Review the following questions for your midterm examination. Of the fifteen listed questions, I will select eight questions for the examination; you, in turn, will select four to write on. You must answer in your own words. Each answer is worth 25 points.

1. The West. Discuss (a) how the practices and beliefs of the Indians differed from the western settlers, and (b) how the Dawes Act was to eliminate the "Indian problem?" Use specific examples from your text (ch. 17).
   
   
2. Discuss the West as a place of escape from society as well as a stage to resolve moral conflicts. Provide specific examples.(Ch.17).
   
   
3. Compare and contrast the memberships, leaderships, philosophies, and strategies of the National Labor Union, The Knights of Labor, and the American Federation of Labor. Which union was the most successful? Why? (Ch. 18).
   
   
4. Molly Maguires. How important was the immigrant Irish ethnic leadership to the cause of labor? And what were the short-term and long-term results of the trials of the Molly Macguires? Annual Editions
   
   
5. Compare and contrast the approaches of the following social welfare organizations: YMCA, the Salvation Army, and the Hull House. (Ch.19).
   
6. In America of the nineteenth century, discuss the meaning of the Victorian world view, of the genteel tradition, and of the impact of popular culture. (Ch. 19).
   
   
7. What difficulties did the American farmer face in the nineteenth century? What organizations did they form and for what reasons. How the government respond to their demands? (Ch. 20).
   
   
8. Compare Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson as representatives of two strains of national progressivism. Compare their personalities, their political and economic agenda. Use the election of 1912 as an example. (Ch.21).
   
   
9. Identify and discuss why there are "ambiguous" legacies of the Women’s Progressivism. Provide specific examples. Annual Editions
   
   
10. Summarize Wilson’s Fourteen Points. How did these reflect American war aims. (Ch.22)
    
    
11. Discuss the origin of the Eugenics movement and the scientific findings which led to the end of Eugenics in the United States. Annual Editions.
    
    
12. What was the popular attitude in the 1920s toward business? How did Henry Ford epitomize the business spirit of the era? And why did many intellectuals of the period refuse to share business values? (Ch.23).
    
    
13. Compare and contrast the approach of President Hoover and President Roosevelt to the challenge of the depression. Why did each President follow his particular agenda? (Ch.24)
    
    
14. Compare the first "Hundred Days" of the New Deal with The "Second New Deal." What were goals and major accomplishments of each. Provide specific examples. (Ch. 24).
    
    
15. Apart from Social Security, what other programs were set up by the Social Security Act? Also discuss the provisions of the failed Clark Amendment to the Social Security Act. Annual Editions.