Growth in the West
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?
It provided free land to settlers who were willing to farm it for five years.
Who invented the telephone in 1876?
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
What Supreme Court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine in 1896?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Who founded Hull House in Chicago to help immigrants and the urban poor?
Who is Jane Adams?
What was the purpose of the Morrill Act of 1862?
It granted federal land to states to fund colleges focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts.
Which Native American leader was victorious at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876?
Who is Sitting Bull?
What process, developed by Henry Bessemer, revolutionized steel production?
What is the Bessemer Process?
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute to promote vocational education for African Americans?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Who led the Lakota Sioux in battles against U.S. forces during the late 19th century?
Who is Crazy Horse?
Which law, passed in 1887, regulated railroad rates and practices to prevent monopolies?
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
Which railroad companies built the Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869?
What are Union Pacific and Central Pacific?
Who was known for using vertical integration to dominate the steel industry?
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
It prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. and barred Chinese nationals from becoming citizens.
Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and fought for workers' rights?
Who is Samuel Gompers?
What was the goal of the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883?
To end the spoils system by requiring government jobs to be awarded based on merit.
What was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887, and how did it affect Native Americans?
The Dawes Act aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands into individual plots, leading to loss of communal land and cultural erosion.
What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?
To prevent monopolies and promote competition by making it illegal for companies to restrict trade?
How did W.E.B. Du Bois’ views on achieving racial equality differ from those of Booker T. Washington?
Du Bois advocated for immediate civil rights and higher education for African Americans, while Washington focused on vocational training and economic self-reliance.
Who was the U.S. President during the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
What did the 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, guarantee?
It guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What was the significance of the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890?
It marked the end of armed Native American resistance in the West and was a massacre of the Lakota Sioux by U.S. soldiers.
How did John D. Rockefeller use horizontal integration to build Standard Oil into a monopoly?
By buying out competing oil refineries to control a large portion of the oil industry.
What was the significance of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake in relation to the treatment of Chinese immigrants?
It led to the destruction of birth records, which allowed some Chinese immigrants to falsely claim citizenship and bring over family members as "paper sons."
Which business magnate built the first billion-dollar company, U.S. Steel, in 1901?
Who is J.P. Morgan?
What labor strike in 1894 led to a national shutdown of railroads and required federal intervention?
What is The Pullman Strike?