Social Studies Quarter Review

Age of Industrialization1860-1935

The act of Congress which gave free land in the West to anyone who would farm it for 5 years is known as what?

The Homestead Act

The time in US history when many people switched from making goods by hand to manufacturing goods with machines is known as what?

The industrial revolution

Having complete control of an industry by one person or one company is called what?

monopoly

A reform movement that wants to solve political, economic and social problems through government action is called what?

progressivism

The first US rail system which went completely across the continental United States was known as what?

The Transcontinental Railroad

In 1869, what last piece of the Transcontinental Railroad was installed which signified the completion of the railroad?

The Golden Spike

What was the name of the industrialist primarily responsible for the expansion of the steel industry in the US?

Andrew Carnegie

Business organizations which are owned by many shareholders are called what?

corporations

What was the name of the industrialist who made his fortune by creating Standard Oil in the 1880’s?

John D Rockefeller

The establishment of political or economic control over other countries?

Imperialism

In August of 1920, the 19th Amendment to the constitution was passed which did what?

Gave women the right to vote

In what year did World War I start?

1914

What inventor owned more patents than any other US citizen in history?

Thomas A Edison

The movement of people from other countries into the US is called what?

Immigration

Organizations of workers that help their members bargain for better wages are known as what?

Labor Unions

When workers walk off the job and refuse to work because of conditions in the organization, what do we call that?

strike

What Republican president began to enforce the Sherman Antitrust Act and became known as the “Trust Buster”?

Theodore Roosevelt

George Alexander Gray began working in a mill at age 10 and became an important industrialist in NC history in what industry?

Textile industry

The major NC industry involved in making cloth and clothes is called what?

The textile industry

The first factory to produce large quantities of furniture was located in which NC City?

High Point

The system here a farmer works land they do not own and make a living by taking a percentage of the harvest is called what?

Share cropping

In 1908, North Carolina enacted Prohibition which was the statewide banning of what?

Alcoholic Beverages

What do we call a crop that is grown primarily to be sold for income?

Cash Crop

Name the two most important cash crops grown in North Carolina between 1860 and 1910?

Cotton and tobacco

R J Reynolds was a leader in what NC industry?

Tobacco

As racial tensions increased, in what NC city was a riot responsible for the death of 11 African Americans?

Wilmington

What NC governor, who served between 1921 and 1925 is credited with greatly improving the road and university systems of NC?

Cameron Morrison

What major event of the industrial revolution occurred in 1903 on Kill Devil Hill on the NC Coast?

The first airplane flight

What is a stock?

A share of ownership of a corporation

The US stock market crash of 1929 is know as what?

Black Tuesday

Who was president when the crash of 1929 happened?

Herbert Hoover

About how long did the Great Depression last?

About 10-12 years

The global economic downturn which started with the stock market crash of 1929 is known as what?

The Great Depression

Who is the only three term president in the history of the US?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

What was Franklin Roosevelt’s wife’s name?

Eleanor Roosevelt

During Roosevelt’s first presidential term, he called for a special session of congress that lasted several months and saw sweeping legislation. What did that time become known as?

The hundred days

Roosevelt’s governmental programs to help alleviate the effects of the Great Depression were collectively known as what?

The New Deal

A new law which provided all workers a governmental retirement program was called what?

Social Security Act

What was the CCC?

Civilian Conservation Corps

What major world event brought an end to the Great Depression?

World War II

Franklin Roosevelt spoke to the citizens of the US during the Great Depression through weekly radio addresses known as what?

Fireside chats

In his first inaugural address, Franklin Roosevelt famously said (about the Great Depression), “The only thing we have to fear, is ______________?

Fear itself