SC US History EOC Review questions and
answers verified 2023
1). Land grants that allowed for the building of the transcontinental railroads were
Ans: Pacific Railway Act and Homestead Act
2). Sells land
Ans: Pacific Railway Act
3). The government gives you land as long as you utilize it
Ans: Homestead Act
4). How did the railroad affect the country?
Ans: Helped create a national market
5). Attempted to assimilate native americans into american society by dividing farming land
and giving it to individual families
Ans: Dawes Severality Act
6). What are the factors of production?
Ans: Land
Labor
Capitol
Technology
Entrepreneurship
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, 7). National bank provided capitol
expansion to the west through land grant systems provided natural resources
native american threat was removed
supreme court upheld contracts and regulated interstate commerce
Ans: How the government encouraged economic growth
8). Who am i?
dominated the oil industry using horizontal integration
Ans: John D. Rockefeller
9). Who am i?
dominated the steel industry using vertical integration
Ans: Andrew Carnegie
10). Who am i?
dominated the railroad industry
Ans: Cornelius Vanderbilt
11). Purchase of companies at all levels of production
Ans: Vertical Integration
12). Purchase of competing companies in same industry
Ans: Horizontal Integration
13). Created to break up the monopolies that big businesses had formed. when you have
unchallenged competition it leads to economic uncertainty and periodic depressions.
eventually the public will call for government regulation
Ans: Sherman Anti-trust Act
14). Survival of the fittest applied to businesses
Ans: Social Darwinism
15). Government hands off
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, Ans: Laissez-Faire
16). Wrote rags to riches stories
Ans: Horatio Alger
17). What are rags to riches stories?
Ans: Feel good stories
18). Improvements in standard living
Ans: New invention
19). Because farmers were not experiencing prosperity, they tried to organize politically for a
change. attempted to regulate how much the railroad could charge for transport.
Ans: The Granger Laws
20). Populists called for a national income tax cheaper money (what populists called "free
silver") shorter workdays, single-term limits for presidents, immigration restrictions, and
government control of railroads.
Ans: The populist Party
21). Most americans looked down on labor unions during this era
Ans: Organized Labor
22). Mckinley won the election, effectively killing free silver and the populist movement
Ans: The election of 1896
23). These were for skilled workers that were harder to replace
Ans: Craft Unions
24). Changes brought by industrialization and urbanization
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answers verified 2023
1). Land grants that allowed for the building of the transcontinental railroads were
Ans: Pacific Railway Act and Homestead Act
2). Sells land
Ans: Pacific Railway Act
3). The government gives you land as long as you utilize it
Ans: Homestead Act
4). How did the railroad affect the country?
Ans: Helped create a national market
5). Attempted to assimilate native americans into american society by dividing farming land
and giving it to individual families
Ans: Dawes Severality Act
6). What are the factors of production?
Ans: Land
Labor
Capitol
Technology
Entrepreneurship
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, 7). National bank provided capitol
expansion to the west through land grant systems provided natural resources
native american threat was removed
supreme court upheld contracts and regulated interstate commerce
Ans: How the government encouraged economic growth
8). Who am i?
dominated the oil industry using horizontal integration
Ans: John D. Rockefeller
9). Who am i?
dominated the steel industry using vertical integration
Ans: Andrew Carnegie
10). Who am i?
dominated the railroad industry
Ans: Cornelius Vanderbilt
11). Purchase of companies at all levels of production
Ans: Vertical Integration
12). Purchase of competing companies in same industry
Ans: Horizontal Integration
13). Created to break up the monopolies that big businesses had formed. when you have
unchallenged competition it leads to economic uncertainty and periodic depressions.
eventually the public will call for government regulation
Ans: Sherman Anti-trust Act
14). Survival of the fittest applied to businesses
Ans: Social Darwinism
15). Government hands off
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, Ans: Laissez-Faire
16). Wrote rags to riches stories
Ans: Horatio Alger
17). What are rags to riches stories?
Ans: Feel good stories
18). Improvements in standard living
Ans: New invention
19). Because farmers were not experiencing prosperity, they tried to organize politically for a
change. attempted to regulate how much the railroad could charge for transport.
Ans: The Granger Laws
20). Populists called for a national income tax cheaper money (what populists called "free
silver") shorter workdays, single-term limits for presidents, immigration restrictions, and
government control of railroads.
Ans: The populist Party
21). Most americans looked down on labor unions during this era
Ans: Organized Labor
22). Mckinley won the election, effectively killing free silver and the populist movement
Ans: The election of 1896
23). These were for skilled workers that were harder to replace
Ans: Craft Unions
24). Changes brought by industrialization and urbanization
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