1. Could American industrial growth have occurred without the industrial giants of the period? Explain.

Two pages double sapced!!!!!

needs to be less thank 15% similarity

You will need to know these terms and concepts for your exam.

Union Pacific

Central Pacific

Great Deflation

Bessemer Converter

oligopoly

steel

corporation

vertical integration

oligopoly

Standard Oil

Andrew Carnegie

John D. Rockefeller

scientific management

collective bargaining

Knights of Labor

trade union

closed shop

American Federation of Labor

Charles Guiteau

Pendleton Act (1883)

Civil Service Commission

Social Darwinism

subtreasury system

People’s Party

U.S. Banking Act of 1863

Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890

blue laws

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

gerrymandering

Populist Party

Jim Crow

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

separate but equal

progressivism

Social Gospel

muckraker

NAWSA

feminism

Robert M. LaFollette

direct primary

initiative

recall

Booker T. Washington

Niagara Movement

NAACP

National Urban League

Theodore Roosevelt

trust

Sherman Antitrust Act

Clayton Antitrust Act

Theodore Roosevelt

Square Deal

Insurgents

William Howard Taft

New Nationalism

Progressive Party

Bull Moose Party

Woodrow Wilson

Federal Reserve Act

New Freedom

James G. Blaine

Pan Americanism

William H. Seward

Panic of 1893

Alfred T. Mahan

Valeriano Weyler

reconcentration

Rough Riders

George Dewey

San Juan Hill

Emilio Aguinaldo

Filipino-American War

William Howard Taft

Jones Act

Platt Amendment

Roosevelt Corollary

Open Door

dollar diplomacy

Pancho Villa

Hague Peace Conference (1899)

YOUR ESSAYS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN THEIR APPROPRIATE DROPBOXES BEFORE THE EXAM IS DUE.

Part IV

Long Essay: 25 points.

Choose 1 essay question and answer it IN DETAIL as completely as possible. Your essay should include an introduction, a body, and a conclusion and should be written in an ORGANIZED FASHION. Be sure to incorporate ideas brought up in, both, the reading and the lecture. This essay MUST be a minimum of TWO FULL PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED USING A 12pt TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT AND STANDARD MARGINS

1. Could American industrial growth have occurred without the industrial giants of the period? Explain.

2. By 1900, the United States had created an overseas empire. Was this empire a natural culmination of its expansionist path at home? Explain, using specific examples of the type of territories that became part of this empire. Explain why these territories were important to the American government and society.

Part V

Short Essay: 15 points.

Choose 1 essay question and answer it IN DETAIL as completely as possible. Your essay should include an introduction, a body, and a conclusion and should be written in an ORGANIZED FASHION. Be sure to incorporate ideas brought up in, both, the reading and the lecture. This essay MUST be a minimum of ONE FULL PAGE, DOUBLE SPACED USING A 12pt TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT AND STANDARD MARGINS.

1. How did Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson differ in their respective approaches to the problem of regulating and controlling big business in the United States?

2. Why was the Spanish-American War “a splendid little war” for the United States? What effect did it have on American society?

YOUR ESSAYS NEED TO HAVE A SIMILARITY RATING OF 15% OR LOWER. IF IT IS OVER 15% AND IT IS NOT DUE TO QUOTATIONS FROM THE TEXT OR POWERPOINTS, I WILL NOT GRADE IT.