The Great West

Question 1

railroads fighting back farmers from granger laws. court takes railroads side.

Answer 1

wabash case

Question 2

federal government regulates the railroad. never enforced.

Answer 2

interstate commerce act

Question 3

a combination of corporations

Answer 3

trust

Question 4

one thing has total control over an industry

Answer 4

monopoly

Question 5

“captain of industry”

“bankers banker”

Answer 5

J.P Morgan

Question 6

“captain of industry”

“oil baron”

Answer 6

John D Rockefeller

Question 7

a little more Inforced than interstate commerce act but still eh. makes monopolies illegal. still have today.

Answer 7

Sherman anti-trust act

Question 8

the workers fighting against being explored. mild success.

Answer 8

Pullman strike / homestead strike

Question 9

overcrowded buildings.

used for immigrants to live in

Answer 9

dumbbell tenements

Question 10

first american woman to get noble peace prize. finer of hull house

Answer 10

Jane Addams

Question 11

wrote a poem “the new colossus”

Answer 11

Emma Lazarus

Question 12

means “hands off” government hands off business. republicans idea

Answer 12

laisser-faire

Question 13

land for the building of state colleges, federal grants. Lincoln promoting higher education

Answer 13

Morrill act 1862

Question 14

a writer. teenagers as his audience “rags to riches” all stories sound alike. ragged dick most famous story

Answer 14

Horatio Alger

Question 15

she became obsessed with temperance anti liquor. she becomes prohibition she wants to get rid of everything. she goes into bars with a hatchet and breaks every bottle.

Answer 15

Carrie a nation

Question 16

west of 13 colonies east of California

called great cause of its size

Answer 16

the great west

Question 17

belongs to nez perce Apache Tribe. go to Canada 10 miles before he makes it hes captures says “I will fight no more forever” speech

Answer 17

chief Joseph

Question 18

written by Helen hunt Jackson. chronicles all the abuse of government to native Americans. like uncle time cabin for native Americans

Answer 18

a century of dishonor

Question 19

Texas. lots of Longhorns in Texas and so people on Texas drove them all the way to where there’s a railroad

Answer 19

long drive

Question 20

1862. government gave us 160 acres of land, very cheap. Wants people to go to the west

Answer 20

homestead act

Question 21

Frederick Jackson turner. he says the reason the us had evolved to a democracy is because Americans always had a choice and their Choice was to go to the west. before 1900’s

Answer 21

“safety value theory”

Question 22

farmer in winscosin state law telling railroads you cannot over price the farmers

Answer 22

granger laws

Question 23

in regards to native Americans. we want to assimilate them. send them to school. christianize them. integrate them. makes tribes illegal. gives them land to become farmers.

Answer 23

dawes severalty act

Question 24

go to great west and Mexico but USA takes away his family and he surrenders

Answer 24

Geronimo

Question 25

belonged to sioux tribe

Answer 25

sitting bull

Question 26

belongs in oglala sioux tribe

Answer 26

Crazy horse

Question 27

leaders oppose reservations policy

Answer 27

Crazy horse, sitting bull, Geronimo, chief Joseph

Question 28

captains of industry
or
robber barrons

Answer 28

• Vanderbilt
• Carnegie
• Morgan
• Rockefeller

Question 29

“lords of the rail”

“captains of industry”

Answer 29

Cornelius & William Vanderbilt