1. Review: American History 2: 1820 – 2003 British and American Culture 1 Review by Ruth Anderson

2. American History Review: The Age of Expansion (1820 -1860) Review by Ruth Anderson 2

3. Review 1) What was the Trail of Tears? – When Cherokee Indians were forced to move from Georgia to Oklahoma in the 1830s 3

4. Review 2) What was a result of the Mexican American war? – The U.S. acquired the northern half of Mexico. 4

5. Review 3) What is “Manifest Destiny”? – Belief that the U.S. basically had a God-given right to occupy and "civilize" the whole continent 5

6. Review 4) What happened right after Lincoln was elected? – South Carolina seceded from the U.S. as they felt their way of life was threatened. 6

7. American History Review: The Civil War (1860 -1865) Review by Ruth Anderson 7

8. Review 1) Did all of the slave states secede and join the Confederacy? – No –Missouri, Kentucky and half of Virginia (which became the state of West Virginia) stayed with the Union. 8

9. Review 2) What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? – Freed all the slaves in those states still in rebellion. 9

10. Review 3) What impact did it have on slaves in the North? – Very little. It did not free them. 10

11. Review 4) What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do? – Abolished slavery in the U.S. 11

12. American History Review: The Reconstruction Era (1865 -1896) 12 Review by Ruth Anderson

13. Review 1) What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 do? – Declared that all persons born in the U.S. (except Natives) were now citizens, without regard to race, colour, or previous condition. 13

14. Review 2) What did the withdrawal of federal troops from the South mean for Blacks? – Racial equality in the South stopped being enforced. 14

15. Review 3) What was the Battle of Wounded Knee? – Last major battle between Indians and US troops 15

16. American History Review: The Progressive Era (1868-1917) 16 Review by Ruth Anderson

17. Review 1) What did the 1890 Sherman Anti-trust Acts do? – Outlawed trusts (anti-competitive agreements) and “illegal” monopolies 17

18. Review 2) What were 2 innovations made by Henry Ford? –making a simple, reliable car the average American worker could afford –the assembly line 18

19. Review 3) Why did the U.S. acquire control of the Panama Canal region in 1904? – It would be a big benefit to American shipping. 19

20. American History Review: Era of the World Wars (1917-1945) 20 Review by Ruth Anderson

21. Review 1) What did the Sedition Act of 1918 do? – Made it a federal crime to criticize the government or Constitution 21

22. Review 2) What became known as the ‘Red Scare’? – After the Russian revolution, when many in the U.S. became afraid of communism and anything that looked like it. 22

23. Review 3) In 1920 what did the 19 th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do? – Gave women the vote 23

24. Review 4) What was the Marshall plan designed to do? –foster economic recovery in certain European countries after World War II –contain the growing Soviet influence 24

25. American History Review: The Cold War (1945-1989) 25 Review by Ruth Anderson

26. Review 1) When the Truman doctrine was expanded what did it justify? – support for any nation that the U.S. government believed was threatened by Communism during the Cold War period 26

27. Review 2) What was a major consequence of Watergate in 1974? – Shook American faith in their political system 27

28. Review 3) What was a result of the Immigration Act of 1965? – It changed the face of America 28

29. American History Review: Post Cold War (1991-2003) 29 Review by Ruth Anderson

30. Review 1) What was 911? – September 11, 2001, when hijacked jets were crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon 30

31. 31 End of History Review: 1820 to 2003