US History EOC UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Gilded Age 1870-1890. It was time of big businesses. It was time of political corruption.
2. Laissez-Faire Hands off. No government intervention in business.
3. Monopoly A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.
4. Andrew Carnegie Dominated the US steel industry. Made millions with his monopoly in the steel
industry. Later in his life he became a philanthropist, and began giving his fortune
away to help those less fortunate.
5. John Rockefeller 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.
,6. Robber Baron a negative term for business leaders that implied they built their fortunes by
stealing from the public
7. American Feder- A labor union created by Samuel Gompers that was the ONLY labor union that only
ation of Labor accepted skilled workers
8. Homestead Act 1862 - provided free land (160 acres) in the west as long as the person would
settle there and make improvements in five years
9. Transcontinental Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with
Railroad California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west
,10. Dawes Act 1887 law which gave all Native American males 160 acres to farm and also set up
schools to make Native American children more like other Americans
11. Populist Party Led by farmers and advocated the coinage of silver.
12. William Jennings United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John
Bryan Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school
13. Nativism the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants
against those of immigrants.
14. Jacob Riis Early 1900's muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with
his novel "How The Other Half Lives" exposed the poor conditions of the poor
tenements in NYC
, 15. Chinese Exclu- (1882) Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the country while allowing
sion Act students and merchants to immigrate.
16. Jane Addams the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons for immigrants, day-
cares, and child care classes
17. Theodore Roo- 26th President of the United States, 26th president, known for: conservationism,
sevelt trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal
18. Yellow Journal- Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations
ism and attract readers
1. Gilded Age 1870-1890. It was time of big businesses. It was time of political corruption.
2. Laissez-Faire Hands off. No government intervention in business.
3. Monopoly A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.
4. Andrew Carnegie Dominated the US steel industry. Made millions with his monopoly in the steel
industry. Later in his life he became a philanthropist, and began giving his fortune
away to help those less fortunate.
5. John Rockefeller 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.
,6. Robber Baron a negative term for business leaders that implied they built their fortunes by
stealing from the public
7. American Feder- A labor union created by Samuel Gompers that was the ONLY labor union that only
ation of Labor accepted skilled workers
8. Homestead Act 1862 - provided free land (160 acres) in the west as long as the person would
settle there and make improvements in five years
9. Transcontinental Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with
Railroad California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west
,10. Dawes Act 1887 law which gave all Native American males 160 acres to farm and also set up
schools to make Native American children more like other Americans
11. Populist Party Led by farmers and advocated the coinage of silver.
12. William Jennings United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John
Bryan Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school
13. Nativism the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants
against those of immigrants.
14. Jacob Riis Early 1900's muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with
his novel "How The Other Half Lives" exposed the poor conditions of the poor
tenements in NYC
, 15. Chinese Exclu- (1882) Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the country while allowing
sion Act students and merchants to immigrate.
16. Jane Addams the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons for immigrants, day-
cares, and child care classes
17. Theodore Roo- 26th President of the United States, 26th president, known for: conservationism,
sevelt trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal
18. Yellow Journal- Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations
ism and attract readers
