The westward movement of many Americans in the late 1800's happened because of their desire for which of the founding ideals of America?
Opportunity
100
Are you 21, the head of the house, a U.S. citizen with $10 in your pocket? Well if so you may can claim 160 acres of land through this government program.
The Homestead Act
100
What was a major effect of the Industrial Revolution?
It caused immigration to the United states to increase
100
Robber Baron, Railroads, first direct line from N.Y. to Chicago
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
100
Carnegie's business partner Henry Clay Frick caused this strike in 1892 when he cut wages 20%.
What was the Homestead Strike?
200
Remains of a buildings foundation is an example of what item that a historian might use to reconstruct a colonial settlement
Artifact
200
During the late 1800s, many north american indian tribes were sent to reservations that were located where?
in sparsely populated regions of the west, ie oklahoma
200
Industry truly soared during the era due to this "hands-off approach" of business by the government.
What was laissez-faire (economics)?
200
Standard Oil, Horizontal, Trust Company
What was John D. Rockefeller?
200
Nicknamed the "Wobblies", this union tried to unify the unskilled workers who were often ignored by others.
Who was the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World)?
300
The Populist movement was most interested in improving conditions for who?
Farmers
300
Many Americans felt that this was the key to the Native Americans adopting of the white culture & forgetting their traditional way of life.
What was assimilation?
300
Put the following events in order: immigration, industrialization and urbanization
They cut wages, but not price of rent & food, so railroads were tied up nationwide when workers stopped during this infamous strike. (1894)
What was the Pullman Railroad Strike?
400
This term is best described as the process of assigning meaning to historical events
Historical interpretation
400
The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo and the completion of the transcontinental railroad had what effect?
caused the decline of the plains indians
400
In the late 19th century, the pattern of United states immigration changed to that what group was coming?
immigrants from eastern and southern europe
400
After the Civil War, one way business leaders tried to eliminate competition was by doing this.
forming monopolies and trusts
400
Often called a trade union, this group led by Samuel Gompers focused on the "bread and butter" issues that workers faced.
What was the AFL (American Federation of Labor)?
500
In the late 19th century, farmers desired "free silver" policies because farmers believed that rising prices for their crops would allow them to do what?
enable them to pay back their loans more easily
500
This act forced allotment (breaking up of land) on reservations
The Dawes Act of 1887
500
This a policy favoring native born people over immigrants
nativism
500
One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and JP Morgan were sometimes called robber barons was because they did what?
used ruthless business tactics against their competitors
500
This infamous event took place when the Knights of Labor showed up 3,000 strong to hear speeches that were interrupted when a bomb was thrown killing a police officer.