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gilded age 2 Flashcards

1
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Who created the AFL for white craft workers in 1885?

A

Samuel Gompers

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2
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What was the main method of transport for immigrants moving west during the gilded age?

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Steam ships

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3
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Where did C B Shmidt go to personally advertise for new immigrants?

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Russia

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4
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In 1885 immigrants from which country came because the emperor revoked a ban on emigration and they wanted to work on sugar plantations in Hawaii?

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Japan

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5
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Which Jewish banker was refused a room in the Grand Union Hotel because of his ethnicity in 1877?

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Joseph Seligman

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6
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What is the name given to the movement which championed people who were born in America against the immigrants who weren’t?

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Nativism

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7
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Which bug killed off the cotton crop and further impoverished African Americans in 1892?

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The Boll Weavil

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8
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By 1910 what percentage of African Americans had land?

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25%

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9
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By how much did the African American population increase during the Gilded Age?

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It doubled

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10
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Where did the first ghetto develop in New York City

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Harlem

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11
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How many states introduced formal segregation between 1887 and 1891

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8

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12
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Which amendment to the constitution was almost entirely ignored by the southern states by 1910

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15th

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13
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What excuse was given by groups like the KKK for lynching African American men?

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They accused them of raping or attacking white women

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14
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Which African American reporter was chased out of town because she dared to challenge the legitimacy of lynching?

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Ida Wells

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15
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Which American senator tried and failed to get more educational funding for African Americans in 1882?

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Henry Blair

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What was the term given to the movement to assimilate Native Americans into the “American” way of life?

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Americanisation

17
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Which act was introduced in 1887 to parcel up land for individual Native Americans or their families?

A

The Dawes Act or Dawes General Allotment Act

18
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Why did many Native Americans just give up the land given to them?

A

The idea of owning land was alien to them

19
Q

Which Paiiute Indian had a vision that lead to the ghost dance?

A

Wovoka

20
Q

At which creek were 200 Lakota Indians massacred in 1890?

A

Wounded Knee

21
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How many new railway systems were introduced to the American West in the Gilded age?

A

4

22
Q

How did the railroad companies fund their projects whilst they were building?

A

They sold government granted land on either side of the track

23
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What type of farming introduced during the Gilded Age helped farmers survive periods of little rain?

A

Dry farming

24
Q

However what economic pattern did mechanisation lead the Agricultural industry into?

A

Boom and bust

25
Q

Which government party was formed as a result of economic bust for the agricultural industry in the 80s?

A

The populist party

26
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Which famous cowboy built Abilene in 1869?

A

Joseph McCoy

27
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What was the name given to the meat industry in the 1880s on account of the amount of cows sold to the slaughterhouses in this period?

A

The Beef Bonanza:D

28
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Due to a drought in 1883 and poor winters in 1886 and 1887 which type of cattle farming died out

A

Open Range

29
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Who wrote the Frontier Thesis in 1893?

A

Frederick Turner

30
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Who came up with the theory of sea power in 1890?

A

Henry Thayar Mayhan

31
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After 1875 what deal was made between the Hawaiian and US governments?

A

No tariffs on sugar into America as long as Hawaii didn’t import manufactured goods from other places

32
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Where did Thomas Bayard secure a Naval port of the Island of Oahu 1887

A

Pearl Harbour

33
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What happened for the first time in October 1889?

A

The Pan American Conference

34
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What was the problem with the agreement made over arbitration between the 18 Latin American Leaders in 1889?

A

1/2 didn’t sign it and those who did wanted an opt-out close

35
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Who became president in 1889?

A

Benjamin Harrison

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