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Unit 1 Study Guide: A Growing Nation
Chapter 14 Essential Questions
1. Describe laissez fairer economics.
2. Identify the main characteristic of a monopoly.
3. What is the goal of a monopoly? How is this goal achieved?
4. What is a robber baron?
5. Compare vertical and horizontal integration and the role they played in building monopolies.
6. Describe Social Darwinism.
7. Why did workers form unions?
8. Identify the two national unions and describe the members of each one.
9. Identify the significance of the following labor strikes:
a. Haymarket Square Riot:
b. Homestead Strike:
c. Pullman Strike:
Chapter 15-16 Essential Questions
10. Describe Progressivism.
11. What role did muckrakers play in progressive reform?
12. Compare Ellis Island and Angel Island.
13. How did immigrants benefit the US economy and American society?
14. Describe the following amendments:
16th
17th
18th
19th
15. What was the significance of the initiative, referendum and recall at the state level of government?
16. Describe the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
17. Compare the ideas of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B.DuBois.
18. Describe the Populist Party platform.
19. How did President Theodore Roosevelt improve the United States?
Chapter 17 Essential Questions
20. Describe imperialism.
21. Define isolationism.
22. Describe Alfred T. Mahan’s role in the expansion of the United States.
23. Describe the annexation of Hawaii.
24. Describe the road to the Spanish-American War.
25. What is yellow journalism? What role did it play in the war?
26. What did the United States gain as a result of the Spanish-American War?
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Unit One Review: A Growing Nation
Chapter 14: An Industrial Nation
1. Describe laissez-faire economic policies.
2. A monopoly can best be described as____________________________________________________________________
3. Horizontal integration can best be described as ____________________________________________________________
4. Vertical integration can best be described as ______________________________________________________________
5. Describe three aspects of a monopoly.
a.
b.
c.
6. What is a trust?
7. Describe “Robber Barons.”
8. Social Darwinists believed in the idea that __________________________________________________________
9. The main purpose of a labor union is _________________________________ to negotiate for ___________________,
________________________ and ______________________________
10. What is it called when union leaders met with business owners to negotiate?
11. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) represented ___________________________ and was the most __________
_________________________. They used ___________________________ for better ___________________
12. What type of workers did the Knights of Labor accept?
13. What was the significance of the Homestead strike?
14. The Pullman Strike ended when President Grover Cleveland ____________________________________________
15. What was the significance of the Haymarket bombing?
16. The federal government would usually support _____________________ during strikes in the Industrial Revolution.
Chapter 15-16: Progressive Reform
17. ___________________________ and __________________________ were the two primary ports of entry for immigrants
coming to America in the late 18th and early 19th century.
18. What did muckrakers write about in the early years of the 20th century?
19. The port of entry for the majority of European immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th century was ________________
20. This group in the early 1900s worked to reform society to achieve order and stability: ____________________________
21. The powers of initiative, referendum, and recall gave citizens ________________________________________________
22. The initiative process allows voters to __________________________________________________________________
23. Describe the 18th amendment.
24. Describe the 19th amendment.
25. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were instrumental in the fight for ________________________________
26. Booker T. Washington believed blacks should earn ______________________________, _____________________ and
gain ______________________________
27. ______________________________ refused to accept second-class citizenship for blacks and founded the NAACP for
the purpose of fighting _____________________________________________
28. The Supreme Court’s 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson defined the “_______________________________” principle
and made _________________________ legal for individuals and businesses
29. Marcus Garvey founded the ____________ and believed blacks should _______________________________________
30. Describe the Chinese Exclusion Act.
31. Political machines such as Tammany Hall got their strongest support from _____________________________________
32. The Populist Party was the high point of ______________________________________, and their platform reflected the
need for ______________________________, _______________________________ and ________________________
33. Unlimited coinage of silver was known as “______________________________”
34. Theodore Roosevelt was associated the ________________________, ____________________ and ________________,
the _________________________________________ Act and he was known as the “___________________________”
Chapter 17: Imperialism
35. Yellow journalism of the late 19th century can best be described as ___________________________________________
that encouraged __________ and swayed ______________________________
36. Identify at least three examples of the American policy of imperialism.
a.
b.
c.
37. As a result of the Spanish American War the US gained possession of Puerto Rico, Guam and _____________________
38. The United States annexed the Hawaiian Islands as a result of _______________________________________________
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Short Answer: Choose TWO of the following prompts and answer in a well-written paragraph (6-8 sentences).
1. Explain the positive and negative aspects of a robber baron’s lifestyle and business practices. Be sure to include specific examples.
2. Explain the need for labor unions, the labor unions that were formed, and the impact of those labor unions.
3. Describe the life of an immigrant in the US at the turn of the century (entrance into US, living and working conditions).
4. Explain nativism at the turn of the century. Include the reasons for nativism and specific examples of groups that were impacted.
5. Describe the impact that the Progressive movement had on state and national legislative reform.
6. Describe the similarities and differences between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois.