Building a Powerful Nation Revision

Question 1

Monopoly

Answer 1

A company that has no competition

Question 2

Laissez faire

Answer 2

“Leave alone”, the less the gov’t is involved in the economy, the better business will be

Question 3

Social Darwinism

Answer 3

Discouraged government interference in economic matters

Question 4

Plessy vs. Fergunson

Answer 4

“Separate but equal” doctrine

Question 5

Lynching

Answer 5

Kill someone for alleged offense without a legal trial

Question 6

Americanization

Answer 6

The action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality.

Question 7

Vaudeville

Answer 7

A show or performance(comedy) making fun of others

Question 8

Yellow Journalism

Answer 8

Section of newspaper with crude illustration

Question 9

Niagara Movement

Answer 9

Obtaining civil rights for African Americans

Question 10

Recall

Answer 10

Voters can vote to remove elected officials

Question 11

Clayton Antitrust Act

Answer 11

Prohibits certain actions that lead to anti-competitiveness

Question 12

Collective Bargaining

Answer 12

Workers negotiate as a group with employer

Question 13

Division of labor

Answer 13

Breaking a job down into separate tasks

Question 14

Business Cycle

Answer 14

Economic expansion or contraction

Question 15

Subsidies

Answer 15

Direct or indirect payments to individuals or firms

Question 16

Restrictive Covenants

Answer 16

Agreements that limit the way you can use property

Question 17

Rural Free Delivery

Answer 17

Deliver mail directly to farm families

Question 18

Social Welfare Programs

Answer 18

Protects citizens from economic risk and insecurities

Question 19

What did both Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse work with?

Answer 19

Electricity

Question 20

What was the goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

Answer 20

Promote fair industrial competition

Question 21

What typically led an immigrant to achieve success in America?

Answer 21

Determination and Hard Work

Question 22

According to reformers during the Gilded Age, who should lead reform efforts to help the needy?

Answer 22

Prosperous Americans

Question 23

What was the number one economic reason for the United States to expand?

Answer 23

Because old industries were expanding as well as new ones forming

Question 24

How did the United States enforce the Monroe Doctrine with Great Britain?

Answer 24

US insisted Great Britain submit a boundary despute with Venezuela to arbitration

Question 25

What was the central message of the Roosevelt Corollary?

Answer 25

US would use force to prevent intervention in the affairs of neighboring countries

Question 26

What connection was made between imperialism and the American frontier?

Answer 26

Imperialism would offer Americans a new frontier

Question 27

Why was the building of the Panama Canal important?

Answer 27

Facilitated movement between Atlantic and Pacific ports

Question 28

How did the United States acquire the Canal Zone?

Answer 28

Organized a revolt in Panama

Question 29

What did most Progressives agree that the government should do?

Answer 29

Protect workers and help the poor

Question 30

What helped Wilson get elected in 1912?

Answer 30

A split in the Republican Vote

Question 31

Why did President Wilson establish the Federal Reserve System?

Answer 31

Reorganize the federal banking system

Question 32

What were the main goals of the Progressives?

Answer 32

Moral improvement of society, child labor laws, reduction of gov. corruption

Question 33

How did John D. Rockefeller gain control over much of the oil industry?

Answer 33

Managing a trust made up of Standard oil and allied companies

Question 34

How did Andrew Carnegie gain control of the steel industry?

Answer 34

By practicing vertical consolidation

Question 35

How were the banana republics of Central America controlled?

Answer 35

By American business interests