Capitalism & Reform
What is most likely the reason the U.S. government forbade Native American children from speaking in their native languages while at boarding schools?
They tried to make Native American children assimilate to American culture
Which describes a pull factor bringing immigrants to the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
The U.S. Homestead Act of 1862.
This 1887 law divided Indian tribal lands into family plots, but also required Indians to adopt "American" ways.
Dawes Act
In the years following the Civil War, approximately 40,000 African-Americans moved westward to states like Colorado, Oklahoma, & Kansas in order to escape the Jim Crow south. What term is most closely associated with this trend?
Exodusters
This 1876 battle between the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry and forces of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors resulted in the death of nearly half of the American soldiers.
Little Big Horn
The most significant obstacle in building the Transcontinental Railroad was
crossing the Sierra Nevada Range and the Rocky Mountains.
"There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value."
--Theodore Roosevelt
Which actions were taken by President Theodore Roosevelt in relation to this quote?
He established the United States Forest Service, signed into law the creation of five National Parks, and established 150 National Forests.
U.S. Cavalry General whose unwise and reckless conduct got him and over 200 soldier of the Seventh Cavalry killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn
George Custer
How was convict leasing a loophole of the Thirteenth Amendment?
Convicts technically were not slaves and therefore could be used to work railways, mines, and plantations with no pay and under inhumane conditions.
Number of Immigrants to the United States
1901- 500,000
1903- 800,000
1905- 1,000,000
1907- 1,200,000
The trends represented in this chart could BEST be described by
the increased industrial power of the U.S.
This Lakota Indian Chief helped defeat General Custer in the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876
Sitting Bull
In order to improve the lives of their members, labor unions engage in collective bargaining with factory owners and management.
Which of these is the BEST definition of the underlined word, "collective bargaining"?
meetings
A "nativist" of the late-1800s would have been MOST likely to support...
a ban on immigration to the United States.
This is the site in South Dakota where, in 1890, US soldiers massacred over 150 Lakota men, women, and children.
Wounded Knee
Which statement BEST describes the way that Congress spurred the building of the Transcontinental Railroad with the passing of the Pacific Railway Act of 1862?
It gave the railroad companies large land grants along the railroads they built.