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Unit 1 History Review Guide
Review for unit 1 test
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History
10th Grade
11/03/2008

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What does Laissez-Faire mean?
Definition
Hands-off government, government stays out of the economy.
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What do socialist believe?
Definition
Government should own business.
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What is individualism?
Definition
A person can succeed as much as they want to.
Term
Guilded Age
Definition
Coined by Mark Twain meaning shiny exterior covering a cheap base, said to make Americans aware.
Term
Florence Kelly
Definition
Suffragist who investigated labor conditions and protecting women and children.
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Jane Addams
Definition
Social worker who started Hull House and believed government had to allow women the right to vote to make their voice known through voting.
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Why did the US become the world's leading industrial nation?
Definition
Immigration, natural resources (oil,coal,steel), and development of growing middle class.
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What does gross national product mean?
Definition
Total value of all goods and services produced by a country.
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What is the transcontinental railroad?
Definition

RR that connected the country.

Term
What is unique about the Great Northern railroads?
Definition
Great Northern railroads -operated with out government subsidies,not forced into bankruptcy.
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How did most railroads get financed?
Definition

By selling government land grants.

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What is a corporation?
Definition
Spreads out the financial rish among its stockholders.
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What is a trust?
Definition
A single unit that manages a company (board of trustees) - use to avoid monopoly laws.
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What is a monopoly?
Definition
When a single compant controls an entire market.
Term
Describe vertical integration/consolidation and horizontal? And who used these techniques?
Definition

Vertical - compant gained all phase of a products development (Andrew Carnegie)

 

Horizontal - Company buys many firms who sells the sames product into one large company (Rockefeller)

Term
What are tariffs?
Definition
Tax on imported goods.
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Why are they put into place?
Definition
Put in place to protect American industries.
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What is a negative effect of tariffs for consumers?
Definition
Increased prices on American goods.
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What did the People's Party stand for? What is another name for the People's Party?
Definition

Graduated income tax, More regulation of railroads, Increased circulation.

Populism.

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Who wrote "The Jungle"?
Definition
Upton Sinclair
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