Progress Learning Unit 4 Flashcards
What group of immigrants arrived in large numbers on the U.S. west coast for the primary purpose of working on the Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century?
Chinese
The conflict that occurred at Wounded Knee in 1890 can BEST be described as
a massacre of Lakota Sioux by United States Cavalry.
Many nineteenth century businessmen believed that the American economy was “self-adjusting.” This idea traced its roots to Adam Smith and his teachings concerning capitalism.
This philosophy of governmental non-interference in the economy is called
Laissez-faire economics.
What specific evidence supports the statement that “The construction of the transcontinental railroad was disastrous for the Native Americans of the Great Plains”?
the transcontinental railroad decimated the herds of buffalo that the Indians were dependent on; and the railroad drastically reduced Native American land ownership.
How did political machines gather votes in the late 19th century and early 20th century?
Political machines promised social services and jobs in exchange for votes.
Which event had the most IMMEDIATE impact on the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains?
the hunting of buffalo by U.S. citizens
the Progressive Era was PRIMARILY concerned with
making government more responsible to the needs of the people.
Which term BEST describes a “Buffalo Soldier” of the 19th century?
African-American U.S. Cavalry soldiers
john D. Rockefeller was MOST affected by which of these?
the Sherman Antitrust Act
Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth, 1889
Which statement BEST represents Andrew Carnegie’s message?
rich people have a duty to help society
major danger to democratic government in the last part of the 19th century was
the power of business leaders with corrupt political machines.
With which of these political ideologies was Theodore Roosevelt’s “Bull Moose Party” MOST closely associated?
Progressivism
which of these was an effect of the rapid industrialization of the United States in the last half of the 19th century?
The economy was increasingly controlled by big corporations.
“The Condition of the Laboring Man at Pullman.”
This political cartoon was published in the 1890s and points to the growing
disparity in wages between laborers and industrialists.disparity in wages between laborers and industrialists.
