WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY MIDTERM
EVALUATION FULL SOLUTION UPDATED
STUDY GUIDE
⩥ Laissez-Faire.
Answer: Hands off. little government intervention in business. Leads to
increased monopolies
⩥ Monopoly.
Answer: A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller,
usually price increases
⩥ Andrew Carnegie.
Answer: Dominated the US steel industry. Made millions with his
monopoly in the steel industry. Later in his life he became a
philanthropist, "Gospel of Wealth" rich should do good with $$
⩥ John Rockefeller.
Answer: Creator of the Standard Oil Company, vertical & horizontal
integration... eventually a monopoly
⩥ Robber Baron.
,Answer: a negative term for business leaders that implied they built their
fortunes by stealing from the public
⩥ American Federation of Labor.
Answer: A labor union created by Samuel Gompers that was the ONLY
labor union that only accepted skilled workers
⩥ Homestead Act.
Answer: 1862 - provided free land (160 acres) in the west as long as the
person would settle there and make improvements in five years
⩥ Transcontinental Railroad.
Answer: Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern
railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing
transportation in the west
⩥ Dawes Act.
Answer: 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- assimilation
⩥ Farm Issues.
Answer: Overproduction of goods led to less money for farmers.
,⩥ Populist Party.
Answer: Led by farmers and advocated the coinage of silver, protect
farmers and workers from the powerful bankers
⩥ William Jennings Bryan.
Answer: United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver
and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a
Tennessee high school
⩥ Nativism.
Answer: the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or
established inhabitants against those of immigrants, anti-immigrant
beliefs
⩥ Jacob Riis.
Answer: 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
⩥ Chinese Exclusion Act.
Answer: (1882) Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the
country while allowing students and merchants to immigrate.
⩥ Social Gospel.
, Answer: A movement in the late 1800s / early 1900s which emphasized
charity and social responsibility as a means of salvation.
⩥ Jane Addams.
Answer: the founder of Hull House, a settlement house, which provided
English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes
⩥ Theodore Roosevelt.
Answer: 26th President of the United States, 26th president, known for:
conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations,
"Square Deal," Panama Canal
⩥ Yellow Journalism.
Answer: Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to
create sensations and attract readers
⩥ Causes of Spanish American War.
Answer: desire for US imperialism, reported Spanish brutality to the
Cubans, explosion of the USS Maine, yellow journalism
⩥ Result of Spanish American War.
Answer: Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam became territories of the
US. US became a World Power, Platt Amendment - US remained
involved with Cuba
EVALUATION FULL SOLUTION UPDATED
STUDY GUIDE
⩥ Laissez-Faire.
Answer: Hands off. little government intervention in business. Leads to
increased monopolies
⩥ Monopoly.
Answer: A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller,
usually price increases
⩥ Andrew Carnegie.
Answer: Dominated the US steel industry. Made millions with his
monopoly in the steel industry. Later in his life he became a
philanthropist, "Gospel of Wealth" rich should do good with $$
⩥ John Rockefeller.
Answer: Creator of the Standard Oil Company, vertical & horizontal
integration... eventually a monopoly
⩥ Robber Baron.
,Answer: a negative term for business leaders that implied they built their
fortunes by stealing from the public
⩥ American Federation of Labor.
Answer: A labor union created by Samuel Gompers that was the ONLY
labor union that only accepted skilled workers
⩥ Homestead Act.
Answer: 1862 - provided free land (160 acres) in the west as long as the
person would settle there and make improvements in five years
⩥ Transcontinental Railroad.
Answer: Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern
railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing
transportation in the west
⩥ Dawes Act.
Answer: 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- assimilation
⩥ Farm Issues.
Answer: Overproduction of goods led to less money for farmers.
,⩥ Populist Party.
Answer: Led by farmers and advocated the coinage of silver, protect
farmers and workers from the powerful bankers
⩥ William Jennings Bryan.
Answer: United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver
and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a
Tennessee high school
⩥ Nativism.
Answer: the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or
established inhabitants against those of immigrants, anti-immigrant
beliefs
⩥ Jacob Riis.
Answer: 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
⩥ Chinese Exclusion Act.
Answer: (1882) Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the
country while allowing students and merchants to immigrate.
⩥ Social Gospel.
, Answer: A movement in the late 1800s / early 1900s which emphasized
charity and social responsibility as a means of salvation.
⩥ Jane Addams.
Answer: the founder of Hull House, a settlement house, which provided
English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes
⩥ Theodore Roosevelt.
Answer: 26th President of the United States, 26th president, known for:
conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations,
"Square Deal," Panama Canal
⩥ Yellow Journalism.
Answer: Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to
create sensations and attract readers
⩥ Causes of Spanish American War.
Answer: desire for US imperialism, reported Spanish brutality to the
Cubans, explosion of the USS Maine, yellow journalism
⩥ Result of Spanish American War.
Answer: Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam became territories of the
US. US became a World Power, Platt Amendment - US remained
involved with Cuba
