Triumph of Industry
Immigration and Urbanization
South and West Transformed
Issues of the Gilded Age
Indian Wars
100
What is a monopoly?
A single corporation that controls an entire industry.
100
What is a tenement?
A multistory building divided into apartments to house several families.
100
What is assimilation?
To be absorbed into the main culture of a society.
100
What is the right to vote called?
Suffrage
100
Who was involved in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Dakota Sioux and General Custer's 7th Cavalry
200
Industrialists who stole their fortune by treating workers poorly were known as what?
Robber barons.
200
Name the two major immigration centers.
Angel and Ellis Island.
200
Native American children were sent to what to learn mainstream American culture?
Boarding Schools
200
The acquisition of money through unethical means like bribery is known as what?
Graft
200
The largest mass hanging was in what town?
Mankato, MN
300
The doctrine that calls upon the wealthy to share their wealth for the betterment of society is known as what?
The Gospel of Wealth
300
Give one push and one pull factor for immigration during 19th century.
Push--Religious persecution and military service Pull-- Political and religious freedom and job opportunities
300
A system in which a farmer tends some portion of land and receives a share of the crop as payment.
Share cropping
300
What was the results of the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
Segregation is legal as long as facilities are separate but equal.
300
What religious dance led to confusion and massacre?
Ghost Dance
400
What was formed by workers to promote and improve their conditions?
Labor unions.
400
What did many immigrant experience upon their arrival? name two common experiences.
The long journey, difficult living conditions, prejudice and discrimination.
400
The completion of what opened the West to American settlers?
The transcontinental railroad
400
What was the significance of the Battle of Little Bighorn?
General Custer and the entire 7th Cavalry were killed. Increased military presence in the Great Plains.
500
Identify the factors that led to the industrialization of America.
Natural resources, immigrants, government policies, cultural climate.
500
How did immigration change after the Civil War?
After the Civil War immigration increased from a variety of countries. Immigrants were also much more diverse in religion and language.
500
The Dawes Act did what?
Divided Indian reservations into private properties.
500
The 19th century was called the Gilded Age why?
Because under the facade of prosperity lurked real issues in society like discrimination and corruption.
500
Name all five conflicts reenacted in class.
Little Bighorn, Sand Creek Massacre, Battle of New Ulm, Wounded Knee Massacre, Nez Perce War
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