Important People
Important Events
Vocabulary
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100
The only good Indian is a dead Indian?
Who would have most likely agreed with this statement?
A Sailor Or a U.S. Soldier stationed in the Great Plains.
The U.S. Soldier stationed in the Great Plains
100
The Homestead Act, put settlers in direct conflict with?
Native Americans
100
A Trust is similar to a?
Monopoly.
100
Which of the following events took place first?
Homestead Act
or
The Battle of Little Bighorn
The Homestead Act.
100
Cow towns were mainly developed for?
The shipping of Beef.
200
Which famous General was killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
General Custer
200
During the Gilded Age, _________ had huge amounts of influence in Politics?
Businesses
200
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?
The purpose was to entice Americans to settle in the westward plains. By allowing Americans to work the land for 5 years, upon completion the property would be theirs.
200
Which Event took place first?
The Homestead Act
or
The Dawes Act
Dawes Act
200
Native Americans Primarily relied on this animal for their way of life.
The Buffalo
300
This Famous Person made his fortune by using horizontal integration, and Oil.
John D. Rockefeller
300
The Dawes Act did what?
Forced Native Americans to live on reservations in the hopes of them abandoning their nomadic way of life.
300
The Bessemer Process allowed this material to be used to build Skyscrapers and other items such as the Brooklyn Bridge?
Steel
300
The Gilded Age would lead to what Era?
The Progressive Era
300
Who coined the term Gilded Age, to describe the era that he was living in?
Mark Twain
400
This famous Person made his fortune, by vertical integration and steel.
He is also famous for his Gospel of Wealth.
Andrew Carnegie.
400
The Gilded Age is mostly associated with the years of?
Hint: After Civil War, and Pre-Progressive Era
1876-1900
400
Keeps Cattle from trampling crops and uses the minimal amount of lumber, which was scarce on the plains.
Barbed Wire
400
True or False, Andrew Carnegie preached his idea of the Gospel of Wealth, while he was an Irish Immigrant.
False, The Gospel of Wealth is the idea that the wealthy should give back, but not directly to the people. Rather through the Arts and Education.
400
This Robber Barron made his fortune Via Banking
J.P Morgan
500
This Famous Person invented the following devices.
The Phonograph
Incandescent Light Bulb
The Motion Picture
Thomas Alva Edison
500
Teddy Roosevelt was President during the Gilded Age?
True or False
False
500
Assimilation of Native Americans was?
An attempt by the Federal Government to have them adopt the American Lifestyle Mindset.
500
The Transcontinental Railroad Expidated the execution and almost drove to the extinction of this animal.
The Buffalo
500
________ would be the main method of delivering materials from the West Coast to the East Coast using trains.
Trans Continental Raildroad