Passing the Alabama High School Graduation Exam in Social Studies
Week Seven
List Three Communication Inventions of the 19th Century. The Telephone The Radio The Transatlantic Cable
Define Textile. Cloth Anything Woven
What three Industries are Important to Birmingham, Alabama? Coal Steel Iron
Define Monopoly or A Trust. Only one supplier of a good or service No Competition
Who founded the Standard Oil Company? John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie Who is the founder of U. S. Steele?
Define Social Darwinism. The idea that only the strongest people are meant to rule
What was the “Gospel of Wealth”? People with wealth had a responsibility to use it for the betterment of the poor.
Horatio Alger Who was the author of the “Rags to Riches” Story?
What was Horatio Alger’s philosophy of Wealth? People gain wealth through hard work and diligence--not social status.
Pertaining to the Country Define Rural.
Anything pertaining to the City Define Urban.
In general, Americans believed that Immigrants worked for ___________________ wages. lower
Writers and Authors who exposed Corruption and Abuses of Big Business Explain Muckrakers.
Who wrote The Jungle. Upton Sinclair
What was Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle about? Exposed the miserable working conditions and the dangerous quality of meat in Chicago meat packing plants
Who wrote The History of Standard Oil? Ida Tarbell
Who founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People? W. E. B. DuBois and an organization of black and white intellectuals. NAACP
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama? A former slave, Booker T. Washington
What was the Tuskegee Institute? A school for Blacks which provided training in the industrial and agricultural fields
A Black Scientist at Tuskegee Institute who was famous for agricultural experimentation with peanuts, soybeans and cotton. Who was George Washington Carver?
Explain Plessy vs. Ferguson. Services for the two races could be separate as long as they were offered equally.
What President established a National Park System? President Theodore Roosevelt
What Political Party did Theodore Roosevelt found? Bull Moose Party
In what War did Theodore Roosevelt fight? The Spanish-American War
What was the name given to Theodore Roosevelt’s volunteers who fought in the Spanish-American War? The Rough Riders
Who developed the Assembly Line? Henry Ford
For what is Henry Ford most remembered? The Assembly Line Building Cars Faster
Food The Buffalo provided the American Indians with _________, ________, and ____________. Clothing Shelter
Name Two Inventions that helped develop the West. The Steel Plow Barbed Wire
Explain “Open Range”. There were no Fences Cows Roamed Freely Branding Determined Ownership
Explain “The Grange”. A Farmer’s Union
Explain the 16th Amendment. Provided for an Income Tax
Explain the 17th Amendment. State Legislatures no longer Elected Senators Senators to be elected by the People
Custer and his men were killed at the Battle of ___________________ The Battle of Little Bighorn
Mobile, Alabama is known for being _________________. A Shipping Center for Industry