Chapter 10

Question 1

railroad expansion & growth of cities

Answer 1

many large cities developed along rail lines

Question 2

impact of new inventions

Answer 2

make life easier

Question 3

reason for increased demand for beef after Civil War

Answer 3

increase in city populations in East and West

Question 4

price of Model T dropped because of…

Answer 4

mass production–make it faster & more cheaply

Question 5

connection between Knights of Labor & anarchists

Answer 5

anarchists in Haymarket Riot thought to have connection to Knights of Labor, but they really didn’t–Knights of Labor blamed for actions of anarchists

Question 6

benefits of living in teepees

Answer 6

can have nomadic lifestyle–easy to pack and move

Question 7

benefits of competition

Answer 7

motivates companies to keep prices low & improve products

Question 8

difference between AFL and Knights of Labor

Answer 8

AFL was made up of several individual trade unions

Question 9

African Americans & patents

Answer 9

discrimination made it hard for African Americans to get patents

Question 10

reason for so many new western states 1860-1900

Answer 10

expansion of rail lines linking East and West–people and supplies move more cheaply

Question 11

effects of Homestead Act of 1862

Answer 11

increased development of western lands

Question 12

first practical use of airplanes

Answer 12

military use; spying on enemy

Question 13

environmental impact of steel mills

Answer 13

smog, polluted rivers

Question 14

limited education in children & reduced future opportunities

Answer 14

child labor= no education and fewer future opportunities

Question 15

put in chronological order

Answer 15

Haymarket Riot, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Question 16

purpose of vigilantes

Answer 16

enforce laws & punish criminals–not exactly legal, but useful

Question 17

Dawes Act purpose

Answer 17

encourage American Indians to become farmers

Question 18

Wounded Knee

Answer 18

hundreds of Lakota men, women, & children killed by U.S. Army

Question 19

reasons for rapid decline in buffalo population

Answer 19

increase in demand for buffalo robes, large-scale killing of buffalo along railroad lines

Question 20

negative effects of gold & silver mines

Answer 20

ghost towns left when mines depleted and miners moved on to new mines

Question 21

Short Answer #1
Explain what the Homestead Act gave to settlers & what conditions there were. Why would the government choose this policy rather than selling the land to the highest bidder?

Answer 21

-govt. gave 160-acre pieces of land to people who would pay a small filing fee & farm the land for 5 years
-govt. did this an incentive for people to move west, settle, and raise crops
-open to large variety of people (widows, men, African Americans, etc.) to help promote equality
-purpose was to increase settlement, not make money
-highest bidders probably wouldn’t have settled & developed communities the way the average homesteader would

Question 22

Short Answer #2
Who signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie? Did both sides obey its terms in the years after it was signed? Explain.

Answer 22

-U.S. govt. and Plains Indians signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie
-U.S. did not obey the terms
-treaty said certain lands would be set aside for the Plains Indians forever, BUT gold was discovered on land set aside for Cheyenne and Arapaho
-miners came in & govt. forced Plains Indians to sign a new treaty giving up some of their land

Question 23

Short Answer #3
How did the expansion of ranching lead to the growth of new towns in the West?

Answer 23

-ranching encouraged new towns to develop in the West
-as ranchers drove cattle through the West (north to the trains), businesses developed to provide what they needed
-businesses offered goods & services cowhands needed like supplies, food, holding pens for cattle until they could be shipped

Question 24

Short Answer #4
Describe how the principle of supply and demand influenced and benefited John D. Rockefeller’s oil business.

Answer 24

-to eliminate competition from other oil companies, Rockefeller drastically lowered his prices
-lower prices increased demand for oil
-Rockefeller’s low prices meant everyone did business w/him rather than competition–rivals went out of business
-Rockefeller was then only one left to provide oil and benefit from increased demand