11th Grade US History EOC latest

Belief (theory) that it was the right of the United States to occupy all of America from Sea to Shining Sea! - ans --Manifest Destiny Historical argument prompted by the Census of 1890, which announced the official end of the American Frontier, the institution that always made America great. - ans --Turner's Frontier Thesis Conflict 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). - ans --The Civil War Railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name. - ans --Cornelius Vanderbilt Owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools through his "Gospel of Wealth." - ans --Andrew Carnegie Developed the air-braking system and alternating current allowing power to be sent over long distances. - ans --George Westinghouse The sleeping car made him a very wealthy man. An 1894 strike of his company town workers resulted in the death of 34 people. - ans --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. - ans --Alexander Graham Bell The light bulb is his most famous invention, but he also invented the phonograph, and the first motion pictures; known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park." - ans --Thomas Edison owner of Standard Oil, he used Horizontal Integration to control the oil business - ans --John D. Rockefeller developed the food processing industry (meat packing) - ans --Gustavus Swift and Philip Armour