Western Conquest
What was the nickname that early explorers gave for The Great Plains?
The great desert
The Haymarket Square Riot resulted in the wearing of this labor union.
Knights of Labor
What major technological invention was the basis for industrial growth in years following the Civil War?
the railroad
This act gave 160 acres of public domain to any settler who would live on it and improve it for 5 years.
The Homestead Act
U.S. v. Reynolds and The Edmunds Act ruled against this Mormon practice
polygamy OR plural marriage
This person's version of the Gospel of Wealth was based on the belief that wealthy industrialists should use their wealth to create new businesses.
Andrew Carnegie
New inventions such as the carpet sweeper and the gas stove partly characterized this class in society.
New Middle Class
Although this act didn't prevent Chinese children from attending public schools, it suspended Chinese immigration, limited their civil rights, and forbid their naturalization.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Daily Double!
More than any other industry or commercial enterprise, this group fostered western expansion.
Miners
Daily Double!
This labor union included "aristocrats of labor"
AFL (American Federal of Labor)
Who invented the telephone and patented it in 1876?
Alexander Graham Bell
Daily Double!
Undermined tribal sovereignty (Ch. 18)
Dawes Severalty Act (or just the Dawes Act)
This event epitomized the fate of Native Americans in 1890. It was a conflict between Sioux Ghost Dancers and U.S. troops.
Wounded Knee Massacre
This was a way for businesses to grow by merging multiple businesses in the same level of industry. It allowed businesses to secure control over output and prices.
horizontal combination
What was Edison's lab in Menlo Park, NJ devoted to?
industrial research
This act was intended to limit the growth of large businesses, but was actually used to increase their power by dismantling labor unions.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This book, written by Helen Hunt Jackson, sharply criticized the U.S. government for failing to honor its treaties with American Indian tribes.
Century of Dishonor
In 1881, this educator founded the Tuskegee Institute to provide practical learning through industrial education.
Booker T. Washington
Who was the inventor that worked for the Detroit Edison Company to experiment with the gasoline-burning internal combustion engine in order to design his own automobile?
Henry Ford
What act funded a system of state colleges and universities with a focus in teaching agriculture and mechanics?
Morrill Federal Land Grand Act of 1862 (Morrill Act also accepted)