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
