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Quiz 2 Flashcards

1
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Who planned on cornering the gold market?

A

Gould and Fisk

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2
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What was it called when people bribed congressmen for cheap stock in return for favorable legislation?

A

Credit Mobilier Scandal

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3
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What involved US Treasury Officials, Whiskey Makers and wanted to steal millions of dollars in liquor taxes from the US Government?

A

Whiskey Ring

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4
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What is the name for black people that migrated to Kansas?

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Exodusters

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5
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What type of farming type did people use?

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Tenant Farmer and Sharecropping

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6
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Who invented a cigarette rolling machine?

A

Bonsack

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7
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Who founded the American Tobacco Company?

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Duke

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8
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What was the outcome of Plessy v. Ferguson?

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The Doctrine of Separate but Equal

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9
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What exempted white people from the literacy test?

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The Grandfather Clause

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10
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What girl fought against lynching?

A

Wells

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11
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Who was the leader of the new Tuskegee institute?

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Booker T. Washington

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12
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Who had an opposite view from Washington and was involved in Black Education?

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W. E. B Dubois

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13
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What are folks that go west and settle along the Great Plains called?

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Overlanders

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14
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What act gave away free land to people as long as you live for 5 years?

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Homestead Act

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15
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What railroad goes from Omaha to Sacramento?

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Transcontinental Railroad

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16
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Where will the Transcontinental Railroad finish at?

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Promontory Point, UT

17
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What animal decreased with the Indians when Americans started hunting them?

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Buffalo

18
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What treaty ended the Sioux war?

A

Treaty of Fort Laramie

19
Q

Who’s are the leader of the Sioux?

A

Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull

20
Q

What commander was sent to Sioux and bring them back?

A

Custer

21
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What battle was fought between Custer and the Sioux and also referred to as Custer’s Last Stand?

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Battle of Little Big Horn

22
Q

What animal is prominent in Texas and the state has over 5 million cattle?

A

Longhorn

23
Q

What is the most famous cattle trail?

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Chisholm Trail

24
Q

What material is a key to the west?

A

Water

25
Q

What is also referred to as the Great American Desert?

A

Great Plains

26
Q

Who defined the frontier as being wilderness?

A

Frederick Jackson Turner

27
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How did Turner define the frontier?

A

2 to 6 people living in a square mile

28
Q

Who viewed the entire world as the frontier?

A

Webb

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