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8th Grade Final Exam Review
Review 13-16
Compromise- Settlement in which each side gives up some of their demands in order to reach an agreement
Secede-To withdrawUnderground Railroad- Secret network
of people who helped runaway slaves to reach freedom in the North or Canada
Abolition- Anti-Slavery
Review
Popular Sovereignty- Control by the people, allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery
Uncle Tom’s Cabin- Anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stow
Review
What was a negative result from the invention of the Cotton gin? Increase in slavery
What was Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War? Preserve the Union
What were three advantages of the North at the start of the Civil War? More citizens, more factories, more railroads, more
materials
Review
What were two advantages of the South at the beginning of the Civil War?They were fighting a defensive war, the
citizens had good skills for soldiers Why did the North blockade southern
ports during the Civil War?To prevent the South from getting goods
Review
What were two southern strategies during the Civil War?Wait to be attacked and rely on Europe for
goods What was the turning point of the Civil
War?Gettysburg, the war changed from
preserving the Union to an Anti-slavery campaign
Review-Chapter 17
Reconstruction- Period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt-Also a federal program to rebuild the South
Ku Klux Klan- Secret groups first set up in the South after the Civil War, terrorized African Americans and other minorities
Freedmen’s Bureau- Agency to help former slaves
Review
“Pull Factors”- Condition that attracts people to a new area
“Old Immigrants”-People who came from Northern and Western Europe- England, France, Spain, Germany and Scandinavia
“New Immigrants”- People who came from Southern and Eastern Europe- Italians, Poles, and Eastern European Jews
How have many people throughout history sought to limit immigration? Immigration laws and restrictions
Review
Muckraker- Person who reported on corrupt politicians and other problems of cities
Reform- To changeThe Jungle- Book written by Upton
Sinclair about the corruption of the American meatpacking industry during the early 20th century
Review
Primary- Election held before a general election in which voters chose their party’s candidate for office.
Suffrage- Right to vote
Review- Chapter 22
Yellow Journalism- Sensational style of reporting used by some newspapers in the late 1800’s
Spanish American War- War between Spain and the US over the freeing of Cuba. –Result- Spain gave up land to the US.
Big Stick Policy- The idea that you should peacefully negotiate while also making sure to threaten the government.-Theodore Roosevelt
Review
Panama Canal- Canal that connects the Atlantic to the Pacific- Paid for by the United States
Imperialism- Policy by which one country takes control of the economic and political affairs of another country or region
Open Door Policy- Policy toward China that allowed a nation to trade in any other nations “Sphere of Influence”
Review- Chapter 23
“Main” causes of WWI-The Alliance System in Southern Europe
and the Assassination of Archduke Fredrick Ferdinand
Neutral- Choosing not to fight on either side in a war
Review-Chapter 25
Great Depression- Period of Economic hard times from 1929-1941
Dust Bowl- Severe drought and high winds caused blinding dust storms in the Great Plains causing people to move away
“Okies”-Farmers from Oklahoma who had to move farther West because of the Dust Bowl
Review
New Deal- Programs made by FDR during the Depression- Relief, Reform and Recovery
Alphabet Agencies- Programs made by FDR part of the New Deal, for recovery
Social Security Act- Law that provided for the elderly and unemployed
Review
What were two causes of the Great Depression?Speculation, Stock market, Buying on
marginHow did Hoover and Roosevelt differ in
their response to the Great Depression?Hoover was hands off by the government,
FDR believed the government should help the citizens
Review-Ch 26
Appeasement- Practice of giving into aggressor nations demands in order to maintain peace
Neutrality- Not joining any side during a war
“Rosie the Riveter”- Woman propaganda during WWII to tell women to do their part
Review
Kamikaze- Japanese suicide killer Blitzkrieg- German word for lighting war- or
fast attacks to win the war Holocaust- Hitler's mass killing of Jews D-Day- Day the Allies began the invasion of
Europe in WWII Axis powers- Nations that fought against the
Allies in WWII- Germany, Italy and Japan
Review
Island Hopping- Allied WWII strategy to capture some Japanese held islands and going around others
What caused the U.S. to become involved in WWII? Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
What role did American industry play during WWII?Backed up allies, troops, supplies, etc
Review
Cold WarBetween the United States and the Soviet
UnionThe United States is DemocraticThe Soviet Union was CommunistThese two countries fought indirectly
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