti
-Espionage and Sedition Acts violate US right to free speech/Eugene Debs
Essential Question #4- Give an example 1877-1930's of how is Power acquired and what measures does it take to Protect Itself?
-Andrew Johnson's inauguration?
-Election of 1876's importance?
-Chester Arthur's inauguration
-Importance of Grover Cleveland's elections
-Effect of McKinley's assassination
-Election of 1912
-Election of 1916
-Return to Normalcy
-Coolidge's 1923 inauguration
-Election of 1932
Essential Question #5- Give an example from 1877-1930's of the accumulation of wealth in US History and explain why it is important.
-Unions
-Boston Police Strike
- Industrialists
-JP Morgan
-Vanderbilt
-Carnegie
-Rockefeller
-Horizontal Integration
-Vertical Integration
-Expansion of railroads in the 1870's and 1880's before bankrupcies
-Most Americans working for wages
-Gap between social classes in Gilded Age
-Haymarket affair and labor controversies
-Causes of the Great Depression
Essential Question #6- How have the negative and positive effects of war affected the development of America?
-Spanish American War (1898)
-USS Maine
-De Lome Letter
-Philippine American War (1899)
-Boxer Rebellion (1900)
-WWI (1917-1918 (US Involvement))
-Lusitania
-Zimmerman Telegram
-Treaty of Versailles
-14 Points
-League of Nations
Essential Question #7- Explain one of the below examples from 1877-1930's of US Imperialism. (and be able to locate them on a map) Also- Expansionism
-Hawaii
-Alaska
-Puerto Rico
-Cuba
-Philippines
-Panama Canal
-Mexico (Pancho Villa)
-China (Open Door Policy/Boxer Rebellion)
Pre-1890 US world influence (small, medium, or large world power?)
After 1890's driven by overseas trade!
Yellow Journalism
Anti-Imperialist League
Roosevelt Corollary
Essential Question #8- Give one specific example from 1877-1930's of the importance of a political party or movement in US History?
-Populists
-Gold Standard vs. Bimetallism
-Socialists?
-Samuel Gompers
-Eugene Debs
-Red Scare
-Pendleton Civil Service Act
-Unions
-Progressive movements
-Muckrakers
-Bull Moose Party
-Suffragettes
-Prohibitionists
-Ford Motor Co
-Margaret Sanger/Planned Parenthood
-Conservationism
-Reformers
-Pure Food and Drug Act
-Meat Inspection Act
-"He Kept Us out of War"- 1916 (Wilson)
-Pacifists and Jeannette Rankin
-1920's Republicans
-Return to Normalcy (1920- Harding)
-1930's Democrats
-New Deal
-FDIC
-Social Security Administration
-CCC
-21st Amendment
Essential Question #9- Explain one of the below examples from 1877-1930's of mass media being influential in America.
-Newspaper
-Radio
Essential Question #10- Give one strong example 1877-1930's of an advancement in transportation technology and explain how it impacted the American people?
-Railroad
-Automobile
-Airplane
Industrialization technology
military technology
-Tanks
-Machine Gun
-Airplanes
-Submarines
-Barbed Wire
-Anti-Aircraft guns
farming technology
-Steel Plow invented by John Deere
mass media technology
-Newspapers
-Radio
-Why were Time Zones instituted in the US and world?
-Electricity in cities
-Skyscrapers
Essential Question #11- How does the historical content change or reinforce how you see your values and decisions in your role in society (Civic identity)
-What is the 16th amendment and what is your opinion of it?
-What is the 17th amendment and what is your opinion of it?
-What is the 18th amendment and what is your opinion of it?
-What is the 19th amendment and what is your opinion of it?
Study your tests from the first half of this year! The Multiple choice questions and open response questions come from notes based on the following units and chapters:
- Reconstruction, Westward Expansion and Industrialization (Chapters 12, 13 and 14 of "the Americans" textbook)
- Immigration, Urbanization and Modernization of the late 1800's (Chapters 15 and 16 of "the Americans" textbook)
- Progressivism and Imperialism (Chapters 17 and 18 of "the Americans" textbook)
- WWI (Chapter 19 of "the Americans" textbook)
- Roaring Twenties (Chapters 20 and 21 of "the Americans" textbook)
- Great Depression and New Deal (Chapters 22 and 23 of "the Americans" textbook)
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