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Early- Monopoly
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the purpose of the Mayflower compact? | First steps toward Democracy |
| New England Town meetings were designed to have? | Democratic process |
| What was the Proclamation line? | The boundary that the Colonists could not cross? |
| Where was the Proclamation line located? | Appalachian Mountains |
| What war caused the Proclamation line? | French & Indian War |
| Who was John Locke? | European Enlightenment Philosopher |
| What was Locke's theory? | Everyone had natural rights |
| What are your natural rights? | Life, liberty, pursuit of property |
| What did Thomas Paine write? | Common Sense |
| What was the Common Sense about? | To inspire the colonist to rebel against the British |
| No taxation without representation means | You can't take my money without my consent |
| What is the characteristic of Democracy? | Citizens are the source of power |
| Who was President during the Civil War? | Abraham Lincoln |
| What was Lincoln's goal during the Civil War? | Preserve the Union |
| What was Manifest Destiny | Westward Expansion |
| Which war was used to justify Manifest Destiny? | Mexican American War |
| What was the Dawes Act? | Law to assimilate Native Americans, take their land away |
| What was the Trail of tears? | Forceful removal of Native Americans to reservations |
| Who was the President responsible for the Trail of Tears? | Andrew Jackson |
| Who are the nativists? | Americans that don't like immigrants |
| Why don't nativists like immigrants? | immigrants take away jobs |
| Who came here because of the potato famine? | Irish |
| What was wrong with the Irish? | They were Catholics |
| What was the 13th Amendment? | Abolished slavery |
| What was the 14th Amendment? | Gave African American citizenship |
| What was the 15th Amendment? | Right to vote for African American males |
| What were Jim Crow laws? | Segregation laws in the south |
| What was the Plessy v Ferguson case? | legalized segregation in the south |
| What were literacy exams? | Test to stop black people for voting |
| What were poll taxes? | Taxes to stop black people for voting |
| What were black codes? | Rules to stop black people from getting jobs, testifying in court |
| What did black people become after the Civil War? | Sharecroppers |
| What kind of company did Andrew Carnegie have? | Steel |
| What kind of company did John D. Rockefeller have? | Oil |
| What is a monopoly? | When a company dominates that industry and has no competition |
| What is another name for a monopoly? | A Trust |
| What can a corporation do? | Raise capital by selling shares/ stocks |
| What is Social Darwinism? | Survival of the fittest |
| What is Laissez faire? | No government regulations |
| Industrial Revolution means | Farm life to factory life |
| Rural means | Farm life |
| Urban means | City life |
| What is a Robber Baron? | A business leader that uses ruthless tactics |
| What is a Philanthropists? | Someone who donates to charity |
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