VU American History Semester 2 Unit One Test Certification Revised Exam Questions With Multiple Choices And Verified Answers.
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Frontier Thesis - correct answer Who: Frederick Jackson Turner
What: The frontier was an essential part of US development. The Great West. Unsettled American land. Closed in 1890. The frontier provided cheap land and freedom from the law.
When: 1893
Impact:
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Frontier Thesis - correct answer Who: Frederick Jackson Turner
What: The frontier was an essential part of US development. The Great West. Unsettled American land.
Closed in 1890. The frontier provided cheap land and freedom from the law.
When: 1893
Impact:
Bessemer Process - correct answer Who: Henry Bessemer
What: Adopted by US factories. A method of steel production. Created high grade, light weight steel
production. By the 1890's the US was outproducing England.
When: 1850
Impact: Allowed the US to be a large economic power-holder.
Populists - correct answer Who: A political party
What: A new political party that demanded radical changes in federal and social policies. The core of this
party is the American Farmer. Increased circulation of money. Free silver. A progressive income tax.
Government ownership of communication and transportation system. Socialism. Eight hour work day
When: 1900 (Dies before)
Impact: Creates the Progressive party. Starts a movement of fair labor.
Alfred Mahan - correct answer Who: Alfred Mahan
What: Served in the Union Navy in the Civil War. Later on became a naval professor publishing many
lectures in books. He believed a great navy was essential for national prosperity through military and
economic expansion.He saw sea power as thoroughly intertwined with war. He wrote: 'The history of
sea power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual
rivalries, of violence frequently culminating in war.'
When: 1859 (graduated naval school)
Impact: He influenced Theodore Roosevelt leading to the creation of our steam powered navy.
, Laissez Faire - correct answer Who: Adam Smith
What: Let it be. The economy. Doesn't want the federal government touching the economy. The
government should not regulate the economy. The primary role since the beginning
When: 1776
Impact: Its failure allows the government to come in and regulate the economy. Its failure also led to
large oil companies having control of our economy.
What: A republican, and hero of the San Juan hill. He was a police commissioner and governor of New
York. Roosevelt became the youngest president at age 42 and followed policies that helped his
leadership. His foreign policy was called the "The Big Stick". He pushed for a strong navy. He had
developed the Corollary which said the US will not seek territorial aggression. We seek peace with all
nations. We may have to step into countries to protect our rights. He was classified as a peacemaker and
won the noble peace prize for his efforts of helping the Russian-Japanese War.
When: 1901 (goes into office)
Impact: His Square Deal helped promote "natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer
protection," helping the United States grow and expand his legacy for the good will of the nation. He
also had conservation programs that helped the nation grow environmentally out in the west.
Yellow Journalism - correct answer Who: Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph
Hearst
What: Yellow Journalism is based on sensationalism and crude exaggeration. During WWI, it helped
cause the war due to large headlines, colored comics, and sensational stories. It helped pursue the
Spanish American War and push the United States towards getting involved in that war. The yellow
journalists were especially effective in pushing the US into the war after the sinking of the USS Maine in
the harbor of Havana, Cuba. The Maine, a US battleship, sunk from an explosion. Joseph Pulitzer and
William Randolph Hearst published false articles about a plot to sink the ship, thereby increasing
tensions.
When: 1890 (introduced)
Impact: It swayed the U.S population on the opinion of the war. It exploited the hatred on topics for
some, and developed hatred for others.
Insular Cases - correct answer Who: Justice Edward D. White
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