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Unit 5 Flash Cards

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1
Q

Where was the
transcontinental
railroad
completed?

A

Utah

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2
Q

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

A

160

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3
Q

The Dawes Act
was created to
help the
__________.

A

Native

Americans

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4
Q 
Under the Homestead
Act, settlers were
given \_\_\_\_ years to
make improvements
to the land.
A

5 years

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5
Q

The Plain
Indians had a
_______
lifestyle.

A

Nomadic

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6
Q

Long drives
were used to
take ________
to market.

A

Cattle

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7
Q

Where did
Custer’s last
stand take
place?

A

Little

Bighorn

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8
Q

Where did John
Chivington lead a
massacre of Native
Americans?

A

Sand

Creek

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9
Q

Who said “I will
fight no more
forever?”

A

Chief

Joseph

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10
Q

The Ghost
Dancers were
massacred at?

A

Wounded

Knee

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11
Q

Novels that told
stories of rags
to riches were
called…

A

Dime

Novels

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12
Q

How long did
the Wild West
era last?

A

30

years

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13
Q

What state had
a massive land
giveaway?

A

Oklahoma

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14
Q

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

A

Silver

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15
Q

What invention
closed the
open range?

A

Barbed

Wire

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16
Q

Who
invented the
telephone?

A

Alexander
Graham
Bell

17
Q

Who
invented the
light bulb?

A

Thomas

Edison

18
Q

Who made
electric power
possible?

A

Nikola

Tesla

19
Q

Who
invented the
typewriter?

A

Christopher
Latham
Sholes

20
Q

Name of
early 1900s
oil tycoon.

A

John D.

Rockefeller

21
Q

Name of
early 1900s
steel tycoon.

A

Andrew

Carnegie

22
Q

Name of early
1900s RR and
steel tycoon.

A

JP

Morgan

23
Q

Name of early
1900s tobacco
tycoon

A

James

Duke

24
Q

What were
company
towns?

A 
towns entirely
company-owned,
provided housing
and stores for
employees
25
Q

Describe
Social
Darwinism.

A

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

26
Q

Describe a

monopoly

A

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

27
Q

Describe

a trust

A 
When several
businesses act as
one under the
control of a board
of directors
28
Q

Describe
horizontal
integration

A 
Type of monopoly
formed by
controlling all of
the same type of
business
29
Q

Describe
vertical
integration

A 
Monopoly formed
by controlling
businesses related
to the primary
business
30
Q

Describe a

Corporation

A 
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.

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