Midterm Exam Flashcards
What did the Sherman Antitrust Act Outlaw?
Monopolies
What was Andrew Carnegie the head of?
The steel industry
Name the battle where Custer was defeated by the Sioux.
Little Big Horn
What was discovered that led to prospectors pushing west?
Gold
What battle marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians.
The Massacre of Wounded Knee
Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?
As more white moved westward the started taking land in reservations, causing the reservations to shrink to a very small size.
What were key Central part of the life and culture of the Plains Indians in the 1800’s?
Buffalo, horse, and extended family
Who were exodusters?
Free African American slaves who migrated West from the post-reconstruction South.
What was responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open western frontier?
Railroads
What allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?
Electricity
Where did the 146 female workers die in a fire?
At the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
Why were the scabs unpopular with striking workers during the late 1800’s?
Filled in for workers during a sit down strike.
What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800’s?
The new method of making steel.
What resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
Workers rights, fire escapes, and changing local labor laws for women and children.
What contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900’s?
Henry Bessemer’s new method of making steel, natural resources, government, and no shortage of labor because of immigrants.
How did Andrew Carnegie gain control of a large percentage of the steel industry?
Buying out suppliers, competition, and undercutting the competition.
In the late 1800’s, collective bargaining was a technique used to what?
Win workers’ rights by workers negotiating with management.
What social problems did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle describe?
The living and working conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking plants.
What did progressive women reformers work to achieve?
Women’s suffrage and limiting women’s working hours.
What reform did the 19th Amendment enact?
Women’s right to vote
What was one goal of the Americanization movement during the Progressive Era?
Correcting social and political injustices.
Who was WEB DuBois an outspoken critic of?
Booker T. Washington
What did Theodore Roosevelt support?
Businesses that followed the laws.
What resource did the National Reclamation Act directly affect?
Water and how it was distributed.
