11th Grade US History EOC B.O.C. Review Questions With Complete Solutions

the belief (theory) that it was the right of the United States to occupy all of America from Sea to Shining Sea! correct answer: Manifest Destiny The Census of 1890 announced the official end of the American Frontier (Frederick Jackson Turner) correct answer: Turner's Frontier Thesis this war between the states (CSA v. USA) promoted the growth of industrialism in the late 1800s (steel, railroads, communication, weapons, mass production of pre-made goods) correct answer: The Civil War railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name. correct answer: Cornelius Vanderbilt owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools. correct answer: Andrew Carnegie developed the air-braking system and alternating current - this allowed power to be sent over long distances. correct answer: George Westinghouse the sleeping car made him a very wealthy man. 1894 Strike resulted in the death of 34 people. correct answer: George Pullman he invented the telephone and was a pioneer in communication not only for the hearing, but for the deaf and hearing impaired as well. correct answer: Alexander Graham Bell the light bulb is his most famous invention, he also invented the phonograph, and the first motion pictures. correct answer: Thomas Edison owner of Standard Oil, he used Horizontal Integration to control the oil business correct answer: John D. Rockefeller developed the food processing industry (meat packing) correct answer: Gustavus Swift and Philip Armour the belief that the strongest societies will survive. This idea was also used to justify monopolies and trusts. If a business is meant to survive - it will. Laissez - Faire: government should keep out of business limit regulations. correct answer: social darwinism-survival of the fittest 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. correct answer: Whiskey Ring political machine that controlled politics in NYC in the late 1800s. Controlled by Boss William Marcy 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. correct answer: Tammany Hall he invented barbed wire and brought an end to the open range. correct answer: Joseph Glidden he invented the typewriter. correct answer: Christopher Sholes he made milk chocolate available to the world. A Pennsylvania city bears his name. correct answer: Milton Hershey he invented the telegraph. correct answer: Samuel F.B. Morse