The Great Plains
Plains Indians
Factors of Industrialization
Robber Barons or Captains of Industry
Unions
100
What is the name given to those who attempted to farm the Great Plains?
Sodbusters / Homesteaders
100
Define "assimilate"
To absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar - a tactic used by the U.S. government to have Native Americans adopt U.S. culture and customs
100
In 1869, two rail lines met in Promontory Summit, Utah, connecting the east and west. This rail line is known as the First _____________________________.
Transcontinental Railroad
100
Cornelius ______________ was an industrialist from Staten Island, NY who made a living off of railroads. He later went on to help create a University in Nashville.
Vanderbilt.
100
Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? In 1895, at the depths of the Panic of 1893, J.P. Morgan loaned the U.S. Treasury $65 million in gold to safeguard the collapse of the U.S. government.
Captain of Industry
200
The arrival of farmers in the Great Plains created conflict with ranchers, as ranchers were used to having free access to federal lands for their cattle. This free access to federal land was known as the _________________________.
Open Range
200
Plains Indians often moved around to follow their main source of food - bison. This quality of never settling in a single place is known as _____________.
nomadic
200
What are examples of the natural resources that helped America industrialize?
Coal, timber, iron ore, oil, copper
200
Define "captain of industry"
a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributes positively to the country in some Way. This may have been through increased productivity, expansion of markets, providing more jobs, or acts of philanthropy.
200
What is a strike?
When workers do not report to work due to a labor issue so as to force management to find new workers or shut down completely
300
How did citizens in mining towns deal with the increase in crime that came with increased population?
By creating vigilance committees
300
Out of the Indian Peace Commission, it was decided that two large portions of land would be set aside for Native Americans. These portions of land were know as ___________________________?
Reservations
300
New immigrants served not only as additional workforce for factories, but also as what?
Additional consumers
300
Define "robber baron"
a powerful 19th century businessman or banker who used questionable or unethical business practices to become powerful or wealthy.
300
What types of abuse were factory workers likely to experience at work?
Physical, psychological, and economic abuse
400
Hydraulic mining was a new mining technique in the late 1800s. Because of its environmental impact, it can be compared to the modern day practice of __________________________.
Hyrdaulic fracturing - fracking
400
A what battle with Native Americans did General Custer and 200 of his men die?
Battle of Little Bighorn
400
Alexander Graham Bell was responsible for what major invention that affected communication in the late 1800s?
the telephone
400
Define "laissez-faire"
-"let people do as they choose" -no government interference on economy
400
What is a union?
An organization of skilled employees that is formed to collectively bargain with their employer. Groups like this often work to improve job security, working conditions, and employee benefits. Employers are often hostile toward groups like this.
500
This was the act that promised 150 acres of land to anyone who paid a small filing fee and farmed the land for five years.
The Homestead Act
500
This act provided Native Americans with land and worked to assimilate them into American culture.
The Dawes Act
500
What were the factors that helped cause the increase in industrialization in America in the late 1800s?
Natural resources, Large workforce, new inventions, Free enterprise, Railroads
500
What is a monopoly?
a single company achieves control of an entire market
500
A protest in 1886 in Chicago that was organized by the Knights of Labor that quickly turned violent when someone threw a bomb causing the police to open fire. The result of this was that many of the protesters were arrested or killed and public opinion turned against the strikers. What is this event known as?
The Haymarket Affair
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