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US History (A) Final Exam Prep, Complete Solution 
 
Square Deal 
Theodore Roosevelt's government program of fair and equal treatment for all 
Monopoly 
Singular/complete control of a product or business by one person or group 
NAACP 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Challenged unfair/racist laws. 
JD Rockefeller 
owner of the Standard Oil monopoly and trust 
W.E.B. DuBois 
1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and di...
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US History (A) Final Exam Prep, Complete Solution 
 
Square Deal 
Theodore Roosevelt's government program of fair and equal treatment for all 
Monopoly 
Singular/complete control of a product or business by one person or group 
NAACP 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Challenged unfair/racist laws. 
JD Rockefeller 
owner of the Standard Oil monopoly and trust 
W.E.B. DuBois 
1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and di...
US History Midterm Exam Prep. (Answered) 
 
European Age of Exploration 
The term "Age of Exploration" refers to the timeperioid when people from Europe explored the world from the 1400's-1700's 
The conquistadores 
Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory. 
Joint Stock Companies 
businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses 
The Mayflower Compact can be best describ...
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US History Midterm Exam Prep. (Answered) 
 
European Age of Exploration 
The term "Age of Exploration" refers to the timeperioid when people from Europe explored the world from the 1400's-1700's 
The conquistadores 
Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory. 
Joint Stock Companies 
businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses 
The Mayflower Compact can be best describ...
US History (A) Final Exam Prep, Complete Solution 
 
Square Deal 
Theodore Roosevelt's government program of fair and equal treatment for all 
Monopoly 
Singular/complete control of a product or business by one person or group 
NAACP 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Challenged unfair/racist laws. 
JD Rockefeller 
owner of the Standard Oil monopoly and trust 
W.E.B. DuBois 
1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and di...
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US History•US History
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US History (A) Final Exam Prep, Complete Solution 
 
Square Deal 
Theodore Roosevelt's government program of fair and equal treatment for all 
Monopoly 
Singular/complete control of a product or business by one person or group 
NAACP 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Challenged unfair/racist laws. 
JD Rockefeller 
owner of the Standard Oil monopoly and trust 
W.E.B. DuBois 
1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and di...
US History Midterm Exam Prep. (Answered) 
 
European Age of Exploration 
The term "Age of Exploration" refers to the timeperioid when people from Europe explored the world from the 1400's-1700's 
The conquistadores 
Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory. 
Joint Stock Companies 
businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses 
The Mayflower Compact can be best describ...
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US History•US History
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US History Midterm Exam Prep. (Answered) 
 
European Age of Exploration 
The term "Age of Exploration" refers to the timeperioid when people from Europe explored the world from the 1400's-1700's 
The conquistadores 
Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory. 
Joint Stock Companies 
businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses 
The Mayflower Compact can be best describ...
US History (A) Final Exam Prep, Complete Solution 
 
Square Deal 
Theodore Roosevelt's government program of fair and equal treatment for all 
Monopoly 
Singular/complete control of a product or business by one person or group 
NAACP 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Challenged unfair/racist laws. 
JD Rockefeller 
owner of the Standard Oil monopoly and trust 
W.E.B. DuBois 
1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and di...
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US History•US History
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US History (A) Final Exam Prep, Complete Solution 
 
Square Deal 
Theodore Roosevelt's government program of fair and equal treatment for all 
Monopoly 
Singular/complete control of a product or business by one person or group 
NAACP 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Challenged unfair/racist laws. 
JD Rockefeller 
owner of the Standard Oil monopoly and trust 
W.E.B. DuBois 
1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and di...
US History Midterm Exam Prep. (Answered) 
 
European Age of Exploration 
The term "Age of Exploration" refers to the timeperioid when people from Europe explored the world from the 1400's-1700's 
The conquistadores 
Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory. 
Joint Stock Companies 
businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses 
The Mayflower Compact can be best describ...
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US History•US History
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US History Midterm Exam Prep. (Answered) 
 
European Age of Exploration 
The term "Age of Exploration" refers to the timeperioid when people from Europe explored the world from the 1400's-1700's 
The conquistadores 
Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory. 
Joint Stock Companies 
businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses 
The Mayflower Compact can be best describ...
Laissez-faire A french phrase meaning "let people do as they choose." SIG: Supporters if this 
believed that the government should not interfere in the economy other than to protect private 
property rights and maintain peace 
Rail Roads Allows nation to expand westward, allows agriculture to expand into the Great 
Plains. Allows cities and towns to expand. Provides easy ways to get raw materials to factory 
then finished goods to market. First big business 
Bessemer Process New process of ste...
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Laissez-faire A french phrase meaning "let people do as they choose." SIG: Supporters if this 
believed that the government should not interfere in the economy other than to protect private 
property rights and maintain peace 
Rail Roads Allows nation to expand westward, allows agriculture to expand into the Great 
Plains. Allows cities and towns to expand. Provides easy ways to get raw materials to factory 
then finished goods to market. First big business 
Bessemer Process New process of ste...
Which statement about women's power during the Renaissance is true? Women had little 
political or economic power. 
 
The focus on the visible world in Renaissance art was called naturalism. 
 
Which list states achievements from the Scientific Revolution in the correct order? i. The 
heliocentric theory is published. 
ii. The scientific method is developed. 
iii. Galileo argues for Copernicus. 
iv. Isaac Newton develops calculus. 
 
A reason that many city workers lived in unhealthy conditions...
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Which statement about women's power during the Renaissance is true? Women had little 
political or economic power. 
 
The focus on the visible world in Renaissance art was called naturalism. 
 
Which list states achievements from the Scientific Revolution in the correct order? i. The 
heliocentric theory is published. 
ii. The scientific method is developed. 
iii. Galileo argues for Copernicus. 
iv. Isaac Newton develops calculus. 
 
A reason that many city workers lived in unhealthy conditions...
The power to make law and to frame public policies legislative power 
 
the power to execute, enforce, and administer law executive power 
 
the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within 
the society judical power 
 
What are the common features of the first state constitutions? popular sovereignty (govt. can 
only exist with the consent of the governed), limited government, civil rights and liberties, and 
seperation of powers and checks and b...
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The power to make law and to frame public policies legislative power 
 
the power to execute, enforce, and administer law executive power 
 
the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within 
the society judical power 
 
What are the common features of the first state constitutions? popular sovereignty (govt. can 
only exist with the consent of the governed), limited government, civil rights and liberties, and 
seperation of powers and checks and b...
US Supreme Court Highest court in the land (US). It is part of the federal judiciary branch. 
There are 9 members (justices). 
 
Judiciary Branch the federal court system 
 
interpreting laws the power of the judicial branch 
 
landmark cases The nation is dramatically affected by decisions in these cases. 
 
Korematsu v. United States (1944) This case ruled that when the nation is at war some 
constitutional rights can be suspended. 
 
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) the Supreme Court overturned the ...
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US Supreme Court Highest court in the land (US). It is part of the federal judiciary branch. 
There are 9 members (justices). 
 
Judiciary Branch the federal court system 
 
interpreting laws the power of the judicial branch 
 
landmark cases The nation is dramatically affected by decisions in these cases. 
 
Korematsu v. United States (1944) This case ruled that when the nation is at war some 
constitutional rights can be suspended. 
 
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) the Supreme Court overturned the ...