Unit 5 Flash Cards

Question 1

Where was the
transcontinental
railroad
completed?

Answer 1

Utah

Question 2

How many acres
of land did the
Homestead Act
give to settlers?

Answer 2

160

Question 3

The Dawes Act
was created to
help the
__________.

Answer 3

Native

Americans

Question 4

Under the Homestead
Act, settlers were
given \_\_\_\_ years to
make improvements
to the land.

Answer 4

5 years

Question 5

The Plain
Indians had a
_______
lifestyle.

Answer 5

Nomadic

Question 6

Long drives
were used to
take ________
to market.

Answer 6

Cattle

Question 7

Where did
Custer’s last
stand take
place?

Answer 7

Little

Bighorn

Question 8

Where did John
Chivington lead a
massacre of Native
Americans?

Answer 8

Sand

Creek

Question 9

Who said “I will
fight no more
forever?”

Answer 9

Chief

Joseph

Question 10

The Ghost
Dancers were
massacred at?

Answer 10

Wounded

Knee

Question 11

Novels that told
stories of rags
to riches were
called…

Answer 11

Dime

Novels

Question 12

How long did
the Wild West
era last?

Answer 12

30

years

Question 13

What state had
a massive land
giveaway?

Answer 13

Oklahoma

Question 14

The Comstock
Lode refers to the
discovery of what
of what resource?

Answer 14

Silver

Question 15

What invention
closed the
open range?

Answer 15

Barbed

Wire

Question 16

Who
invented the
telephone?

Answer 16

Alexander
Graham
Bell

Question 17

Who
invented the
light bulb?

Answer 17

Thomas

Edison

Question 18

Who made
electric power
possible?

Answer 18

Nikola

Tesla

Question 19

Who
invented the
typewriter?

Answer 19

Christopher
Latham
Sholes

Question 20

Name of
early 1900s
oil tycoon.

Answer 20

John D.

Rockefeller

Question 21

Name of
early 1900s
steel tycoon.

Answer 21

Andrew

Carnegie

Question 22

Name of early
1900s RR and
steel tycoon.

Answer 22

JP

Morgan

Question 23

Name of early
1900s tobacco
tycoon

Answer 23

James

Duke

Question 24

What were
company
towns?

Answer 24

towns entirely
company-owned,
provided housing
and stores for
employees

Question 25

Describe Social Darwinism.

Answer 25

Based on Darwin’s theory of evolution/survival of the fittest

Question 26

Describe a | monopoly

Answer 26

When a business controls all or most of the supply of a product

Question 27

Describe | a trust

Answer 27

``` When several businesses act as one under the control of a board of directors ```

Question 28

Describe horizontal integration

Answer 28

``` Type of monopoly formed by controlling all of the same type of business ```

Question 29

Describe vertical integration

Answer 29

``` Monopoly formed by controlling businesses related to the primary business ```

Question 30

Describe a | Corporation

Answer 30

``` An association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. ```