03/03/24

Question 1

treaty of fort laramie

Answer 1

1868 treaty where Sioux agreed to live on a reservation

Question 2

dawes act

Answer 2

act that broke up native american reservations + gave land to each native family for farming

Question 3

battle of wounded knee

Answer 3

american soldiers killed natives living on reservations because they were doing the ghost dance— scared soldiers

Question 4

homestead act

Answer 4

act that offered free land to western settlers under the condition that they’d farm it for 5 years (did not apply to confederate soldiers)

Question 5

exodusters

Answer 5

african american settlers in the west

Question 6

morrill act

Answer 6

act that helped establish agricultural colleges

Question 7

Edwin L Drake

Answer 7

first person to successfully use steam engine to drill for oil

Question 8

Thomas Alva Edison

Answer 8

perfected first incandescent light bulb

Question 9

Christopher sholes

Answer 9

invented typewriter

Question 10

alexander graham bell

Answer 10

invented the telephone

Question 11

George M Pullman

Answer 11

created his own town for employees– conditions were good but town was largely under company control

Question 12

Munn v Illonois

Answer 12

supreme court decision that passed grange laws (essentially gov control over railroads )

Question 13

interstate commerce act

Answer 13

federal government could supervise interstate commerce– failed

Question 14

vertical integration

Answer 14

buying out suppliers

Question 15

horizontal integration

Answer 15

companies producing similar products merge

Question 16

sherman antitrust act

Answer 16

made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states + countries– ultimately failed because “trust” was undefined

Question 17

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Answer 17

labor union that welcomed all laborers

Question 18

gentlemen’s agreement

Answer 18

Japan’s government would limit emigration of unskilled workers to U.S. in exchange for repeal of segregation in SF

Question 19

americanization movement

Answer 19

assimilate people of wide ranging cultures into the dominant culture

Question 20

social gospel movement

Answer 20

preached salvation through service to the poor

Question 21

settlement houses

Answer 21

provided aid to people in neighborhoods
Jane Adams - an influential person in development of settlement houses

Question 22

political machine + structure

Answer 22

organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city
bottom - local workers and captains
middle - ward boss
top - city boss
these people controlled jobs, licenses, and welfare
used fraud when they didn’t get their way

Question 23

graft

Answer 23

illegal use of political influence for personal gain

Question 24

patronage

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giving government jobs to people who helped get a candidate elected AKA spoils system

Question 25

civil service

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government admin

Question 26

rutherford b hayes

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oversaw the end of reconstruction, began efforts that led to civil service reform and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the civil war– republican

Question 27

pendleton civil service act

Answer 27

jobs based on merit

Question 28

grover cleaveland

Answer 28

presidential candidate who tried to lower tariffs and failed

Question 29

bejamin harrison

Answer 29

presidential candidate who wanted higher tarriffs

Question 30

foner

Question 31

Vanderbilt

Answer 31

played a crucial role in the expansion of railroads

Question 32

Rockefeller

Answer 32

standard oil
a pioneer in horizontal integration

Question 33

Carnegie

Answer 33

carnegie steel, sold to jp morgan
wealthiest man

Question 34

jp morgan

Answer 34

electric and steel, bought carnegie steel
financer and banker