11th Grade US History EOC Review UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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11th Grade US History EOC
11th Grade US History EOC Review
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Manifest Destiny - CORRECT ANSWER- the belief (theory) that God meant for the
United States to occupy all of America from East Coast to West Coast.
Homestead Act - CORRECT ANSWER- 1862 - Provided free land in the W...
11th Grade US History EOC Review
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Manifest Destiny - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the belief (theory) that God meant for the
United States to occupy all of America from East Coast to West Coast.
Homestead Act - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone
willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.
Turner's Frontier Thesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Frederick Jackson Turner wrote that
part of what made America great was that Americans could always move west to the Frontier
if they were having hard time. The Census of 1890 announced the official end of the
American Frontier and Turner worried this might hurt America.
Ghost Dance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A ritual the Sioux performed to bring back the
buffalo and return the Native American tribes to their land.
Battle of Wounded Knee - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Massacre of Sioux Indians by US
soldiers
Cornelius Vanderbilt - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Wealthy Railroad baron, a true symbol of
the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name.
Andrew Carnegie - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical
integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools.
Henry Bessemer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Invented the process to make high-quality steel
quickly and cheaply. The process was used by Andrew Carnegie to build a monopoly in the
steel industry in America. Steel was used to build skyscrapers in America's biggest cities.
George Westinghouse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- developed the air-braking system and
alternating current - this allowed power to be sent over long distances.
,George Pullman - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Made the Pullman Railroad Palace Sleeping
Car which made him a very wealthy man and increased people traveling by railroads. 1894
Pullman Strike resulted in the death of 34 people.
Alexander Graham Bell - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- He invented the telephone in 1876 and
was a pioneer in communication not only for the hearing, but for the deaf and hearing
impaired as well.
Thomas Edison - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the light bulb is his most famous invention, he
also invented the phonograph, and the first motion pictures.
John D. Rockefeller - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- owner of Standard Oil, he used Horizontal
Integration to control the oil business
Standard Oil Trust/Company - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What company did the muckraker
Ida Tarbell use her skills as a writer and researcher to try and expose as being ruthless?
Gustavus Swift and Philip Armour - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- developed the food
processing industry (meat packing)
Social Darwinism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Applied Charles Darwin's theory of Evolution
and survival of the fittest to Humans. It was used to justify that the captains of industry
deserved to have great wealth. It also promoted the idea of Laissez-faire (hands off
government) where business would run with little intervention by the government.
Laissez-faire - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a policy that government should interfere as little
as possible in the nation's economy
Social Gospel Movement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Movement to better conditions in
cities according to the biblical ideals of charity and justice. It inspired churches to build
Gyms, provide social programs and child care and help the poor. The Salvation Army,
YMCA, and settlement house movement grew out of it.
, Whiskey Ring - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- distillers conspired with political parties to cheat
the U.S. Govt. out of millions of dollars of tax revenue. Citizens would demand reform
within the government. Money was going to political parties instead of where it should go.
Tammany Hall - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- political machine that controlled politics in NYC
in the late 1800s. Controlled by Boss William Tweed who was exposed by the political
cartoons of Thomas Nast in Harpers Weekly. Nast is the father of the symbols of political
parties, the modern image of Santa Claus.
Joseph Glidden - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- he invented barbed wire and brought an end to
the open range.
Milton Hershey - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- he made milk chocolate available to the world.
A Pennsylvania city bears his name.
Samuel F.B. Morse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- he invented the telegraph.
J.P. Morgan - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- he was a wealthy investment banker - purchased
Carnegie Steel and created U.S. Steel.
Pendleton Civil Service Act - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- attempt to stop patronage and
political scandal, required government employees to pass a Civil Service Exam
Interstate Commerce Act - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the first government attempt to
regulate business. (1887) required railroads to charge fair rates and to publish those shipping
rates.
Populism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- political movement for the common people. The
government should own the railroads. Bimetallism, workers should have an 8 hour workday
and better benefits. William Jennings Bryan - Cross of Gold Speech
Gilded Age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- phrase coined by Mark Twain, describes time period
between 1865-1900, extravagant wealth (top 5% held 86% of the nations wealth) terrible
poverty existed underneath the surface.
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