Trimester Exam A Review

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Which motto means "out of many one"?

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E Pluribus Unum

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What was the purpose of making "In God We Trust" the US motto in 1956?

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To show we were religious and not atheist like communist countries in the Cold War

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The original motto was "E Pluribus Unum", what was the purpose of this motto?

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To show that the US was made-up of various states that united together

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Who was the Frenchmen who wrote a book in the 1830s called, Democracy in America, describing the 5 values that make-up American democracy?

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Alexis de Tocqueville

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In the Declaration of Independence it says that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed." What does this mean?

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A government gets its power from the people through voting

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Companies in the Gilded Age got so big that they controlled the whole market. What is this called?

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Monopoly

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What law said that a private business was NOT allowed to be a monopoly?

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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What does NOT exist in a Gilded Age monopoly? Options: Robber Barons, High profits, Laissez-Faire Economics

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market competition

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What encouraged the most people to settle beyond the western frontier?

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Transcontinental Railroad

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What did the Transcontinental Railroad create?

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a national market