US History Unit 6 EOC Review

John D. Rockefeller was able to monopolize the oil market, due to

• driving out or buying other oil industries; hiring only immigrants and former slaves, so he was able to pay workers far less money; received large investments from wealthy Americans that allowed him to excel quicker

• vertical consolidation- buying/driving out all other oil companies and/or entrepreneurs and horizontal consolidation- buying into all other industries needed to minimize costs, maximize profits, and dominate the oil market

• horizontal consolidation- buying/driving out all other oil companies and/or entrepreneurs and vertical consolidation- buying into all other industries needed to minimize costs, maximize profits, and dominate the oil market

• driving out or buying other oil industries; hiring only immigrants and former slaves, so he was able to pay workers far less money; invested money into the campaigns of major political leaders to avoid strict business laws

Which statement offers the best argument AGAINST Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick" diplomacy?

• Roosevelt used America's military power in an unjust manner in his pursuit of our foreign policy goals.

• Roosevelt's use of military threats angered Great Britain, France, and Germany and helped cause World War I.

• Roosevelt was successful in bringing much of Latin America under direct American control, including Cuba and the Panama Canal.

• "Big Stick" diplomacy had few strengths and its main effect was actually an increase in revolution and conflict in the Western Hemisphere.

The National Association for the Advancement for Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909. Given the year, with which of these movements would it be MOST associated?

• Populist Movement

• Free Soil Movement

• Gilded Age Movement

• Progressive Movement

The Transcontinental Railroads that opened up the West had a devastating effect on

• cattle ranchers.

• Native Americans.

• merchants on the West coast who relied on trade across the Pacific for their livelihood.

• U.S. soldiers who had just fought in the Civil War and were now transferred to the West to keep the peace.

Which of these was an effect of the rapid industrialization of the United States in the last half of the 19th century?

• More people became craftsmen and artisans.

• More people moved to rural areas in search of work.

• Fewer women and children were used in industrial jobs.

• The economy was increasingly controlled by big corporations.

Why was the Standard Oil Trust MOST likely pictured as an octopus with many tentacles in the cartoon?

• The Standard Oil Trust was seen as a danger to the traditional American way of life.

• The Standard Oil Trust killed many different types of wildlife with its drilling practices.

• The Standard Oil Trust was seen as a monopoly that influenced government and other industries.

• The Standard Oil Trust built pipelines crossing the entire United States that endangered people and resources.

W.E.B. DuBois stated about the Niagara Movement's manifesto that, "We want full manhood suffrage and we want it now! We are men! We want to be treated as men. And we shall win!"

What did DuBois mean when he said, "We want full manhood suffrage?"

• He wanted all black men to be free.

• He wanted the fair treatment of all men so that all men could be winners.

• He wanted all black men to be treated equal in all ways as white men, even at the ballot box.

• He wanted male suffrage to be recognized just as the women were fighting for the right to vote.

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine called for

• investing in the economic development of Latin America.

• pledging to help Japan and Russia negotiate a peace settlement.

• prohibiting foreign countries from purchasing land in the Western Hemisphere.

• intervening in Latin American countries that could not pay their debt to European creditors.

What did Ellis Island and the Union Pacific portion of the Transcontinental Railroad have to do with each other?

• Irish Immigrants came into the U.S. through Ellis Island.

• Chinese immigrants came into the U.S. through Ellis Island.

• Factories for producing steam engines were located on Ellis Island.

• Steel was imported through Ellis Island for construction of the Railroad.

The cartoon would have been MOST likely to have been published in

• the late 1700s.

• the late 1800s.

• the early 1800s.

• the early 1900s