Friday, January 6, 2017

US HISTORY COMMON ASSESSMENT VII STUDY GUIDE

US HISTORY
US HISTORY COMMON ASSESSMENT VII
STUDY GUIDE
1.      Define gilded age

2.      Why was the US flourishing following the US Civil War?

3.      Define horizontal integration

4.      Who started horizontal integration?

5.      What finally connect east and west United States in May, 1869?

6.      Effects of Transcontinental Railroad 

7.   Define Homestead Act of 1862

8.      Which population trend occurred in the U.S. from 1860 to 1920?

9.      Role of government in western settlement

10.  Define laissez-faire capitalism

11.  Define “robber baron”

12.  Describe philanthropy of John D. Rockefeller    

¸ "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
¸ “I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work."
¸ “The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.”

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

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