quiz 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Jay Gould and James Fisk planned to corner what market?

A

gold market

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2
Q

Name the scandal/railroad construction company that involved congressmen taking bribes in exchange for favorable legislation

A

credit mobilier

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3
Q

Name the scandal involving U.S. Treasury officials and liquor distillers who planned to steal millions in liquor taxes.

A

whiskey ring

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4
Q

To which state did most blacks migrate following the war?

A

Kansas

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5
Q

What were blacks who went to Kansas called?

A

Exodusters

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6
Q

Name the supreme court case tat ruled against segregation did not discriminate as long as accommodations for both races were equal?

A

Plessy vs Ferguson

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7
Q

Walter Prescott Webb defined the frontier by what ratio?

A

land, man ratio

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8
Q

What institute did Booker T. Washington found in Alabama in 1881?

A

Tuskegee Institute

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9
Q

What activist made lynching her issue?

A

Ida B Wells

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10
Q

People who went west after the Civil War were called what?

A

Overlanders

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11
Q

Name the act that gave 160 acres of land to someone who lived on it for five years and built 12x14 foot house on it.

A

Homestead Act

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12
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Name the railroad that ran from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California

A

transcontinental railroad

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13
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At what place in Utah did the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad meet?

A

Promontory Point

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14
Q

Name the commander of the 7th Cavalry who was decimated by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull

A

Custer

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15
Q

On the banks of what Montana river did the battle between the US Army and the Sioux take place?

A

Little Bighorn

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16
Q

In 1860, Texas had five million what roaming the open range?

A

Cattle longhorn

17
Q

What natural element was the key to the West?

A

water

18
Q

What region of the country was called the Great American desert?

A

great plains

19
Q

In Texas it is still a felony to cut what?

A

fence cutting

20
Q

Name the historian who defined the frontier a 2-6 people living per square mile

A

Jackson Turner

21
Q

BQ: Name the tree million acre ranch that was located in the western Texas panhandle

A

XIT ranch

22
Q

New form of slavery, pay rent.

First of the month rent gets First of the month rent gets paid

A

Tenant farming

23
Q

New form of slavery, pay rent.

Give landowner a percentage of crops

A

Sharecroppers

24
Q

Invents cigarette rolling machine

A

J. Bonsack

25
Q

American tobacco

A

Duke

26
Q

Court rules 7-1 to uphold Louisiana law, case loses. From this comes the doctrine of separate but equal

A

Plessy vs Ferguson

27
Q

Preaches black education beyond vocational skills. Firmly opposed to segregation

A

DuBois - education

28
Q

Many of these animals lived on plains. Served many uses such as food, clothing, weapons, armor, utensils.
(native American hunted these)

A

Buffalo

29
Q

Treaty that ends the Sioux war

A

Treaty of Fort Laramie

30
Q

battle fought between Custer and the Sioux

A

Custer’s Last Stand

31
Q

What was the historic cattle trail used in the late 19th century for cattle drives from Texas to Kansas?

A

Chisolm Trail

32
Q

What was different with men and women on the plains?

A

women had equality to men

33
Q

Gatlin gun

A

heavy

34
Q

Single-shot rifle

A

weapon

35
Q

Black Friday

A

stock market crashes. gold prices rise