MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

HISTORY 232/SCHMOLL/FALL 2012/   EXAM DATE: OCTOBER 10

MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This exam will have two parts:

Part A (75%) is objective. There will be 27 multiple choice questions. You will answer 25 of them. Here’s an example of a question used on a previous exam:

The 18^th Amendment added prohibition to the Constitution. Which of the following repealed the 18^th?

A.    19^th

B.    20^th

C.   21^st

D.   22^nd

Part B is an essay(25%): There will be two essay questions. You will write on one. Two of the following questions will be on the test; you will write on one:

1.    Reconstruction: How difficult was it for the U.S. to reconstruct the nation after the Civil War? Was it mostly a period of growth or of missed opportunities?

2.    Progressivism: Which progressive movement had the most profound impact on the nation?

3.    The 1920s: Is the decade of the 1920s better characterized as a period of decay or growth?

HOW TO SUCCEED ON THIS TEST:

Make outlines for each theme. You cannot use them on the exam, but they will help you study.

Make sure that your outlines have far more information than you could ever remember.

Instead, add detail to your outline.

Then, use those outlines to study; try to rewrite the outline without looking; say the outline out loud in front of a mirror; use the outline to impress your friends at work or at parties; come to office hours and let me see the outline.
The one comment I write more than any other on midterms is “add more detail.”

So, learn some details to back up your understanding of the periods we have studied. I want you to do well!

When you do all of that, you will also be tricking yourself into studying for the multiple choice section.

In addition, look at the outlines on the blog and be sure you are familiar with the terms on those outlines.