US History - STAAR Test Review

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

• Imperialism
• Axis
• Isolationism
• Dictatorship

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

• sphere of influence

• open door policy

• port rebellion

• Great White Fleet

Exaggerated stories to sell newspapers

• Industrialism
• Militarism
• Yellow Jouralism
• Imperialism

Who was the leader of the Italy?

• Winston Churchill
• Benito Mussolini
• Joseph Stalin
• Franklin Roosevelt

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

• Joseph Stalin
• Benito Mussolini
• Hideki Tojo
• Winston Churchhill

Thomas Edison is connected to which of the following?

• His inventions made it much easier for businesses to communicate on a broader scale
• He made important strides in inventing ways to harness the power of electricity
• Edison invented the telephone and continued to improve his invention
• Taught the importance of patents and helped create government regulations for inventions  

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

• They both allowed factories to stay open after sunset, thereby producing more goods for consumers
• They both served to revolutionize the automobile industry
• They both enabled individuals and businesses to communicate on a broader scale
• They both helped to make JP Morgan one of the richest men in US History

Which of the following individuals would be considered a “robber baron?”

• 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

Which of the following men became rich and powerful as a finance capitalist that exerted influence over a number of different types of businesses?

• Carnegie
• Rockefeller
• JP Morgan
• Vanderbuilt

Social Darwinism is the idea that

• theory that success and failure in business were governed by natural law
• more regulation is needed than just consumer supply and demand 
• businesses that are regulated by government earn more profits
• consumers always select the product from the strongest companies