US History - STAAR Test Review

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America did not want to get involved in other country's conflicts. This was known as __________________________

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Isolationism

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An area, usually around a seaport, where a nation had special trading privileges

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sphere of influence

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Exaggerated stories to sell newspapers

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Yellow Journalism

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Who was the leader of Italy?

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Benito Mussolini

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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union (USSR)?

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Joseph Stalin

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Thomas Edison is connected to which of the following?

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He made important strides in inventing ways to harness the power of electricity

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What did the inventions of Samuel Morse and Alexander Graham Bell have in common?

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They both enabled individuals and businesses to communicate on a broader scale.

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Which of the following individuals would be considered a “robber baron?” Options: a southern plantation owner in favor of industrialization, an industrial worker demanding more consumer goods, a union leader advocating for more wages, a leader of a large successful corporation

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a leader of a large successful corporation

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Which of the following men became rich and powerful as a finance capitalist that exerted influence over a number of different types of businesses? Options: Carnegie, Rockefeller, JP Morgan, Vanderbuilt

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JP Morgan

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Social Darwinism is the idea that

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theory that success and failure in business were governed by natural law