Identify and explain the various elements of the Mississippi Plan that began the process of disenfranchising African Americans in 1890. Explain the two main elements of Jim Crow and their impact on the south. Explain the causes of the economic boom of the late 19th Century that was known as the Gilded Age.

Stout HIST 1302 Exam 1

Part I: Short Answer

You must pick SIX short answers out of ten total options to answer. Responses should be approximately half a page in length, typed and single-spaced.

Identify and explain the various elements of the Mississippi Plan that began the process of disenfranchising African Americans in 1890.
Explain the two main elements of Jim Crow and their impact on the south.
Explain the causes of the economic boom of the late 19th Century that was known as the Gilded Age.
Explain Nativism in the U.S. and how that related to the immigration waves of 1870-1910.
Explain Populism and how it impacted U.S. politics in the 1890s.
Explain the origins of the organized labor movement and how it impacted the Gilded Age.
Explain some of the features and accomplishments of the Progressive Movement.
Explain the main reasons why the U.S. was interested in imperialism starting in the 1890s.
Identify and explain the two specific reasons why the U.S. entered the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Identify and explain the two specific reasons why the U.S. entered World War I.

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