Native Americans
What was the biggest reason people began heading out West into Native territory around the year 1849?
Gold Rush
Law that allowed families to move west and receive 160 acres of land for free in exchange for farming the land
Homestead Act
What is a monopoly?
One company owns the majority of the product
Who invented the sleeper car?
George Pullman
What are two qualities of "Old Immigrants" (Europeans who came to the US before 1880)?
spoke English, were protestant, came from Western Europe
Which region of Native Americans heavily relied on the buffalo for food, shelter, etc.? (name either a tribe or the region)
Plains, Sioux, Lakota
private property created, cattle farmers could not move their herds freely anymore
What kind of power was used during the FIRST industrial revolution? What kind(s) of power/fuel replaced this during the SECOND industrial revolution?
Steam; oil and electricity
What industry was Andrew Carnegie a leader in?
Bonus: tell me the US city this business was based in.
Steel; Pittsburgh
What are three qualities of "New Immigrants" (Europeans who came to the US after 1880)?
Eastern and Southern European, less educated, did not speak English, Catholic, Jewish, lived in ethnic ghettos
Name one important battle during the "Indian Wars" where white people fought Natives who refused to be forced on to Reservations.
Bonus: Double points if you can name the state the battle was fought in.
Little Big Horn- Montana
Sand Creek- Colorado
Wounded Knee- South Dakota
Why did farmers have a problem with railroad companies?
What are the two new telecommunication methods that were invented during the Second Industrial Revolution?
Bonus: Double points if you can tell me the name of the invention that allowed for communication between North America and Europe.
Telephone and Telegraph
Transatlantic Cable
What is the Bessemer Process and what is one impact it had on the United States?
makes steel cheaper and stronger, sky-scrapers, spread rail, etc.
What did the Interstate Commerce Act do to help farmers?
set standard pricing for railway companies
In your own words, explain the Dawes Act and its major consequence for Native Americans.
160 acres free land to Natives; forced them to "Americanize" by moving off of Reservations and assimilating to white culture
What was the movement for Farmers rights called? What political party would this movement turn into?
Bonus: Double points if you can name the man who ran for president as a member of this party.
Grange Movement; Populist; William Jennings Bryan
What are three of the causes of the Second Industrial Revolution?
• natural resources
• growing US population
• legacy of First Industrial Revolution
• free enterprise system
• role of government (laissez faire)
• stimulus of Civil War
Explain the difference between a company that uses VERTICAL integration and one that uses HORIZONTAL integration.
VErtical- Every step of the process is owned by the company
HOrizontal- one step of the process is entirely owned by one company
What is Nativism? How did it contribute to the Chinese Exclusion Act?
I will let you know if its working or not
What was the primary reason the US government wanted to move Native Americans onto reservations?
To remove them from the land so they could develop it.
How did cattle farming on the "open range" work? What was the long drive? (explain the cows journey from eating grass in Texas to being a steak on some dude's plate in New York)
Texas cattle ranchers take cattle on the "long drive up to Kansas where they are then sent up to Chicago to be slaughtered and packaged, then they are sent via railroad to meat shops around the country.
What does it mean when a government is laissez-faire? How did this attitude lead to problems in America during the Second Industrial Revolution?
remember (lazy); "hands-off" government style (basically businesses do whatever they want and the workers suffer because of it)
Explain the difference between a "robber baron" and a "captain of industry." Provide an example of each (I need names and reasons).
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Where did European immigrants enter the US? Where did Asian immigrants enter the US? (must know name, city and state)
Ellis Island, NYC, New York
Angel Island, San Francisco, California