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US History STAAR EOC 11th Grade With Complete Solutions Latest Update 2024
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US History STAAR EOC 11th Grade WithComplete Solutions Latest Update 2024
Gilded Age - ANS 1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite
the corrupt politics and growing gap between the rich and poor
Technological (Second Industrial) Revolution - ANS based on steel, railroads,
electricity, oil-based products
Alexander Graham Bell - ANS He was an American inventor who was responsible
for developing the telephone.
Thomas Edison - ANS American inventor best known for inventing the electric light
bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.
Telephone - ANS A device that converts sound into electrical signals that can be
transmitted over distances. Invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
Free Enterprise System - ANS An economic system in which people are free to
operate their businesses as they see fit, with little government interference.
Laissez-Faire - ANS No government intervention in business.
Corporation - ANS A business that is owned by many investors.
,Bessemer Process - ANS A process for making steel more efficiently, patented in
1856.
Entrepreneurship - ANS Accepting the risk of starting and running a business.
Monopoly - ANS A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.
Andrew Carnegie - ANS A business man that increased his power through by
gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of steel
production development.
John Rockefeller - ANS Creator of the Standard Oil Company who made a fortune
on it and joined with competing companies in trust agreements that in other
words made an amazing monopoly.
Robber Baron - ANS a negative term for business leaders that implied they built
their fortunes by stealing from the public
Captain of Industry - ANS business leader who has a positive impact
Philanthropy - ANS Giving money to help the poor
,Political Machines - ANS Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties
in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his
party.
Political Boss - ANS representative for or head of the political machine; gained
votes for their parties by doing favors for people.
Immigration - ANS Coming to live permanently in a foreign country
Push and Pull Factors - ANS The push factor involves a force which acts to drive
people away from a place and the pull factor is what draws them to a new
location.
Nativists - ANS U.S. citizens who opposed immigration because they were
suspicious of immigrants and feared losing jobs to them
Ethnic Ghettos - ANS immigrants lived here due to cultural similarities, especially in
big cities
Child Labor - ANS Children were viewed as laborers throughout the 19th century.
Many children worked on farms, small businesses, mills and factories.
Labor Union - ANS An organization of workers that tries to improve working
conditions, wages, and benefits for its members
, Strikes - ANS times when workers refuse to work until owners improve conditions
Knights of Labor - ANS 1st effort to create National union. Open to everyone but
lawyers and bankers. Vague program, no clear goals, weak leadership and
organization. Failed
Haymarket Massacre - ANS Was when there was a peaceful protest at the the
Haymarket square and a bomb was thrown at the police and the police started
shooting at innocent people
AFL (American Federation of Labor) - ANS A labor union created by Samuel
Gompers that was the ONLY labor union that only accepted skilled workers
Samuel Gompers - ANS He was the creator of the American Federation of Labor.
He provided a stable and unified union for skilled workers
IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) - ANS A labor organization for unskilled
workers, formed by a group of radical unionists and socialists in 1905. Sometimes
called Wobblies
Manifest Destiny - ANS A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the
United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
Westward Migration - ANS the movement of people to the western and mid-
western states to find new opportunities (ex. jobs, land, and gold).
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