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AMH 2020 Quiz 2 University Of Central Florida Question and answers verified to pass AMH 2020 Quiz 2 Edwin Drake - correct answer Founder of Modern oil. First American to successfully drill for Oil. Pioneered a new method for producing oil from the ground Isaac Singer - correct answer Founder of the sewing machine John D Rockefeller - correct answer Founded Standard Oil Company Got into the refining of oil, owned 90% of all oil at his peak Richest man in modern history S...

laissez faire - Economic liberalism that believes in unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. Social Darwinism - The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. JP Morgan - An influential banker and businessman who bought and reorganized companies. His US Steel company would buy Carnegie steel and become the largest business in the world in 190...

After the Civil War, which of the following became a symbol of a life of freedom on the open range? a. pioneers b. buffalo c. Indians d. Pony Express riders e. cowboys  e. cowboys The spread of electricity was essential to industrial and urban growth.  True The Haymarket affair: a. brought about the end of Reconstruction b. was provoked by the 1886 bombing at a Chicago labor rally c. began with the Great Strike of 1877 d. involved American farmers on strike e. originated in...

Belief (theory) that it was the right of the United States to occupy all of America from Sea to Shining Sea! - ans --Manifest Destiny Historical argument prompted by the Census of 1890, which announced the official end of the American Frontier, the institution that always made America great. - ans --Turner's Frontier Thesis Conflict between the states (CSA v. USA) promoted the growth of industrialism in the late 1800s (steel, railroads, communication, weapons, mass production of p...

values of capitalism correct answers 1. efficiency 2. opportunity 3. individual liberty anticompetitive correct answers deliberate actions by firms to harm their competitors rather than improving their own products or services antitrust law correct answers designed to prevent anti competition beginning of antitrust law correct answers john d. rockefeller begins owning the majority of shares in the oil industry breaking up of standard oil correct answers standard oil of new jersey ...

APUSH Period Exam Elaboration |UPDATED| laissez faire *Ans* Economic liberalism that believes in unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. Social Darwinism *Ans* The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. JP Morgan *Ans* An influential banker and businessman who bought and reorganized companies. His US Steel company would buy Carnegi...

Cornelius Vanderbilt - Wealthy Railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name. Andrew Carnegie - owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools. Henry Bessemer - 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 buil...

Where is the diamond District? 47th St between 5th & 6th Avenues What is unusual about the diamond trade? There are no contracts only handshakes Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District Canal Street Where are the great Works of Picasso found? Gasosian Gallery - Which has 3 locations in NYC and numerous worldwide Where does the New York Ballet perform the Nutcracker Suite during Christmas time? David H Koch Theater - formerly the NY State Theat...

UGA History Exemption Exam: Post 1877 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Robert Smalls - Answer ️️ -Enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the blockade Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers int...

US History: Gilded Age UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Who became America's first billionaire through his oil company? - Correct Answer- John D. Rockefeller Which man gained his wealth through the steel industry? - Correct Answer- Andrew Carnegie What was not a major cause of American industrial growth during the Gilded Age? - Correct Answer- Low tariff