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Question 1

solid south

Answer 1

the goal after reconstruction to have democratic electoral control of the south.

Question 2

compromise of 1877

Answer 2

informal deal that settled the disputes of the election of 1876. pulled federal troops out of the south.

Question 3

turner’s frontier thesis

Question 4

dawes act

Answer 4

divided communal tribal land into lots to be owned by individual native americans.

Question 5

laissez faire

Answer 5

the government leaves the people alone regarding all economic activities.

Question 6

greenback party

Answer 6

political party formed in the US in the 1870s that advocated for the production of paper money, known as greenbacks.

Question 7

social darwinism

Answer 7

the belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle. the rich were rich and the poor were poor due to natural selection in society.

Question 8

andrew carnegie

Answer 8

led the expansion of the american steel industry and set the standard for future steel mills.

Question 9

john d rockefeller

Answer 9

founded the standard oil company, which dominated the oil industry.

Question 10

spanish american war

Answer 10

War fought between the US and Spain in Cuba and the Philippines. It lasted less than 3 months and resulted in Cuba’s independence as well as the US annexing Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.