US History Vocab 1 (2013)

Question 0

Patriotism

Answer 0

Love and Devotion to one’s country

Question 1

Boycott

Answer 1

An Act of Protest together from using, buying or dealing.

Refusing to do what you’re supposed to do.

Question 2

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Answer 2

First Battles of American Revolution

Question 3

French and Indian War

Answer 3

• Conflict between France and Great Britain
• Resulted in Britain taking over all French lands in North America
• American colonists fought with the British army against the French

Question 4

The Declaration of Independence

Answer 4

• Declared independence from England and King George
• Listed Grievance (wrong things)
• proclamation

Question 5

Articles of Confederation

Answer 5

• America’s first Constitution

- Weak Federal Government

Question 6

Boston Massacre

Answer 6

• Stoning of soldiers
• 5 civilians died
• the people wanted rights

Question 7

Revolutionary War

Answer 7

• Started with Lexington and Concord
• Confederacy known as USA
• Ended with British surrender York Town
• Peace Treaty signed in Paris

Question 8

13th Amendment

Answer 8

Abolished Slavery

Question 9

14th Amendment

Answer 9

Equal Under Law

Question 10

15th Amendment

Answer 10

Illegal to deny the right to vote

Question 11

Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 11

railway extending from east to west coast, shortened cross-country trip from 6 months to 6 days.

Question 12

Trust

Answer 12

A group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing board.

Question 13

Sherman Antitrust Act

Answer 13

outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce.

Question 14

Populist

Answer 14

advocate (supports) a larger money supply and other economic reforms. Grew out of agrarian (farmers) unrest

Question 15

Laissez Faire

Answer 15

Document stating that government should not interfere in private business.

Question 16

Pendleton Civil Service Act:

Answer 16

federal employees could not be required to contribute to campaign funds nor be fired for political reasons.

Question 17

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 17

prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country

Question 18

Nativism

Answer 18

A policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants

Question 19

Assimilation

Answer 19

Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture.

Question 20

Dawes Act

Answer 20

authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians

Question 21

Klondike Gold Rush

Answer 21

a frenzy of gold rush immigration to and gold prospecting in the Klondike near Dawson City in the Yukon Territory, Canada, after gold was discovered in the late 19th century.

Question 22

Indian Wars

Answer 22

multiple conflicts between American settlers or the federal government and the native peoples of North America from the time of earliest colonial settlement until approximately 1890.

Question 23

American Indian Citizenship Act

Answer 23

granted full U.S. citizenship to Native Americans “Indians” in 1924.

Question 24

Homestead Act:

Answer 24

were several United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land, typically called a “homestead”, at little or no cost.

Question 25

Gold Standard

Answer 25

monetary system in which gold was used to set a monetary system.

Question 26

Capitalism

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an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and the operations are funded by profits

Question 27

Horizontal Integration

Answer 27

Joining together as many firms from the same industry as possible

Question 28

Vertical Integration

Answer 28

Taking control of each step in the production and distribution of a product, from acquiring raw materials to manufacturing & packaging & shipping

Question 29

Social Darwinsim

Answer 29

Argued that government should leave businesses alone to succeed or fail on their own

Question 30

Andrew Carnegie

Answer 30

• steel

- Carnegie prospered & gained control of several steel plants, use their surplus wealth for the improv of mandkind

Question 31

John D. Rockefeller

Answer 31

Started with one oil refinery, which he built into a corporation, standard,

Question 32

Robber Barons

Answer 32

• drove rivals out of business raised prices by limiting competition.
• kept wage slow and imposed dreadful working conditions

Question 33

Captains of Industry

Answer 33

despite shady dealings, carnegie and rocketellers helped in our modern economy