Unit 6 Flashcards

1
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What was the cause of The battle of Little Big Horn

A

The goldrush

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2
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What were the results of the Battle of Little Bighorn

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Custer and his entire seventh cavalry was killed, and Custer will be portrayed as a martyr

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3
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Describe assimilation

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A plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life to become part of white culture

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4
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What are exodusters

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African-Americans who moved from the post reconstruction south

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5
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What were sooners

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Settlers who claimed land “sooner” than they were supposed to

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6
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What was the purpose of the Dawes act

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To Americanize native America

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7
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What did the Dawes act do

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Broke up reservations and gave land to individual Native Americans

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8
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What was The governments plan in the Dawes act

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To sell the remaining land to white settlers in which the money would be given back to the natives

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9
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What was the cause of the battle of wounded knee

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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

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What were the results of the battle of wounded knee

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Seventh cavalry rounded up 350th starving and freezing sioux men, Women, and children and within minutes over 300 unarmed Native Americans were killed

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11
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What did the battle of wounded knee signify

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The end of the Plains Indian wars

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12
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What was social Darwinism

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Some individuals flourish, while others don’t, supports the ideas of competition, hard work, and responsibility

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13
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What was laissez faire

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Opposition of government regulations or interference in business

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14
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What was a monopoly

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Gaining complete control over production, wages, and prices

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15
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What were trusts

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A group of competing companies turning their stock over to a group of trustees and were entitled to dividends

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What was the vertical integration

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Buying all suppliers, distributors, and transportation systems to gain total control over the quality and cost of its product

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17
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What was horizontal integration

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Buying out or merging with competitors that make similar products

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18
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What were the reasons that immigrants would leave

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Religious prosecution, political prosecution, poverty, and the promise of farmland in America

19
Q

What was the Chinese exclusion act

A

Banned entry to all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials

20
Q

Immigrants from Europe would enter through the US immigration post called what

A

Ellis island

21
Q

Immigrants from Asia would enter the US immigration post through what

A

Angel Island

22
Q

How does the term gilded age describe this time period?

A

This time period is described as a glittery exterior hiding how horrible it really is on the inside

23
Q

What were the Jim Crow laws

A

Racial lost a separate white and black Americans

24
Q

The Plessy versus Ferguson case resulted in what doctorine

A

Separate but equal

25
Q

Who is William Tweed

A

A corrupt political boss in New York City that ran Tammany Hall, known for buying votes and strong arming voters

26
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Who is Booker T. Washington

A

A skillful politician and speaker that was a born slave, he is the leader of the Tuskegee Institute

27
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What is the Tuskeegee Institute

A

A trade school to teach African-Americans industrial skills

28
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Who is WEB Dubois

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He sounds the Niagara movement, and wants immediate change for all freed slaves, not gradual

29
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Who is Andrew Carnegie

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And industrialist who made a fortune with mass production of steel

30
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Who was John D Rockefeller

A

He was a businessman and industrialist that founded standard oil

31
Q

Who was the most notorious boss in US history thus far

A

William Tweed

32
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Immigration caused a growth in cities in what region

A

The Northeast

33
Q

What are some elements of the populist party

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Private voting, graduated taxes, term limits, supporting farmers, nominates William Brian

34
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Who was against the populist party

A

City dwellers, industrialist, and goldbugs-those that wanted to keep the gold standard

35
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Who are the Sioux

A

A Native American tribe of the Plains region that were master horseman

36
Q

Who was the general of the US military at the Battle of Little Big Horn

A

George Custer

37
Q

Which of the following did social Darwinism discourage

A. Hard Work
B. Industrialization
C. Government Regulation
D. The accumulation of wealth

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C. Government Regulation

38
Q

What are difficulties Farmer’s face at the end of the 19th-century

A

Expensive new equipment, rise of Bonanza farms, prices of crops dropping, corrupt business practices, price of wheat dropping, increased cost of shipping

39
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What was a bonanza farm

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A large farm that only produced one crop, had the potential for larger dept

40
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What was populism

A

A movement of reforms to lift the burden of debt from farmers and other workers giving the people a greater voice in the government

41
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What were some economic goals of the populist reform

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Increase the money supply, bimetallism, graduated income tax, and federal government loans

42
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What was bimetallism

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Gold and silver to back up paper money

43
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What were the goals of the populist political movement

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Electing US senators by popular vote, a single term for the president and vice president, secret ballots, an eight hour workday, and immigration restrictions

44
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What was tenement housing

A

A multi family urban dwelling