Unit 6 Flashcards
What was the cause of The battle of Little Big Horn
The goldrush
What were the results of the Battle of Little Bighorn
Custer and his entire seventh cavalry was killed, and Custer will be portrayed as a martyr
Describe assimilation
A plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life to become part of white culture
What are exodusters
African-Americans who moved from the post reconstruction south
What were sooners
Settlers who claimed land “sooner” than they were supposed to
What was the purpose of the Dawes act
To Americanize native America
What did the Dawes act do
Broke up reservations and gave land to individual Native Americans
What was The governments plan in the Dawes act
To sell the remaining land to white settlers in which the money would be given back to the natives
What was the cause of the battle of wounded knee
Native Americans were doing the “ghost dance “which is an ancient ritual calling to their ancestors, the soldiers thought they were being prepared for a war
What were the results of the battle of wounded knee
Seventh cavalry rounded up 350th starving and freezing sioux men, Women, and children and within minutes over 300 unarmed Native Americans were killed
What did the battle of wounded knee signify
The end of the Plains Indian wars
What was social Darwinism
Some individuals flourish, while others don’t, supports the ideas of competition, hard work, and responsibility
What was laissez faire
Opposition of government regulations or interference in business
What was a monopoly
Gaining complete control over production, wages, and prices
What were trusts
A group of competing companies turning their stock over to a group of trustees and were entitled to dividends
What was the vertical integration
Buying all suppliers, distributors, and transportation systems to gain total control over the quality and cost of its product
What was horizontal integration
Buying out or merging with competitors that make similar products
What were the reasons that immigrants would leave
Religious prosecution, political prosecution, poverty, and the promise of farmland in America
What was the Chinese exclusion act
Banned entry to all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials
Immigrants from Europe would enter through the US immigration post called what
Ellis island
Immigrants from Asia would enter the US immigration post through what
Angel Island
How does the term gilded age describe this time period?
This time period is described as a glittery exterior hiding how horrible it really is on the inside
What were the Jim Crow laws
Racial lost a separate white and black Americans
The Plessy versus Ferguson case resulted in what doctorine
Separate but equal
Who is William Tweed
A corrupt political boss in New York City that ran Tammany Hall, known for buying votes and strong arming voters
Who is Booker T. Washington
A skillful politician and speaker that was a born slave, he is the leader of the Tuskegee Institute
What is the Tuskeegee Institute
A trade school to teach African-Americans industrial skills
Who is WEB Dubois
He sounds the Niagara movement, and wants immediate change for all freed slaves, not gradual
Who is Andrew Carnegie
And industrialist who made a fortune with mass production of steel
Who was John D Rockefeller
He was a businessman and industrialist that founded standard oil
Who was the most notorious boss in US history thus far
William Tweed
Immigration caused a growth in cities in what region
The Northeast
What are some elements of the populist party
Private voting, graduated taxes, term limits, supporting farmers, nominates William Brian
Who was against the populist party
City dwellers, industrialist, and goldbugs-those that wanted to keep the gold standard
Who are the Sioux
A Native American tribe of the Plains region that were master horseman
Who was the general of the US military at the Battle of Little Big Horn
George Custer
Which of the following did social Darwinism discourage
A. Hard Work
B. Industrialization
C. Government Regulation
D. The accumulation of wealth
C. Government Regulation
What are difficulties Farmer’s face at the end of the 19th-century
Expensive new equipment, rise of Bonanza farms, prices of crops dropping, corrupt business practices, price of wheat dropping, increased cost of shipping
What was a bonanza farm
A large farm that only produced one crop, had the potential for larger dept
What was populism
A movement of reforms to lift the burden of debt from farmers and other workers giving the people a greater voice in the government
What were some economic goals of the populist reform
Increase the money supply, bimetallism, graduated income tax, and federal government loans
What was bimetallism
Gold and silver to back up paper money
What were the goals of the populist political movement
Electing US senators by popular vote, a single term for the president and vice president, secret ballots, an eight hour workday, and immigration restrictions
What was tenement housing
A multi family urban dwelling
