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US History STAAR EOC 11th Grade
Questions and Answers 100% Correct Answers
Already Graded A+
Q: Gilded Age
Ans: 1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt
politics and growing gap between the rich and poor
Q: Technological (Second Industrial) Revolution
Ans: based on steel, railroads, electricity, oil-based products
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Q: Alexander Graham Bell
Ans: He was an American inventor who was responsible for developing the
telephone.
Q: Thomas Edison
Ans: American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic
recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.
Q: Telephone
Ans: A device that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted
over distances. Invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
Q: Free Enterprise System
Ans: An economic system in which people are free to operate their businesses as
they see fit, with little government interference.
Q: Laissez-Faire
Ans: No government intervention in business.
Q: Corporation
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Ans: A business that is owned by many investors.
Q: Bessemer Process
Ans: A process for making steel more efficiently, patented in 1856.
Q: Entrepreneurship
Ans: Accepting the risk of starting and running a business.
Q: Monopoly
Ans: A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.
Q: Andrew Carnegie
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Ans: A business man that increased his power through by gaining control of the
many different businesses that make up all phases of steel production
development.
Q: John Rockefeller
Ans: Creator of the Standard Oil Company who made a fortune on it and joined
with competing companies in trust agreements that in other words made an
amazing monopoly.
Q: Robber Baron
Ans: a negative term for business leaders that implied they built their fortunes by
stealing from the public
Q: Captain of Industry
Ans: business leader who has a positive impact
Q: Philanthropy
Ans: Giving money to help the poor
Q: Political Machines
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Ans: Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A
boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.
Q: Political Boss
Ans: representative for or head of the political machine; gained votes for their
parties by doing favors for people.
Q: Immigration
Ans: Coming to live permanently in a foreign country
Q: Push and Pull Factors
Ans: The push factor involves a force which acts to drive people away from a
place and the pull factor is what draws them to a new location.
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Q: Nativists
Ans: U.S. citizens who opposed immigration because they were suspicious of
immigrants and feared losing jobs to them
Q: Ethnic Ghettos
Ans: immigrants lived here due to cultural similarities, especially in big cities
Q: Child Labor
Ans: Children were viewed as laborers throughout the 19th century. Many
children worked on farms, small businesses, mills and factories.
Q: Labor Union
Ans: An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions,
wages, and benefits for its members
Q: Strikes
Ans: times when workers refuse to work until owners improve conditions
Q: Knights of Labor
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Ans: 1st effort to create National union. Open to everyone but lawyers and
bankers. Vague program, no clear goals, weak leadership and organization.
Failed
Q: Haymarket Massacre
Ans: Was when there was a peaceful protest at the the Haymarket square and a
bomb was thrown at the police and the police started shooting at innocent people
Q: AFL (American Federation of Labor)
Ans: A labor union created by Samuel Gompers that was the ONLY labor
union that only accepted skilled workers
Q: Samuel Gompers
Ans: He was the creator of the American Federation of Labor. He provided a
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stable and unified union for skilled workers
Q: IWW (Industrial Workers of the World)
Ans: A labor organization for unskilled workers, formed by a group of radical
unionists and socialists in 1905. Sometimes called Wobblies
Q: Manifest Destiny
Ans: A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States
was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
Q: Westward Migration
Ans: the movement of people to the western and mid-western states to find new
opportunities (ex. jobs, land, and gold).
Q: Homestead Act
Ans: 1862 - provided free land in the west as long as the person would settle
there and make improvements in five years
Q: Transcontinental Railroad
US History STAAR EOC 11th Grade
Questions and Answers 100% Correct Answers
Already Graded A+
Q: Gilded Age
Ans: 1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt
politics and growing gap between the rich and poor
Q: Technological (Second Industrial) Revolution
Ans: based on steel, railroads, electricity, oil-based products
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Q: Alexander Graham Bell
Ans: He was an American inventor who was responsible for developing the
telephone.
Q: Thomas Edison
Ans: American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic
recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.
Q: Telephone
Ans: A device that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted
over distances. Invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
Q: Free Enterprise System
Ans: An economic system in which people are free to operate their businesses as
they see fit, with little government interference.
Q: Laissez-Faire
Ans: No government intervention in business.
Q: Corporation
, 2 Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: A business that is owned by many investors.
Q: Bessemer Process
Ans: A process for making steel more efficiently, patented in 1856.
Q: Entrepreneurship
Ans: Accepting the risk of starting and running a business.
Q: Monopoly
Ans: A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.
Q: Andrew Carnegie
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: A business man that increased his power through by gaining control of the
many different businesses that make up all phases of steel production
development.
Q: John Rockefeller
Ans: Creator of the Standard Oil Company who made a fortune on it and joined
with competing companies in trust agreements that in other words made an
amazing monopoly.
Q: Robber Baron
Ans: a negative term for business leaders that implied they built their fortunes by
stealing from the public
Q: Captain of Industry
Ans: business leader who has a positive impact
Q: Philanthropy
Ans: Giving money to help the poor
Q: Political Machines
, 3 Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A
boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party.
Q: Political Boss
Ans: representative for or head of the political machine; gained votes for their
parties by doing favors for people.
Q: Immigration
Ans: Coming to live permanently in a foreign country
Q: Push and Pull Factors
Ans: The push factor involves a force which acts to drive people away from a
place and the pull factor is what draws them to a new location.
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Q: Nativists
Ans: U.S. citizens who opposed immigration because they were suspicious of
immigrants and feared losing jobs to them
Q: Ethnic Ghettos
Ans: immigrants lived here due to cultural similarities, especially in big cities
Q: Child Labor
Ans: Children were viewed as laborers throughout the 19th century. Many
children worked on farms, small businesses, mills and factories.
Q: Labor Union
Ans: An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions,
wages, and benefits for its members
Q: Strikes
Ans: times when workers refuse to work until owners improve conditions
Q: Knights of Labor
, 4 Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: 1st effort to create National union. Open to everyone but lawyers and
bankers. Vague program, no clear goals, weak leadership and organization.
Failed
Q: Haymarket Massacre
Ans: Was when there was a peaceful protest at the the Haymarket square and a
bomb was thrown at the police and the police started shooting at innocent people
Q: AFL (American Federation of Labor)
Ans: A labor union created by Samuel Gompers that was the ONLY labor
union that only accepted skilled workers
Q: Samuel Gompers
Ans: He was the creator of the American Federation of Labor. He provided a
Exampromax - Stuvia US
stable and unified union for skilled workers
Q: IWW (Industrial Workers of the World)
Ans: A labor organization for unskilled workers, formed by a group of radical
unionists and socialists in 1905. Sometimes called Wobblies
Q: Manifest Destiny
Ans: A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States
was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
Q: Westward Migration
Ans: the movement of people to the western and mid-western states to find new
opportunities (ex. jobs, land, and gold).
Q: Homestead Act
Ans: 1862 - provided free land in the west as long as the person would settle
there and make improvements in five years
Q: Transcontinental Railroad
