First Nine Weeks US History

Question 1

Train route across the US finished in 1869. The Union Pacific from the east, the Central Pacific from the west

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Transcontinental Railroad

Question 2

the belief that it was the destiny and God given right of the U.S. to expand over the whole of North America

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Manifest Destiny

Question 3

The economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker ones.

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Imperialism

Question 4

A large company that can generate capital (money) by selling stock on the stock market.

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Corporation

Question 5

a coalition of farmers in the Middle West and South that advocated a wide range of causes in the late 19th century

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The Populist Movement

Question 6

the growth of a business by acquiring additional businesses in the same industry. Practiced Rockefeller’s Standard Oil.

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Horizontal Integration

Question 7

Territories gained in Spanish-American War

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Phillipines, Costa Rica, Guam

Question 8

International negotiations backed by the threat of force. “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” - Theodore Roosevelt

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Big Stick Diplomacy

Question 9

An alliance of companies, run by a board of trustees, that function as one company.

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Trust

Question 10

Nickname for the Spanish-American War. Short, relatively bloodless war that gained America territory/political goals.

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Splendid Little War

Question 11

Banned Chinese workers from coming to US and prevented Chinese immigrants who were in U.S. from becoming citizens.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 12

a landmark U.S. law, passed in 1890, that outlawed trusts. Purpose was to promote economic fairness and competitiveness.

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 13

An economic system in which industries are privately owned and all is determined by competition on a free market.

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Capitalism

Question 14

Made the process of producing steel faster and cheaper. Led to the invention of the skyscraper.

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Bessemer Process

Question 15

A situation in which one company has eliminated its competition.

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Monopoly

Question 16

a phase of rapid standardization and industrialization in America from the late 19th century into the early 20th century

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Second Industrial Revolution

Question 17

Newspaper reports made up or exaggerated to attract readers.

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Yellow Journalism

Question 18

Law intended to turn Natives into farmers and landowners by giving 160 or 320 acres of reservation land to farm or graze

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Dawes Act

Question 19

Speech made by William Jennings Bryan advocating for silver rather than gold as the primary currency to boost inflation.

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Cross of Gold Speech

Question 20

act of Congress (1862) that made farm lands in the West available without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres

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Homestead Act

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