MIDTERM REVIEW SHEET

HISTORY 183A

MIDTERM  -  FRIDAY, MAY 3

My Ground Rules:

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You must bring a blue book.

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No one may leave the room when the test begins except to hand in a completed exam (so go to the bathroom BEFORE the test).

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Those who arrive late will be allowed to take the test in the remaining time left provided that no one has handed in an exam.

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Make-ups will only be allowed in extreme cases and must be accompanied by a Doctor's Note.

ID TERMS - 5 of the following terms will appear on your exam.  You will answer three.  Write a detailed one paragraph essay for EACH term in which you address the following questions:  who, what, where, when, and SIGNIFICANCE (why it is important). (10 points each)

Empire Builders Social Darwinism racial science
Manifest Destiny Anglo Saxonism slavery  and American foreign policy
Enlightened View  Josiah Strong Yellow Peril
Indian Removal Act of 1830 U.S.-French Alliance
racial hierarchy Mexican American War

ESSAYS - You will answer one short essay question drawn from the terms above (70 points).  Additionally, one of the following questions below will appear on your mid-term exam.  (120 points).  Points are awarded on the basis of the quality of the argument and the specific examples provided.

1.         As we discussed in class, there were three core ideas guiding American expansion at the turn of the 20th century:  economic motive, racial hierarchy, and utopian visions.  Assess these ideas, focusing particular attention on the concepts of Anglo-Saxonism and Social Darwinism as they were raised by both proponents and opponents of American imperialism.

2.         Define the terms of the debate between the Enlightened View and the Empire Builders over American expansion across the North American continent in late 18th to mid-19th centuries.  Who won the debate and why?

3.         Explain the impact of German Romanticism (and the American Romantic Movement it sparked) and racial science on American thinking in the 19th century.  How did these intellectual movements provide a justification for American expansion into Indian lands and Mexican territory on the North American continent?